It was great to catch up with members of Windsurfing Marmong Point Marmong Point Sailing Club and hand over a new defibrillator, on behalf of Minister for Sport Steve Kamper and funded through the Local Sport Defibrillator Program 2025/26.…
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Marmong Point Sailing Club secures new defibrillator
15 April 2026
Can you believe the Heaven Can Wait - Charity Sailing Regatta has now been running for 20 years?
It was wonderful to join organisers today as they handed over an incredible $75,000 to the Hunter branch of the Cancer Council NSW Home Help Program, along with $5,000 to Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie.…
It was great to welcome student leaders from Morisset High School to Parliament of NSW this week for a behind-the-scenes look at how our Parliament works.
Parliament House also went a little sporty during the week with a visit from players from the NSW Swifts and GIANTS Netball as part of the Parliamentary Friends of Netball.
New Community Space open at Bernie Goodwin Oval
9 March 2026
How good is this?!
The wrappings have come off the new community space at Bernie Goodwin Oval in Morisset, and it is ready for action.…
Action needed at the Morisset Hospital site
13 October 2025
The ongoing disappointment over the loss of Myuna Bay Sport and Recreation Centre is still being felt across the community.
While I have had many promising meetings with relevant Ministers and Departments, I hold serious concern regarding the lack of action to progress the delivery of the replacement facility on Morisset Hospital grounds.…
'One step forward, two steps back': Piper vents over lack of progress on new Morisset sports centre
11 October 2025
It's been 18 months since Premier Chirs Minns visited the picturesque grounds of Morisset Hospital to endorse plans for a new $40 million sports centre on the site.
NSW Sports Minister Steve Kamper took things a step further last December when he confirmed seven hectares of the 520-hectare hospital site would be transferred to the Office of Sport.
2025 Gymnastics NSW Country Championships underway in Lake Macquarie
30 September 2025
The 2025 Gymnastics NSW Country Championships have officially flipped into action at the newly redeveloped Hunter Sports Centre.
1,100 athletes from 37 clubs are competing in the championships, which have become the flagship event for regionally based gymnasts across NSW.
Pump Jump Repeat at Awaba Mountain Bike Park
28 September 2025
The dirt was flying thick and fast at Awaba Mountain Bike Park this morning, as local mountain biker riders tested out the park's new pump track, Pump. Jump. Repeat.
I was pleased to join Hunter Mountain Bike Association members for the track's official opening today.
Organ donation is perhaps the biggest gift that anyone could ever give.
It was great to meet some of the transplant athletes who will represent Australia at the World Transplant Games in Germany this month.
The Games serve an important role in promoting the powerful message about the importance of life saving tissue and organ donation.
Independent Lake Macquarie MP Greg Piper fears the opportunity to build a new Lake Macquarie sport and recreation centre could be lost because of the failure to prepare a master plan for the heritage-listed Morisset Hospital site.…