Labor launches campaign for Kiama

from page 3 temporary teacher roles to permanent.

“I’ve met a teacher who has been on a six month contract for seven years. They can’t get a mortgage as there is no certainty,” she says.

“Under this Government’s watch we have slid from third best in the world in literacy to 23rd best, with similar slides in maths and science.”

Amongst other things, she also contends that train services to Kiama have also been neglected.

“Under the guise of COVID our services were cut by stealth,” she says.

“I went and stood in front of a timetable from 1889 and you look at how long it took you to get to Sydney then by steam train. There are times when you’ve got buses and whatever and it takes you a damn sight longer to get to Kiama than it used to on a steam train.

“You should be able to get from Kiama to Sydney by train in two hours. There is nothing stopping this line functioning better other than the fact this Government hasn’t put a brass rarzoo into duplicating the line where they know it is needed.”

With the housing crisis another major issue, Ms McInerney says that while