Page 436 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 21 February 1990
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alcohol companies and their sponsorship. Tobacco is our greatest killer as far as drugs go, but following very closely, particularly with young people, is alcohol. The advertisements that we have on television which tie alcohol and sports together really need to be looked at carefully because we should use an opportunity to discourage - or not to encourage, perhaps I should put it that way - the combination of alcohol and sport. I am not speaking against alcohol as a drug that is being used, but in this relationship there are definitely some problems, and it is an area that certainly needs to be looked at.
Finally, I look at future initiatives, policy 12, and congratulate Mr Stefaniak on his very clever softening up procedure, as follows:
We will examine the sport and recreation policies in other states and abroad to bring policy development in this area to a national pacesetting standard.
I presume Mr Stefaniak is softening up the Government in order to get his overseas trip organised. I am sure the Minister would not be so silly as to allow Mr Stefaniak to go without also going.
It is good to see that the Government has finally established a sporting policy. How clever you were to write it in a day. Considering the limited time and looking back, as I did earlier today, over the Residents Rally and the Liberal policies, I think it is very interesting to see what you have come up with, and it will be even more interesting to see how you attempt to implement it.
DR KINLOCH (4.22): It has been a delightful experience this afternoon to have had the chance, thanks to members of the Opposition, for us to discuss our excellent sports policy, and we thank them for it. It was very good of them. We welcomed it. We rejoiced in it. My colleague Bill Stefaniak and I were especially enjoying it as we attended a sports lunch this afternoon, one of the many responsibilities and cares that are laid upon us. It was difficult, but we coped.
After Mr Moore's delightful references to Gulliver's Travels this morning, which I much enjoyed, I also enjoyed his references to underwater hockey. I want to undertake, as a subcommittee of one, to look into the problems of overwater or dry land snorkelling, underwater volleyball and, if possible, underwater snooker. Possibly the balls will have to be especially treated, but we will look at that.
The members of the Alliance Government began to look at this sports policy in the early days of last December. We very much enjoyed discussing it. It has been a kind of indoor sport for members of the Alliance Government over many, many hours. So we rejoice today in the magnificent
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