Member for Wollongong Paul Scully said today’s announcement that the Wollongong Hospital ‘ghost ward’ will be refurbished and more beds made available, while Warrawong will benefit from a new purpose-built community health centre, and Fairy Meadow will receive a brand new ambulance station, were the result of months of lobbying for improved local health services.

A NSW Labor Government will overhaul the Resources for Regions program returning at least $100 million of mining royalties back to mining communities, including Wollongong.

NSW Parliament has been told the NSW Liberals and Nationals Government is deliberately limiting the economic growth and job opportunities by continued inaction on improving the region’s rail transport infrastructure.

NSW Parliament has been told the NSW Liberals and Nationals Government must increase funding to tackle surgery and emergency waiting times at Wollongong Hospital and commit to a new health facility at Warrawong to relieve pressure on the Illawarra’s health and hospital network.

Member for Wollongong Paul Scully is calling for Wollongong Police and the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to mount high profile enforcement campaigns to crack down on hoons and excessive motor vehicle noise in Wollongong CBD.

Berkeley Sports Rugby League Club will receive a $2,000 grant for coaching and accreditation courses for volunteers as part of additional funding from the 2020/21 Wollongong Electorate Local Sport Grant program.

Member for Wollongong Paul Scully is demanding the Premier come clean and tell the Wollongong community what local publicly-owned assets the Government plans to sell-off to fund new infrastructure projects.

Community organisations, sporting groups, not-for-profit groups and local schools in the Wollongong electorate should start preparing their applications for their share of $300,000 in funding from Community Building Partnership grants which open today, Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, said.

The Minister for Local Government and South Coast MP Shelley Hancock has told the Government to “actually do something” and spend “lots of money” upgrading the Wollongong Entertainment Centre.

An application under the state’s freedom of information laws for the release of the KPMG final consultation report on upgrading the Wollongong Entertainment Centre (WEC) has been denied and will stay secret.