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Collapse Issue 297 - 06 Aug 2012Issue 297 - 06 Aug 2012
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Council denies Liberal carbon tax claim
Fear campaign is 'trashed', says O'Neill
Grandstand to be redeveloped
Chamber welcomes grandstand decision
Little support for water and sewerage
Patonga sewerage report expected
Name change idea receives cool response
Consultation to be held on Umina plans
Foreshore plan for Hardys Bay
Man falls from roof
Skater fractures skull
Reject Maccas, says Green
Bushcare volunteers wanted
Buses to replace trains
Ferries diverted
Tender accepted for pontoons
Committee to decide on Ettalong laneway
Free forum talks about sea level rise
Sea level discussion deferred
Slight increase
No lighting for 'informal carpark'
Notice issued after complaint
Engineers look at drainage
Footpath put on works shortlist
Murray St upgrade still low priority
New beauty therapy salon opens
Indian restaurant wins award
Restaurant wins catering award
Driest July in eight years
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Thanks from Karise's aunt and uncle
All we want is a fair go
Sacred trees must be kept
Sustainability policy has its limits
Risky action on s149 certificates
Fantastic initiative
Laneway maintenance saga
Uncompetitive without a carbon tax
High school for performing arts?
Charades used by politicians
Quota unmet in humanitarian disaster
Still waiting for a phone call
Carpark is a mess
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Six-week lifestyle program
Retirement planning workshop
In cancer research commercial
Lions donate to hospital
Charity day
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Artists invited to exhibit
Karise shows sell out
Dirty Deeds at club
Diving for Pearls at Woy Woy
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Korean students visit Umina
Students clean up Woy Woy Bay
Peer support lessons for all
Free classes at family centre
Spring fair
New teacher at Empire Bay
Nominated for awards
Naidoc Week celebrations
Olympics Day
Awards
Teacher awards
Recognition
Distinct computer skills
School chaplain is appointed
Sandpit completed
Students selected
Selected for regional rugby
Box from the museum
Barbecue abandoned
Olympathon
College teacher wins award
Vegie patch completed
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Umina men come first and second
Aaron wins money for his club
Rescue boat championships held at Umina
A rare Malibu points win
Five compete in water polo festival
Umina Surf Club places fourth
Umina fourth in rescue titles
Bridge winners
Major triples
Bowling club holds annual meeting
Sponsored
Major singles
Marston named in greatest soccer team
Message diary for Olympian

Council denies Liberal carbon tax claim

The Liberal candidate for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks has claimed that Gosford Council will have to pay $600,000 for carbon emissions from the Woy Woy tip.

At $23 a tonne, this would represent emissions of the equivalent of 26,087 tonnes of CO2.

However, Gosford Council has denied that it will have to pay any carbon tax in the coming financial year.

The council's carbon and emissions manager Mr Dan Waters suggested that the tip did not currently exceed the 25,000 tonne threshold.

He confirmed the council was listed on the Liable Entities Public Information Database "due to projections relating to the likelihood of the Woy Woy landfill exceeding the emissions threshold set by the Federal Government".

It is understood that, even if the council did exceed the threshold, it would not have to pay for emissions from waste that was at the tip prior to July 1.

A charge would only be made on waste dumped after July 1.

Mr Waters said Gosford Council would not have to buy any carbon permits in 2012-13.

He said around half the methane generated in the landfill cells at Woy Woy was captured for recycling.

The council was in the process of investigating improvements to this, he said.

He said the council was also implementing a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy which would identify energy efficient improvements on many Council facilities and a Carbon Management System was being created to allow Council to better monitor .emissions.

Ms Wicks claimed Gosford Council had been declared a "big polluter" and would be directly liable to pay at least an extra $600,000 in carbon tax.

"Central Coast residents will be stunned to learn they have now been tagged as so-called big polluters for breaching the 25,000 tonne CO2 threshold," said Ms Wicks.

"Gosford has been hit, despite having invested in a methane capture project which is generating electricity for local residents.

"The carbon tax is now penalising councils who have done the right thing in trying to reduce their emissions.

"Impacts on local residents will be significant as Gosford Council now has to pay $23 a tonne for its emissions.

"This new carbon tax liability doesn't even include the extra cost Council will face from their general operations such as rising electricity prices for street lighting, sporting ground and community facilities.

"This decision reflects the confusion and chaos surrounding this whole new big tax.

"The only certainty here is that the prices will go up and continue to go up to pay for the tax," she said.



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