Media Releases

Bronte surf life savers have one million reasons to smile today after their club was awarded $1 million towards the redevelopment of the iconic surf life saving club in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. 

Grassroots sport in some of NSW’s most disadvantaged areas have received funding for new life-saving defibrillators at local sports facilities.

Women’s sport has received a major injection today with 26 projects receiving funding through the NSW Government’s $30 million Level the Playing Field Program.

Community sport across NSW has received a $4.4 million injection following the awarding of grants in the NSW Government’s Local Sport Grant Program.

In a boost for female participation in sport, the NSW Labor Government is today delivering on it’s election commitment to ensure our State Sporting Organisations are better funded to provide for our grassroots sporting communities.

Increasing participation of adolescent girls in sport was the focus of a special forum hosted by the NSW Government with the sport and business sectors.

A major milestone, seven years in the making, to improve safety in the combat sports sector was achieved following the passing of the Combat Sports Amendment Bill 2024 in the NSW Parliament.

More than 220 Central West and Western Plains residents got active at Lake Burrendong Sport and Recreation Centre’s free Open Day last Sunday, 18 February.

The Central West and Western Plains communities are invited to a free Open Day at Lake Burrendong Sport and Recreation Centre next Sunday, 18 February.

The NSW Government has today unveiled the draft plans for the new Penrith Stadium which will transform the precinct into a modern venue for sporting and entertainment.

The iconic Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink will get a major upgrade and restoration with the NSW Government executing a grant for $17.7 million to ensuring the training ground for many Australian Winter Olympians will remain for many decades to come.

Sporting clubs in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the State can apply for up to $500,000 funding under a NSW Government program that installs life-saving defibrillators at sports facilities.