SA Hockey Program

Mr COWDREY (Colton) (15:08): My question is to the Minister for Recreation Sport and Racing. Has the minister received a proposal from Hockey Australia for their 2025-28 hockey program in South Australia and, if so, has a response been provided to Hockey Australia?

The Hon. K.A. HILDYARD (Reynell—Minister for Child Protection, Minister for Women and the Prevention of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (15:08): Thank you very much again to the shadow minister for the question and for his interest in this area. Thank you to everybody at Hockey SA and also to Hockey Australia for the incredible work that they do to include people all over our state in the sport of hockey.

Again, as I said in answer to a question earlier from the member for MacKillop, all sport—and certainly including hockey—absolutely brings people together and has so many physical, emotional, mental health and wellbeing benefits for those who participate in that particular sport.

I also do note that South Australia can be very proud of the many champions of hockey that we have produced. One of them is a very good friend of mine I went to Plympton High School with, Alison Peek, a legend of South Australian and Australian hockey. Whenever I see her I generally see other teammates of hers because we do have such a proud history in South Australia of delivering incredible results in the hockey space. Alison has rightly recently been inducted into the South Australian Sport Hall of Frame, which is excellent.

In terms of that particular request, I will make sure that I check on the date and responses, etc., and come back to the member with specifics around that.