The upgrade of Unanderra Station has moved another step closer with the publication of the Review of Environmental Factors (REF) open for community consultation until Monday, 3 August 2020.

Data shows that the Wollongong local government area (LGA) has received only one funding grant from the Club Grants Category 3 Fund over the last nine rounds since August 2017 leading to concerns that local sport and community groups are being dudded.

Local Labor MP's have put forward a request to the NSW Treasurer to waive payroll tax for the University of Wollongong in a move that could save around 160 jobs as the University struggles financially due to the impact of COVID-19.

Not a single train station along the South Coast Line will be part of a free NSW Wi-Fi trial to be conducted over the next three years at 19 stations between Hornsby and Wyong announced by the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government last week.

Wollongong will continue to miss out on multimillion dollar entertainment, sporting events and conferences because the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government has put off a decision to upgrade the Wollongong Entertainment Centre, instead asking Wollongong City Council to develop...yet another plan.

NSW Labor is urging the Government to do more to clear the backlog of elective surgeries in the Illawarra and South Coast after Bureau of Health Information (BHI) figures reveal waiting lists hit a record high before COVID-19 restrictions.

NSW Labor is calling on the Berejiklian Government to support local jobs and guarantee New South Wales steel is prioritised during construction of the $11 billion Western Sydney Airport line and other fast-tracked projects.

Improvements to footpaths, pedestrian and school crossings and additional crossing supervisors topped the list of suggestions that would make walking or riding to schools in the Wollongong electorate better according to parents, carers, students and school staff.

There is a secret review into the future of the free Gong Shuttle underway at the moment.

The NSW Liberals and Nationals Government is unable to say how Wollongong - the state's third largest city - will be supported in a raft of economic stimulus packages it has announced as a consequence of the COVID-19 virus pandemic.