Media Releases

The Minns Labor Government is helping community sporting organisations improve safety at local sports grounds and facilities, with $500,000 now available under the 2026 Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program.

The Minns Labor Government is continuing to deliver on its commitment to strengthen community sport, with applications now open for the 2026/27 $10 million Organisation Support Program.

The Minns Labor Government is investing $10 million to deliver a new Surf Life Saving Club at North Cronulla, ensuring local volunteers have a modern facility to support their lifesaving operations and serve the community for decades to come.

Sixteen NSW sporting organisations will share in $500,000 to deliver 19 projects aimed at getting more women and girls into sport and keeping them there as part of the Minns Labor Government's four-year Play Her Way strategy to help women and girls get into sport and stay in it.

Community sporting organisations across NSW are being urged to get their boots on, with the Minns Labor Government throwing open applications for $4.65 million in Local Sport Grant Program funding.

The NSW Office of Sport has issued a reminder to primary schools to register in the first ever Rising Warrior primary school division at this year’s Winter Warrior at Lake Keepit Sport and Recreation Centre.

The Minns Labor Government is powering ahead with the delivery of the new $63.5 million Carss Park Pool, with the construction contractor now appointed for this major community project.

NSW Surf Life Saving Clubs can now apply for a share of $5.5 million through the Minns Labor Government's Surf Club Facility Program, to upgrade, rebuild or future-proof the facilities that keep our beaches safe.

The Minns Labor Government’s is inviting rugby clubs, associations and councils across NSW to apply for a share of $2.15 million in new funding, as part of the NSW Rugby World Cup Legacy Program now open.

The Minns Labor Government is investing in grassroots rugby union right across New South Wales, with $2.15 million being injected into local communities through the first round of the NSW Rugby World Cup Legacy Program.

The Minns Labor Government is delivering on its commitment to women and girls in sport, launching the Her Future in Sport Hub, a dedicated careers resource designed to inspire the next generation of women to pursue a career in sport.

NRL club the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are getting behind a NSW Government campaign to keep kid’s sport fun this winter by urging spectators to keep sideline behaviour positive.