Stephen Kamper (born in Sydney) is an Australian politician who was elected to the

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as the member for Rockdale for the Labor Party at the

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. He is currently the

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, Minister for Lands and Property, Minister for Small Business, and Minister for Multiculturalism in the

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Political career

With the retirement of

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in the seat of Rockdale at the 2011 New South Wales state election, Labor's national executive selected Kamper as the candidate, causing friction with the local branch. John Flowers of the

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won the seat in its landslide victory. Three years later in March 2014, a rank and file ballot was conducted to determine the candidate but Kamper was the only nominee. At the

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, Kamper won back the seat for Labor. As a result of the shadow ministry reshuffle following

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' election as Leader of the Opposition, Kamper was appointed Shadow Minister for Property, Shadow Minister for Small Business, and Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism. Kamper was sworn in as Minister of his existing portfolios, in addition to Sport, following Labor's victory in the

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. Kamper was additionally sworn in to the portfolio of Minister for Jobs and Tourism in March 2025.

Personal life

Kamper is married to Magda and together they have five children and nine grandchildren. He attended Sans Souci Public School and James Cook Boys High School in

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and prior to entering the parliament was a senior partner in Kamper Chartered Accountants.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamper, Steve Living people Politicians from Sydney Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian people of Greek descent Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian politicians