The NSW Labor Opposition says NSW homeowners and public transport users have lost out in this year’s federal budget with no new measures to help first home buyers and a paltry amount going to public transport.
Shadow Minister for the Illawarra has today taken to the floor of Parliament urging the Government to stop the delay, and sign off on a joint funding deal with Wollongong City Council ensuring the Gong Shuttle remains free of charge.
The NSW Labor Opposition today called on Premier Berejiklian to put pressure on her state and federal counterparts to follow Labor’s policy to scrap GST on tampons and other feminine hygiene products.
The NSW Liberal National Government has rejected a plan for a Silicon Valley-style technology hub in Redfern which means Google is once again searching for a place to call home in Australia.
Shadow Minister for the Illawarra and Member for Keira Ryan Park has today expressed frustration at the time it takes for the NSW Government to rebuild social housing dwellings after they acquire older properties and has written to the Minister seeking a detailed explanation and timeline.
I would like to commend the Emergency Services for the bravery and professionalism which ensured not a single life was lost and many homes were saved in the recent disastrous bushfires in Tathra on the New South Wales Far South Coast. In light of this event I thought it important to raise some concerns with the Minister for Emergency Services regarding the vulnerability of the northern suburbs of the Illawarra if a similar event were to happen here.
A job creation scheme set up by the Liberal government in 2015 has hit just one per cent of its target at the mid-way point through the program, a Labor Opposition freedom of information request has found.
Shadow Minister for the Illawarra Ryan Park has once again written to the NSW Rugby League inviting them to visit the region to look at the facilities available with a view to have the NSW State of Origin team training camp based in the Illawarra.
More staff cuts are slated for TAFE this year as the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government continues its ideological assault on state-funded tertiary education.
Despite continual attempts by the Berejiklian Government to paint a rosy economic picture for the state, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reveal unemployment and underemployment are still on the rise.
