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for this location">33.417°S 151.333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-33.417; 151.333</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">local government area</a>. 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line-height: 1.3em; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><span class="fn org locality">Central Coast Council</span><br /><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:88%" class="region"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Coast_LGA_NSW.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Central_Coast_LGA_NSW.png/270px-Central_Coast_LGA_NSW.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Central_Coast_LGA_NSW.png 1.5x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="337" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Location in <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&params=33_25_S_151_20_E_type:city_region:AU-NSW"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°25′S</span> <span class="longitude">151°20′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.417°S 151.333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-33.417; 151.333</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">346,596 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="7002206184414039262♠"></span>206.18/km<sup>2</sup> (534.02/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">12 May 2016<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2016-05-12</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,681 km<sup>2</sup> (649.0 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-announcement_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-announcement-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Australia" title="Time in Australia">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Eastern Standard Time">AEST</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+10">UTC+10</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Eastern Daylight Time">AEDT</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B11" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+11">UTC+11</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawrie_McKinna" title="Lawrie McKinna">Lawrie McKinna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Council seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyong,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyong, New South Wales">Wyong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Australia" title="List of regions of Australia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast (New South Wales)">Central Coast</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Gosford" title="Electoral district of Gosford">Gosford</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Swansea" title="Electoral district of Swansea">Swansea</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Terrigal" title="Electoral district of Terrigal">Terrigal</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_The_Entrance" title="Electoral district of The Entrance">The Entrance</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Wyong" title="Electoral district of Wyong">Wyong</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Dobell" title="Division of Dobell">Dobell</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Robertson" title="Division of Robertson">Robertson</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Shortland" title="Division of Shortland">Shortland</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Coast_Council_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Central_Coast_Council_logo.svg/180px-Central_Coast_Council_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Central_Coast_Council_logo.svg/270px-Central_Coast_Council_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Central_Coast_Council_logo.svg/360px-Central_Coast_Council_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="96" data-file-height="94" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://centralcoast.nsw.gov.au">Central Coast Council</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">LGAs</a> around Central Coast Council:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Cessnock" title="City of Cessnock">Cessnock</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Lake_Macquarie" title="City of Lake Macquarie">Lake Macquarie</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a></i></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Hawkesbury" title="City of Hawkesbury">Hawkesbury</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">Central Coast Council</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a></i></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Hornsby_Shire" title="Hornsby Shire">Hornsby</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Beaches_Council" title="Northern Beaches Council">Northern Beaches</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a></i></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Central Coast Council</b> is a local government area in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast (New South Wales)">Central Coast</a> region of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. It is adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Highway_(Australia)" title="Pacific Highway (Australia)">Pacific Highway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Highway" title="Central Coast Highway">Central Coast Highway</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Main_North_railway_line,_New_South_Wales" title="Main North railway line, New South Wales">Northern railway line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 following the merger of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Gosford" title="City of Gosford">City of Gosford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyong_Shire" title="Wyong Shire">Wyong Shire</a> Councils.<sup id="cite_ref-announcement_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-announcement-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The council comprises an area of 1,681 square kilometres (649 sq mi) and is bounded to the east by the <a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a>, to the south by <a href="/wiki/Broken_Bay" title="Broken Bay">Broken Bay</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hawkesbury_River" title="Hawkesbury River">Hawkesbury River</a>, and to the west by the <a href="/wiki/Yengo_National_Park" title="Yengo National Park">Yengo National Park</a> northwards to <a href="/wiki/Bucketty,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Bucketty, New South Wales">Bucketty</a> before heading eastward along George Downes Drive, encompassing the Olney State Forest and crossing the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Motorway_(Sydney%E2%80%93Newcastle)" title="Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle)">Pacific Motorway</a>, meeting the southern edge of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Macquarie" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Macquarie">Lake Macquarie</a> at <a href="/wiki/Mannering_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Mannering Park, New South Wales">Mannering Park</a> and eventually reaching the coast north of <a href="/wiki/Moonee,_New_South_Wales" title="Moonee, New South Wales">Moonee</a>. The Central Coast Council has over 40 beaches and over 90 kilometres (56 mi) of coastline. As at the <a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a> the council area had an estimated population of 346,596.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a> of the Central Coast Council is <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">Cr.</a> <a href="/wiki/Lawrie_McKinna" title="Lawrie McKinna">Lawrie McKinna</a> who is part of the <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Team_Central_Coast&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Team Central Coast (page does not exist)">Team Central Coast</a> political party since 8 October 2024, and the Deputy Mayor of the council is <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">Cr.</a> Douglas Eaton who is part of the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> political party since 8 October 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns,_suburbs_and_localities"><span id="Towns.2C_suburbs_and_localities"></span>Towns, suburbs and localities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Towns, suburbs and localities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The local government area includes a moderately densely populated coastal strip that extends from the Hawkesbury River in the south and is bounded by the Watagan Mountains to the west and north to Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean to the east. It is an extensive sparsely-populated region to the west of the Pacific Highway that is largely native bush. </p><p>The towns and villages located within Central Coast Council include: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alison,_New_South_Wales" title="Alison, New South Wales">Alison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avoca_Beach,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Avoca Beach, New South Wales">Avoca Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Bar Point, New South Wales">Bar Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bateau_Bay,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Bateau Bay, New South Wales">Bateau Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bensville,_New_South_Wales" title="Bensville, New South Wales">Bensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Vale,_New_South_Wales" title="Berkeley Vale, New South Wales">Berkeley Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwall,_New_South_Wales" title="Blackwall, New South Wales">Blackwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Blue Bay, New South Wales">Blue Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Haven,_New_South_Wales" title="Blue Haven, New South Wales">Blue Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Booker Bay, New South Wales">Booker Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bouddi,_New_South_Wales" title="Bouddi, New South Wales">Bouddi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Box_Head,_New_South_Wales" title="Box Head, New South Wales">Box Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budgewoi,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Budgewoi, New South Wales">Budgewoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budgewoi_Peninsula,_New_South_Wales" title="Budgewoi Peninsula, New South Wales">Budgewoi Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buff_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Buff Point, New South Wales">Buff Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushells_Ridge,_New_South_Wales" title="Bushells Ridge, New South Wales">Bushells Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calga,_New_South_Wales" title="Calga, New South Wales">Calga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Canton Beach, New South Wales">Canton Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Brush_Creek,_New_South_Wales" title="Cedar Brush Creek, New South Wales">Cedar Brush Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Mangrove,_New_South_Wales" title="Central Mangrove, New South Wales">Central Mangrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chain_Valley_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Chain Valley Bay, New South Wales">Chain Valley Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charmhaven,_New_South_Wales" title="Charmhaven, New South Wales">Charmhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheero_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Cheero Point, New South Wales">Cheero Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittaway_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Chittaway Bay, New South Wales">Chittaway Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittaway_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Chittaway Point, New South Wales">Chittaway Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cogra_Bay,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Cogra Bay, New South Wales">Cogra Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colongra,_New_South_Wales" title="Colongra, New South Wales">Colongra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copacabana,_New_South_Wales" title="Copacabana, New South Wales">Copacabana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crangan_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Crangan Bay, New South Wales">Crangan Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daleys_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Daleys Point, New South Wales">Daleys Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davistown,_New_South_Wales" title="Davistown, New South Wales">Davistown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dooralong,_New_South_Wales" title="Dooralong, New South Wales">Dooralong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doyalson,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Doyalson, New South Wales">Doyalson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doyalson_North,_New_South_Wales" title="Doyalson North, New South Wales">Doyalson North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durren_Durren,_New_South_Wales" title="Durren Durren, New South Wales">Durren Durren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="East Gosford, New South Wales">East Gosford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Empire Bay, New South Wales">Empire Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erina,_New_South_Wales" title="Erina, New South Wales">Erina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erina_Heights,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Erina Heights, New South Wales">Erina Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ettalong_Beach,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Ettalong Beach, New South Wales">Ettalong Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forresters_Beach,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Forresters Beach, New South Wales">Forresters Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountaindale,_New_South_Wales" title="Fountaindale, New South Wales">Fountaindale</a></li> <li>Frazer Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenning_Valley,_New_South_Wales" title="Glenning Valley, New South Wales">Glenning Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenworth_Valley,_New_South_Wales" title="Glenworth Valley, New South Wales">Glenworth Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorokan,_New_South_Wales" title="Gorokan, New South Wales">Gorokan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford, New South Wales">Gosford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Point,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Point, New South Wales">Green Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greengrove,_New_South_Wales" title="Greengrove, New South Wales">Greengrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunderman,_New_South_Wales" title="Gunderman, New South Wales">Gunderman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwandalan,_New_South_Wales" title="Gwandalan, New South Wales">Gwandalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halekulani,_New_South_Wales" title="Halekulani, New South Wales">Halekulani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloran,_New_South_Wales" title="Halloran, New South Wales">Halloran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlyn_Terrace,_New_South_Wales" title="Hamlyn Terrace, New South Wales">Hamlyn Terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardys_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Hardys Bay, New South Wales">Hardys Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holgate,_New_South_Wales" title="Holgate, New South Wales">Holgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horsfield_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Horsfield Bay, New South Wales">Horsfield Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jilliby,_New_South_Wales" title="Jilliby, New South Wales">Jilliby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangy_Angy,_New_South_Wales" title="Kangy Angy, New South Wales">Kangy Angy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanwal,_New_South_Wales" title="Kanwal, New South Wales">Kanwal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kariong,_New_South_Wales" title="Kariong, New South Wales">Kariong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiar,_New_South_Wales" title="Kiar, New South Wales">Kiar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killarney_Vale,_New_South_Wales" title="Killarney Vale, New South Wales">Killarney Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killcare,_New_South_Wales" title="Killcare, New South Wales">Killcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killcare_Heights,_New_South_Wales" title="Killcare Heights, New South Wales">Killcare Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincumber,_New_South_Wales" title="Kincumber, New South Wales">Kincumber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincumber_South,_New_South_Wales" title="Kincumber South, New South Wales">Kincumber South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingfisher_Shores,_New_South_Wales" title="Kingfisher Shores, New South Wales">Kingfisher Shores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koolewong,_New_South_Wales" title="Koolewong, New South Wales">Koolewong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulnura,_New_South_Wales" title="Kulnura, New South Wales">Kulnura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Haven,_New_South_Wales" title="Lake Haven, New South Wales">Lake Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Munmorah,_New_South_Wales" title="Lake Munmorah, New South Wales">Lake Munmorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemon_Tree,_New_South_Wales" title="Lemon Tree, New South Wales">Lemon Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Jilliby,_New_South_Wales" title="Little Jilliby, New South Wales">Little Jilliby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisarow,_New_South_Wales" title="Lisarow, New South Wales">Lisarow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Wobby,_New_South_Wales" title="Little Wobby, New South Wales">Little Wobby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Jetty,_New_South_Wales" title="Long Jetty, New South Wales">Long Jetty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Mangrove,_New_South_Wales" title="Lower Mangrove, New South Wales">Lower Mangrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macmasters_Beach,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Macmasters Beach, New South Wales">MacMasters Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magenta,_New_South_Wales" title="Magenta, New South Wales">Magenta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangrove_Creek,_New_South_Wales" title="Mangrove Creek, New South Wales">Mangrove Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangrove_Mountain,_New_South_Wales" title="Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales">Mangrove Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannering_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Mannering Park, New South Wales">Mannering Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardi,_New_South_Wales" title="Mardi, New South Wales">Mardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlow,_New_South_Wales" title="Marlow, New South Wales">Marlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matcham,_New_South_Wales" title="Matcham, New South Wales">Matcham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonee,_New_South_Wales" title="Moonee, New South Wales">Moonee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooney_Mooney,_New_South_Wales" title="Mooney Mooney, New South Wales">Mooney Mooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooney_Mooney_Creek,_New_South_Wales" title="Mooney Mooney Creek, New South Wales">Mooney Mooney Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Elliot,_New_South_Wales" title="Mount Elliot, New South Wales">Mount Elliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_White,_New_South_Wales" title="Mount White, New South Wales">Mount White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narara,_New_South_Wales" title="Narara, New South Wales">Narara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niagara_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Niagara Park, New South Wales">Niagara Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norah_Head,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Norah Head, New South Wales">Norah Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noraville,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Noraville, New South Wales">Noraville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Avoca,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="North Avoca, New South Wales">North Avoca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="North Gosford, New South Wales">North Gosford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ourimbah,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Ourimbah, New South Wales">Ourimbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Grove,_New_South_Wales" title="Palm Grove, New South Wales">Palm Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_New_South_Wales" title="Palmdale, New South Wales">Palmdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patonga,_New_South_Wales" title="Patonga, New South Wales">Patonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Pearl Beach, New South Wales">Pearl Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peats_Ridge,_New_South_Wales" title="Peats Ridge, New South Wales">Peats Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phegans_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Phegans Bay, New South Wales">Phegans Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picketts_Valley,_New_South_Wales" title="Picketts Valley, New South Wales">Picketts Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Clare,_New_South_Wales" title="Point Clare, New South Wales">Point Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Frederick,_New_South_Wales" title="Point Frederick, New South Wales">Point Frederick</a></li> <li>Point Wolstoncroft</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pretty_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Pretty Beach, New South Wales">Pretty Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravensdale,_New_South_Wales" title="Ravensdale, New South Wales">Ravensdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Rocky Point, New South Wales">Rocky Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Huberts_Island,_New_South_Wales" title="St Huberts Island, New South Wales">St Huberts Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Remo,_New_South_Wales" title="San Remo, New South Wales">San Remo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saratoga,_New_South_Wales" title="Saratoga, New South Wales">Saratoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelly_Beach,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelly Beach, New South Wales">Shelly Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somersby,_New_South_Wales" title="Somersby, New South Wales">Somersby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer,_New_South_Wales" title="Spencer, New South Wales">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_New_South_Wales_(Central_Coast)" title="Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summerland_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Summerland Point, New South Wales">Summerland Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_New_South_Wales" title="Tacoma, New South Wales">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_South,_New_South_Wales" title="Tacoma South, New South Wales">Tacoma South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tascott,_New_South_Wales" title="Tascott, New South Wales">Tascott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Mile_Hollow,_New_South_Wales" title="Ten Mile Hollow, New South Wales">Ten Mile Hollow</a> (Eastern part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrigal,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrigal, New South Wales">Terrigal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Entrance,_New_South_Wales" title="The Entrance, New South Wales">The Entrance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Entrance_North,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="The Entrance North, New South Wales">The Entrance North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toowoon_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Toowoon Bay, New South Wales">Toowoon Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toukley,_New_South_Wales" title="Toukley, New South Wales">Toukley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuggerah,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuggerah, New South Wales">Tuggerah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuggerawong,_New_South_Wales" title="Tuggerawong, New South Wales">Tuggerawong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumbi_Umbi,_New_South_Wales" title="Tumbi Umbi, New South Wales">Tumbi Umbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umina_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Umina Beach, New South Wales">Umina Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Mangrove,_New_South_Wales" title="Upper Mangrove, New South Wales">Upper Mangrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadalba,_New_South_Wales" title="Wadalba, New South Wales">Wadalba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagstaffe,_New_South_Wales" title="Wagstaffe, New South Wales">Wagstaffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallarah,_New_South_Wales" title="Wallarah, New South Wales">Wallarah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wamberal,_New_South_Wales" title="Wamberal, New South Wales">Wamberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warnervale,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Warnervale, New South Wales">Warnervale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watanobbi,_New_South_Wales" title="Watanobbi, New South Wales">Watanobbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendoree_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Wendoree Park, New South Wales">Wendoree Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="West Gosford, New South Wales">West Gosford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisemans_Ferry,_New_South_Wales" title="Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales">Wisemans Ferry</a> (North-eastern part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wondabyne,_New_South_Wales" title="Wondabyne, New South Wales">Wondabyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woongarrah,_New_South_Wales" title="Woongarrah, New South Wales">Woongarrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Woy Woy, New South Wales">Woy Woy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Woy Woy Bay, New South Wales">Woy Woy Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyoming, New South Wales">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyong,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyong, New South Wales">Wyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyong_Creek,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyong Creek, New South Wales">Wyong Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyongah,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyongah, New South Wales">Wyongah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarramalong,_New_South_Wales" title="Yarramalong, New South Wales">Yarramalong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yattalunga,_New_South_Wales" title="Yattalunga, New South Wales">Yattalunga</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a> the population of the Central Coast local government area was 346,596. The median income for the Central Coast Council Local Government Area (LGA) was lower than the nation compared to $1,746 nationally, and the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">state</a> at $1,829 and $1,507 in this LGA.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">Selected historical census data for Central Coast local government area </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Census year</th> <th>2016<sup id="cite_ref-Census2016_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>2021<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" colspan="2">Population</td> <td>Estimated residents on <a href="/wiki/Census_in_Australia" title="Census in Australia">census night</a></td> <td align="right">327,736</td> <td align="right">346,596 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/List_of_local_government_areas_in_New_South_Wales" title="List of local government areas in New South Wales">LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales</a></td> <td align="right">3<span style="font-size:85%;">rd</span></td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">% of New South Wales population</td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right">% of Australian population</td> <td align="right"></td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Cultural and language diversity</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ancestor" title="Ancestor">Ancestry</a>,<br />top responses</td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a></td> <td align="right">31.3%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 42.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australians" title="Australians">Australian</a></td> <td align="right">30.2%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 39.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a></td> <td align="right">9.3%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 12.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a></td> <td align="right">7.5%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/German_people" class="mw-redirect" title="German people">German</a></td> <td align="right">2.5%</td> <td align="right">- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Australian Aboriginal</a></td> <td align="right">4.7%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" colspan="2">Language,<br />top responses<br />(other than <a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">English</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Language">Spanish</a></td> <td align="right">0.5%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin</a></td> <td align="right">0.5%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Italian_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Language">Italian</a></td> <td align="right">0.4%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a></td> <td align="right">0.3%</td> <td align="right">- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a></td> <td align="right">0.3%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a></td> <td align="right">-</td> <td align="right">0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Religious affiliation</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Australia" title="Religion in Australia">Religious</a> affiliation,<br />top responses</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">No religion</a></td> <td align="right">27.6%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 39.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church in Australia">Catholic</a></td> <td align="right">24.7%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 21.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Australia" title="Anglican Church of Australia">Anglican</a></td> <td align="right">22.5%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 16.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Not Stated</td> <td align="right">8.2%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uniting_Church_in_Australia" title="Uniting Church in Australia">Uniting Church</a></td> <td align="right">3.2%</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Median weekly incomes</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="2">Personal <a href="/wiki/Household_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Household income">income</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Median" title="Median">Median</a> weekly personal income</td> <td align="right">$600</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $727 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="2">Family income</td> <td>Median weekly family income</td> <td align="right">$1,560</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $1,954 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="2">Household income</td> <td>Median weekly household income</td> <td align="right">$1,258</td> <td align="right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $1,507 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Council">Council</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Coast_wards_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Central_Coast_wards_map.svg/250px-Central_Coast_wards_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Central_Coast_wards_map.svg/375px-Central_Coast_wards_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Central_Coast_wards_map.svg/500px-Central_Coast_wards_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1719" data-file-height="1124" /></a><figcaption>A map of the five wards, showing party representation as of the <a href="/wiki/2017_New_South_Wales_local_elections" title="2017 New South Wales local elections">2017 local elections</a> (note that the council was not up for election in <a href="/wiki/2021_New_South_Wales_local_elections" title="2021 New South Wales local elections">2021</a>).</figcaption></figure> <p>The Council comprises fifteen <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">Councillors</a> elected <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">proportionally</a>, with three Councillors elected in five <a href="/wiki/Ward_(country_subdivision)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ward (country subdivision)">wards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LGP_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LGP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office, with the first term to last for three years.<sup id="cite_ref-sc_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a> is elected by Councillors for a period of two years, the Deputy Mayor is elected for one year. On 30 October 2020, the Minister for Local Government, <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Hancock" title="Shelley Hancock">Shelley Hancock</a> announced the suspension of the elected Council and the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Dick_Persson" title="Dick Persson">Dick Persson</a> as the new interim Administrator of Central Coast Council for an initial period of three months.<sup id="cite_ref-hancock_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hancock-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 January 2021, Hancock announced the extension of Persson's term for an additional three months to 29 April 2021, which was later extended to May 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-OLGNSW_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLGNSW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Council meets fortnightly, with meetings held at the Wyong Civic Centre.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Office</th> <th>Term</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Administrator_(Australia)" title="Administrator (Australia)">Administrator</a></td> <td>Ian Reynolds</td> <td>12 May 2016 – 26 September 2017</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-LGP_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LGP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Mayor</td> <td>Jane Smith</td> <td>26 September 2017 – 23 September 2019</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-smith_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smith-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lisa Matthews</td> <td>23 September 2019 – 30 October 2020</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Barry_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barry-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Deputy Mayor</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Holstein" title="Chris Holstein">Chris Holstein</a></td> <td>26 September 2017 – 23 September 2019</td> <td>Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Gosford_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford City Council">Gosford City Council</a> 2002–2010<sup id="cite_ref-smith_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smith-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jane Smith</td> <td>23 September 2019 – 30 October 2020</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-smith_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smith-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barry_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barry-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Administrator</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Persson" title="Dick Persson">Dick Persson</a></td> <td>30 October 2020 – 13 May 2021</td> <td>Administrator of <a href="/wiki/Port_Macquarie-Hastings_Council" title="Port Macquarie-Hastings Council">Port Macquarie-Hastings Council</a> 2008–2009, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Beaches_Council" title="Northern Beaches Council">Northern Beaches Council</a> 2016–2017 and <a href="/wiki/Warringah_Council" title="Warringah Council">Warringah Council</a> 2003–2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rik_Hart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rik Hart (page does not exist)">Rik Hart</a></td> <td>13 May 2021 – 14 September 2024</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-inquiry_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquiry-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RH_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RH-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">Mayor</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrie_McKinna" title="Lawrie McKinna">Lawrie McKinna</a></td> <td>October 8 2024 – present</td> <td>Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Gosford_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford City Council">Gosford City Council</a> (2012–2016) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1">Deputy Mayor</td> <td>Douglas Eaton</td> <td>October 8 2024 – present</td> <td>Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Wyong_Shire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyong Shire Council">Wyong Shire Council</a> (2012–2016) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">General Manager/CEO<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Term</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Rob Noble</td> <td>12 May 2016 – 20 September 2017</td> <td>Acting General Manager of <a href="/wiki/Wyong_Shire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyong Shire Council">Wyong Shire Council</a> 2015–2016<sup id="cite_ref-LGP_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LGP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Brian Bell</td> <td>20 September 2017 – 2 February 2018</td> <td>General Manager of <a href="/wiki/City_of_Lake_Macquarie" title="City of Lake Macquarie">Lake Macquarie City Council</a> 2006–2017<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Brian Glendenning (Acting)</td> <td>2 February 2018 – 2 July 2018</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Murphy_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murphy-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Gary Murphy</td> <td>2 July 2018 – 30 November 2020</td> <td>General Manager of <a href="/wiki/City_of_Lismore" title="City of Lismore">Lismore City Council</a> 2011–2018<sup id="cite_ref-Murphy_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murphy-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Rik Hart (Acting)</td> <td>3 November 2020 – 12 April 2021</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Hart_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hart-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FarmerHart_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FarmerHart-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">David Farmer</td> <td>12 April 2021 – present</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-DF1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DF1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FarmerHart_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FarmerHart-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_composition">Current composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most recent election was held on <a href="/wiki/2024_New_South_Wales_local_elections" title="2024 New South Wales local elections">14 September 2024</a>. The makeup of the council, is as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(New_South_Wales_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td align="right">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td align="right">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(New_South_Wales_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)">Liberal</a> </td> <td align="right">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td align="right">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>15</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ward</th> <th colspan="2">Councillor</th> <th>Party</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Budgewoi Ward </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Helen Crowley </td> <td>Labor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Douglas Eaton </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td>Previously Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Wyong_Shire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyong Shire Council">Wyong Shire Council</a> (1995–1996, 2010–2011, 2012–2016) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td>John Mouland </td> <td>Independent </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Gosford East Ward </td> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrie_McKinna" title="Lawrie McKinna">Lawrie McKinna</a> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>Previously Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Gosford_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford City Council">Gosford City Council</a> (2012–2016) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Sharon Walsh </td> <td>Labor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Jared Wright </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Gosford West Ward </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Trent McWaide </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belinda_Neal" title="Belinda Neal">Belinda Neal</a> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td>Previously <a href="/wiki/Gosford_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford City Council">Gosford City Council</a> Councillor (1992–1994), <a href="/wiki/List_of_senators_from_New_South_Wales" title="List of senators from New South Wales">Senator for NSW</a> (1994–1998), federal member for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Robertson" title="Division of Robertson">Robertson</a> (2007–2010) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td>Jane Smith </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>Previously Mayor (2017-2019) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">The Entrance Ward </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Margot Castles </td> <td>Labor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Rachel Stanton </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td>Corinne Lamont </td> <td>Independent </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Wyong Ward </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karen_McNamara" title="Karen McNamara">John McNamara</a> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td>Previously <a href="/wiki/Wyong_Shire_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyong Shire Council">Wyong Shire Council</a> Councillor (2008-2012) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Kyle Macgreggor </td> <td>Labor </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td>Kyla Daniels </td> <td>Independent </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024">2024</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election#Results" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">2024 Central Coast Council election § Results</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Central_Coast_Council_election&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2024_New_South_Wales_local_elections" title="2024 New South Wales local elections">2024 New South Wales local elections</a>: Central Coast </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10px" colspan="3">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td>60,882 </td> <td>31.19 </td> <td>+1.17 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td>47,232 </td> <td>24.20 </td> <td>-0.50 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#28555E;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Team Central Coast </td> <td>38,867 </td> <td>19.91 </td> <td>+19.91 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td>7,364 </td> <td>3.77 </td> <td>+3.77 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#8DB600;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Central Coast NEW Independents </td> <td>4,744 </td> <td>2.43 </td> <td>-7.97 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens_NSW" title="The Greens NSW">Greens</a> </td> <td>6,029 </td> <td>3.09 </td> <td>-4.71 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#000000;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Ratepayers Choice Central Coast </td> <td>4,239 </td> <td>2.17 </td> <td>+2.17 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#5B2C86;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Animal_Justice_Party" title="Animal Justice Party">Animal Justice</a> </td> <td>4,032 </td> <td>2.06 </td> <td>+2.06 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Central Coast Heart </td> <td>3,799 </td> <td>1.95 </td> <td>+1.95 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#f36c21;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">Independent One Nation</a> </td> <td>757 </td> <td>0.39 </td> <td>+0.39 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td>12,946 </td> <td>6.63 </td> <td>-10.37 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Formal votes </th> <td>195,196 </td> <td>91.53 </td> <td>-0.74 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Informal votes </th> <td>18,058 </td> <td>8.47 </td> <td>+0.74 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Total </th> <td>213,254 </td> <td>100 </td> <td> </td> <td>15 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Registered voters / turnout </th> <td>260,408 </td> <td>81.89 </td> <td>+6.29 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017">2017</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/2017_Central_Coast_Council_election#Results" title="2017 Central Coast Council election">2017 Central Coast Council election § Results</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2017_Central_Coast_Council_election&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2017_New_South_Wales_local_elections" title="2017 New South Wales local elections">2017 New South Wales local elections</a>: Central Coast<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:10px" colspan="3">Party </th> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td>57,265 </td> <td>30.2 </td> <td>+7.0 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td>46,751 </td> <td>24.7 </td> <td>−6.5 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>32,279 </td> <td>17.0 </td> <td>−12.6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#8DB600;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Central Coast NEW Independents </td> <td>19,774 </td> <td>10.4 </td> <td>+10.4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/The_Greens_NSW" title="The Greens NSW">Greens</a> </td> <td>14,834 </td> <td>7.8 </td> <td>−1.6 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Save Tuggerah Lakes </td> <td>10,986 </td> <td>5.8 </td> <td>−0.8 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Fighting for the Forgotten North </td> <td>4,012 </td> <td>2.1 </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#4B0082;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Next Generation Independents </td> <td>2,789 </td> <td>1.5 </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#5B2C86;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Animal_Justice_Party" title="Animal Justice Party">Animal Justice</a> </td> <td>544 </td> <td>0.3 </td> <td>+0.3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#047E49;width:1px">  </td> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Sustainable Development </td> <td>407 </td> <td>0.2 </td> <td>+0.2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Formal votes </th> <td>189,641 </td> <td>92.3 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Informal votes </th> <td>15,893 </td> <td>7.7 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Total </th> <td>205,534 </td> <td>100 </td> <td> </td> <td>15 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="1"> Registered voters / turnout </th> <td>250,818 </td> <td>75.6 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Past_councillors">Past councillors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Past councillors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budgewoi_Ward">Budgewoi Ward</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Budgewoi Ward"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2017 Central Coast Council election">2017</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Doug Vincent </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Garry Whitaker </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Greg Best </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>2022</i> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><b>Council dismissed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">2024</a></b> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">TBC</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gosford_East_Ward">Gosford East Ward</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gosford East Ward"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2017 Central Coast Council election">2017</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Rebecca Gale-Collins </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" width="1px" style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Jeff Sundstrom </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" width="1px" style="background-color:#8DB600;">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Jane Smith </td> <td rowspan="2">NEW Independents </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>2020</i> </td> <td> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>2022</i> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><b>Council dismissed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">2024</a></b> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">TBC</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gosford_West_Ward">Gosford West Ward</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gosford West Ward"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2017 Central Coast Council election">2017</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2" width="1px" style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Richard Mehrtens </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Troy Marquart </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" width="1px" style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Holstein" title="Chris Holstein">Chris Holstein</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>2020</i> </td> <td> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>Vacant</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>2022</i> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><b>Council dismissed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">2024</a></b> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">TBC</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Entrance_Ward">The Entrance Ward</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The Entrance Ward"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2017 Central Coast Council election">2017</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Lisa Matthews </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Jilly Pilon </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Bruce McLachlan </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>2022</i> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><b>Council dismissed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">2024</a></b> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">TBC</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wyong_Ward">Wyong Ward</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Wyong Ward"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Councillor </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2017_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2017 Central Coast Council election">2017</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Kyle MacGregor </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Labor_Party" title="New South Wales Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#8DB600;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Louise Greenaway </td> <td rowspan="1">NEW Independents </td> <td rowspan="1" width="1px" style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td rowspan="1">Chris Burke </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>2022</i> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><b>Council dismissed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">2024</a></b> </td> <td colspan="9;" align="center"><i><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_Coast_Council_election" title="2024 Central Coast Council election">TBC</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The traditional Aboriginal inhabitants of the lands now known as the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Water" title="Brisbane Water">Brisbane Water</a> were the <a href="/wiki/Guringai" class="mw-redirect" title="Guringai">Guringai</a> people of the <a href="/wiki/Eora" title="Eora">Eora</a> nation.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Darkingung people occupied large areas inland west towards <a href="/wiki/Rylstone" title="Rylstone">Rylstone</a>, and north to <a href="/wiki/Cessnock,_New_South_Wales" title="Cessnock, New South Wales">Cessnock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wollombi" title="Wollombi">Wollombi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GosfordHistory_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GosfordHistory-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In 1811, the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales" title="Governor of New South Wales">Governor of New South Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lachlan_Macquarie" title="Lachlan Macquarie">Lachlan Macquarie</a>, gave the first <a href="/wiki/Land_grant" title="Land grant">land grant</a> in the region to William Nash, a former marine of the <a href="/wiki/First_Fleet" title="First Fleet">First Fleet</a>. No further grants were made in the area until 1821.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1839 Governor <a href="/wiki/George_Gipps" title="George Gipps">Sir George Gipps</a> named the town of Gosford after his friend, <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Acheson,_2nd_Earl_of_Gosford" title="Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford">The Earl of Gosford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GosfordHistory_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GosfordHistory-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1840, the Brisbane Water Police District was proclaimed covering the area from the Hawkesbury River to Lake Macquarie and which administered local government under the control of magistrates.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1843, the Brisbane Water District Council was proclaimed on the same boundaries as the Police District, and replaced the appointed magistrates with an elected council as part of an early attempt to establish local government administration throughout the colony.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This experiment in local government was not very successful, with much public opposition focused on the issue of increased taxation, and a lack of oversight and faulty administration led to the collapse of many of these District Councils. The Brisbane Water District Council had ceased to exist by 1855, and the NSW Parliament passed the <i>Municipalities Act</i> in 1858, which allowed for the creation of Municipalities and Boroughs if a petition of as few as 50 signatures was presented to the government.<sup id="cite_ref-WDC_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDC-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, no petition was ever sent from the residents of Brisbane Water to the government under this act, and local matters reverted to the police magistrates for determination.<sup id="cite_ref-GDHRA,_p._14_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDHRA,_p._14-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SLNSW_796360_School_of_Arts_Gosford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/SLNSW_796360_School_of_Arts_Gosford.jpg/300px-SLNSW_796360_School_of_Arts_Gosford.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/SLNSW_796360_School_of_Arts_Gosford.jpg/450px-SLNSW_796360_School_of_Arts_Gosford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/SLNSW_796360_School_of_Arts_Gosford.jpg/600px-SLNSW_796360_School_of_Arts_Gosford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="878" /></a><figcaption>The School of Arts on the corner of Mann Street and Georgiana Terrace, Gosford, was the council seat of Gosford from 1886 to 1907, and Erina from 1907 to 1912. It was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1927 with only the sandstone base remaining.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gosford_Borough">Gosford Borough</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Gosford Borough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the succeeding <i>Municipalities Act, 1867</i>, which allowed for residents to petition the Colonial Government for incorporation, a petition signed by 59 Gosford residents, amongst a population of approximately 1,000 at the time, was sent to the Governor on 10 June 1886 requesting the establishment of the "Borough of Gosford" with two wards, East Gosford and West Gosford.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The petition was subsequently accepted and on 11 November 1886, the "Borough of Gosford" was proclaimed by the Governor <a href="/wiki/Charles_Wynn-Carington,_1st_Marquess_of_Lincolnshire" title="Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire">Lord Carrington</a>, with an area of 1,840 acres in and around the Town of Gosford.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first election for the six aldermen and two auditors was held at Gosford Courthouse on 1 February 1887, and the first mayor, John Bennett Whiteway, was elected at the first Council meeting on 20 February 1887.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1888, the Borough Council meetings were held in the Gosford School of Arts building at 38 Mann Street.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Erina_Shire">Erina Shire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Erina Shire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The remaining area of the Brisbane Water Police District outside of Gosford continued to be administered by the police magistrates until 1906.<sup id="cite_ref-GDHRA,_p._14_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDHRA,_p._14-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 7 March 1906, this area became the <a href="/wiki/Erina_Shire" title="Erina Shire">Erina Shire</a>, when it was proclaimed by the NSW Government Gazette along with 132 other new Shires as a result of the passing of the <i><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Shires)_Act_1905" title="Local Government (Shires) Act 1905">Local Government (Shires) Act 1905</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 May 1906, the Shire was divided in to three Ridings (A, B, C) and five temporary Councillors were appointed (John Bourke of Kincumber, John Martin Moroney of Woy Woy, Harold Stanley Robinson of Penang, Manasseh Ward of Gosford, and Alexander Wilkinson of Wyong).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Temporary Council first met at Gosford Courthouse on 13 June 1906 and Manasseh Ward was elected as the chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first election was held on 24 November 1906 and the first meeting of the elected nine-member Council was held at the Gosford Courthouse on 5 December 1906, with Councillor Ward elected to continue serving as the first Shire President.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SLNSW_796359_Council_Chambers_Gosford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/SLNSW_796359_Council_Chambers_Gosford.jpg/300px-SLNSW_796359_Council_Chambers_Gosford.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/SLNSW_796359_Council_Chambers_Gosford.jpg/450px-SLNSW_796359_Council_Chambers_Gosford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/SLNSW_796359_Council_Chambers_Gosford.jpg/600px-SLNSW_796359_Council_Chambers_Gosford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="827" /></a><figcaption>Erina Shire Chambers in Gosford, built 1912.</figcaption></figure> <p>With the coming into effect of the <i>Local Government Act, 1906</i>, the Borough of Gosford became the Municipality of Gosford, as well as the power of Councils to petition the government to dissolve and merge with other Councils. In July 1907 a petition from the Municipality of Gosford was published in the Government Gazette requesting to merge with Erina Shire, the first Council to do so under the 1906 act.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, owing to objections from the Wyong Progress Association and the Erina Shire Council, a public inquiry was established by the Secretary for Public Works, where it was heard that the Gosford Municipality was in debt and desired to merge with Erina to resolve its financial issues.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite objections, the commissioner returned a recommendation for the merger and a proposal for a six-ward model was considered and accepted at a conference held on 30 September 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposal for a six-ward Erina Shire with Gosford becoming F Riding was subsequently proclaimed and came into effect on 23 January 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new Shire Council Chambers on Mann Street, Gosford, were officially opened on 4 May 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Woy_Woy_Shire">Woy Woy Shire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Woy Woy Shire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>However, with the substantial size of Erina Shire covering the entirety of the Central Coast region, some local groups began to organise to separate from the shire and manage their own areas. This occurred in D Riding in particular, where in 1921, a group of ratepayers angered by what they saw as a general neglect of their local area, formed an organisation to work towards the separation of the <a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy" title="Woy Woy">Woy Woy</a> Peninsula area from Erina Shire.<sup id="cite_ref-WoyWoy_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoyWoy-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 April 1928 a proposal for separation was received and the <a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy_Shire" title="Woy Woy Shire">Shire of Woy Woy</a> was subsequently proclaimed on 1 August 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Council meeting was held at the Woy Woy Masonic Hall on 11 August 1928, and land developer and businessman Charles Jefferis Staples was elected as the first Shire President.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure as president moves were made to construct a Council Chambers building in the centre of Woy Woy, which was designed by Clifford H. Finch, built by G. J. Richards, and officially opened on 14 March 1931 at the cost of £1845 (now the Woy Woy Library).<sup id="cite_ref-WoyWoy_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoyWoy-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following severe dysfunction from late 1939 in Woy Woy Shire Council, which was unable to meet or elect a president due to boycotts of councillors over a declining financial position, on 14 February 1940 the Minister for Local Government dismissed Woy Woy Shire Council and appointed Keith William Britton as Administrator.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A subsequent investigation by the Administrator found the council's finances "unsound" and subject to an "insidious drift".<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gosford_Municipality_and_Brisbane_Water_County_Council">Gosford Municipality and Brisbane Water County Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Gosford Municipality and Brisbane Water County Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meeting_Chamber,_Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Meeting_Chamber%2C_Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg/250px-Meeting_Chamber%2C_Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Meeting_Chamber%2C_Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg/375px-Meeting_Chamber%2C_Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Meeting_Chamber%2C_Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg/500px-Meeting_Chamber%2C_Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1331" data-file-height="1034" /></a><figcaption>The meeting chamber of Gosford Council Chambers on Mann Street, completed in 1939.</figcaption></figure> <p>In March 1936, three Councillors of Erina Shire were dismissed from office for having held office while subject to a special disqualification, and it was also revealed that Council staff had not been paid since February.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the council could not meet due to lack of quorum, on 24 March 1936 the Minister for Local Government, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Spooner" title="Eric Spooner">Eric Spooner</a>, dismissed the council and appointed an Administrator, B. C. Hughes.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spooner commissioned Hughes to undertake an inquiry into the administration of Erina Shire and, following a January petition from Gosford and Point Clare residents for a new Gosford municipality, also to investigate the question of the separation of Gosford from the Shire.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inquiry found in favour of a separation of Gosford, which was accepted by Spooner, and Erina Shire was divided again to re-form the Municipality of Gosford on 24 October 1936, including the areas of the former Gosford Municipality abolished in 1908 and also new areas from Narara to Woy Woy and Point Clare.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A nine-member provisional council was appointed the same day, and at the first meeting on 24 October 1936 <a href="/wiki/William_Calman_Grahame" title="William Calman Grahame">William Calman Grahame</a> was elected as the first Mayor and Charles Staples, the former Mayor of Woy Woy, was elected Deputy Mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the first Council election on 23 January 1937, Grahame and Staples were re-elected to their positions on 29 January.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1938, the first permanent supply of town water was delivered to <a href="/wiki/Gosford" title="Gosford">Gosford</a>, with the opening of a new water supply direct from Lower Mooney Dam on the <a href="/wiki/Mooney_Mooney_Creek" title="Mooney Mooney Creek">Mooney Mooney Creek</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GosfordHistory_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GosfordHistory-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 April 1939, the Gosford Council Chambers on Mann Street, designed in the Inter-war Art Deco style by architects Loyal Figgis and Virgil Cizzio and built by A. E. Catterall at a cost of £5,785, was officially opened by the Minister for Local Government, Eric Spooner.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following significant debate about the provision of electricity undertakings across the Central Coast, including over the split between Erina Shire and Gosford,<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 16 October 1942 Gosford Municipality combined with the Shires of Erina and Woy Woy to form the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Water_County_Council" title="Brisbane Water County Council">Brisbane Water County Council</a> to provide electricity to the combined area of the three councils. The County Council operated as an <a href="/wiki/Public_utility" title="Public utility">electricity and gas supplier and retailer</a> and was managed by representatives of the three councils. The County Council operated until its amalgamation with the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_County_Council" title="Sydney County Council">Sydney County Council</a> from 1 January 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-BWCC_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BWCC-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gosford_and_Wyong_Councils">Gosford and Wyong Councils</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Gosford and Wyong Councils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg/300px-Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg/450px-Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg/600px-Gosford_Council_Chambers_in_Building_magazine_24_May_1939.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2698" data-file-height="2126" /></a><figcaption>Gosford Council Chambers on Mann Street, completed in 1939 was the council seat until 1974, when it was demolished for the present Gosford Administration Building.</figcaption></figure> <p>In June 1945, Erina Shire resolved to investigate the reconstitution of local government on the Central Coast into two shires and following further discussions a formal proposal was presented to the Minister for Local Government, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cahill" title="Joseph Cahill">Joseph Cahill</a>, in October 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the proposal proved divisive, with Gosford and the Wyong section of Erina Shire in favour and the rest of Erina Shire and Woy Woy Shire opposed.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formal government inquiry subsequently supported the proposal and in April 1946, Cahill notified the councils of his intention to proceed.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, Woy Woy Shire held a plebiscite in July 1946 on the question which on a low turnout resolved to opposed amalgamation, a vote that Cahill considered a waste of public money considering the decision was already made.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 January 1947, part of Erina Shire, all of Woy Woy Shire and the Municipality of Gosford formed <a href="/wiki/Gosford_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Gosford City Council">Gosford Shire</a>, and the remainder of Erina Shire north and east of Kulnura, Central Mangrove and Lisarow formed <a href="/wiki/Wyong_Shire" title="Wyong Shire">Wyong Shire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the changes, the new Wyong Shire Council initially rented the old Erina Shire offices in Gosford, but soon acquired some army huts from Cowra and had them moved to Wyong to serve as temporary Council Chambers, which were officially opened by Minister Joseph Cahill on 4 February 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These chambers were later replaced by a more substantial Council Administration Building at 2 Hely Street Wyong completed in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1948, Gosford Shire established the first Library Service, with branches opening on 13 August at Woy Woy (in the old Council Chambers) and on 16 August on Mann Street next to the Council Chambers.<sup id="cite_ref-GosfordHistory_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GosfordHistory-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An expanded Gosford Branch Library was opened in 1951 by the Minister for Education, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Heffron" title="Bob Heffron">Bob Heffron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New Libraries were subsequently opened at Gosford (Donnison St, 1969), Umina (1983), Kariong (2002) and at Kincumber, Wyoming and Erina (2003).<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wyong Shire took longer to deliver its own Library Service by 1959, having delayed a proposal on cost grounds in 1951, and held a referendum on the question in December 1953 which was resolved in favour of adopting the <i>Library Act, 1939</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wyong Shire Council formally adopted the act in 1958 and opened the first public library service on the ground floor of the Council Chambers in May 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wyong Library Service eventually expanded to five branches at Toukley, The Entrance, Tuggerah (1995), Lake Haven (2002), and Bay Village.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974–1976, the 1939 Gosford Council Council Chambers were demolished and replaced by the Gosford Administration Building, a <a href="/wiki/Brutalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Brutalist">Brutalist</a> style tower with a pre-cast concrete facade designed by prominent architects, McConnell Smith & Johnston.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 November 1979, the Shire of Gosford was proclaimed as the City of Gosford, with effect from 1 January 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Establishment_of_Central_Coast_Council">Establishment of Central Coast Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Establishment of Central Coast Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015 a <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_New_South_Wales#Reviews_of_local_government_areas" title="Local government areas of New South Wales">review of local government boundaries</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_New_South_Wales" title="Government of New South Wales">NSW Government</a> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Pricing_and_Regulatory_Tribunal_of_New_South_Wales" title="Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales">Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal</a> recommended that Wyong Shire and Gosford City Councils should merge to form one single council to cover the whole <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast (New South Wales)">Central Coast</a> region with an area of 1,681 square kilometres (649 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 331,007.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proposal was supported by Wyong Shire and Gosford City councils, who had submitted the proposal to merge as part of the NSW Government's <i>Fit for the Future</i> reform process.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 May 2016, with the release of the <i>Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016</i>, the Central Coast Council was formed from Wyong Shire and Gosford City councils.<sup id="cite_ref-LGP_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LGP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first meeting of the Central Coast Council was held at the Wyong Civic Centre on 25 May 2016, with meetings alternating between Gosford and Wyong.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From amalgamation on 12 May 2016 to September 2017, the Central Coast Council area was administered by the former General Manager of <a href="/wiki/Blacktown_City_Council" title="Blacktown City Council">Blacktown City Council</a> (2000–2005), Ian Reynolds, with former Wyong Shire Acting General Manager Rob Noble appointed as Interim General Manager and Gosford City General Manager Paul Anderson appointed Deputy General Manager.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first election for the new 15-member Council across five wards was held on 8 September 2017, with 6 Labor, 5 Independent and 4 Liberal councillors elected.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administration">Administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 30 October 2020, the Minister for Local Government, <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Hancock" title="Shelley Hancock">Shelley Hancock</a> announced the suspension of the elected Council and the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Dick_Persson" title="Dick Persson">Dick Persson</a> as the new interim Administrator of Central Coast Council for an initial period of three months. This occurred following the reveal of an $89 million debt in Council finances and an emergency $6.2 million loan provided by the NSW Government in order for Council to pay its own staff.<sup id="cite_ref-hancock_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hancock-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BK_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BK-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Persson's appointment was announced with the task of ensuring "greater oversight and control over the council’s budget and expenditure to restore its financial sustainability and importantly reinstill the community’s trust in the effective functioning of their council."<sup id="cite_ref-CCC_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCC-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Persson, a former administrator of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Beaches_Council" title="Northern Beaches Council">Northern Beaches Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warringah_Council" title="Warringah Council">Warringah Council</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Port_Macquarie-Hastings_Council" title="Port Macquarie-Hastings Council">Port Macquarie-Hastings Council</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mid_North_Coast" title="Mid North Coast">Mid North Coast</a> region was also appointed with Rik Hart on the administration operations team, with whom he had worked on the transformation at Warringah Council in 2007–2008.<sup id="cite_ref-CCC_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCC-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 October 2020, following Hancock's notice of her intention to suspend the council on 21 October, Councillors Rebecca Gale (Gosford East; Liberal) and Troy Marquart (Gosford West; Liberal) resigned from the council.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 November 2020, Persson announced that the Council CEO, Gary Murphy, would continue on extended leave, and Rik Hart was appointed as Acting CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-Hart_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hart-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rik Hart is a former Chief Executive of <a href="/wiki/Lower_Hutt" title="Lower Hutt">Hutt City Council</a> (2001–2006) and General Manager of Warringah Council (2007–2016) and <a href="/wiki/Inner_West_Council" title="Inner West Council">Inner West Council</a> (2016–2019). In Mar–Sep 2019 he was Acting CEO of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Parramatta_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Parramatta Council">City of Parramatta Council</a> following the early termination of the previous CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 November 2020, Persson announced that he had terminated Murphy's employment as CEO, effective immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 December 2020, Persson delivered his first 30-day interim report which revealed "catastrophic budget mismanagement", including accumulated losses of $232 million since 2016, increased debt from $317 million (2016) to $565 million (2020), and an estimated operating loss of $115 million for 2020/2021 financial year.<sup id="cite_ref-AdminReport_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdminReport-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Persson found that while no evidence of corruption could be found, poor financial decisions by senior management including the CEO and Chief Financial Officer, including the use of restricted reserve funds for capital works, contributed to the poor financial position of the council, and that the elected council failed to hold management to account: "This is a story about the failure of a council to understand or practise the basics of sound financial management."<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Persson noted that several actions were required to put the council in a stronger position including asset sales of at least $40 million, an increase in rates and council charges, and a substantial reduction in Council staff to 2016 amalgamation levels including a significant reduction in upper and middle management positions.<sup id="cite_ref-AdminReport_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdminReport-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While acknowledging that most staff were "working hard to deliver services to their community [and] what has occurred is not their fault", Persson also noted the hardship and impact that "previous financial mismanagement will have on all residents and ratepayers of the Central Coast", "they don't expect to see things go from what seemed to be okay to what I'm calling the greatest financial calamity in the history of local government in New South Wales".<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AdminReport_115-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdminReport-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 December 2020 Persson formally adopted the first region-wide Central Coast Local Environmental Plan (CCLEP) and Development Control Plan (CCDCP), consolidating the Gosford and Wyong plans.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 January 2021, the Minister for Local Government announced the extension of Persson's term for an additional three months to 29 April 2021, noting: "There is no doubt that [Persson] needs more time to develop and implement his recovery strategy to restore stability and address the significant reputational, financial and organisational issues. In particular, Mr Persson is focusing on recruiting a new general manager and putting a new budget in place for next financial year. Mr Persson and acting general manager Rik Hart have done an outstanding job to date and I thank them for their efforts in these very challenging circumstances."<sup id="cite_ref-OLGNSW_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OLGNSW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 February, Persson delivered his 3-month progress report announcing a number of further changes, including that Rik Hart be appointed as Financial Controller once the new CEO takes office, the securing of new loans of $150 million and a referendum to reduce the number of councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 March 2021, Persson announced the appointment of David Farmer as the next council CEO, commencing his term on 12 April 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-DF1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DF1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Farmer has served as the CEO of <a href="/wiki/Ipswich_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Ipswich City Council">Ipswich City Council</a> (2019–2021), General Manager of <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wollongong" title="City of Wollongong">Wollongong City Council</a> (2007–2019), CEO of <a href="/wiki/City_of_Cairns" title="City of Cairns">Cairns City Council</a> (2000–2007), and General Manager of <a href="/wiki/Mid-Western_Regional_Council" title="Mid-Western Regional Council">Mudgee Shire Council</a> (1996–2000).<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day on 3 March, Persson also announced that he had approved a referendum to be held at the next local government elections, scheduled for September 2021, to request the reduction of the number of councillors from 15 to 9, with the option of a no-ward or three-ward models.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 April, Persson sent his final report to Minister Hancock expressing his view that "by far the greatest reason CCC became insolvent was due to mismanagement of their budget over the years following the merger and leading up to their suspension" and recommending that the Local Government Minister, "take whatever action necessary to prevent the return of the currently suspended councilors, and to delay the September 2021 election to allow a formal Inquiry to determine what is needed to achieve the successful merger of the two previous Councils."<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Persson's recommendations were subsequently supported by Shelley Hancock, who on 26 April 2021 announced the convening of a public inquiry headed by Roslyn McCulloch, a partner of Pikes & Verekers and former commissioner in the 2019 public inquiry into <a href="/wiki/Balranald_Shire" title="Balranald Shire">Balranald Shire</a>, as the commissioner. Hancock announced that, as a result, the council would remain suspended, the elections scheduled for September 2021 would be postponed to September 2022, and Persson's term as administrator would be extended for a further two weeks to May 2021. Former acting CEO <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rik_Hart&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rik Hart (page does not exist)">Rik Hart</a> was also announced as the next administrator following Persson's decision to step down, and he took up office as the new administrator on 13 May 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-inquiry_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inquiry-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RH_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RH-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 February 2022, Commissioner McCulloch handed down her report into the council, which was tabled in Parliament by the Minister (now <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Tuckerman" title="Wendy Tuckerman">Wendy Tuckerman</a>) on 17 March 2022. The government supported in principle all eight recommendation of the report, including that "civic offices at Central Coast Council be declared vacant, effective immediately".<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other recommendations included mandatory financial and company director level management training for local councillors, that the <i>Local Government Act 1993</i> be amended "to make it clear that money received as a result of levying rate or charges under any other Act may not be used otherwise than for the purpose for which the rate or charge was levied", and that Central Coast Council be removed as a water authority under the <i>Water Management Act 2000</i> "to enable it to administer its water supply and sewerage services in the same way as other NSW councils".<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Coast_Council_(New_South_Wales)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:1%">Hunter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Cessnock" title="City of Cessnock">Cessnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungog_Shire" title="Dungog Shire">Dungog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Lake_Macquarie" title="City of Lake Macquarie">Lake Macquarie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Maitland" title="City of Maitland">Maitland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muswellbrook_Shire" title="Muswellbrook Shire">Muswellbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Newcastle" title="City of Newcastle">Newcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Stephens_Council" title="Port Stephens Council">Port Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singleton_Council" title="Singleton Council">Singleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Hunter_Shire" title="Upper Hunter Shire">Upper Hunter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Illawarra</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Kiama" title="Municipality of Kiama">Kiama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Shellharbour" title="City of Shellharbour">Shellharbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Shoalhaven" title="City of Shoalhaven">Shoalhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wingecarribee_Shire" title="Wingecarribee Shire">Wingecarribee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wollongong" title="City of Wollongong">Wollongong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Richmond Tweed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballina_Shire" title="Ballina Shire">Ballina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Shire" title="Byron Shire">Byron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyogle_Council" title="Kyogle Council">Kyogle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Lismore" title="City of Lismore">Lismore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Valley_Council" title="Richmond Valley Council">Richmond Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tweed_Shire" title="Tweed Shire">Tweed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southeastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bega_Valley_Shire" title="Bega Valley Shire">Bega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurobodalla_Shire" title="Eurobodalla Shire">Eurobodalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goulburn_Mulwaree_Council" title="Goulburn Mulwaree Council">Goulburn Mulwaree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilltops_Council" title="Hilltops Council">Hilltops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queanbeyan%E2%80%93Palerang_Regional_Council" title="Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council">Queanbeyan–Palerang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowy_Monaro_Regional_Council" title="Snowy Monaro Regional Council">Snowy Monaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowy_Valleys_Council" title="Snowy Valleys Council">Snowy Valleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Lachlan_Shire" title="Upper Lachlan Shire">Upper Lachlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yass_Valley_Council" title="Yass Valley Council">Yass Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armidale_Regional_Council" title="Armidale Regional Council">Armidale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Innes_Severn" title="Glen Innes Severn">Glen Innes-Severn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnedah_Shire" title="Gunnedah Shire">Gunnedah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwydir_Shire" title="Gwydir Shire">Gwydir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverell_Shire" title="Inverell Shire">Inverell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Plains_Shire" title="Liverpool Plains Shire">Liverpool Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moree_Plains_Shire" title="Moree Plains Shire">Moree Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narrabri_Shire" title="Narrabri Shire">Narrabri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamworth_Regional_Council" title="Tamworth Regional Council">Tamworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenterfield_Shire" title="Tenterfield Shire">Tenterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uralla_Shire" title="Uralla Shire">Uralla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walcha_Shire" title="Walcha Shire">Walcha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bathurst_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Bathurst Region">Bathurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bland_Shire" title="Bland Shire">Bland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blayney_Shire" title="Blayney Shire">Blayney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabonne_Council" title="Cabonne Council">Cabonne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowra_Shire" title="Cowra Shire">Cowra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Shire" title="Forbes Shire">Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachlan_Shire" title="Lachlan Shire">Lachlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Lithgow" title="City of Lithgow">Lithgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Western_Regional_Council" title="Mid-Western Regional Council">Mid-Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oberon_Shire" class="mw-redirect" title="Oberon Shire">Oberon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Orange_(New_South_Wales)" title="City of Orange (New South Wales)">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkes_Shire" title="Parkes Shire">Parkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weddin_Shire" title="Weddin Shire">Weddin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bogan_Shire" title="Bogan Shire">Bogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourke_Shire" title="Bourke Shire">Bourke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewarrina_Shire" title="Brewarrina Shire">Brewarrina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobar_Shire" title="Cobar Shire">Cobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coonamble_Shire" title="Coonamble Shire">Coonamble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubbo_Regional_Council" title="Dubbo Regional Council">Dubbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilgandra_Shire" title="Gilgandra Shire">Gilgandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narromine_Shire" title="Narromine Shire">Narromine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walgett_Shire" title="Walgett Shire">Walgett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Shire" title="Warren Shire">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrumbungle_Shire" title="Warrumbungle Shire">Warrumbungle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Far West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Broken_Hill" title="City of Broken Hill">Broken Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Darling_Shire" title="Central Darling Shire">Central Darling</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_Far_West_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated Far West Region">Unincorporated Far West</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">External territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island_Regional_Council" title="Norfolk Island Regional Council">Norfolk Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metropolitan Sydney</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inner Sydney</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Alexandria" title="Municipality of Alexandria">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Annandale" title="Municipality of Annandale">Annandale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Ashfield" title="Municipality of Ashfield">Ashfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Balmain" title="Municipality of Balmain">Balmain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Bexley" title="Municipality of Bexley">Bexley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Botany_Bay" title="City of Botany Bay">Botany Bay</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Camperdown" title="Municipality of Camperdown">Camperdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Cook" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipality of Cook">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Darlington" title="Municipality of Darlington">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_East_St_Leonards" title="Borough of East St Leonards">East St Leonards</a> (B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Erskineville" title="Municipality of Erskineville">Erskineville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_The_Glebe" title="Municipality of The Glebe">The Glebe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Leichhardt" title="Municipality of Leichhardt">Leichhardt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marrickville_Council" title="Marrickville Council">Marrickville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Mascot" title="Municipality of Mascot">Mascot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Newtown" title="Municipality of Newtown">Newtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Paddington" title="Municipality of Paddington">Paddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Petersham" title="Municipality of Petersham">Petersham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Redfern" title="Municipality of Redfern">Redfern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Rockdale" title="City of Rockdale">Rockdale</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_St_Peters" title="Municipality of St Peters">St Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_South_Sydney" title="City of South Sydney">South Sydney</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_St_Leonards" title="Borough of St Leonards">St Leonards</a> (B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Vaucluse" title="Municipality of Vaucluse">Vaucluse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Victoria" title="Borough of Victoria">Victoria</a> (B)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Waterloo" title="Municipality of Waterloo">Waterloo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Outer Sydney</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Auburn" title="City of Auburn">Auburn</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Bankstown" title="City of Bankstown">Bankstown</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Cabramatta_and_Canley_Vale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Cabramatta and Canley Vale (page does not exist)">Cabramatta and Canley Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Camden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Camden (page does not exist)">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Canterbury_(New_South_Wales)" title="City of Canterbury (New South Wales)">Canterbury</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Castlereagh" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipality of Castlereagh">Castlereagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Concord" title="Municipality of Concord">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Drummoyne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Drummoyne (page does not exist)">Drummoyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Dundas" title="Municipality of Dundas">Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Eastwood" title="Municipality of Eastwood">Eastwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Enfield_(New_South_Wales)" title="Municipality of Enfield (New South Wales)">Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Ermington_and_Rydalmere" title="Municipality of Ermington and Rydalmere">Ermington and Rydalmere</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipal_District_of_Five_Dock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipal District of Five Dock (page does not exist)">Five Dock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Granville" title="Municipality of Granville">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Holroyd" title="City of Holroyd">Holroyd</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Homebush&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Homebush (page does not exist)">Homebush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Hurstville" title="City of Hurstville">Hurstville</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Ingleburn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Ingleburn (page does not exist)">Ingleburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Kogarah" title="City of Kogarah">Kogarah</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Lidcombe" title="Municipality of Lidcombe">Lidcombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manly_Council" title="Manly Council">Manly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Mulgoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipality of Mulgoa">Mulgoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepean_Shire" title="Nepean Shire">Nepean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittwater_Council" title="Pittwater Council">Pittwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_St_Marys" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipality of St Marys">St Marys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warringah_Council" title="Warringah Council">Warringah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sydney Surrounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Blackheath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Blackheath (page does not exist)">Blackheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colo_Shire" title="Colo Shire">Colo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erina_Shire" title="Erina Shire">Erina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Gosford" title="City of Gosford">Gosford</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Katoomba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="City of Katoomba (page does not exist)">Katoomba</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Picton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Picton (page does not exist)">Picton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Richmond&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Richmond (page does not exist)">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Windsor" title="Municipality of Windsor">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy_Shire" title="Woy Woy Shire">Woy Woy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyong_Shire" title="Wyong Shire">Wyong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mid North Coast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copmanhurst_Shire" title="Copmanhurst Shire">Copmanhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorrigo_Shire" title="Dorrigo Shire">Dorrigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Shire" title="Gloucester Shire">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Grafton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="City of Grafton (page does not exist)">Grafton</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Council" title="Great Lakes Council">Great Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Greater_Taree" title="City of Greater Taree">Greater Taree</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Shire" title="Hastings Shire">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harwood_Shire" title="Harwood Shire">Harwood</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Kempsey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Kempsey (page does not exist)">Kempsey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Maclean&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Maclean (page does not exist)">Maclean</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maclean_Shire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maclean Shire (page does not exist)">Maclean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macleay_Shire" title="Macleay Shire">Macleay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Port_Macquarie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Port Macquarie (page does not exist)">Port Macquarie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manning_Shire" title="Manning Shire">Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orara_Shire" title="Orara Shire">Orara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pristine_Waters_Council" title="Pristine Waters Council">Pristine Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_South_Grafton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of South Grafton (page does not exist)">South Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Taree&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Taree (page does not exist)">Taree</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulmarra_Shire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ulmarra Shire (page does not exist)">Ulmarra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Wingham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Wingham (page does not exist)">Wingham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Murray</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conargo_Shire" title="Conargo Shire">Conargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coreen_Shire" title="Coreen Shire">Coreen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Corowa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Corowa (page does not exist)">Corowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corowa_Shire" title="Corowa Shire">Corowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culcairn_Shire" title="Culcairn Shire">Culcairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deniliquin_Council" title="Deniliquin Council">Deniliquin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holbrook_Shire" title="Holbrook Shire">Holbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hume_Shire" title="Hume Shire">Hume</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Moama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Moama (page does not exist)">Moama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_Shire" title="Murray Shire">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urana_Shire" title="Urana Shire">Urana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakool_Shire" title="Wakool Shire">Wakool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windouran_Shire" title="Windouran Shire">Windouran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Murrumbidgee</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adjungbilly_Shire" title="Adjungbilly Shire">Adjungbilly</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Cootamundra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Cootamundra (page does not exist)">Cootamundra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cootamundra_Shire" title="Cootamundra Shire">Cootamundra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Gundagai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Gundagai (page does not exist)">Gundagai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gundagai_Shire" title="Gundagai Shire">Gundagai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Hay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Hay (page does not exist)">Hay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Hillston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Hillston (page does not exist)">Hillston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illabo_Shire" title="Illabo Shire">Illabo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Jerilderie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Jerilderie (page does not exist)">Jerilderie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerilderie_Shire" title="Jerilderie Shire">Jerilderie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jindalee_Shire" title="Jindalee Shire">Jindalee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Junee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Junee (page does not exist)">Junee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyeamba_Shire" title="Kyeamba Shire">Kyeamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Shire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitchell Shire">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrumbidgee_Shire" title="Murrumbidgee Shire">Murrumbidgee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narraburra_Shire" title="Narraburra Shire">Narraburra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Narrandera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Narrandera (page does not exist)">Narrandera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Temora&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Temora (page does not exist)">Temora</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Wallendbeen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Wallendbeen (page does not exist)">Wallendbeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waradgery_Shire" title="Waradgery Shire">Waradgery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wunnamurra_Shire" title="Wunnamurra Shire">Wunnamurra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanko_Shire" title="Yanko Shire">Yanko</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hunter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Cessnock" title="Municipality of Cessnock">Cessnock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denman_Shire" title="Denman Shire">Denman</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Dungog&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Dungog (page does not exist)">Dungog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearsley_Shire" title="Kearsley Shire">Kearsley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_Hunter_Shire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lower Hunter Shire (page does not exist)">Lower Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merriwa_Shire" title="Merriwa Shire">Merriwa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Morpeth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Morpeth (page does not exist)">Morpeth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Murrurundi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Murrurundi (page does not exist)">Murrurundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrurundi_Shire" title="Murrurundi Shire">Murrurundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Muswellbrook" title="Municipality of Muswellbrook">Muswellbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Plains_Shire" title="Patrick Plains Shire">Patrick Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Raymond_Terrace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Raymond Terrace (page does not exist)">Raymond Terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Scone" title="Municipality of Scone">Scone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scone_Shire" title="Scone Shire">Scone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Singleton" title="Municipality of Singleton">Singleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Hunter_Shire_(1906%E2%80%931957)" title="Upper Hunter Shire (1906–1957)">Upper Hunter</a> (1906–1957)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_West_Maitland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of West Maitland (page does not exist)">West Maitland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Illawarra</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Berry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Berry (page does not exist)">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Bowral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Bowral (page does not exist)">Bowral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Broughton%27s_Vale" title="Municipality of Broughton's Vale">Broughton's Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulli_Shire" title="Bulli Shire">Bulli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambewarra_Shire" title="Cambewarra Shire">Cambewarra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Illawarra_Shire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Illawarra Shire (page does not exist)">Central Illawarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Shire" title="Clyde Shire">Clyde</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Gerringong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Gerringong (page does not exist)">Gerringong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Jamberoo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Jamberoo (page does not exist)">Jamberoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mittagong_Shire" title="Mittagong Shire">Mittagong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Moss_Vale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Moss Vale (page does not exist)">Moss Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_North_Illawarra" title="Municipality of North Illawarra">North Illawarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Nowra" title="Municipality of Nowra">Nowra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_South_Shoalhaven&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of South Shoalhaven (page does not exist)">South Shoalhaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Ulladulla" title="Municipality of Ulladulla">Ulladulla</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Richmond Tweed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Ballina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Ballina (page does not exist)">Ballina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Casino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Casino (page does not exist)">Casino</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Coraki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Coraki (page does not exist)">Coraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gundurimba_Shire" title="Gundurimba Shire">Gundurimba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Mullumbimby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Mullumbimby (page does not exist)">Mullumbimby</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Murwillumbah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Murwillumbah (page does not exist)">Murwillumbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_River_Shire" title="Richmond River Shire">Richmond River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terania_Shire" title="Terania Shire">Terania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tintenbar_Shire" title="Tintenbar Shire">Tintenbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomki_Shire" title="Tomki Shire">Tomki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodburn_Shire" title="Woodburn Shire">Woodburn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southeastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Bega&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Bega (page does not exist)">Bega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibbenluke_Shire" title="Bibbenluke Shire">Bibbenluke</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Bombala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Bombala (page does not exist)">Bombala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombala_Shire" title="Bombala Shire">Bombala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boorowa_Shire" title="Boorowa Shire">Boorowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrangong_Shire" title="Burrangong Shire">Burrangong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Cooma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Cooma (page does not exist)">Cooma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooma-Monaro_Shire" title="Cooma-Monaro Shire">Cooma-Monaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crookwell_Shire" title="Crookwell Shire">Crookwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demondrille_Shire" title="Demondrille Shire">Demondrille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gadara_Shire" title="Gadara Shire">Gadara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodradigbee_Shire" title="Goodradigbee Shire">Goodradigbee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Goulburn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="City of Goulburn (page does not exist)">Goulburn</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunning_Shire" title="Gunning Shire">Gunning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harden_Shire" title="Harden Shire">Harden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imlay_Shire" title="Imlay Shire">Imlay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monaro_Shire" title="Monaro Shire">Monaro</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Moruya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Moruya (page does not exist)">Moruya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulwaree_Shire" title="Mulwaree Shire">Mulwaree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumbulla_Shire" title="Mumbulla Shire">Mumbulla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Murrumburrah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Murrumburrah (page does not exist)">Murrumburrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palerang_Council" title="Palerang Council">Palerang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Queanbeyan" title="City of Queanbeyan">Queanbeyan</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowy_River_Shire" title="Snowy River Shire">Snowy River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallaganda_Shire" title="Tallaganda Shire">Tallaganda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Tumut&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Tumut (page does not exist)">Tumut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumut_Shire" title="Tumut Shire">Tumut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumbarumba_Shire" title="Tumbarumba Shire">Tumbarumba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrowlumla_Shire" title="Yarrowlumla Shire">Yarrowlumla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Yass" title="Municipality of Yass">Yass</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yass_Shire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yass Shire (page does not exist)">Yass</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Young&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Young (page does not exist)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Shire" title="Young Shire">Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Armidale" title="City of Armidale">Armidale</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armidale_Dumaresq_Shire" title="Armidale Dumaresq Shire">Armidale Dumaresq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashford_Shire" title="Ashford Shire">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannockburn_Shire" title="Bannockburn Shire">Bannockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Barraba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Barraba (page does not exist)">Barraba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barraba_Shire" title="Barraba Shire">Barraba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Bingara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Bingara (page does not exist)">Bingara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bingara_Shire" title="Bingara Shire">Bingara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boolooroo_Shire" title="Boolooroo Shire">Boolooroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boomi_Shire" title="Boomi Shire">Boomi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockburn_Shire" title="Cockburn Shire">Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumaresq_Shire" title="Dumaresq Shire">Dumaresq</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Glen_Innes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Glen Innes (page does not exist)">Glen Innes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gostwyck_Shire" title="Gostwyck Shire">Gostwyck</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Gunnedah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Gunnedah (page does not exist)">Gunnedah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyra_Shire" title="Guyra Shire">Guyra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Inverell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Inverell (page does not exist)">Inverell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwydir_Shire_(1906%E2%80%931943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwydir Shire (1906–1943)">Gwydir Shire</a> (1906–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Plains_Shire_(1906%E2%80%931979)" title="Liverpool Plains Shire (1906–1979)">Liverpool Plains</a> (1906–1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macintyre_Shire" title="Macintyre Shire">Macintyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandowa_Shire" title="Mandowa Shire">Mandowa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Manilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Manilla (page does not exist)">Manilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manilla_Shire" title="Manilla Shire">Manilla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Moree&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Moree (page does not exist)">Moree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namoi_Shire" title="Namoi Shire">Namoi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Narrabri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Narrabri (page does not exist)">Narrabri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nundle_Shire" title="Nundle Shire">Nundle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parry_Shire" title="Parry Shire">Parry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peel_Shire" title="Peel Shire">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Quirindi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Quirindi (page does not exist)">Quirindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quirindi_Shire" title="Quirindi Shire">Quirindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severn_Shire" title="Severn Shire">Severn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamarang_Shire" title="Tamarang Shire">Tamarang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Tamworth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="City of Tamworth (page does not exist)">Tamworth</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Tenterfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Tenterfield (page does not exist)">Tenterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Uralla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Uralla (page does not exist)">Uralla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Walcha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Walcha (page does not exist)">Walcha</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Warialda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Warialda (page does not exist)">Warialda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yallaroi_Shire" title="Yallaroi Shire">Yallaroi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abercrombie_Shire" title="Abercrombie Shire">Abercrombie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaroo_Shire" title="Amaroo Shire">Amaroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Bathurst" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Bathurst">Bathurst</a> (C)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Blayney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Blayney (page does not exist)">Blayney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boree_Shire" title="Boree Shire">Boree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canobolas_Shire" title="Canobolas Shire">Canobolas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Carcoar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Carcoar (page does not exist)">Carcoar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Condobolin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Condobolin (page does not exist)">Condobolin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Cowra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Cowra (page does not exist)">Cowra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Cudal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Cudal (page does not exist)">Cudal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Cudgegong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Cudgegong (page does not exist)">Cudgegong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cudgegong_Shire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cudgegong Shire (page does not exist)">Cudgegong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_East_Orange&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of East Orange (page does not exist)">East Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evans_Shire" title="Evans Shire">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Forbes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Forbes (page does not exist)">Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goobang_Shire" title="Goobang Shire">Goobang</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Grenfell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Grenfell (page does not exist)">Grenfell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Hill_End&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Hill End (page does not exist)">Hill End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jemalong_Shire" title="Jemalong Shire">Jemalong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndhurst_Shire" title="Lyndhurst Shire">Lyndhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Molong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Molong (page does not exist)">Molong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molong_Shire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molong Shire (page does not exist)">Molong</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipality_of_Mudgee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipality of Mudgee (page does not exist)">Mudgee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mudgee_Shire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mudgee Shire (page does not exist)">Mudgee</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Avoca_Beach,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Avoca Beach, New South Wales">Avoca Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Bar Point, New South Wales">Bar Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bateau_Bay,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Bateau Bay, New South Wales">Bateau Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bensville,_New_South_Wales" title="Bensville, New South Wales">Bensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Vale,_New_South_Wales" title="Berkeley Vale, New South Wales">Berkeley Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwall,_New_South_Wales" title="Blackwall, New South Wales">Blackwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Blue Bay, New South Wales">Blue Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Haven,_New_South_Wales" title="Blue Haven, New South Wales">Blue Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Booker Bay, New South Wales">Booker Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bouddi,_New_South_Wales" title="Bouddi, New South Wales">Bouddi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Box_Head,_New_South_Wales" title="Box Head, New South Wales">Box Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budgewoi,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Budgewoi, New South Wales">Budgewoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budgewoi_Peninsula,_New_South_Wales" title="Budgewoi Peninsula, New South Wales">Budgewoi Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buff_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Buff Point, New South Wales">Buff Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushells_Ridge,_New_South_Wales" title="Bushells Ridge, New South Wales">Bushells Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calga,_New_South_Wales" title="Calga, New South Wales">Calga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Canton Beach, New South Wales">Canton Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Brush_Creek,_New_South_Wales" title="Cedar Brush Creek, New South Wales">Cedar Brush Creek</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Marlow,_New_South_Wales" title="Marlow, New South Wales">Marlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matcham,_New_South_Wales" title="Matcham, New South Wales">Matcham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonee,_New_South_Wales" title="Moonee, New South Wales">Moonee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooney_Mooney,_New_South_Wales" title="Mooney Mooney, New South Wales">Mooney Mooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooney_Mooney_Creek,_New_South_Wales" title="Mooney Mooney Creek, New South Wales">Mooney Mooney Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Elliot,_New_South_Wales" title="Mount Elliot, New South Wales">Mount Elliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_White,_New_South_Wales" title="Mount White, New South Wales">Mount White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narara,_New_South_Wales" title="Narara, New South Wales">Narara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niagara_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Niagara Park, New South Wales">Niagara Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norah_Head,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Norah Head, New South Wales">Norah Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noraville,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Noraville, New South Wales">Noraville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Avoca,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="North Avoca, New South Wales">North Avoca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="North Gosford, New South Wales">North Gosford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ourimbah,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Ourimbah, New South Wales">Ourimbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Grove,_New_South_Wales" title="Palm Grove, New South Wales">Palm Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_New_South_Wales" title="Palmdale, New South Wales">Palmdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patonga,_New_South_Wales" title="Patonga, New South Wales">Patonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Pearl Beach, New South Wales">Pearl Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peats_Ridge,_New_South_Wales" title="Peats Ridge, New South Wales">Peats Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phegans_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Phegans Bay, New South Wales">Phegans Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picketts_Valley,_New_South_Wales" title="Picketts Valley, New South Wales">Picketts Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Clare,_New_South_Wales" title="Point Clare, New South Wales">Point Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Frederick,_New_South_Wales" title="Point Frederick, New South Wales">Point Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pretty_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Pretty Beach, New South Wales">Pretty Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravensdale,_New_South_Wales" title="Ravensdale, New South Wales">Ravensdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Rocky Point, New South Wales">Rocky Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Remo,_New_South_Wales" title="San Remo, New South Wales">San Remo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saratoga,_New_South_Wales" title="Saratoga, New South Wales">Saratoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelly_Beach,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelly Beach, New South Wales">Shelly Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somersby,_New_South_Wales" title="Somersby, New South Wales">Somersby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer,_New_South_Wales" title="Spencer, New South Wales">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_New_South_Wales_(Central_Coast)" title="Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Huberts_Island,_New_South_Wales" title="St Huberts Island, New South Wales">St Huberts Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summerland_Point,_New_South_Wales" title="Summerland Point, New South Wales">Summerland Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_New_South_Wales" title="Tacoma, New South Wales">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_South,_New_South_Wales" title="Tacoma South, New South Wales">Tacoma South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tascott,_New_South_Wales" title="Tascott, New South Wales">Tascott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Mile_Hollow,_New_South_Wales" title="Ten Mile Hollow, New South Wales">Ten Mile Hollow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrigal,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrigal, New South Wales">Terrigal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Entrance,_New_South_Wales" title="The Entrance, New South Wales">The Entrance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Entrance_North,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="The Entrance North, New South Wales">The Entrance North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toowoon_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Toowoon Bay, New South Wales">Toowoon Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toukley,_New_South_Wales" title="Toukley, New South Wales">Toukley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuggerah,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuggerah, New South Wales">Tuggerah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuggerawong,_New_South_Wales" title="Tuggerawong, New South Wales">Tuggerawong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tumbi_Umbi,_New_South_Wales" title="Tumbi Umbi, New South Wales">Tumbi Umbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umina_Beach,_New_South_Wales" title="Umina Beach, New South Wales">Umina Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Mangrove,_New_South_Wales" title="Upper Mangrove, New South Wales">Upper Mangrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadalba,_New_South_Wales" title="Wadalba, New South Wales">Wadalba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagstaffe,_New_South_Wales" title="Wagstaffe, New South Wales">Wagstaffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallarah,_New_South_Wales" title="Wallarah, New South Wales">Wallarah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wamberal,_New_South_Wales" title="Wamberal, New South Wales">Wamberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warnervale,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Warnervale, New South Wales">Warnervale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watanobbi,_New_South_Wales" title="Watanobbi, New South Wales">Watanobbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendoree_Park,_New_South_Wales" title="Wendoree Park, New South Wales">Wendoree Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Gosford,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="West Gosford, New South Wales">West Gosford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisemans_Ferry,_New_South_Wales" title="Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales">Wisemans Ferry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wondabyne,_New_South_Wales" title="Wondabyne, New South Wales">Wondabyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woongarrah,_New_South_Wales" title="Woongarrah, New South Wales">Woongarrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Woy Woy, New South Wales">Woy Woy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woy_Woy_Bay,_New_South_Wales" title="Woy Woy Bay, New South Wales">Woy Woy Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyee,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyee, New South Wales">Wyee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming,_New_South_Wales" title="Wyoming, New South Wales">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a 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