Page 2937 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 15 August 2018
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because he came from a German family. Luckily for me, he does not play the piano accordion anymore!
Mrs Dunne: You are missing out.
MS LAWDER: No, I am not. He does not play it anymore, but they joined the German club because of those shared interests and sense of community. This is why clubs were established in the first place: because of shared interests. Over time, we joined other clubs based on our own and our children’s sporting and other interests. People join clubs for a particular reason, and they usually understand what the clubs are doing to support the local sporting groups and community and interest groups.
I would like now to turn to the many comments I have received from constituents. Whilst I have received comments from people right across Canberra, I am going to focus on just a few from my own electorate to highlight the concerns that people have facing them in their own particular choices in joining clubs. I will read from a couple. I note that many of these emails have gone to many, if not all, MLAs, so you should be familiar with the content.
The Tuggeranong Valley Rugby League Football Club said:
Therefore, we as a community club, do not understand the ACT Government’s determination to change a system where the obvious goodwill shown by the clubs in contributing more than is required. A centrally administered fund as proposed by the ACT Government is not a more efficient mechanism than is currently in place.
Another one said:
My wife and I … are both active members of The Combined Probus Club of Lake Tuggeranong and … have … received considerable assistance from the Southern Cross Club Tuggeranong and more recently from the Vikings Club, Town Centre and the Vikings Club, Erindale.
In particular, the Probus Club holds its General Meetings at the Town Centre Club every month at no cost to us for the use of quite a large room, sufficient to hold the 80-90 members who attend regularly … It seems to me that the proposal to place Club Community Contributions into a government run centrally administered pool of funds will most probably lead to these types of small groups being unable to meet to help needy community causes … My wife and I appreciate enormously the facilities that are provided to us, and to other members of the Canberra community more widely, at no cost. In return, of course, people in the community reciprocate through support of the clubs through their membership and use of club facilities.
Therefore, I should like it placed on record that my wife and I are both very much against the suggestion of a government centrally administered fund, no matter how it might be “dressed up”.
A member of the Ni Bonchi Judo Club at Vikings Lanyon said:
… our not for profit Judo Club … is currently sponsored by the Lanyon Vikings Club.
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