Newland Electorate

Dr HARVEY (Newland) (14:06): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. My question is to the—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The leader on a point of order.

Mr MALINAUSKAS: The Premier is audibly telling the shadow minister for child protection that she is a disgrace for doing none other than her job. I would ask him to withdraw those remarks.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Playford is called to order. The member for Reynell on the point of order.

Ms HILDYARD: Mr Speaker, I take offence—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I am on my feet. Interjections will cease. The member for Wright will leave for 20 minutes under standing order 137A. When a Speaker is on their feet, interjections will cease.

The honourable member for Wright having withdrawn from the chamber:

The SPEAKER: The member for Reynell on the point of order.

Ms HILDYARD: Mr Speaker, I raise a point of order, 125: I take offence to being called a disgrace three times by the Premier.

The SPEAKER: I accept the point of order. I invite the Premier to withdraw his reference to the member for Reynell.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I withdraw those comments.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order, sir: the Minister for Innovation and Skills was interjecting just as much as the member for Wright. Why was one asked to leave and not the other?

The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. The member for Newland.

Dr HARVEY: Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Can the minister advise how the Marshall Liberal government is building what matters in the Newland electorate?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:08): I thank the member for Newland for his question because, like me, he is super keen to make sure we are building what matters in this great state. We know—

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order, sir: standing order 125, offensive words against a member. The Minister for Innovation and Skills accused the member for Wright of protecting paedophiles. We would ask him to withdraw and apologise unequivocally.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I have the point of order. I have not heard those words expressed. I have not heard them. I will consider the transcript of Hansard. If there is a matter to come back to the house on, I will do so.

The Hon. D.G. PISONI: Just to expedite, I withdraw, sir.

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Innovation and Skills has withdrawn. The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport has the call.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: Can I have the question again, please, sir?

The SPEAKER: The member for Newland will repeat the question.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Dr HARVEY: My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Can the minister advise how the Marshall Liberal government is building what matters in the Newland electorate?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: Thank you very much, and I certainly can, and I am very excited. The member for Lee should be excited as well because, like me, the member for Newland is super keen to be building what matters in our great state. We know that a sportier state is a healthier state, and we want to get more people involved in sport, and that is why we are building what matters: to do just that.

It was my pleasure to be with the Premier and the member for Newland at the Banksia Park Sports Area. It was wonderful to be there and to acknowledge the great work that he has done. The member for Newland knows the importance of—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: Some of those on the other side—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —the opposition over there, may not care but we do, and that is why, since coming to government, we have invested $350 million—in fact, a little bit more—into sports. Let's talk about the $350,000 that the member for Newland got committed to the Banksia Park Sports Area. It was a great investment. In fact, I was with him back in 2017—that's how far back this goes—and he identified the issue there: the two netball clubs, the Banksia Park Netball Club, the Tea Tree Gully Netball Club, and the tennis club as well, needed more court space. They were growing in numbers and they needed more help, and the member for Newland got onto the case. He got council involved as well and he has delivered.

They were ignored for such a long period of time until the member for Newland came along. He has delivered more jobs in this project: 20 jobs created throughout the project during construction and two more afterwards, and now over 400 athletes in both tennis and netball take part at this club. Our investment is already attracting higher rates of participation, and more South Australians are getting their game on, which is our strategy.

I want to point out this example, because it is a great one, about how building what matters, investing in the important infrastructure gets more people active. At this new facility—and I mentioned the two netball clubs and the tennis club before—we have grown a new club. The Strikers Netball Club has been formed, and they have four teams: two seniors and two juniors. So we are getting more people active of all ages, getting them out there and playing. I want to congratulate Laura Clark and Linley Bertram on their efforts in growing this club. It was very hard to do and they have done it with great success, but it doesn't stop there.

The Tea Tree Gully Tennis Club is now classed as a regional-level facility, which means that they can attract bigger events. In fact, they have already managed to get a national-level men's and women's tournament and a new junior tournament as well, so the investment is getting great returns. The three-day event, which will be held in April, will attract around 200 players and their families from across Australia. They will be staying in local hotels, they will be eating at local restaurants, they will be spending money and driving investment into the local economy.

I also want to talk about the two new trainee jobs that have come from this after the Marshall Liberal government's investment. I know that the Minister for Innovation and Skills will be excited by this. I was talking to the tennis coach down there, Jason Todd. He is the head tennis coach at the club. We were chatting at the opening, and he said that under Tennis Australia's alignment with the Marshall Liberal government's skilling Australia program they have put on two more coaches, two more people. In fact, we poached one of them from New South Wales—again, bringing people back to our great state because they know what a wonderful place this is and they want to be involved in this.

Our vision to grow sport in this state and get more people involved in sport is working and it is paying dividends. Our Sports Vouchers program is hugely successful, reducing the cost of sport, dance and Learn to Swim. Over 204,000 vouchers have been claimed since 2018. That is more than $17 million—all of that money going back into the pockets of South Australian families.

In and around the member for Newland's area, 39,000 vouchers have been claimed totalling $339,000, putting money back into the pockets of South Australians—more jobs, lower costs, better services and definitely building what matters.

The SPEAKER: Before I call the member for Reynell, I call to order the member for Hurtle Vale, I warn the member for Playford, I call to order the member for Ramsay, I warn for a second time the member for Lee.