Media Releases

UPGRADE OF WOLLONGONG WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION TO COMMENCE NEXT WEEK

08 December 2017

Sydney Water and its contractor, Process Engineering Technologies (PET), are upgrading the wastewater pumping station at Bank Street, Wollongong from next week, Member for Wollongong Paul Scully said today.

GOVERNMENT MUST AGREE TO GONG SHUTTLE RESCUE PLAN AND STUMP UP FOR FUNDING GAP

08 December 2017

Illawarra Labor MPs, Ryan Park and Paul Scully have today called on the Berejiklian Government to agree to the funding proposals put forward by the University of Wollongong (UOW) and Wollongong City Council to keep the Gong Shuttle free, immediately if Council agrees to the Labor Councillors plans to be debated on Monday night.

DRAFT FREIGHT AND PORTS PLAN LEAVES OUT MALDON-DOMBARTON RAIL LINK

06 December 2017

The Draft Freight and Ports Plan released by the NSW Government today does not mention the Maldon-Dombarton rail project once in a glaring omission.

IS NSW GOVERNMENT ADEQUATELY FUNDING REGION’S HEALTH CARE NEEDS?

05 December 2017

The NSW Auditor-General has today revealed the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District required a $7.3 million handout from the NSW Government to help pay its expenses in the year ending 30 June 2017 raising the obvious question: is the region getting enough funding for its health care needs?

PARK AND SCULLY WELCOME GONG SHUTTLE RESCUE ATTEMPT

04 December 2017

Labor MP’s Ryan Park and Paul Scully have welcomed the leadership of Wollongong City Council Labor Councillors who have proposed the first elements of a rescue package for the Gong Shuttle.

SIX YEARS OF NEGLECT AND INDIFFERENCE BY THE NSW LIBERALS – THE STORY OF UNANDERRA STATION

01 December 2017

This Sunday, 3 December, is the International Day of People with Disability.

$2 BILLION FOR SYDNEY STADIUMS BUT NOTHING FOR WOLLONGONG ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

24 November 2017

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully MP, has slammed the NSW Government’s decision to spend $2 billion on rebuilding Sydney stadiums but investing nothing for the upgrade of Wollongong Entertainment Centre despite it being 20 years of age.

OUTRAGE AS BEREJIKLIAN RUNS SECRET SYDNEY SHUTTLE FOR GOVERNMENT FAT CATS BUT AXES THE GONG SHUTTLE

22 November 2017

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been caught out running a secret shuttle for Government employees in Sydney, as she axes the free Gong Shuttle.

MINISTER, WHERE ARE OUR CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME COLLECTION POINTS?

21 November 2017

Three Illawarra MPs have called on the Minister for the Environment Gabrielle Upton to release information about where collection points will be located for the ‘Return and Earn’ container deposit scheme within the Keira, Shellharbour and Wollongong electorates.

GONG SHUTTLE TO REMAIN FREE UNDER NSW LABOR

18 November 2017

A Foley-Labor Government has committed to keeping the Wollongong Shuttle free for passengers.