House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-12-02 Daily Xml

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Sports Vouchers

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:46): Can the minister tell the house how many children with disabilities who are at primary school but above the 13-year-old age cut-off have received the sports grants?

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson—Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Recreation and Sport, Minister for Racing) (14:47): Everyone who is at primary school is eligible for these grants. I will get those figures for you. It would be nice to hear from the other side some sort of bipartisan agreement that this is actually working very well because—

The SPEAKER: The minister will not try to make Her Majesty's opposition responsible for the administration of this program.

The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: Thank goodness they are aren't responsible, because they wouldn't have come up with the idea in the first place, nor would they have the capacity to deliver the sort of money to the clubs that we have delivered. Thirty-five thousand five hundred primary school students—

Members interjecting:

Mr PENGILLY: Point of order. I believe the minister is debating the question.

The SPEAKER: I can't hear the minister so I can't hear whether he is debating it or not.

The Hon. L.W.K. Bignell: I was, sir.

The SPEAKER: You were debating it? Accordingly, I warn the Minister for Sport.