Parliamentary Secretary for Education Gareth Ward MP has today condemned the Member for Keira Ryan Park for deliberately misleading the community on education funding.

Parliamentary Secretary for Education Gareth Ward MP and Member for South Coast Shelley Hancock MP have today announced that local schools across the Illawarra and South Coast will benefit from a major teacher recruitment drive under the New South Wales Government.

Parliamentary Secretary for Education Gareth Ward MP, Member for South Coast Shelley Hancock MP have today welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement which for the first time in our State’s history will see the school maintenance backlog wiped to zero ensuring students including those across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven enjoy the best possible learning environments.

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP today announced that a popular walking track and viewing platforms at Minnamurra Rainforest Visitors Centre in Budderoo National Park has just reopened following extensive upgrade works.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP today announced four organisations have triumphed in a challenge to deliver government-supported programs to help young people into work in the local area.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today announced $15.97 million in NSW Government funding for Illawarra Regional Airport in Albion Park Rail under the New South Wales Government’s Growing Local Economies Fund, which will create local jobs and grow our local economy by bringing more investment into our region.

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today updated the community on early work for the largest-ever single investment in the history of the Princes Highway; the Albion Park Rail bypass.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra Gareth Ward MP has today slammed NSW Labor for failing to match the NSW Government’s commitment to Shellharbour Hospital.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP and Minister for the Arts Don Harwin today announced funding of $160,000 from the NSW Government to help local arts and cultural organisations deliver their 2019 programs.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP and Member for South Coast Shelley Hancock MP have today announced grant funding for two Aboriginal businesses to help them deliver services to Aboriginal people with a disability under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Illawarra and South Coast regions.