Media Releases

SCULLY SLAMS ‘OUT OF TOUCH’ PREMIER IN PARLIAMENT

16 November 2017

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, used a Private Members Statement in the Legislative Assembly last night to label the Premier “out of touch” and that the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure “did not have the guts to announce” the imposition of Opal fares on the currently free Gong Shuttle service.

ILLAWARRA REGION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SNOWY HYDRO PROCEEDS UNDER NSW LABOR BILL

16 November 2017

NSW Labor Leader, Luke Foley, has this morning told Parliament the Illawarra will be eligible for the proceeds from the sale of the Snowy Hydro to the Federal Government after introducing a Bill into the Legislative Assembly.

NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR WOLLONGONG WOMAN OF THE YEAR

09 November 2017

Nominations for the 2018 NSW Women of the Year Awards are now open.

PREMIER MUST FACE THE PEOPLE ON GONG SHUTTLE SERVICE

05 November 2017

Illawarra Labor MPs, Ryan Park and Paul Scully have written to the Premier, Gladys Berejiklian MP, requesting that she meet an urgent delegation of Wollongong stakeholders over the Government’s surprise decision to impose standard Opal fares on commuters using the Free Gong Shuttle.

LABOR’S STEEL BILL STILL THE BEST OPTION

04 November 2017

Illawarra State Labor MPs have cautiously welcomed the State Government’s steel procurement changes announced today but maintain that their Securing NSW Steel Industry Bill 2017 was still the best option for sustainable steel industry jobs in the Illawarra.

GONG SHUTTLE SHOULD STAY FREE SAY LABOR MPs

02 November 2017

Illawarra Labor MPs Ryan Park and Paul Scully have attacked a surprise move by the Berejiklian Government to start charging commuters for using the current Free Gong Shuttle.

LABOR FIGHTS FOR LOCAL TAFE COLLEGES

02 November 2017

The NSW Labor Opposition has grave concerns that the State Government is gearing up for the sale of TAFE campuses, following the announcement that it is adding a professional ‘asset stripper’ to its senior management ranks.

PRINCE ANDREW AND SIR ELTON JOHN VISIT WOLLONGONG MORE OFTEN THAN THE NSW TREASURER DOES

27 October 2017

Wollongong has hosted more royal visits than visits from NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet since his elevation to the Treasury portfolio last January.

STATEMENT ON SHELLHARBOUR HOSPITAL

27 October 2017

The Berejiklian Government’s latest backflip on the Shellharbour Public Hospital is a victory for people-power over privatisation.

PREMIER – INSTALL UNANDERRA STATION LIFTS

24 October 2017

Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, has seized on a speech Premier Gladys Berejiklian has delivered to Sydney’s big end of town today claiming the NSW Government should install the Unanderra Station lifts to show how compassionate it treated vulnerable people.