State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is calling on local residents in Maryland, Fletcher and Minmi to slow down and be aware of a number of stray cows that seem to be wandering around the estates, particularly late at night. A number of calls and Facebook messages last week alerted Ms Hornery’s office…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Police Minister to review the way allocations of new Police recruits are made after it was revealed that the Hunter would only receive 2 of the 246 recruits. The latest Police graduates will see only one new recruit for Port Stephens Hunter and…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today debate a Notice of Motion calling on the Minister for Transport to come to the Wallsend electorate and see first-hand the problems commuters are facing with the new Newcastle bus service. Hundreds of calls and emails have been received by Ms Hornery’s office, but earlier…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion asking the Minister for Education to develop a program aimed at addressing body image issues amongst secondary school-aged boys. Recent reports show that more than a quarter of Hunter adolescents believe they have a current and significant problem with their…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion in NSW Parliament calling on the Government to forgo a larger dividend from Hunter Water in the 2018/19 financial year, as this would leave no money to pay for Wallsend flood mitigation works that are urgently needed. Last month the…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has thanked the Wallsend electorate for their incredible generosity shown towards the Fill A Truck For Farmers collection. Ms Hornery’s electorate office was a main collection point for the charity event on Sunday. Over the course of 10 days, the office received over five tonnes of non-perishable…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today debate a Notice of Motion calling on the Police Minister to properly resource Local Police Districts to help reduce rising crime in the Wallsend electorate. The Notice of Motion was given in February when local businesses and residents in Wallsend were being slammed by a…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today table a Notice of Motion in NSW Parliament calling on the Minister for Roads to overturn a decision that will see 300 jobs sent overseas. The decision by Roads Minister, Melinda Pavey, will see a number of local jobs offshored as a result of a…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called for more schools in the Wallsend electorate, particularly in the western suburbs where the population is growing rapidly, after it was revealed that more than 40% of schools are either at, or well above, capacity. Across the Wallsend electorate there are eight schools that have…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is calling on local residents and businesses in the Wallsend electorate to donate sanitary and hygiene products at her office in support of the Share the Dignity campaign. Share The Dignity is a not-for-profit registered charity providing homeless and at-risk women nationally with sanitary products to allow…