State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is calling on the NSW Police Minister to review the allocation of Police resources currently being provided to Beresfield and Tarro, following the recent increase in crimes across the area. Local businesses and residents have reported a sharp increase in crime in recent months and in the…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery, will today move a Notice of Motion in the NSW Parliament calling on the Minister for Education to explain why asbestos remains exposed at Glendale Technology High School, 14 months after it was first discovered. In February 2020, in-ground asbestos material was discovered in the school’s basketball courts…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will use a speech in NSW Parliament to outline the under resourcing of Police numbers in the Hunter. The numbers show that over the last fifteen years the Northern Region Command Police resources have not kept pace with population growth. In 2006, the population of the Northern…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Minister for Roads to explain why children from Wallsend South Public School have been left to cross the very busy Grandview Road and McCaffrey Drive without a school crossing safety supervisor. Ms Hornery has been contacted by school parents and the P&C who…
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 Wallsend Maryland Rugby League Football Club suffered damage by vandals. The Community and Small Business CCTV Fund opened in April 2019…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will this week use Parliament to raise questions about the future of the Wallsend Aged Care Facility after concerns were raised by unions, staff, patients and the community. Ms Hornery will put a Question on Notice to the Minister for Health asking him to confirm that the…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has again expressed her disappointment and dismay, following the announcement that the Newcastle City Police District would receive no new recruits in the latest allocation of new officers. Ms Hornery has been advocating for more Police Officers and better resources to be allocated to the Wallsend electorate…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is advising motorists and residents about the commencement of the next stage of early works on the Newcastle Inner City Bypass between Rankin Park and Jesmond. Starting on Monday, contractors will begin to prepare the site for major work by demolishing and removing a number of vacated…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today debate a Notice of Motion calling on the NSW Government to reform legislative frameworks to deal with online harassment and violence against all girls and young women. Last year, a report by Plan International titled Free To Be Online, spoke to 14,000 girls across 32…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the NSW Government to do more to ensure the most vulnerable in the community are not being left behind following the announcement of another bank branch closure. The Newcastle Permanent issued a statement late yesterday advising the community that it will be closing their…