Media Releases
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.
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.