Sharon Claydon MP

Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon has joined Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services, Linda Burney, in launching a community campaign and petition against the planned closure of Centrelink offices in Newcastle.

HON LINDA BURNEY MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR FAMILIES AND SOCIAL SERVICES
MEMBER FOR BARTON
 
SHARON CLAYDON MP
DEPUTY CHAIR OF THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REDRESS SCHEME
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR NEWCASTLE

Three months after the Parliament agreed to re-establish a committee to oversee the implementation of the National Redress Scheme, the Morrison Government has failed to appoint four of its six members.

Newcastle has missed out on Federal funding for a new grandstand and sporting facility upgrades in Hamilton South despite an independent assessment giving it a higher score than other projects that did secure funding.

The Parliamentary inquiry into the implementation of the National Redress Scheme will be hearing from stakeholders and survivors of child sexual abuse in institutions in Newcastle on 31 March.

Local community sporting organisations that missed out on grant funding under the program at the centre of the Sports Rorts scandal have been encouraged to make a submission to a new Parliamentary inquiry.

Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon has given a speech in Parliament calling on the Morrison Government to restore funding for the much-loved CapTel telephone service that provides a link to the world for deaf and hearing-impaired Novocastrians.

Official data has confirmed what many Novocastrians know only too well – that health costs continue to climb under the Morrison Government.

Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon has called on the Morrison Government to come clean on its plans for nuclear energy.

Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon has been inundated with support for the idea of a new Post Office for Newcastle’s rapidly growing western corridor.

New data from the Federal Government has revealed the cost of child care continues to soar for Novocastrian families.