Page 963 - Week 03 - Thursday, 21 March 2019
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Some of the organisations receiving funding through the sport and recreation grants programs this year include Volleyball ACT, which will receive $73,620 to support the installation of an ablutions block at the Lyneham beach facility, which incorporates a female-friendly design. ACT Disc Golf will receive $22,238 to upgrade the current Eddison Park course. Hockey ACT will be able to upgrade their indoor arena. Athletics ACT will be able to provide assistance to their clubs in Woden which were affected recently with a fire to their storage shed. Triathlon ACT will be able to purchase adaptable hand cycle equipment. Southern District Motorsports Association will be able to involve club members in training for disability access requirements. Squash ACT will receive $18,000 to install a security system and CCTV to allow Woden courts to have 24-hour access to pre-approved paying participants. YMCA sailing club will receive $13,650 to upgrade safety boats to support a range of sailing activities.
MS ORR: Minister, how will these grants target increased participation of women and girls in sport and recreation activities?
MS BERRY: Included in these grants announced just recently was the women’s sport and recreation participation and leadership program, which was a 2016 ACT Labor commitment and provides financial assistance to support participation, education and training activities for women and girls involved in sport in the ACT. This is a particularly important program because it is about making sure that women and girls get to participate in the ACT equally in sport.
Over the past week we have seen behaviour against a young athlete, a woman in the AFLW competition, Carlton Football Club player Tayla Harris, who was recently bullied incredibly online for her amazing athletic abilities in sport, which should be celebrated and not attacked online. We will be making sure that we provide opportunities for women and girls to play sport, participate equally and get treated equally in their sporting prowess as excellent athletes; through these leadership programs we hope to help them on the way.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, what grants or assistance of other sorts are you giving to the ACT ice community to further their participation in sport?
MS BERRY: I know that Mrs Dunne—
Mrs Dunne: I am not talking about meth addicts. I meant the ice sports community, not the ice community.
Mrs Jones: Thanks for the clarification.
MADAM SPEAKER: When you are ready, minister.
MS BERRY: That is a good clarification because I was going to comment on what a great supporter of the ice sports community Mrs Dunne is. She is a patron, I understand, of the Ice Sports Federation. I know that her interest in this organisation has been very longstanding.
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