Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today announced funding for Shoalhaven Heads-Berry Football Club for the installation of lighting on field 2 at Vic Zealand Oval in Shoalhaven Heads.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today welcomed Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Roads Minister Melinda Pavey’s announcement of more than a billion dollars to fix local roads, replace timber bridges and reclaim up to 15,000km of Council roads in regional NSW.

Parliamentary Secretary for Education Gareth Ward MP has today welcomed news that before and after school care will be made available to all parents with children at public primary schools across the by 2021 under a NSW Liberals & Nationals Government.

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today announced $10,000 funding to A Taste of Paradise organic farm near Berry.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast Gareth Ward MP has today announced that local small businesses across our region will save thousands of dollars under a NSW Liberals & Nationals Government, with the introduction of a raft of cost saving measures including cheaper insurance premiums, payroll tax cuts and access to the Energy Switch program.

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today announced that a re-elected NSW Liberals and Nationals Government will commit $4 million towards an all ages and fully accessible adventure playground in Berry.

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today presented $20,000 funding to representatives from the 2019 South Coast Food and Wine Festival under Round Two of the NSW Government's 2019 Incubator Fund, during a visit to the Berry Showground Pavilion.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra and South Coast and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP and Member for South Coast Shelley Hancock MP have today announced that for the first time, self-funded retirees across the Illawarra and South Coast will be among 130,000 seniors across NSW who will be able to claim $200 a year to help with their power bill, thanks to a new initiative from the NSW Government. 

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today visited the new Berry Ambulance Station today, officially opening the station with Dr Dominic Morgan, Commissioner of NSW Ambulance.

Parliamentary Secretary for the South Coast and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today announced that the expansion of South Coast Correctional Centre is nearing completion, with more jobs for locals and a new 160-bed maximum-security wing ready for operation in the coming months.