Member for Kiama Gareth Ward has used the first day of Parliament to table two bills which seek to enhance transparency, accountability and integrity in government.

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward has said the Premier’s answers to his questions on consultants shows that the scandals involving the Big Four consultancies in Canberra could happen in NSW with no indication that the government will implement recommendations it put forward when Labor was in Opposition.

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward has revealed that 13 NSW Labor Government MPs are getting paid an additional $34,515 each – a total of almost half a million taxpayer dollars - without any defined roles or responsibilities to justify the pay bump.