3 July 2025
The NRLW season kicks off tonight — and the women are ready to play hard, tackle low, and aim high!
It was fantastic to catch up with players including Brydie Parker from the Sydney Roosters at Parliament House last week and talk all things footy at the Season Launch.…
25 June 2025
$5 million in additional funding for Speers Point roundabout upgrade, increasing total project funding to $16 million.
$2 million for continued development of the $76 million Mandalong Road upgrade.
$3.8 million for social housing, including new supply for the Modular Homes pilot and upgrades to existing social housing stock.…
15 April 2025
The Heaven Can Wait - Charity Sailing Regatta team have done it again!
The 19th annual charity regatta raised an incredible $85,000 (for the second consecutive year) for two life saving organisations.
The Cancer Council NSW today received $80,000, which will go to the Home Care section of the Hunter Branch.
8 March 2025
Today a dream decades in the making became a reality with the official opening of the redeveloped $52 million Hunter Sports Centre at Glendale.
This is the single biggest piece of infrastructure ever built by Lake Macquarie City Council, with funding from the federal, state and local governments.
4 December 2024
I was joined today by the Minister for Sport, the Hon Steve Kamper, to announce the Office of Sport has secured land on the grounds of Morisset Hospital to build its new sports facility.
The 7 hectare site is at the northern end of the Morisset Hospital complex and takes in the existing bowling club and sports oval.…
Lake Macquarie Independent MP Greg Piper admitted he was relieved to finally secure land for a new multi-million-dollar sports facility in the region.
Five years after the sudden closure of the Myuna Bay Sport and Recreation Centre, the search has been on to find a replacement locale to suit the needs of the community.
4 December 2024
Today I was joined by the Minister for Sport Steve Kamper at the very spot where the new Morisset Sports Facility will be built. This 7 hectare site sits at the northern end of the Morisset Hospital complex. It includes the sports oval and bowling club, with easy access to the lake for water sports.…
21 November 2024
Surf Life Saving NSW and Anglicare Sydney are two organisations that quite literally save lives, albeit in very different ways.
It was really interesting to hear about the use of various drones, including new water drones that SLS NSW will be using this summer to keep beach goers safe.
30 October 2024
Bombs away! Get ready to dive into the swimming season with work on the Toronto Baths officially finished! It was great to cut the ribbon with Adam Shultz - Mayor of Lake Macquarie, The Hon. Emily Suvaal MLC and members of the Toronto Early Morning Swimming Club on this wonderful community project.
Morisset's psychiatric hospital will get a breath of fresh life as the site of Lake Macquarie's long-awaited new sport and recreation centre.
The $40-million facility is the promised replacement for the Myuna Bay centre, which was closed suddenly in 2019 over fears the nearby Eraring Power Station ash dam could collapse in an earthquake.
