State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion calling on the Roads Minister to overturn the recent changes to vehicle classifications by Transurban that has resulted in toll charges tripling for cars towing a caravan, boat or trailer. In August 2019, Transurban introduced the new classification structure which…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today meet the new Managing Director of Hunter Water and the Wallsend flood mitigation works will be top of the agenda. Hunter Water and the City of Newcastle have been working collaboratively to find a solution to the ongoing flooding problem. The City of Newcastle has…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has joined forces with a local sporting group, the Newcastle Hunters, to help anyone in the local community who needs a helping hand. The Newcastle Hunters contacted Ms Hornery last week to discuss how they could help the local community. The team decided to put together 50…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Minister for Regional Transport to explain why disabled travellers in Newcastle are being denied the right to book ahead on Country Link train services. Ms Hornery has received calls from local residents this week who have advised that they have been denied the…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Government to open up a grants program to allow Newcastle based sporting groups and clubs access to money towards CCTV, after the New Lambton Football Club had their fields at Novocastrian Park, destroyed by vandals over the weekend. The Community and Small Business…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has today announced that Amber Sauni is the 2020 Wallsend Local Woman of the Year. Ms Hornery nominated Amber for the award, based on the design and construction of the portable outdoor cooking and food preparation unit, ‘The Movable Feast’, which is designed to make good, healthy…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Education Minister, the Hon Sarah Mitchell MLC, to ensure that no parents or students are left out of pocket, following the directive by the Department of Education to cancel all international school trips. Ms Hornery’s office has been overwhelmed with phone calls and…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today question the Minister for Energy about why a large section of the Wallsend electorate was left out of the Empowering Homes solar battery loan offer. The Government recently announced the program that will help homeowners in the Hunter region access interest-free loans to install solar…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called for the Water Minister, Melinda Pavey MP, to make Hunter Water undertake its part of the flood mitigation works in Wallsend. The call follows a sudden downpour yesterday which nearly saw Ironbark Creek break its banks and years of inaction on the part of the…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called for an explanation from Hunter Water and the Minister after a planned water outage in the Wallsend CBD left businesses without water. Hunter Water failed to provide local businesses with any notification of the planned outage and a number of businesses and their staff suffered…