State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today meet with Newcastle City Police District Commander, Superintendent Brett Greentree, to discuss ongoing issues with crime in the Wallsend electorate. Ms Hornery and Superintendent Greentree met in August following numerous complaints about illegal dirt bike riding. Following the meeting a plan of action for curbing…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Treasurer and Water Minister to explain why Hunter residents are being asked to pay more for water, following the Government taking a $100m dividend from Hunter Water. Earlier this year, the NSW Government took an additional $100m dividend from Hunter Water, forcing them…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Transport Minister to overhaul the school bus system at Callaghan College Wallsend. Fletcher has expanded so rapidly, that school routes have not kept up with the new developments being opened up in the area. Ms Hornery has been working with the local bus…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion in Parliament calling on the Minister for Education to fund infrastructure in our schools appropriately, after it was discovered local public schools are being forced to compete for grants to fund necessary infrastructure upgrades. Recently the New Lambton Infants Public…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today join Environment Minister, the Hon Matt Kean MP, for a tour of the Hunter Wetlands at Shortland. Minister Kean will tour the Ramsar listed Hunter Wetlands this morning following a request from Ms Hornery. Ms Hornery recently met with the executive and volunteers at the…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has spoken in Parliament this week, calling on the Transport Minister to build new rail carriages in the Hunter following an admission by the Government that it doesn’t have any additional carriages to add to the overcrowded Newcastle Line. Ms Hornery has received a swathe of complaints…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called for an explanation from Health Minister, Brad Hazard MP, after a raft of complaints about local hospitals being forced to refer CT scans to Melbourne for assessment due to a lack of local doctors. Ms Hornery received a number of calls in the last two…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion in the NSW Parliament, calling for tough ‘hoon’ legislation to be implemented to cover dirt bikes. Current laws in NSW do not cover dirt bikes that are caught riding through local streets and parks, terrorising local neighbourhoods. Legislation in other…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has welcomed the start of the first step in reducing the effects of flooding in the Wallsend CBD, with the start of works today to replace the Tyrrell Street Bridge. City of Newcastle has commenced works to replace the Tyrrell Street Bridge, which will see the bridge…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today be seeking an urgent briefing from local Police District Commander, Superintendent Brett Greentree, on a recent spike in crime in the Shortland area. In the last week, cars have been set on fire and a major drug home was raided. On Thursday morning a number…