Coast Community News

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Digital news service daily with a weekly print edition.

Circulating in the Central Coast of NSW.

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A locally owned and based public interest news service that publishes across multiple platforms; in print, online, on radio, on mobile, social media, audio/video and subscription services.

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It’s seal-y season on the coast

Coast Community News
Land & environment
It's the start of the ‘Seal-ly season' on the Central Coast, says marine mammal specialist Ronny Ling. Mr Ling, of Marine Wildlife Rescue Central Coast, said winter doesn't highlight only the migration north of some whales; it also triggers some seals to head up the coast as well.

Final rejection of PEP 11 in Federal Court

Coast Community News
Business
Terry Collins. In a landmark decision on June 18, the Federal Court dismissed Asset Energy's application to overturn the Federal Government's rejection of the controversial PEP 11 application. Petroleum Exploration Permit (PEP) 11 has long been a point of controversy, as it sought to pursue offshore petroleum exploration over a large expanse of the eastern coastline including the Central Coast.
Youth Regiment

Unique youth program for those without direction

Coast Community News
Community
Co-founder and director of The Youth Regiment, Ryan Fox said the organisation was presently preparing the next Fortified Futures program, a fully immersive nine-day youth development experience designed to act as a circuit breaker for young people and families who feel they are running out of options.

Call to action over sad state of war memorial

Coast Community News
Council
The heartbreaking story of one family losing three sons in WW1 and WW2 prompted family history and military buff Joe Laws to join the call for the 103-year-old Erina District War Memorial to be restored and better maintained. After researching his family's history, Mr Laws came across the sad story of the Weiss brothers – Frederick, Erle and Harry – who all lost their lives in service for their country.

Festival of Rugby showcases community sport

Coast Community News
Community
Round 7 of the Central Coast Rugby Union season delivered one of the most memorable weekends in recent memory, with the inaugural Festival of Rugby taking centre stage at Tuggerah Sports Complex on May 30. Despite wet weather causing widespread sporting disruptions across the region, CCRU stood alone as the only major sporting competition on the Central Coast to complete its full schedule.

Eric’s a winner as Carp to Croc wraps up

Coast Community News
Community
The Australian Reptile Park's crocodiles and alligators were the big winners as Central Coast Council's 2026 Carp to Croc fishing event wrapped up recently. The community came together to help tackle one of Australia's most damaging invasive species.

Peak volunteering organisation at risk

Coast Community News
Community
In the wake of National Volunteer Week, Volunteering Central Coast says proposed Commonwealth funding changes could dismantle the local volunteer support infrastructure that has enabled volunteering on the Central Coast for more than 40 years. Established in 1985, Volunteering Central Coast currently supports more than 60 local community organisations and promotes about 170 volunteer roles, many of which require multiple volunteers to meet community need.

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We love and live for the Central Coast

We’re all for the Central Coast – we live here, we work here, we spend our time and our dollars here. We listen, we volunteer and we’re involved in the local community. We’re locally owned and we employ locals. That’s why over 200,000 coasties support us.

Editorial Email: editorial@centralcoastnews.net
Sales Email: sales@centralcoastnew.net
Website: coastcommunitynews.com.au
Social: Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – Youtube

Central Coast Newspapers is a locally owned and based public interest news service that publishes across multiple platforms; in print, online, on radio, on mobile, social media, audio/video and subscription services.

CCN is a locally owned business that employs local staff. who live on the Central Coast.
We are members of the Local and Independent News Association – LINA.

Digital

The amalgamated digital news service coastcommunitynews.com.au has a 284,000 regular users and 1,900,000 google search page views (July 2023) – the combined associated social media assets have a monthly reach of 120,000 people including – YouTube – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram (July 2023). The combined push notifications of email and web push subscription list of 84,000 (July 2022).

Print

CCN publishes and distributes and amalgamated weekly masthead Coast Community News, with a total print run of over 27,000 papers each week, with 60,000 + readers each week. (Each paper is read by on average 2.2 people) plus digital flip book readers.

Contributions are welcome and are preferred in email form, ideally with any relevant photographs attached. Contributions must include the contributor’s name, address and phone number. This is not for publication but name and suburb will be published and anonymous contributions will not be included.

Journalists: Terry Collins, Sue Murray, Denice Barnes, Merilyn Vale
Print Graphic Design: Brad Yee
Head of Distribution: Anthony Wagstaff
Manager and Digital Editor: David Abrahams
Email: editorial@centralcoastnews.net

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