Media Releases

LABOR WILL END THE WOLLONGONG FUNDING LOCK OUT

21 June 2018

NSW Labor Leader, Luke Foley MP, has reaffirmed the $225 million Illawarra Jobs Action Plan in his Budget reply speech in the Legislative Assembly this morning.

TREASURER HAS NO ANSWER FOR STATION UPGRADE RORT

20 June 2018

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has no answer to a question on the rorting of the Transport Access Program (TAP) which saw a senior Cabinet Minister caught on camera on Monday boasting about how “skulduggery and manoeuvring” saw the tiny Hawkesbury River train station “bumped up 150 places” over other busier stations, like Unanderra.

IT’S OFFICIAL – UNANDERRA STATION MISSED OUT BECAUSE OF LIST RORT

19 June 2018

A senior NSW Cabinet Minister has been caught out boasting that train station upgrades have been “bumped up” the Transport Access Program (TAP) list by political “skulduggery and manoeuvring”.

WOLLONGONG ELECTORATE SHORT-CHANGED IN PATHETIC BUDGET DESPITE HANDING OVER $52 MILLION IN RESIDENTIAL STAMP DUTY

19 June 2018

Wollongong has been short-changed in the 2018-19 NSW Budget today despite handing the Berejiklian Government $52 million in stamp duty in the 9 months between 1 April 2017 and 31 January 2018.

SCULLY TELLS MINISTER TRAIN OVERCROWDING CAN BE ADDRESSED NOW BY TAKING THREE SIMPLE STEPS

18 June 2018

Wollongong MP, Paul Scully has written to the Minister for Transport with an immediate three step plan to help ease overcrowding on the South Coast Line.

ILLAWARRA LABOR MPs SLAM F6 ‘TOLLWAY’

13 June 2018

Illawarra Labor MPs Ryan Park and Paul Scully have hit out at the Berejikilan Government’s plans to hold Illawarra motorists to ransom for the proposed construction of the F6 ‘tollway'.

GONG SHUTTLE DEAL PROMISING…BUT WAITING FOR THE INK

08 June 2018

Illawarra Labor MPs, Ryan Park and Paul Scully have tentatively welcomed progress in the negotiations to keep the Gong Shuttle service free, but won’t celebrate just yet – until a final deal is inked.

PARLIAMENTARY REPORT GIVES SHOT IN ARM TO MALDON-DOMBARTON PROJECT AND CONSISTENT DEFINITION OF REGION

07 June 2018

A new Parliamentary Committee report has today made key recommendations to the NSW Government supporting the need for the completion of the Maldon-Dombarton rail link, providing consistent definitions of regional areas and better transport connections to support tourism.

UNANDERRA STATION MISSES OUT ON BUDGET FAIR SHARE….AGAIN

04 June 2018

An upgrade to Unanderra Station has been left off the latest list of Station upgrades announced by Premier Gladys Berejiklian today.

GIVE WOLLONGONG SPORTS CLUBS A SPORTING CHANCE

31 May 2018

Shadow Minister for Sport Lynda Voltz has joined Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully MP, and Labor candidate for Heathcote, Maryanne Stuart, to call on the Berejiklian Government to give Wollongong sports clubs a sporting chance when it comes to sports facilities grants.