Media Releases

Jules Mitry - 2023 Wollongong Local Woman of the Year

08 March 2023

Jules Mitry, owner of Balinese Spice Magic restaurant and community activist, has been named as the 2023 Wollongong Local Woman of the Year by Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully MP.

A NSW Labor Government will invest in better health and hospital services & road and rail access package for the Illawarra

03 March 2023

A NSW Minns Labor Government will invest in the Illawarra to provide better health and hospital services, upgrading road infrastructure and develop a rail infrastructure resilience plan for the Illawarra through a $42 million funding package.

Boosting skills, creating jobs in the Illawarra, and bringing back domestic manufacturing for NSW

27 February 2023

A Minns Labor Government will establish a TAFE Domestic Manufacturing Centres of Excellence to help rebuild TAFE and our state’s domestic manufacturing capacity and capabilities, as well as boosting local skills, apprentices, and creating thousands of new jobs – starting with the Illawarra.

NSW Labor will stop the King Street land sell off

22 February 2023

An incoming Minns Labor Government will put an immediate stop to the NSW Liberals and Nationals planned sale of land at King Street, Warrawong, if it is elected to form government on March 25.

Wollongong sporting groups to share in $50,000 in funding

17 February 2023

Ten local sporting organisations in the Wollongong electorate will share in $50,000 in funding grants under the 2022-23 Local Sport Grant Program.

Every person living in the Illawarra experiencing breast cancer to have access to a Breast Cancer Nurse under a Minns Labor Government

07 January 2023

NSW Labor have today announced a Minns Labor Government will ensure New South Wales will become the first state in Australia where every person experiencing breast cancer will be able to receive the free care and support of a breast cancer nurse, committing $19.5 million over three years to fund an additional 29 McGrath Breast Cancer nurses to support people right across New South Wales.

NSW Liberals fails Wollongong end of year 'to do' list

14 December 2022

As most workplaces head into the festive season with work completed, the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government has failed to deliver on its 2022 ‘to do’ list for the Illawarra, Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully said today.

Christmas comes early with $400,000 funding for community & sports groups in Wollongong electorate

05 December 2022

Nineteen sporting and community organisations receiving grants totalling $400,000 from the Community Building Partnerships (CBP) grants program will bring some added cheer as we head into the Christmas season.

Two years on and no Illawarra Renewable Energy Zone declaration and no steel mandate

25 November 2022

Two years have passed since the NSW Parliament, with the backing of NSW Labor, passed the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Act yet the Illawarra Renewable Energy Zone hasn’t been declared and the promised steel mandate has not been introduced.

Big donation from Wests Illawarra to Scully's Kids Book Drive

24 November 2022

Hundreds of additional books will end up in the hands of local students thanks to a big donation from Wests Illawarra to Paul Scully’s 2022 Kids Book Drive.