State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has used Parliament to call on the Government to significantly invest in social and affordable housing as the housing crisis grows worse in regional areas. Ms Hornery raised concerns that there are over 1200 applications on the Newcastle social housing waitlist and the most recent data shows…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today call on the Transport Minister to approve an application to increase school bus services in Minmi, Fletcher, Maryland and Wallsend. Late last year, Ms Hornery supported an application by Hunter Valley Buses to completely overhaul the school bus routes in the area which would see…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion in NSW Parliament 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. Last month saw an armed robbery and a…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Health Minister to ensure adequate staffing levels are reached at the John Hunter Hospital, after last week it was revealed that six beds in the busy Emergency Department remain unused due to a lack of staff. Staff and paramedics raised concerns last week…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, yesterday presented local residents with NSW Government Community Service Awards, for their outstanding contributions to the Wallsend electorate. Ms Hornery presented the awards to Ms Joanna Bailey and the Newcastle Hunters group for their contribution to the improvement of the quality of life of members of the…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has today announced applications are now open for the 2021 Community Building Partnership program, unlocking $300,000 for community infrastructure projects across the Wallsend electorate. Ms Hornery said the $300,000 is available for projects and urged local councils and not-for-profit groups to apply for the funds they need…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the NSW Education Minister to build new schools in the western suburbs of the Wallsend electorate and end the overcrowding in local schools, after the latest data revealed some local schools are exceeding capacity by more than 55%. New Department of Education data shows…
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…