❓ The Minister for Sport and Recreation provides an update on the government's investment in community sporting infrastructure, highlighting increased access for women and girls and significant funding allocations across the state.
AnsweredQoN 451Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
COMMUNITY SPORTING AND
RECREATION FACILITIES FUND
451. Mr P. LILBURNE to the Minister for Sport and
Recreation:
I refer to the Cook Labor government's
continued commitment to support sporting clubs across Western Australia.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on the delivery of this government's record
investment in new and upgraded community sporting and recreation
infrastructure?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house how this investment is providing safe and accessible
sporting facilities for all Western Australians regardless of gender, age or ability?
RECREATION FACILITIES FUND
451. Mr P. LILBURNE to the Minister for Sport and
Recreation:
I refer to the Cook Labor government's
continued commitment to support sporting clubs across Western Australia.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on the delivery of this government's record
investment in new and upgraded community sporting and recreation
infrastructure?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house how this investment is providing safe and accessible
sporting facilities for all Western Australians regardless of gender, age or ability?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I
will, and I will be as brief as I can. I start by saying well done,
congratulations and best wishes to our Clerk, Kirsten Robinson, to whom I make
a formal apology. During the last coalition government, I was Opposition Whip
and sat where the member for Scarborough is sitting when the Clerk had been the
Clerk for only a few months. On the last Thursday of the Parliament, I looked
across and there were no Barnett government members here, so I closed the
Parliament down. I moved that the house do adjourn and we had to adjourn. I apologise
for that, but it was a great feeling at the time!
As
we close Parliament before we go to the winter break, I thank the member for
the question. It is important that
everyone is aware of the significance of the spend on sporting and recreation
infrastructure by this government since coming to power in 2017. It has been
very focused, as the member highlighted in his question, ensuring that girls
and young women now have better access than ever to facilities that suit them
for their sporting needs. There has been record money for the community
sporting and recreation facilities fund and a record amount spent on the legacy
projects that the Minister for Tourism supported after the FIFA Women's World Cup, for example. We
have now seen dozens and dozens of fields, projects and facilities expanded, renovated or reconfigured to allow
girls and young women to play sport. Those facilities were simply not fit for
purpose for them prior to that, and we have seen a huge increase in the
participation rate.
In the last 12 months alone, the
CSRFF has provided a total of $23.2 million, which equates to 55 projects right across the state. The Club Night Lights
program received $4 million for 32 projects. We want to light up more
and more grounds and outdoor courts so that more people can access those
facilities to train and play at night. That
has been a successful program over our period of government. In April 2023, I announced an uplift in the CSRFF from $12.5 million to $20 million. The Club Night
Lights program has been a huge success. Since
2017, the CSRFF has provided a total of $125 million to 651 projects across the
state. In addition, over $350 million has been provided through election
commitments and as a result of the WA Recovery Plan.
There is probably no place in Western Australia now that has not benefited from the
investment by this government into sport and recreation facility
infrastructure. There are more lights on at night around the state so that
young people can play, there are more children and young people—both
girls and boys—and young men and women playing sport, and more seniors
out there engaged in sport. That investment will continue because the Cook
Labor government recognises that investing in this type of infrastructure means
that more and more young people and other people in the community will be
connected with and participate in high-quality and good, healthy lifestyles.
I
thank all members here for their support for all those sporting organisations
throughout their communities, big and small. Let us not forget the
smaller codes. Some of the bigger codes get a lot of attention, but we must
never forget the smaller codes such as Diamond Sports and pickleball, which is
booming around Western Australia, Australia and the world.
Well done, member. I thank him for
the question and his support of his community sporting organisations. It is a significant
investment that makes a huge difference to every community no matter where it
is in Western Australia. I am very proud of that investment. We will keep going
because I have a magnificent friend here in the Minister for Tourism, who is
getting out there and supporting sport, sporting events and all those sorts of
things and the legacy they provide to the state and the people of Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : The member for
Roe with the last question.
will, and I will be as brief as I can. I start by saying well done,
congratulations and best wishes to our Clerk, Kirsten Robinson, to whom I make
a formal apology. During the last coalition government, I was Opposition Whip
and sat where the member for Scarborough is sitting when the Clerk had been the
Clerk for only a few months. On the last Thursday of the Parliament, I looked
across and there were no Barnett government members here, so I closed the
Parliament down. I moved that the house do adjourn and we had to adjourn. I apologise
for that, but it was a great feeling at the time!
As
we close Parliament before we go to the winter break, I thank the member for
the question. It is important that
everyone is aware of the significance of the spend on sporting and recreation
infrastructure by this government since coming to power in 2017. It has been
very focused, as the member highlighted in his question, ensuring that girls
and young women now have better access than ever to facilities that suit them
for their sporting needs. There has been record money for the community
sporting and recreation facilities fund and a record amount spent on the legacy
projects that the Minister for Tourism supported after the FIFA Women's World Cup, for example. We
have now seen dozens and dozens of fields, projects and facilities expanded, renovated or reconfigured to allow
girls and young women to play sport. Those facilities were simply not fit for
purpose for them prior to that, and we have seen a huge increase in the
participation rate.
In the last 12 months alone, the
CSRFF has provided a total of $23.2 million, which equates to 55 projects right across the state. The Club Night Lights
program received $4 million for 32 projects. We want to light up more
and more grounds and outdoor courts so that more people can access those
facilities to train and play at night. That
has been a successful program over our period of government. In April 2023, I announced an uplift in the CSRFF from $12.5 million to $20 million. The Club Night
Lights program has been a huge success. Since
2017, the CSRFF has provided a total of $125 million to 651 projects across the
state. In addition, over $350 million has been provided through election
commitments and as a result of the WA Recovery Plan.
There is probably no place in Western Australia now that has not benefited from the
investment by this government into sport and recreation facility
infrastructure. There are more lights on at night around the state so that
young people can play, there are more children and young people—both
girls and boys—and young men and women playing sport, and more seniors
out there engaged in sport. That investment will continue because the Cook
Labor government recognises that investing in this type of infrastructure means
that more and more young people and other people in the community will be
connected with and participate in high-quality and good, healthy lifestyles.
I
thank all members here for their support for all those sporting organisations
throughout their communities, big and small. Let us not forget the
smaller codes. Some of the bigger codes get a lot of attention, but we must
never forget the smaller codes such as Diamond Sports and pickleball, which is
booming around Western Australia, Australia and the world.
Well done, member. I thank him for
the question and his support of his community sporting organisations. It is a significant
investment that makes a huge difference to every community no matter where it
is in Western Australia. I am very proud of that investment. We will keep going
because I have a magnificent friend here in the Minister for Tourism, who is
getting out there and supporting sport, sporting events and all those sorts of
things and the legacy they provide to the state and the people of Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : The member for
Roe with the last question.
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