Media 2007

DECEMBER 2007

• Illawarra Homeless in Spotlight (12/12/07)
   
• New Treasurer Seeks Budget Consultations (4/12/07)
  
  
  NOVEMBER 2007
   
• Labor Will Provide Clear Break-Down of Spending in Each Federal Budget for Wollongong and Illawarra Region (21/11/07)
   
• Labor Shadow Small Business Minister Visits Wollongong (20/11/07)
   
• Wollongong Unemployment Up Again (15/11/07)
   
• Interest Rates (7/11/07)
  
  
  OCTOBER 2007
   
• Cunningham and Throsby Labor Campaign Launch (29/10/07)
   
• Rudd Labor Announces Support for the WIN Entertainment Centre and WIN Stadium (23/10/07)
   
• Rudd Labor Announces Support for Local Community Sporting Facilities at Helensburgh (23/10/07)
   
• Wollongong Unemployment - Liberals Go Missing in Action - No Answers (19/10/07)
   
• Wollongong Unemployment Sky-Rockets Upward (18/10/07)  Labour Force Figures
   
• Media Alert - Bird Goes Back to TAFE Workplace to Discuss Rights at Work (16/10/07)
   
• 2007 Federal Election (14/10/07)
   
• Call Election Says Bird (9/10/07)
  
  
  SEPTEMBER 2007
   
• Wollongong Visit for Labor Shadow Minister for Immigration, Integration and Citizenship (27/9/07)
   
• Wollongong Hospital MRI Licence - Finally! (27/9/07)
   
• Hockey to Wollongong Unemployed - 'You are just lazy' (17/9/07)
   
• Wollongong Unemployment Rises in August (13/9/07)
   
• Bellambi Surf Club Funding Grant (12/9/07)
   
• Thirroul War Memorial Funding Grant (12/9/07)
   
• A Rudd Labor Government to Deliver for Veterans and War Widows - Joint Media Release with Jennie George (10/9/07)
   
• Pension Rate Increases from 20 September 2007 (7/9/07)
   
• Gujarat NRE to Fund Historic Painting of Bulli Coal Jetty (6/9/07)
   
• Equine Flu Financial Assistance (4/9/07)
  
  
  AUGUST 2007
   
• Federal Labor Promises $300,000 for Pre-feasibility Study of Maldon-Dombarton Rail Line (31/08/07)
   
• 60 Local Volunteer Groups Win Equipment Grants (30/08/07)
   
• Nearly $900,000 for 17 Local Schools (28/8/07)
   
• Wollongong City Council Financial Assistance (17/8/07)
   
• Time to Complete Maldon-Dombarton (13/8/07)        Report         Speech to Parliament    
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• Passing of Aunty Mary Davis (12/8/07)
   
• Home Loan Lending Roundtable (9/8/07)
   
• Interest Rate Rise: Highest in 10 Years (8/8/07)
   
• Wollongong One of Five NSW Regions Facing Serious Housing Affordability Constraints (6/8/07)
   
• Prime Minister Should Intervene on MRI Licence for Wollongong Hospital (2/8/07)
   
• Media Alert - Visit by Peter Garrett MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Heritage and the Arts (2/8/07)
   
• Local Groups Successful in Winning $650K in Family Assistance Grants (1/8/07)
  
  
  JULY 2007
   
• Housing Affordability Summit (25/7/07)
   
• One Down, Two to Go.  Will Wollongong Get an MRI Licence? (22/7/07)
   
• Orrcon Saga: Time for Answers (8/7/07)
   
• Chili's Restaurant Investigation (5/7/07)
  
  
  JUNE 2007
   
• Media Alert - Save Telstra Jobs (27/6/07)  Petition
• Refugee Week - Tribute to SCARF (21/06/07)  Speech
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• Wollongong Full-Time Teenage Unemployment Highest in 12 Months (18/6/07)  Attachment
   
• Volunteering Illawarra Funding (14/6/07)
   
• Wollongong Unemployment Rises (14/6/07)
   
• Telstra Job Cuts Disgrace (4/6/07)
   
• 'Big Bang' Wollongong Visit by Shadow Minister for Industry, Innovation, Science and Research (3/6/07)
   
• Illawarra Adventist School Official Unveiling of New Facilities (2/6/07)
  
  
  MAY 2007
   
• Industrial Relations Debate Gagged (30/5/07)
   
• MRI Cop Out (28/5/07)
   
• Senator: Time to Come Clean (23/5/07)
   
• Wollongong's Full-Time Teenage Unemployment Rises Again (22/5/07)
   
• Still WorkChoices Advertising Costs $500 a Minute (22/5/07)
   
• It's Still WorkChoices! (17/5/2007)
   
• Wollongong Employers & Workers: Flying Blind on 'Fairness Test' (11/5/07)
   
• Wollongong Employers Could Be Liable for 'Fairness Test' Back Pay (11/5/07)
   
• AusLink II - Wollongong's Transport Infrastructure (9/5/07)
   
• Time for Wollongong Hospital MRI Licence (9/5/07)
   

  APRIL 2007
   

• Revealed - 8,000 Illawarra Workers Want More Work (20/4/07)
   
• Illawarra Unemployment Figures Mask Poor Trends (19/4/07)
   
• Media Alert - Saluting Their Service with the Australian Defence Medal (18/4/07)
   
• MRI Investigation Call (12/4/07)
   
• Health Care Costs Continue to Rise in Cunningham (11/4/07)
   
• Labor National Climate Change Summit (30/4/07)
  
  
  MARCH 2007
   
• Senators Sneaky Defence on Schools Funding Doesn't Wash (16/3/07)
   
• New Reserve Bank Statistics Show Increased Burden of Interest Rates (16/3/07)
   
• Kids Get Active After-School (12/3/07)
   
• Pensions Increase Announced (9/3/07)
   
• Extend Community Employment Coordinators to Illawarra (8/3/07)
   
• Interest Rates (7/3/07)
   
• Bird Promotion (1/3/07)
  
  
  FEBRUARY 2007
   
• Senator's Latest ABC Rant (28/2/07)
   
• Site Inspection Call for Otford Payphone (28/2/07)
   
• School Uproar Over Guideline Funding Short-Change (26/2/07)
   
• Private Health Premiums (23/2/07)
   
• Wollongong's Teenage Unemployment 40.4% (15/2/07)
   
• Over $1 Million Paid to Lawyers for Howard Government's IR Laws - $842.96 Per Page (12/2/07)  Attachment
   
• NSW Liberals Policy on Port Kembla Expansion Unbelievable (12/2/07)
   
• Black Spot Funding for Wollongong (8/2/07)
   
• Repossession of Houses Increases (7/2/07)
   
• Interest Rates (7/2/07)
   
• About Time!  Government Finally Acts on Illegal Workers - 7 Years in the Making (6/2/07)
   
• The Case of the 'Missing' Otford Phone Booth (1/2/07)   Attachment

JANUARY 2007

• Time For Howard Government to Put Money into Wollongong Freight Transport Infrastructure (31/1/07)
   
• Business Survey Cans the Howard Government's Performance (30/1/07)
   
• Bird Calls on 'Port Kembla Girl' to Rule Out Nuclear Reactor (30/01/07)
   
• Jo Gash: All Talk, No Action on Petrol Prices (17/1/07)
   
• Wollongong Jobs Push Continues (5/1/07)