NSW Parliament has been told the NSW Liberals and Nationals Government must increase funding to tackle surgery and emergency waiting times at Wollongong Hospital and commit to a new health facility at Warrawong to relieve pressure on the Illawarra’s health and hospital network.

Member for Wollongong Paul Scully is calling for Wollongong Police and the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to mount high profile enforcement campaigns to crack down on hoons and excessive motor vehicle noise in Wollongong CBD.

Berkeley Sports Rugby League Club will receive a $2,000 grant for coaching and accreditation courses for volunteers as part of additional funding from the 2020/21 Wollongong Electorate Local Sport Grant program.

Member for Wollongong Paul Scully is demanding the Premier come clean and tell the Wollongong community what local publicly-owned assets the Government plans to sell-off to fund new infrastructure projects.

Community organisations, sporting groups, not-for-profit groups and local schools in the Wollongong electorate should start preparing their applications for their share of $300,000 in funding from Community Building Partnership grants which open today, Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, said.

The Minister for Local Government and South Coast MP Shelley Hancock has told the Government to “actually do something” and spend “lots of money” upgrading the Wollongong Entertainment Centre.

An application under the state’s freedom of information laws for the release of the KPMG final consultation report on upgrading the Wollongong Entertainment Centre (WEC) has been denied and will stay secret.

Illawarra netball players will benefit from a $15,000 funding grant to upgrade lighting of the netball courts at Fred Finch Park following the success of the Illawarra District Netball Association under the 2020/21 Wollongong Electorate Local Sport Grant program.

Member for Wollongong Paul Scully has welcomed a letter from the Minister for Sport Dr Geoff Lee finally ruling out – after 12 days - any plan to sell-off of any part of WIN Stadium, WIN Entertainment Centre “…or any other part of the wider precinct.”

Patients presenting to Wollongong Hospital’s Emergency Department are waiting longer than anywhere else in the State for treatment.