Media Releases

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.

SCULLY BLOCKED FROM ACCESS TO MALDON-DOMBARTON RAIL LINK BUSINESS CASE

16 October 2017

Transport for NSW has blocked a request from Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, under the State’s Freedom of Information laws – GIPA - from accessing the Maldon-Dombarton rail link Final Business Case.

TAFE MANAGEMENT MISLED COMMUNITY ON WEST WOLLONGONG CAMPUS BUTCHERY CLAIMS

04 October 2017

TAFE Illawarra Institute management have been caught out misleading the community about the purchase of meat products for students in its butchery course at West Wollongong TAFE campus.

NSW GOVERNMENT BLAMES WOLLONGONG METROPOLITIAN DEFINITION ON STAKEHOLDERS

03 October 2017

The NSW Government has laid the blame for Wollongong being defined as a ‘metropolitan’ rather than ‘regional’ at the foot of Wollongong’s stakeholders as it tries to shift responsibility for the region missing out on funding programs.

INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL REQUIRED

22 September 2017

NSW Labor today demanded an immediate independent external investigation into Wollongong Hospital – which is buckling under enormous pressure.

SCULLY URGES NSW GOVERNMENT TO NOMINATE SOUTH COAST LINE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING

22 September 2017

Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, has today written to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance MP, urging the NSW Government to nominate the Wollongong-Sydney rail corridor for business case funding under the Federal Government’s National Rail Program (NAP).

GOVERNMENT REFUSES VOTE ON STEEL BILL - AGAIN

21 September 2017

In an extraordinary display, the Berejiklian Government has refused a vote on the Labor Securing NSW Steel Industry Bill 2017 for a second time this year.

GOVERNMENT CAN’T POINT TO ONE WOLLONGONG PROJECT FUNDED FROM $20 BILLION POWER SELL-OFF

19 September 2017

The Premier has been unable to point to a single infrastructure project in the Wollongong local government area that has been funded from the $20 billion proceeds from the sell-off of New South Wales’ poles and wires.

PORT KEMBLA COMMUNITY PROJECTS SHARE IN $1 MILLION FUNDING

12 September 2017

Port Kembla community groups ranging from a local school to a museum and cricket club will share in the latest funding announced today under the Port Kembla Community Investment Fund (PKCIF).

NUMBER OF WOLLONGONG ENERGY VOUCHER ASSISTANCE INCREASES BY 20%

08 September 2017

The number of financial assistance vouchers issued for struggling Wollongong households to help pay for rising energy bills has increased by 20 per cent over the last 12 months, according to NSW Government statistics.