State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Government to fix the anomaly that the new $250 Seniors Travel Card has created in the Wallsend electorate. The Newcastle Local Government Area has been excluded from receiving the new travel card but in some suburbs of the Wallsend electorate eligibility will see…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has today launched a School Safety Survey to put school safety front and centre. The survey is open to parents, carers, teachers and local residents and invites people to report concerns about safety for families that walk or ride to school. The survey responses will help find…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has criticised the Health Minister and Hunter New England Local Health District management for forcing staff to fundraise to provide facilities for family members who have children in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. In November last year, Ms Hornery wrote to the Health Minister after a complaint…
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 District Cricket Club suffered damage by vandals. The Community and Small Business CCTV Fund opened in April 2019 but was…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is calling on residents who don’t wish to receive a copy of the White Pages and Yellow Pages to cancel the delivery of the phone book. Residents are able to visit the directory select website and cancel or order books as required. Ms Hornery is encouraging anyone…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is reminding motorists that anyone caught tossing a lit cigarette will be subjected to tough new penalties from midnight tonight. Motorists will now be penalised five demerit points if they are caught tossing a lit cigarette form their car. The penalty will double to 10 demerit points…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has expressed her disappointment at a response from the NSW Roads Minister, Andrew Constance, regarding the recent increase in tolls for caravan and trailer owners on the M2 and M7 Motorways. Late last year, Ms Hornery was contacted by a number of motorists who had discovered that…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Minister for Water, the Hon Melinda Pavey MP, to give Hunter Water the necessary regulatory requirement to fix the Wallsend flooding issues. Ms Hornery recently wrote to Hunter Water asking why they had not included the Wallsend Flood Mitigation plan in their five…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the NSW Treasurer to push ahead today with the M1 extension from Beresfield to Raymond Terrace. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to announce around $4 billion in infrastructure stimulus projects today and the M1 extension was one of four NSW projects short-listed that…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Education Minister to put her money where her mouth is, after seven local schools were forced to apply for Community Building Partnership grants for basic maintenance issues. Ms Hornery recently wrote to the Education Minister regarding previous issues of school applying for grants…