State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has welcomed a report into improvements to security in hospitals across NSW, particularly the John Hunter and Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospitals. The report, completed by the Hon Peter Anderson AM, a former NSW Health Minister, looked at ways to better protect and safeguard the welfare of hospital…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is calling on the community to donate their old footy boots, to support local families who cannot afford new boots. The Development and Relief Agency (DARA), a registered charity of the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, operates to support vulnerable people in our local community. DARA are collecting…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Minister for Sport to explain why women in the Newcastle Local Government Area have been excluded from applying for money from the $50 million sports funding announced last month. The Minister announced that $50 million is available for the delivery and enhancement of…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Health Minister to urgently reassess the paramedic crewing levels in the Hunter, after extensive delays saw a nursing home patient with a broken hip wait six hours for an ambulance to arrive. In 2019, the Health Minister announced that an extra 750 paramedics…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion in the NSW Parliament calling on the Health and Transport Ministers to do more for the staff and visitors to John Hunter Hospital, who remain trapped in a constant traffic nightmare. Last year, changes were made to the intersection at…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is encouraging residents in the Wallsend electorate to help the firefighters from Fire and Rescue NSW by picking up a Static Water Supply sticker from her office. During bushfires, firefighters often have difficulty getting enough water. There may not be enough water in the mains to fight…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the NSW Transport Minister to explain why local students from Cardiff and Glendale have had their school bus taken away, but students from a private school in Sydney have had their ferry reinstated. Students who attend Hunter Sports High School will now be forced…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will use her office as a collection point for people to drop off items to assist families who need assistance with buying products to send their children back to school. Heading back to school is a nervous time for kids but it can also be a very…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the State Government to do more for a section of the community that is being left behind with the rollout of QR codes across NSW. Seniors and people without a smartphone are being excluded from businesses because they are unsure how to use a…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has cautiously welcomed the upcoming changes to Newcastle Buses timetables and routes. Ms Hornery, who is yet to be fully briefed on the changes, said the changes show a net cut in services for the Wallsend electorate, but the changes to timetables meeting trains and school bell…