Independent health statistics released today record Wollongong Hospital as having the longest emergency department waiting times outside of Sydney.

The Minister for Planning Rob Stokes MP visited Wollongong today to give a speech on planning in the Illawarra but failed to publicly release the annual monitoring report promised in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Regional Plan.

Member for Wollongong Paul Scully has today called on the Baird Government to defer the commercial fishing buyout deadline set for 2 December until after a Parliamentary Committee inquiry has done its work.