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Female Facilities Program

Ms HILDYARD (Reynell) (14:20): My question is to the Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing. How does the minister respond to 10-year-old Noarlunga United soccer player, Abigail, who is upset that her club can no longer access specific funding to build or upgrade dedicated female change room facilities? With your leave, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Ms HILDYARD: Ten-year-old Abigail has a message for minister Wingard and the Premier that was read out today by Abigail in the Old Chamber. Abigail says, and I quote, it's:

…not really that fair—the girls are not really getting enough changerooms. I think it would be fair if the girls could get that $24 million, so we could get changerooms, so we could be [treated] equally fair.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:21): I thank Abigail. Is Abigail here? Because I thank Abigail for that question.

The Hon. L.W.K. Bignell interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Mawson will not interject.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: I thank Abigail for that question and I point out that, after 16 years of Labor, I apologise to her that you didn't deliver it because you had every chance—16 years. I would have thought, in that time—

The SPEAKER: Please address your remarks through the Chair, minister.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: I would have thought that in that time the member for Reynell and the previous Labor government would have delivered it. I am disappointed for Abigail, too, and for a lot of community sports clubs out there that didn't get projects delivered under this previous government. I do again apologise to Abigail for the previous government and the fact that they didn't deliver it, but we have been in government for eight months and we are already starting to deliver on our projects. We have put our program out there right now, which is, again, focused on cricket—

Dr Close interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Acting leader, you are called to order.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —on football and on netball, and then we have the Community Recreation and Sport Facilities fund, where Abigail's club can apply. Abigail's club can apply there. If they need facilities for their club, to grow their club, they can do that. That's what has happened in the past, and that's what's going to happen in the future. As the government, we are—

Ms Hildyard interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Reynell is on two warnings.

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD: —going to deliver. We are going to deliver for the people of South Australia. So I apologise that it didn't happen in the past 16 years, but we are here, we are open and we are ready to work with the local community clubs and deliver for South Australia.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Badcoe is warned, and the member for Lee is called to order. Member for Newland.

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