House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Sports Funding Sports Funding Mr TARZIA House of Assembly Hartley Sports Funding Mr TARZIA (Hartley) (14:57): My question is to the Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing. Are either or both the local sporting club grants, totalling $3 million to the West Adelaide Hellas Junior and Kilburn West Adelaide soccer clubs, to be used to complete the Kilburn Sportsplex on Churchill Road, Kilburn, which received $4.8 million in grants under the former Labor government but has remained unfinished? The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Sports Funding The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer) (14:57): As I said in my earlier remarks, these funds are to be used to improve those facilities. Mr Tarzia House of Assembly Mr Tarzia: What for? The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Well, he interjects, 'What for?' This is now the fifth time, and the member seems to think that I am referring to a PBN. Actually, the documents I have in front of me—and I'm happy to leave them here—are the details of the grants that were approved by the previous Liberal government around two of their grassroots sporting grants. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Hartley! Member for Colton! The Treasurer has the call. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Those opposite say that Rec and Sport independently assess those, and it makes me wonder why 12 of the 13 grants awarded went exclusively to Liberal electorates and one went to an Independent electorate. Well done! Keep digging! Try digging up! Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: If you want openness and transparency, take your decisions to the people, to the community before an election, and ask them to cast their judgement— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Member for Flinders! Member for Morphett! The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —exactly as we did, and now they cast their judgement we deliver our election commitments. Because we are not rehabilitating an asbestos and sulphur-ridden contaminated dump facility, like those opposite committed at the election, because we are actually upgrading sporting and community clubs that people actually use, we have been criticised for it. Is there any wonder they are over there?