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Ministerial Statement

Grassroots Sports Grant

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:01): I seek leave to make a ministerial statement.

Leave granted.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: I am proud to inform the house that the Marshall Liberal government's new $24 million grassroots sports grant has opened today. This exciting new grant will enable football, cricket and netball clubs to apply for up to $500,000 in matched funding for projects—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Minister, could you just be seated. I remind members that the minister has sought leave and leave has been granted. I will be keeping a long line of members to call to order and warn if interruptions continue. The minister has leave. Minister, could you please start from the beginning.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: Thank you, Mr Speaker; I will, with great pleasure. I am proud to inform the house that the Marshall government's new $24 million grassroots sports grant has opened today. This exciting new grant will enable football, cricket and netball clubs to apply for up to $500,000 in matched funding for projects including lighting upgrades, pitch or court resurfacing, new change room facilities and improved family-friendly facilities, or up to $1 million on a 2:1 ratio for larger projects.

The government has moved quickly to get this new grant up and running, coordinating with the SANFL, SACA and Netball SA to ensure applicants have every opportunity to leverage this funding. The Marshall government's $10 million investment over the next two years will be supported by an additional $1 million each from the SANFL and SACA. Earlier today, Chief Executive Officer of Netball SA, Mr Ben Scales, and Chief Executive Officer of the SANFL, Mr Jake Parkinson, joined me to launch the grant, expressing their firm commitment and appreciation of the value of this exciting program.

The Grassroots Football, Cricket and Netball Facility Program will enable sport and community clubs to maximise participation opportunity for females and all South Australians by developing more family-friendly facilities that meet the AFL, Cricket Australia and Netball Australia national standards. The Marshall Liberal government is committed to driving up participation in sport and giving all players a fair go. One of the first things I did after coming into government was to survey the members of the SA Women in Sport Taskforce, state associations and the general public. I did this to give women in sport a voice. We are a government that wants to govern for all South Australians and give everyone a fair go.

The survey revealed a strong need for a culture change, giving more opportunities to produce strong female leaders and coaches in sport and fairness in game scheduling. South Australia's female athletes are amongst Australia's strongest performers at the Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games. The Marshall government will do everything it can to make it easier for women to play and compete in sport.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: Our government is committed to completing a Women in Sport survey on an annual basis, the results of which will set the direction and inform the Marshall government's future investment in women's sport.

As a government, we are committed to investing in facilities that increase participation; changing club culture so that everyone, including women, girls and families, feel welcome at our sport and community clubs; and partnering with sports bodies and local government so that we can maximise investment in our community. Sports that fall outside the new grant guidelines will have their applications prioritised under the $4.28 million Community Recreation and Sport Facilities fund. Applications for the first round of the Grassroots Football, Cricket and Netball Facility Program will close on Wednesday 27 February 2019. I encourage clubs to apply to the website of the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing.

The SPEAKER: Before I move on, unfortunately I call the following members to order: the Minister for Primary Industries, the Acting Premier and the Minister for Transport. I call to order and I warn for a first time the member for Reynell. I call to order the acting leader, the member for Torrens and the member for Elizabeth.

Ms HILDYARD: Point of order: standing order 125, offensive words against another MP. I would like the Minister for Transport to explain what he meant when he said, 'Katrine, flat white, thanks.'

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: The member for Reynell's repeated interjection—

The SPEAKER: One moment.

Ms HILDYARD: Sorry, it was 'a skinny flat white.' 'I'll take a skinny flat white, thank you.' If he can explain what he means exactly.

The SPEAKER: So the member has taken offence at an expression used; is that right?

Ms HILDYARD: The words were, 'I'll take a skinny flat white perhaps.'

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: The repeated interjections of the member for Reynell—

The SPEAKER: Order! That could mean an array of things. The Minister for Transport, will be seated, please. Would the minister like to withdraw that statement, which the member has taken offence to?

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.

The SPEAKER: Minister, is this related directly to this?

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: Yes.

The SPEAKER: I believe this is related directly to this. I am trying to establish who said what. The member for Reynell, like any member is able to do, has asked for an explanation and I am trying to seek that explanation before I give my ruling. Briefly, minister.

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: The repeated interjections of the member for Reynell, I believe, sometime in this question time—

The SPEAKER: No, that is irrelevant to this.

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: No, this is exactly relevant.

The SPEAKER: That is irrelevant. Minister, please be seated. Minister for Transport, would you like to withdraw the statement that the member has taken offence to? Minister for Transport, you made the statement. I'm trying to establish who made—

The Hon. S.K. KNOLL: I withdraw the 'skim flat white'.

The SPEAKER: Thank you. The minister has withdrawn that statement. I take it that is to the member for Reynell's satisfaction. Members, we have students here in the gallery today, as well as other guests. I ask members to get on with it, please, and conduct themselves in a more cordial manner, please. This is not a good start. Now that we have dealt with that, we move on.

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