Media Releases

NSW LABOR RELEASES FAIR FARES POLICY FOR ILLAWARRA SCHOOL CHILDREN

12 November 2018

School children across the Illawarra will have the choice of free travel on public transport for the first time under a new NSW Labor Fair Fares policy announced today.

SCRAPPING OF THIRROUL TO UNANDERRA TRAFFIC PLAN

05 November 2018

Illawarra Labor MPs Ryan Park and Paul Scully have today slammed the scrapping of the Thirroul to Unanderra Network Strategy by the Berejiklian Government.

NEW INTERCITY FLEET WI-FI NOT GUARANTEED

29 October 2018

New Intercity fleet carriages, which will become available on the South Coast Line in 2021, will not have Wi-Fi automatically available.

SCULLY REVEALS WOLLONGONG’S LIBERAL INVESTMENT DEFICIT

24 October 2018

Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, told the NSW Parliament last night that the Wollongong electorate’s 20,000 families have each been hit with an $800 per year ‘investment deficit’ during the life of the O’Farrell/Baird and Berejiklian Governments.

SCULLY ASKS MINISTER FOR PUBLIC EXPLANATION ON PORT KEMBLA CLINKER HEALTH RISKS

22 October 2018

Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, has today written to the Minister for the Environment, Gabrielle Upton MP, asking for an explanation as to why the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has been unwilling to reassure the Port Kembla community over the potential health risks from a clinker pollution incident in March.

CONSTANCE MISSES OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE UNANDERRA STATION UPGRADE…AGAIN

17 October 2018

The Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance MP, tried to be half-smart during Question Time in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon in relation to train station upgrades.

167 PER CENT INCREASE IN WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL ASSAULTS

16 October 2018

NSW Labor has pledged to appoint an additional 250 security staff at local hospitals across New South Wales to protect medical staff, patients and visitors.

LIBERALS FAILURE TO KEEP COMMUTERS IN CONTACT

08 October 2018

Sharon Bird, Ryan Park and Paul Scully called on the State and Federal Liberals to stop talking about themselves and start working productively together to fix the mobile phone reception problems on the South Coast Line.

PROTECTING OUR ILLAWARRA FIREFIGHTERS

27 September 2018

NSW Labor has today proposed new laws to slash red tape enabling firefighters in the Illawarra to claim workers compensation should they be diagnosed with cancer.

MALDON-DOMBARTON RAIL LINK STILL STUCK ON LONG ‘TO DO’ LIST

25 September 2018

The NSW Government’s latest re-packaged NSW Freight and Ports Plan, sadly contains no money, or commitment to invest in or progress, the completion of the Maldon-Dombarton rail link.