Media Releases
SCULLY URGES NSW GOVERNMENT TO NOMINATE SOUTH COAST LINE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING
22 September 2017
Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, has today written to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance MP, urging the NSW Government to nominate the Wollongong-Sydney rail corridor for business case funding under the Federal Government’s National Rail Program (NAP).
GOVERNMENT REFUSES VOTE ON STEEL BILL - AGAIN
21 September 2017
In an extraordinary display, the Berejiklian Government has refused a vote on the Labor Securing NSW Steel Industry Bill 2017 for a second time this year.
GOVERNMENT CAN’T POINT TO ONE WOLLONGONG PROJECT FUNDED FROM $20 BILLION POWER SELL-OFF
19 September 2017
The Premier has been unable to point to a single infrastructure project in the Wollongong local government area that has been funded from the $20 billion proceeds from the sell-off of New South Wales’ poles and wires.
PORT KEMBLA COMMUNITY PROJECTS SHARE IN $1 MILLION FUNDING
12 September 2017
Port Kembla community groups ranging from a local school to a museum and cricket club will share in the latest funding announced today under the Port Kembla Community Investment Fund (PKCIF).
NUMBER OF WOLLONGONG ENERGY VOUCHER ASSISTANCE INCREASES BY 20%
08 September 2017
The number of financial assistance vouchers issued for struggling Wollongong households to help pay for rising energy bills has increased by 20 per cent over the last 12 months, according to NSW Government statistics.
WILL TRANSPORT LINKS COPE WITH SIR ELTON JOHN CONCERT?
04 September 2017
Will an expected influx of 20,000 fans to Wollongong for the Sir Elton John concert, ‘Once in a Lifetime Tour’, overwhelm transport services on the South Coast Line unless the Berejiklian Government reveals its plans for the event later this month?
SCULLY CALLS FOR MOORE TO USE LOCAL STEEL FOR SYDNEY’S ‘CLOUD ARCH’
30 August 2017
Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, has written to Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, today requesting that Sydney City Council use Port Kembla produced steel for its controversial public art proposal, ‘Cloud Arch’.
SCULLY’S AMBITION FOR PORT OF PORT KEMBLA
29 August 2017
Member for Wollongong Paul Scully today told the Regional Ports Conference in Wollongong that the Port of Port Kembla could become the ‘Port of Choice’ for businesses based in the third largest economy in Australia – south-western Sydney.
100 GOVERNMENT JOBS FOR QUEANBEYAN – NONE FOR WOLLONGONG
25 August 2017
The NSW Government is announcing today the relocation of 100 jobs from the Finance and Education Departments to Queanbeyan in the Deputy Premier’s seat of Monaro.
TOWRADGI WATER WORKS
22 August 2017
Sydney Water is investigating and repairing wastewater pipes, stormwater pipes and maintenance holes in the Towradgi area starting next month.