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Last Updated and Reviewed:-
Friday 8th January 2010

About Us

The Central Coast Greens are a small but growing force in Central Coast politics. Formed in mid 2001, the Central Coast Greens contested state, local, and federal elections in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008. Read more about our HISTORY and view our CONSTITUTION. 

NEW MEETING PLACE.

We now meet at 7.00pm on the Third Thursday of each month at the Ourimbah-Lisarow RSL Club, Pacific Highway, Ourimbah. You may also wish to come early and join some of the members who meet at the club at 6.00pm for dinner and informal discussion. For more information you may telephone Terry Jones (43601196).

A GREENS Councillor, Terri Latella, was elected to Gosford Council in 2004 and again in September 2008.

Sue Wynn was elected also in 2008 as  the first Greens councillor on Wyong Council

 Peter Freewater joined Terri Latella on Gosford Council in 2008.

A strong vote was achieved federally in  November 2007in Dobell and Robertson . 

The Greens is made up of local groups, who cover a specific geographical area. There are approximately 50 affiliated local groups in NSW.

We acknowledge the indigenous custodians of the Central Coast.

The indigenous people of the Central Coast were Kooris of the Darkinjung, Guringai and Awabakal tribes. Although the exact position of tribal boundaries before European invasion is not clear, most of the Central Coast was the country of the Darkinjung tribe. Their neighbours were: the Guringai people, whose country included the shores of Broken Bay and extended south to Sydney Harbour; the Awabakal tribe, who lived around Lake Macquarie in the north; and the Darkinung tribe to the west, whose territory stretched behind the Judge Dowling Range, from near the upper Hawkesbury River in the south, and north to the Wollombi Valley in the north (Needham 1981: 4). Read more .....

We aim to make meetings enjoyable and productive for everyone.  All members strive to adhere to our Safe Meeting Procedures.

The Central Coast Greens oppose the NSW Government's proposal to privatise the state owned electricity retailers and to lease out the generators. Such action would have disastrous social, economic, and environmental consequences.

Many people think the Greens are a single issue party, but that is not the case. Certainly, and with very good reason, the environment remains a core concern for Greens, but a comprehensive set of policies can be found on other portions of our web site.

The Greens are a dynamic and activist party. The Greens are committed to including members in all decisions in a real and transparent way.

Join us. The Greens' support is only as strong as members' involvement at the grassroots. Your support is vital in working towards a greener and more socially just world. If you like what we have to say then become part of the solution - join us.

To join the greens, please visit the Greens NSW - Join The Greens page. 

Members have access a special NSW Greens Members page, password protected. NOTE, the password was altered in July 2009. Contact secretary of the Central Coast Greens for the new password.

State Delegates Council (SDC) and local committees

As an affiliate of the Greens NSW, the Central Coast Greens are entitled to participate in decisions of the Greens NSW State Delegates Council (SDC). Read more .......

Polling Booths need their Greens too!

If you'd like to help The Greens, but don't have much free time, why not hand out how-to-vote cards on election day? This will only take up a few hours of your time, and could be crucial to the outcome of the election.

Many people are still undecided about how they'll vote right up until the day of the election. The how-to-vote card could be just the thing to swing people's vote to The Greens. Please think about volunteering. There are some ways in which you can help:

• 1. Staffing a booth on election days
• 2. Handing out leaflets prior to election day
• 3. Scrutineering at the tallyroom
• 4. Make sure you, your friends and family are on the electoral roll
• 5. Helping in the campaign

This Web Site is designed to be basic, fast loading and has no fancy "bells and whistles". It has been analysed for accessibility to people with disabilities. It was constructed and is maintained using software that is FREE.

The HTML editor used is KompoZer, the graphic viewer/editor is IrfanView and the program for file transfer (FTP) is  FileZilla. The text editor used, "Abiword", is similar to Microsoft's Word. It is available for free download from AbiWord 

Do you still use MS Internet Explorer, and want to change? Have you tried Mozilla Firefox?  .

The puzzles on our Links page are constructed using a free program called Word Search Factory from Schoolhouse Technology and then converted to a Portable Document Format (PDF) version using a free program from PDF995

If you do not have a reader for PDF on your computer, it is available for free from Adobe Acrobat

You can visit the Websites for these software items by clicking on their title. For further information on any of these issues, please contact the Web Coordinator.

What is Happening?

To get the most up to date information on what is happening in Gosford, visit the BLOGs of the Greens Councillors.

Election material authorised by Terry Jones, 3 Baden Street Killcare 2257.