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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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SPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE

Mr GOLDSWORTHY (Kavel) (14:57): My question is to the minister—

Mr Williams interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for MacKillop!

Mr GOLDSWORTHY: My question is to the Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing. What action has the Rann government taken on a 2007 report which identified major gaps in South Australia's sporting infrastructure? The Office for Recreation and Sport—

An honourable member interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr GOLDSWORTHY: —prepared a report for the minister to identify gaps in sporting facilities. The report identified major deficiencies with athletics, baseball, bowls and hockey.

The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT (Lee—Minister for Police, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:58): This report followed a facilities audit when we first came to government, or not that long after.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT: I am speaking about the facilities audit.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT: This piece of work that has been undertaken has ranked something like 45 different pieces of infrastructure, either high, medium or low, or 1, 2, 3. We have obviously had a look at the priorities that have been identified. The member asked specifically: what have we done? I probably will not have a full list, but these projects have either been completed or announced by the government: the Eagle Mountain Bike Park, the new state aquatic facility at Marion, the redevelopment work at Adelaide Oval, the new criterium cycling track at Victoria Park, the purchase of a new video screen—

Mr Williams interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for MacKillop is warned.

The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT: —for Hindmarsh Stadium, and we have also put some money into AAMI Stadium. What we have not done and what we are not going to do is to build the new sports facility that the Leader of the Opposition talks about, because we think we have better priorities than that.

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