Illawarra State Labor MPs have slammed the Liberal Party for using tricky Parliamentary tactics to avoid a vote on the Steel Industry Protection Bill 2016 on the floor of the Legislative Assembly this morning labelling the move a ‘kick in the guts’ for the region’s steel workers.

Member for Wollongong Paul Scully today moved a Notice of Motion calling on the NSW Government to match Labor’s $50 million pledge to upgrade the Wollongong Entertainment Centre (WEC).

Member for Wollongong Paul Scully has this afternoon slammed the State Government for compromising the economic future of the Illawarra by “neglect, inaction and complete lack of ambition” for not progressing with key infrastructure projects, including the Maldon-Dombarton rail link.

State Parliament was told this afternoon that installing lifts at Unanderra Station is now simply about fairness.

Upgrading the Illawarra Cycle Club’s velodrome to improve disabled access to facilities is the big winner with $20,000 going towards the project under the Local Sport Grants Program in the Wollongong electorate.

The NSW Government must lift the two-year veil of secrecy surrounding the Register of Interest (RoI) evaluation process report into the Maldon-Dombarton rail link by publicly releasing it.

The NSW Government must back in the Maldon-Dombarton rail project following confirmation during a Senate Estimates Committee hearing overnight that Infrastructure Australia will not recommend the rail link for Federal Government funding support.

State Illawarra Labor MPs have today demanded the State Government refund Shellharbour City Council for all expenses relating to legal proceedings in the NSW Land and Environment Court and Kiama Municipal Council for the plebiscite last year against the forced amalgamation proposal.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward was sidelined from leading the Government’s response to the introduction of the Steel Industry Protection Bill this morning.

State Illawarra Labor MPs have today congratulated “people power” for standing up to the stubbornness of the Berejikilian Government after its enormous backflip on the forced merger of Wollongong and Shellharbour City Councils.