Page 422 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 21 February 1990
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I would like to quote from a table which lists the 30 most popular sports in the ACT. I seek leave to table this and have it incorporated in Hansard. It is a valuable source of information for those of us who have an interest in sporting activities as it demonstrates interest in different levels of sport in the ACT. This chart shows the most recent figures for registrations in sport. The top sport in terms of registration is gymnastics, with 10,800.
Mr Kaine: Jim who?
MR WHALAN: Gymnastics.
Mr Kaine: I thought he might have been Norm's brother.
MR WHALAN: He comes from Yugoslavia. Then there is golf, with 7,500; rugby league, 7,106; soccer, with 7,000; netball, softball and touch. For those of you who are interested in touch it is pretty high up the list, at No. 7. That is a participating sport. The list goes on. Thirty categories of sport are listed and rather than go through it, I seek leave to have it incorporated.
Leave granted.
Document incorporated at appendix 1
MR WHALAN: In the ACT we are particularly blessed in having many facilities. While some of us have cause for complaint about what we have in the ACT from time to time, our sporting facilities are quite excellent. There are some glaring deficiencies - probably none more obvious than the absence of a swimming pool of Olympic and competition standard in Tuggeranong. I am pleased that this Government is now falling over itself to support the development of a pool in 1990-91. All we need is a commitment as to when, and then we will all be happy. We will keep pressing for that commitment.
We have the Australian Institute of Sport, educational facilities, particularly the University of Canberra which has sports oriented courses, and the wonderful NCDC-designed velodrome, which I mention tongue-in-cheek. The very significant achievement which was referred to during question time today, initiated by us on this side when we were in government, is the redevelopment of Bruce Stadium. Everybody is falling over each other for free tickets to see the Hawks and the Swans next Sunday play the first football match at that stadium which is being redeveloped as a multipurpose venue. Again, an initiative of this side when we were in government is the prospect of the redevelopment of the police driver training range as a multipurpose motor sports venue. Also an initiative taken when we were in government was the initial use of Glebe Park as a sporting venue. All of these are unique characteristics of Canberra in sport.
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