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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.