Media Releases
GOVERNMENT MUST AGREE TO GONG SHUTTLE RESCUE PLAN AND STUMP UP FOR FUNDING GAP
08 December 2017
Illawarra Labor MPs, Ryan Park and Paul Scully have today called on the Berejiklian Government to agree to the funding proposals put forward by the University of Wollongong (UOW) and Wollongong City Council to keep the Gong Shuttle free, immediately if Council agrees to the Labor Councillors plans to be debated on Monday night.
DRAFT FREIGHT AND PORTS PLAN LEAVES OUT MALDON-DOMBARTON RAIL LINK
06 December 2017
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.
IS NSW GOVERNMENT ADEQUATELY FUNDING REGION’S HEALTH CARE NEEDS?
05 December 2017
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?
PARK AND SCULLY WELCOME GONG SHUTTLE RESCUE ATTEMPT
04 December 2017
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.
SIX YEARS OF NEGLECT AND INDIFFERENCE BY THE NSW LIBERALS – THE STORY OF UNANDERRA STATION
01 December 2017
This Sunday, 3 December, is the International Day of People with Disability.
$2 BILLION FOR SYDNEY STADIUMS BUT NOTHING FOR WOLLONGONG ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
24 November 2017
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.
OUTRAGE AS BEREJIKLIAN RUNS SECRET SYDNEY SHUTTLE FOR GOVERNMENT FAT CATS BUT AXES THE GONG SHUTTLE
22 November 2017
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been caught out running a secret shuttle for Government employees in Sydney, as she axes the free Gong Shuttle.
MINISTER, WHERE ARE OUR CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME COLLECTION POINTS?
21 November 2017
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.
GONG SHUTTLE TO REMAIN FREE UNDER NSW LABOR
18 November 2017
A Foley-Labor Government has committed to keeping the Wollongong Shuttle free for passengers.
SCULLY SLAMS ‘OUT OF TOUCH’ PREMIER IN PARLIAMENT
16 November 2017
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.