Shadow Minister for Housing, Chris Hartcher today called Minister Brown’s housing amnesty a failure - after seven weeks it has only attracted one half of one percent of tenants!

Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Chris Hartcher, today met with Liberal Candidates for Wyong Shire Council to reiterate Liberal policy to prevent coal mining in Wyong Valleys.

Despite the many attempts to rejuvenate the Gosford CBD, we still have derelict buildings in the heart of the town centre. Member for Terrigal Chris Hartcher was inspecting and commenting on the state some buildings in the main street of Gosford with the shadow Minister for Regional and State Development, Adrian Piccoli MP.

Member for Terrigal Chris Hartcher has today called upon all candidates in the upcoming Gosford Council elections to give a commitment to abolish the $250 administration fee that has been imposed on food retailers within the Gosford City jurisdiction.

“Today’s leaked revelation that the Iemma Government has ordered its Ministers up to the Central Coast during the Olympic Games period (page 1 Sydney Morning Herald 1 August 2008) comes as no surprise”, Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Chris Hartcher said today.

Shadow Minister for Water Utilities, Chris Hartcher has condemned the Iemma Government for its dishonesty about how much money the desalination plant is going to cost Sydney consumers, especially when Dam levels are at nearly 70%.

Shadow Minister for Local Government, Chris Hartcher has today called on the Iemma Government to stop cost shifting the State’s problems to NSW Councils.

“The cost shifting by Iemma to NSW Councils, most notably, the cost of the Local Government Elections in September - is going to be the final nail in the coffin for the already financially struggling NSW Councils”, said Chris Hartcher.

Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Chris Hartcher said today John Della Bosca had displayed how irrelevant he is as Minister for the Central Coast, after he gained funding for staff, for a fire station that doesn’t exist.

Shadow Minister for Housing, Chris Hartcher today criticised the Housing Minister, Matt Brown for deliberately misleading the people of NSW about the State Budget.

Mr Hartcher said claims made in a Budget press release issued by the Housing Minister yesterday of a ‘Record $803.9 million to house those in need’ were entirely false.

Shadow Minister for Local Government Chris Hartcher today criticised the Iemma Labor Government for its failure to fund infrastructure in light of cost shifting to local councils across NSW. “Cost shifting between the State Government and Local Governments has become ludicrous,” Mr Hartcher said.

Morris Iemma must stand down Housing Minister Matt Brown pending the outcome of an inquiry into his pecuniary interest returns, Shadow Minister for Housing Chris Hartcher said today.