Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today joined with the Mayor of Kiama Mark Honey and representatives from local Jamberoo sporting clubs to announce $1,088,528 funding for the Jamberoo Sporting Precinct upgrade, under the New South Wales Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today welcomed the announcement farmers in regional NSW will get more cash back in their pockets with rebates and refunds on heavy vehicle registration after the NSW Government changed the way registration charges are calculated for primary producers.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today announced that Bravehearts 22nd White Balloon Day this Friday 7th September is Australia’s leading child protection awareness and fundraising campaign held during National Child Protection Week (2nd–7th September 2018).

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today announced that local surf life-saving clubs across our region can now apply for funding for infrastructure improvements as part of the $4 million State-wide boost to surf club facilities funding.

Parliamentary Secretary for the South Coast and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today paid tribute to Bruce McIntosh OAM, a former Shoalhaven Shire President and local Berry dairy farmer, who has sadly passed away.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today joined with 12 NSW defence companies and organisations at the Land Forces 2018 expo at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra Gareth Ward MP today announced that remote indigenous communities in Australia’s top end and developing countries will get a big boost from a new low-cost cyclone proof housing system developed with the assistance of the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the NSW Government.

Parliamentary Secretary for Education Gareth Ward MP is today urging local Aboriginal people across our region to apply for a scholarship that will support them in studying a bachelor level early childhood teaching qualification.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today announced that local farming communities facing pressure in the wake of severe drought conditions will have access to 20 new ‘farm gate’ counsellors and frontline mental health workers as part of a $6.3 million commitment from the New South Wales Government. 

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today announced that local residents across our region are being encouraged to have a plan in place as the bushfire season officially begins, with more than a third of the state now entering the ‘Bushfire Danger Period’.