Media Releases
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.
SCULLY DEMANDS PUBLIC MEETING ON PORT KEMBLA SPOIL DUMPING
19 October 2017
Transport for NSW must convene a public meeting at Port Kembla to address concerns over the proposal to transport 9000 tonnes of rocks and soil from the WestConnex project in Sydney, NSW Parliament was told last night.
IT’S TIME TO BACK DOWN ON HOSPITAL PRIVATISATION BRAD
18 October 2017
Illawarra State MPs met with the NSW Minister for Health today and demanded clarity on the future of Shellharbour and Port Kembla public hospitals by the end of Parliamentary sittings on 30 November 2017.
SCULLY BLOCKED FROM ACCESS TO MALDON-DOMBARTON RAIL LINK BUSINESS CASE
16 October 2017
Transport for NSW has blocked a request from Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, under the State’s Freedom of Information laws – GIPA - from accessing the Maldon-Dombarton rail link Final Business Case.
TAFE MANAGEMENT MISLED COMMUNITY ON WEST WOLLONGONG CAMPUS BUTCHERY CLAIMS
04 October 2017
TAFE Illawarra Institute management have been caught out misleading the community about the purchase of meat products for students in its butchery course at West Wollongong TAFE campus.