Brighton Oval

Ms HILDYARD (Reynell) (14:55): My question is to the Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing. Under what grant program did the Brighton Oval receive $2 million of state government funding in addition to $5 million from the federal government and $6.7 million from the City of Holdfast Bay?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:55): Thank you very much. That was an election commitment made at the last election, and from memory I think it was matched by your side of the chamber.

The Hon. S.K. Knoll: Do as we now say, not as we used to say.

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Transport is warned.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: And if I can just help the member for Reynell out with her last question, which was about—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —the grant program for the organisations she mentioned, Sport SA and Rec SA and Inclusive Sport SA. They are through the Development and Inclusion Program, which, again, was the same as it was under the previous government. They apply for a grant, they get given a grant to run several programs, and they do a really great job. I think that Sport SA gets some money as well for the Disputes Centre, which they have for quite some time.

Those programs are still in place. They can still make those applications. They can still do that. As I said, they did get money at the last round of grant applications. But when it comes to sport—and I know that she will be very passionate about this because we want to make sure that we are delivering for South Australia—we have delivered millions and millions. More than $100 million has gone back into sport here in South Australia since we have come into government—right around the state—and that has been a really great outcome.

We have also launched our Game On program, which is a really great initiative about getting South Australians active and making sure we do it right across the board. A good body of work was done by the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing, and what we learnt from that was that getting people active can actually save our state a lot of money. Not only will it make people fit and healthy and keep them out of hospital, but if we can get people doing 150 minutes of exercise per week we have the potential to save the budget $804 million—all part of our Game On program where we are investing our money to take South Australia forward and keep South Australians active, keep them moving, keep them healthy.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: But eating is not exercise.

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens can leave for the remainder of question time for that interjection.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: It was for his own good, sir.

The SPEAKER: Yes, you can leave.

Mr Patterson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: And the member for Morphett is close to joining the member for West Torrens.

The honourable member for West Torrens having withdrawn from the chamber: