State Illawarra Labor MPs have today demanded the State Government refund Shellharbour City Council for all expenses relating to legal proceedings in the NSW Land and Environment Court and Kiama Municipal Council for the plebiscite last year against the forced amalgamation proposal.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward was sidelined from leading the Government’s response to the introduction of the Steel Industry Protection Bill this morning.

State Illawarra Labor MPs have today congratulated “people power” for standing up to the stubbornness of the Berejikilian Government after its enormous backflip on the forced merger of Wollongong and Shellharbour City Councils.

The Berejiklian-Barilaro Government is jeopardising the future of Illawarra students by refusing to name the vocational education providers that have had their funding suspended after misconduct and quality control failures.

A maintenance backlog at Towradgi Public School will take 22 years to fix on current funding allocations by the Berejiklian Government, according to statistics released under Freedom of Information (FoI) laws.

Illawarra State Labor MPs Anna Watson, Paul Scully and Ryan Park have today written to Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward requesting he arrange a meeting for 48 senior Illawarra clinicians and the Health Services Union (HSU) with the new Minister for Health about the proposed privatisation of Shellharbour Hospital.

The State Government should open community project applications for the second round of the Port Kembla Community Investment Fund (PKCIF), which is now nearly four months overdue.

Member for Wollongong Paul Scully has wasted no time in trying to fill the Premier’s schedule for an anticipated visit to Wollongong in the near future.

Illawarra State MPs Ryan Park and Paul Scully have today written to the NSW Auditor-General calling for a review of the Resources for Regions program.

Two local Wollongong schools will have their safety zones upgraded to flashing lights status from early next month.