Media Releases

ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE UPGRADE SOLUTION KNOWN FOR YEARS

21 February 2020

An upgrade solution, business case and estimated cost for Wollongong Entertainment Centre has been ignored by successive NSW Liberal and Nationals Government for nearly seven years, according to the Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, and Wollongong City Council Deputy Lord Mayor, Tania Brown.

UNANDERRA STATION LIFTS – TIME TO GET A MOVE ON

20 February 2020

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, says it's been 50 days since the beginning of the year and that is more than enough time for the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government to fire the starting gun on the upgrade of Unanderra Station, including building its much-needed lifts.

WOLLONGONG SENIORS DESERVE ACCESS TO $250 TRAVEL CARD

13 February 2020

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, is using Seniors Week to call on the NSW Liberals and Nationals Government to extend the $250 Regional Seniors Travel Card to Wollongong pensioners, who are all currently excluded from the program.

IT’S TIME TO SECURE THE ILLAWARRA’S WATER SUPPLY WITH ITS OWN DESALINATION PLANT

03 February 2020

NSW Labor has demanded that the Berejiklian Government "get a move on" and begin the process to secure the Illawarra's long-term water supply by constructing a desalination plant for the region. 

SCULLY LAUNCHES LOCAL SCHOOL SAFETY SURVEY

29 January 2020

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, is asking for community feedback on how the journey to and from local schools by school children can be improved.

WOLLONGONG’S STATE GOVERNMENT CHRISTMAS WISH LIST

13 December 2019

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully reckons people in the Wollongong electorate have been good this year and deserve funding for five projects on their Christmas Wish List.

WOLLONGONG HOSPTIAL IN POOR HEALTH – INDEPENDENT HEALTH STATISTICS REVEAL

11 December 2019

The latest independent performance statistics on Wollongong Hospital's performance released by the Bureau of Health Statistics paint a damning report of Berejiklian Government neglect of the region's health and hospital services, Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, said today.

NSW GOVERNMENT COY ON ILLAWARRA DELIVERY OF EXTRA POLICE, NURSES, TEACHERS AND AMBULANCE OFFICERS

29 November 2019

The Illawarra's six state electorates remain in the dark on just how many extra teachers, police, nurses and midwives, and ambulance officers the region will get nine months after the 2019 NSW election when the promise was made.

14 JOBS TO GO AT WOLLONGONG TAFEs

28 November 2019

Up to 14 jobs are on the chopping block at West Wollongong and Wollongong TAFEs as part of a 196 position jobs cull at TAFEs across New South Wales signed off by the Minister for Skills, Geoff Lee, last week.

FIGURES SHOW OVER 8,000 DIDN’T CLAIM CTP INSURANCE REFUNDS IN WOLLONGONG

27 November 2019

Over 8,000 motorists in the Wollongong electorate did not make a claim for a Compulsory Third Party (CTP) refund missing out on just over $366,000 in unclaimed money.