Media Releases

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.

WILL TRANSPORT LINKS COPE WITH SIR ELTON JOHN CONCERT?

04 September 2017

Will an expected influx of 20,000 fans to Wollongong for the Sir Elton John concert, ‘Once in a Lifetime Tour’, overwhelm transport services on the South Coast Line unless the Berejiklian Government reveals its plans for the event later this month?

SCULLY CALLS FOR MOORE TO USE LOCAL STEEL FOR SYDNEY’S ‘CLOUD ARCH’

30 August 2017

Wollongong MP, Paul Scully, has written to Sydney’s Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, today requesting that Sydney City Council use Port Kembla produced steel for its controversial public art proposal, ‘Cloud Arch’.