FIFA Women's World Cup

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:48): A final supplementary: is the minister aware whether the FFA has ever commented that Adelaide doesn't have the facilities to host such a World Cup women's game?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:48): Obviously, the FFA has a 22,065-person threshold. That is what the FFA stated in their very first expressions of interest. Clearly, Coopers Stadium is not that big. Interestingly, it was built back in the 1990s. We had 16 years of a Labor government that didn't actually do anything to make it any bigger.

It seems a bit rich saying, 'What about the actual capacity?' It was 16 years of a government that could have done a little bit extra to get it a bit bigger or could have done something new and different. That is an ongoing concern. Its current capacity is about 15,000. I think if you fill in the corners with temporary seating, it can be 18,000, but we did inform the FFA that we would not be providing them with a stadium of 22,065.