Media Releases

More funding for Wollongong sporting groups

03 May 2021

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.

What other Wollongong public assets will be up for sale?

30 April 2021

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.

2021 Community Building Partnership Grant Applications Now Open

19 April 2021

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.

Wake up Geoff - Fellow Minister calls for upgrade to Wollongong Entertainment Centre

16 April 2021

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.

Wollongong Entertainment Centre upgrade plans to stay secret

09 April 2021

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.

$50,000 Wollongong Local Sports Grant Funds Announced

07 April 2021

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.

Minister finally rules out WIN Stadium sell-off after 12 days

23 March 2021

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.”

BHI: Another quarter of blowouts and backlogs across the Illawarra & South Coast

17 March 2021

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

Dianne Elvy named 2021 Wollongong Electorate Woman of the Year

08 March 2021

Long-time President of the Illawarra District Netball Association (IDNA), Dianne Elvy, has been named 2021 Wollongong Electorate Woman of the Year by Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully.

Scully victim of Facebook war with Federal Government

18 February 2021

The Facebook page and posts of the Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, have been removed without reason or explanation.