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 move a Notice of Motion in the NSW Parliament calling on the Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence to increase funding for counselling, services and shelters for male victims of domestic violence. Ms Hornery will move the Motion following increased calls from male victims…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion calling on the Health Minister to improve safety conditions for staff at the John Hunter Hospital. The Motion calls for the immediate installation of CCTV and security patrols around the John Hunter Hospital staff car parks following ongoing security incidents…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has joined with 28 other NSW MPs to co-sponsor the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill which will be introduced to the NSW Parliament today. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill recognises the importance of giving people genuine choice and autonomy over their decision making and will allow eligible people…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will use Parliament today to call on the NSW Emergency Services Minister to end a plan by Fire & Rescue NSW to add Minmi Fire Station to a secret list of fire stations that will be allowed to be taken offline in the event of a staffing…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will use the resumption of Parliament today to call on the NSW Health Minister to provide urgent funding for the opening of a new service or the expansion of existing services for family planning and termination services in the Hunter. Ms Hornery will move a Notice of…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has welcomed some announcements for funding in today’s NSW Budget and her expressed disappointment that some projects missed out. Ms Hornery welcomed the funding announcements for Stage 5 of the Newcastle Inner City Bypass, the M1 Extension from Beresfield to Raymond Terrace and the John Hunter Hospital…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has used a speech in Parliament this week to highlight the difficulty parents and families face in getting support for people under the age of 16 who are going through a mental health crisis. Currently there is very little public assistance in the mental health space for…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion in the NSW Parliament calling on the Government to come clean on its future plans for the Wallsend Aged Care Facility. Earlier this year, unions, staff, patients and the community raised concerns about the future of the facility, following a…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Minister for Health to immediately implement the new Minimum Operating Levels for the Hunter after a number of stations were closed and ambulances taken off the road last night. Ms Hornery received messages from concerned local paramedics late yesterday after it was discovered…