The Illawarra Labor Party and labour movement is mourning the passing of a political giant this morning.

The Warrawong Community Centre’s free community lunch program will get a much-needed boost with a $70,000 funding commitment, if NSW Labor is elected on March 25.

Wollongong’s JJ Kelly Park and John Crehan Park at Cringila will share in a $300,000 funding commitment to upgrade drainage and lighting if NSW Labor is elected on March 25.

Jules Mitry, owner of Balinese Spice Magic restaurant and community activist, has been named as the 2023 Wollongong Local Woman of the Year by Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully MP.

A NSW Minns Labor Government will invest in the Illawarra to provide better health and hospital services, upgrading road infrastructure and develop a rail infrastructure resilience plan for the Illawarra through a $42 million funding package.

A Minns Labor Government will establish a TAFE Domestic Manufacturing Centres of Excellence to help rebuild TAFE and our state’s domestic manufacturing capacity and capabilities, as well as boosting local skills, apprentices, and creating thousands of new jobs – starting with the Illawarra.

An incoming Minns Labor Government will put an immediate stop to the NSW Liberals and Nationals planned sale of land at King Street, Warrawong, if it is elected to form government on March 25.

Ten local sporting organisations in the Wollongong electorate will share in $50,000 in funding grants under the 2022-23 Local Sport Grant Program.

NSW Labor have today announced a Minns Labor Government will ensure New South Wales will become the first state in Australia where every person experiencing breast cancer will be able to receive the free care and support of a breast cancer nurse, committing $19.5 million over three years to fund an additional 29 McGrath Breast Cancer nurses to support people right across New South Wales.

As most workplaces head into the festive season with work completed, the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government has failed to deliver on its 2022 ‘to do’ list for the Illawarra, Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully said today.