Media Releases

MORE SEATS ON SOUTH COAST TRAINS, NOT AT SYDNEY STADIUMS

24 May 2018

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, has called on the Berejiklian Government to get serious about improving South Coast passenger rail services in the June Budget.

REALLY? WOLLONGONG IS NOT IN THE ILLAWARRA?

18 May 2018

The largest centre of the Illawarra region has once again been left out of redefined boundaries for eligibility of some NSW Government funding programs.

Over 100 Demountable Classrooms used as a Permanent Solution across Keira, Wollongong and Shellharbour Electorates

16 May 2018

Documents released to the NSW Labor opposition under freedom of Information laws have revealed that the electorate of Keira has over 63 demountable classrooms, Wollongong has 12 and Shellharbour has 40.

LOCAL LABOR MPS UNIMPRESSED BY PRISON CONSULTATION PLAN

30 April 2018

Illawarra State Labor MPs – Anna Watson, Paul Scully and Ryan Park – have labelled the community consultation process on the proposal for a correctional facility at Kembla Grange today a farce.

WOLLONGONG INELIGIBLE FOR YET ANOTHER NSW GOVERNMENT FUND

24 April 2018

Sporting organisations in Wollongong have been ruled ineligible to apply for either metropolitan or regional sports infrastructure funds leaving them without access to any source of funds to improve sporting infrastructure.

ELEVEN LOCAL SPORTING GROUPS SHARE IN $50,000 FUNDING

23 April 2018

Installing four new light poles at the Figtree RSL Bowling Club is among the projects to awarded a share of $50,000 in funding under the Local Sport Grants Program in the Wollongong electorate.

HEPATITIS A WARNING ON FROZEN POMEGRANATE SOLD AT COLES: ONE WOLLONGONG CASE CONFIRMED

19 April 2018

Wollongong MP Paul Scully has urged Illawarra residents who have purchased frozen pomegranate at Coles in recent weeks to return them to the supermarket chain or throw them away – after a Wollongong resident contracting hepatitis A has been linked to consuming them.

SCULLY DEMOLISHES WARD’S WOLLONGONG BUDGET FUNDING FUDGE

12 April 2018

Claims made by the Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast, Gareth Ward MP, that the Wollongong electorate has benefited from increased funding over the last seven years of the Berejiklian Government have been demolished in Parliament yesterday evening.

ILLAWARRA LABOR MPs SEEK DETAILED BRIEFING ON PRISON PROPOSAL

09 April 2018

Illawarra Labor MPs have today requested an urgent briefing from the Minister for Corrections, David Elliott MP, following a proposal to build a new corrections facility at Kembla Grange.

UNANDERRA LIFTS A KEY PRIORITY FOR NSW LABOR

04 April 2018

The 72 step struggle at Unanderra Station will end if a Labor Government is elected in 12 months.