Innovation is like a set of waves. it can go either of 2 ways—be big enough to go through large sets of waves or small enough to ride the waves up and down. The Central Coast can harness the energy to do either.
At the moment the Central Coast has poor regional profitability, despite our enduring optimism. The area needs to create it's own industry. The National Broadband Network will deliver almost one billion dollars into the Central Coast Community, it will deliver the greatest productivity and industrial po- tential since the railways and F3, and when finished it will be Australia‘s greatest inven- tion and international competitive advantage.
How will we contribute? What will we use to produce and export throughout the region? The NBN Network will open up marketing across the world.
This will be Australian built, manufac- tured and the production will come out locally.
There will be an opportunity for young people to get into high tech trades, and we are hopeful as a region that we will get an advanced rollout and adopt it. Ride the wave and start innovating NOW.