Media Releases

$2 BILLION FOR SYDNEY STADIUMS BUT NOTHING FOR WOLLONGONG ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

24 November 2017

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully MP, has slammed the NSW Government’s decision to spend $2 billion on rebuilding Sydney stadiums but investing nothing for the upgrade of Wollongong Entertainment Centre despite it being 20 years of age.

OUTRAGE AS BEREJIKLIAN RUNS SECRET SYDNEY SHUTTLE FOR GOVERNMENT FAT CATS BUT AXES THE GONG SHUTTLE

22 November 2017

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been caught out running a secret shuttle for Government employees in Sydney, as she axes the free Gong Shuttle.

MINISTER, WHERE ARE OUR CONTAINER DEPOSIT SCHEME COLLECTION POINTS?

21 November 2017

Three Illawarra MPs have called on the Minister for the Environment Gabrielle Upton to release information about where collection points will be located for the ‘Return and Earn’ container deposit scheme within the Keira, Shellharbour and Wollongong electorates.

GONG SHUTTLE TO REMAIN FREE UNDER NSW LABOR

18 November 2017

A Foley-Labor Government has committed to keeping the Wollongong Shuttle free for passengers.

SCULLY SLAMS ‘OUT OF TOUCH’ PREMIER IN PARLIAMENT

16 November 2017

Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, used a Private Members Statement in the Legislative Assembly last night to label the Premier “out of touch” and that the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure “did not have the guts to announce” the imposition of Opal fares on the currently free Gong Shuttle service.

ILLAWARRA REGION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SNOWY HYDRO PROCEEDS UNDER NSW LABOR BILL

16 November 2017

NSW Labor Leader, Luke Foley, has this morning told Parliament the Illawarra will be eligible for the proceeds from the sale of the Snowy Hydro to the Federal Government after introducing a Bill into the Legislative Assembly.

NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR WOLLONGONG WOMAN OF THE YEAR

09 November 2017

Nominations for the 2018 NSW Women of the Year Awards are now open.

PREMIER MUST FACE THE PEOPLE ON GONG SHUTTLE SERVICE

05 November 2017

Illawarra Labor MPs, Ryan Park and Paul Scully have written to the Premier, Gladys Berejiklian MP, requesting that she meet an urgent delegation of Wollongong stakeholders over the Government’s surprise decision to impose standard Opal fares on commuters using the Free Gong Shuttle.

LABOR’S STEEL BILL STILL THE BEST OPTION

04 November 2017

Illawarra State Labor MPs have cautiously welcomed the State Government’s steel procurement changes announced today but maintain that their Securing NSW Steel Industry Bill 2017 was still the best option for sustainable steel industry jobs in the Illawarra.

GONG SHUTTLE SHOULD STAY FREE SAY LABOR MPs

02 November 2017

Illawarra Labor MPs Ryan Park and Paul Scully have attacked a surprise move by the Berejiklian Government to start charging commuters for using the current Free Gong Shuttle.