❓ Minister Carpenter responds to concerns about the ABC potentially withdrawing coverage of WA sports, highlighting the importance of these broadcasts for community engagement, particularly in regional areas, and announces plans to address the issue at a national sports ministers' conference.
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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION, SPORTS TELECASTS
Is the minister aware of threats by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to withdraw from televising West Australian Football League matches, netball, basketball and other sports important to our community? Mr CARPENTER
Is the minister aware of threats by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to withdraw from televising West Australian Football League matches, netball, basketball and other sports important to our community? Mr CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Girrawheen for some notice of that question. I am aware, as I am sure are all members, that the ABC has raised the possibility of withdrawing its telecasts of WAFL matches, netball, basketball and other sports. This issue is of concern to me as Minister for Sport and Recreation, as I am sure it is to all members of this Chamber, particularly those from country areas. For a long time, the ABC’s coverage of Western Australian sport has given it a profile that it would not have had otherwise, and it would be a great shame if the ABC coverage were withdrawn and that profile diminished. I will focus on a couple of those sports. In order to maintain its profile in the community, WAFL depends heavily on the exposure that is provided by the ABC television coverage on Saturday afternoons. These days, WAFL receives only modest coverage in The West Australian because of the competition from the Australian Football League, and it receives only modest gate takings from the general public. In country communities, the importance of WAFL should not be underestimated. About 50 per cent of WAFL players are drawn from country areas, and it is a way for those country communities to maintain support for their local players as they move into the higher competitions. I have a particular concern about netball. On Saturday night, I, and the member for Dawesville and his charming wife, Helen, watched the Perth Orioles play the Melbourne Kestrels at Challenge Stadium. That was a magnificent game, attended by 3 500 people, many of whom were young girls who participate in netball. I can tell members who have never been to a netball game that it is a great experience to see how the organisers promote that sport. In Western Australia, netball is one of the highest participation sports, with more than 35 000 registered players, which is well in excess of most other sports. However, it receives little attention from the media. I do not think that game was covered in any of the news highlights on television, despite the fact that Waveney Seinor, who has been a great sportswoman for this State, was playing her last game in Western Australia. The member for Dawesville will back up my statement that every young person who went to that match was asked to fill out a form requesting the ABC to maintain its coverage of netball so that the profile of the sport could be kept up to enhance participation. When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
Mr CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Girrawheen for some notice of that question. I am aware, as I am sure are all members, that the ABC has raised the possibility of withdrawing its telecasts of WAFL matches, netball, basketball and other sports. This issue is of concern to me as Minister for Sport and Recreation, as I am sure it is to all members of this Chamber, particularly those from country areas. For a long time, the ABC’s coverage of Western Australian sport has given it a profile that it would not have had otherwise, and it would be a great shame if the ABC coverage were withdrawn and that profile diminished. I will focus on a couple of those sports. In order to maintain its profile in the community, WAFL depends heavily on the exposure that is provided by the ABC television coverage on Saturday afternoons. These days, WAFL receives only modest coverage in The West Australian because of the competition from the Australian Football League, and it receives only modest gate takings from the general public. In country communities, the importance of WAFL should not be underestimated. About 50 per cent of WAFL players are drawn from country areas, and it is a way for those country communities to maintain support for their local players as they move into the higher competitions. I have a particular concern about netball. On Saturday night, I, and the member for Dawesville and his charming wife, Helen, watched the Perth Orioles play the Melbourne Kestrels at Challenge Stadium. That was a magnificent game, attended by 3 500 people, many of whom were young girls who participate in netball. I can tell members who have never been to a netball game that it is a great experience to see how the organisers promote that sport. In Western Australia, netball is one of the highest participation sports, with more than 35 000 registered players, which is well in excess of most other sports. However, it receives little attention from the media. I do not think that game was covered in any of the news highlights on television, despite the fact that Waveney Seinor, who has been a great sportswoman for this State, was playing her last game in Western Australia. The member for Dawesville will back up my statement that every young person who went to that match was asked to fill out a form requesting the ABC to maintain its coverage of netball so that the profile of the sport could be kept up to enhance participation. When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
I thank the member for Girrawheen for some notice of that question. I am aware, as I am sure are all members, that the ABC has raised the possibility of withdrawing its telecasts of WAFL matches, netball, basketball and other sports. This issue is of concern to me as Minister for Sport and Recreation, as I am sure it is to all members of this Chamber, particularly those from country areas. For a long time, the ABC’s coverage of Western Australian sport has given it a profile that it would not have had otherwise, and it would be a great shame if the ABC coverage were withdrawn and that profile diminished. I will focus on a couple of those sports. In order to maintain its profile in the community, WAFL depends heavily on the exposure that is provided by the ABC television coverage on Saturday afternoons. These days, WAFL receives only modest coverage in The West Australian because of the competition from the Australian Football League, and it receives only modest gate takings from the general public. In country communities, the importance of WAFL should not be underestimated. About 50 per cent of WAFL players are drawn from country areas, and it is a way for those country communities to maintain support for their local players as they move into the higher competitions. I have a particular concern about netball. On Saturday night, I, and the member for Dawesville and his charming wife, Helen, watched the Perth Orioles play the Melbourne Kestrels at Challenge Stadium. That was a magnificent game, attended by 3 500 people, many of whom were young girls who participate in netball. I can tell members who have never been to a netball game that it is a great experience to see how the organisers promote that sport. In Western Australia, netball is one of the highest participation sports, with more than 35 000 registered players, which is well in excess of most other sports. However, it receives little attention from the media. I do not think that game was covered in any of the news highlights on television, despite the fact that Waveney Seinor, who has been a great sportswoman for this State, was playing her last game in Western Australia. The member for Dawesville will back up my statement that every young person who went to that match was asked to fill out a form requesting the ABC to maintain its coverage of netball so that the profile of the sport could be kept up to enhance participation. When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
I will focus on a couple of those sports. In order to maintain its profile in the community, WAFL depends heavily on the exposure that is provided by the ABC television coverage on Saturday afternoons. These days, WAFL receives only modest coverage in The West Australian because of the competition from the Australian Football League, and it receives only modest gate takings from the general public. In country communities, the importance of WAFL should not be underestimated. About 50 per cent of WAFL players are drawn from country areas, and it is a way for those country communities to maintain support for their local players as they move into the higher competitions. I have a particular concern about netball. On Saturday night, I, and the member for Dawesville and his charming wife, Helen, watched the Perth Orioles play the Melbourne Kestrels at Challenge Stadium. That was a magnificent game, attended by 3 500 people, many of whom were young girls who participate in netball. I can tell members who have never been to a netball game that it is a great experience to see how the organisers promote that sport. In Western Australia, netball is one of the highest participation sports, with more than 35 000 registered players, which is well in excess of most other sports. However, it receives little attention from the media. I do not think that game was covered in any of the news highlights on television, despite the fact that Waveney Seinor, who has been a great sportswoman for this State, was playing her last game in Western Australia. The member for Dawesville will back up my statement that every young person who went to that match was asked to fill out a form requesting the ABC to maintain its coverage of netball so that the profile of the sport could be kept up to enhance participation. When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
I have a particular concern about netball. On Saturday night, I, and the member for Dawesville and his charming wife, Helen, watched the Perth Orioles play the Melbourne Kestrels at Challenge Stadium. That was a magnificent game, attended by 3 500 people, many of whom were young girls who participate in netball. I can tell members who have never been to a netball game that it is a great experience to see how the organisers promote that sport. In Western Australia, netball is one of the highest participation sports, with more than 35 000 registered players, which is well in excess of most other sports. However, it receives little attention from the media. I do not think that game was covered in any of the news highlights on television, despite the fact that Waveney Seinor, who has been a great sportswoman for this State, was playing her last game in Western Australia. The member for Dawesville will back up my statement that every young person who went to that match was asked to fill out a form requesting the ABC to maintain its coverage of netball so that the profile of the sport could be kept up to enhance participation. When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
Mr CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Girrawheen for some notice of that question. I am aware, as I am sure are all members, that the ABC has raised the possibility of withdrawing its telecasts of WAFL matches, netball, basketball and other sports. This issue is of concern to me as Minister for Sport and Recreation, as I am sure it is to all members of this Chamber, particularly those from country areas. For a long time, the ABC’s coverage of Western Australian sport has given it a profile that it would not have had otherwise, and it would be a great shame if the ABC coverage were withdrawn and that profile diminished. I will focus on a couple of those sports. In order to maintain its profile in the community, WAFL depends heavily on the exposure that is provided by the ABC television coverage on Saturday afternoons. These days, WAFL receives only modest coverage in The West Australian because of the competition from the Australian Football League, and it receives only modest gate takings from the general public. In country communities, the importance of WAFL should not be underestimated. About 50 per cent of WAFL players are drawn from country areas, and it is a way for those country communities to maintain support for their local players as they move into the higher competitions. I have a particular concern about netball. On Saturday night, I, and the member for Dawesville and his charming wife, Helen, watched the Perth Orioles play the Melbourne Kestrels at Challenge Stadium. That was a magnificent game, attended by 3 500 people, many of whom were young girls who participate in netball. I can tell members who have never been to a netball game that it is a great experience to see how the organisers promote that sport. In Western Australia, netball is one of the highest participation sports, with more than 35 000 registered players, which is well in excess of most other sports. However, it receives little attention from the media. I do not think that game was covered in any of the news highlights on television, despite the fact that Waveney Seinor, who has been a great sportswoman for this State, was playing her last game in Western Australia. The member for Dawesville will back up my statement that every young person who went to that match was asked to fill out a form requesting the ABC to maintain its coverage of netball so that the profile of the sport could be kept up to enhance participation. When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
I thank the member for Girrawheen for some notice of that question. I am aware, as I am sure are all members, that the ABC has raised the possibility of withdrawing its telecasts of WAFL matches, netball, basketball and other sports. This issue is of concern to me as Minister for Sport and Recreation, as I am sure it is to all members of this Chamber, particularly those from country areas. For a long time, the ABC’s coverage of Western Australian sport has given it a profile that it would not have had otherwise, and it would be a great shame if the ABC coverage were withdrawn and that profile diminished. I will focus on a couple of those sports. In order to maintain its profile in the community, WAFL depends heavily on the exposure that is provided by the ABC television coverage on Saturday afternoons. These days, WAFL receives only modest coverage in The West Australian because of the competition from the Australian Football League, and it receives only modest gate takings from the general public. In country communities, the importance of WAFL should not be underestimated. About 50 per cent of WAFL players are drawn from country areas, and it is a way for those country communities to maintain support for their local players as they move into the higher competitions. I have a particular concern about netball. On Saturday night, I, and the member for Dawesville and his charming wife, Helen, watched the Perth Orioles play the Melbourne Kestrels at Challenge Stadium. That was a magnificent game, attended by 3 500 people, many of whom were young girls who participate in netball. I can tell members who have never been to a netball game that it is a great experience to see how the organisers promote that sport. In Western Australia, netball is one of the highest participation sports, with more than 35 000 registered players, which is well in excess of most other sports. However, it receives little attention from the media. I do not think that game was covered in any of the news highlights on television, despite the fact that Waveney Seinor, who has been a great sportswoman for this State, was playing her last game in Western Australia. The member for Dawesville will back up my statement that every young person who went to that match was asked to fill out a form requesting the ABC to maintain its coverage of netball so that the profile of the sport could be kept up to enhance participation. When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
I will focus on a couple of those sports. In order to maintain its profile in the community, WAFL depends heavily on the exposure that is provided by the ABC television coverage on Saturday afternoons. These days, WAFL receives only modest coverage in The West Australian because of the competition from the Australian Football League, and it receives only modest gate takings from the general public. In country communities, the importance of WAFL should not be underestimated. About 50 per cent of WAFL players are drawn from country areas, and it is a way for those country communities to maintain support for their local players as they move into the higher competitions. I have a particular concern about netball. On Saturday night, I, and the member for Dawesville and his charming wife, Helen, watched the Perth Orioles play the Melbourne Kestrels at Challenge Stadium. That was a magnificent game, attended by 3 500 people, many of whom were young girls who participate in netball. I can tell members who have never been to a netball game that it is a great experience to see how the organisers promote that sport. In Western Australia, netball is one of the highest participation sports, with more than 35 000 registered players, which is well in excess of most other sports. However, it receives little attention from the media. I do not think that game was covered in any of the news highlights on television, despite the fact that Waveney Seinor, who has been a great sportswoman for this State, was playing her last game in Western Australia. The member for Dawesville will back up my statement that every young person who went to that match was asked to fill out a form requesting the ABC to maintain its coverage of netball so that the profile of the sport could be kept up to enhance participation. When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
I have a particular concern about netball. On Saturday night, I, and the member for Dawesville and his charming wife, Helen, watched the Perth Orioles play the Melbourne Kestrels at Challenge Stadium. That was a magnificent game, attended by 3 500 people, many of whom were young girls who participate in netball. I can tell members who have never been to a netball game that it is a great experience to see how the organisers promote that sport. In Western Australia, netball is one of the highest participation sports, with more than 35 000 registered players, which is well in excess of most other sports. However, it receives little attention from the media. I do not think that game was covered in any of the news highlights on television, despite the fact that Waveney Seinor, who has been a great sportswoman for this State, was playing her last game in Western Australia. The member for Dawesville will back up my statement that every young person who went to that match was asked to fill out a form requesting the ABC to maintain its coverage of netball so that the profile of the sport could be kept up to enhance participation. When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
When I was at Channel Seven, its coverage of the basketball had a huge public following. The basketball was then televised by Channel 10, at which time the ratings were lower, and it is now televised by the ABC. It would be a great shame for basketball in Western Australia if the ABC were to withdraw its coverage. Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
Tomorrow, I will go to Adelaide for the sports ministers’ annual conference, and I will put on the agenda a proposition that the sports ministers from all Labor States, and South Australia and the non-Labor Territories, request the ABC to reconsider any decision to remove state league football, netball, basketball and other sports from televised coverage. It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
It is an issue in South Australia and Victoria. The Government is trying to increase participation in sport, particularly in country areas. The relationship that has developed between the Liberal Party and One Nation, and the potential demise of the National Party, means that country people can probably rely only on the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
Mr CARPENTER: People in the bush need the Australian Labor Party to represent their interests. Differential resourcing of schools, which I announced last week, is a major boost to country schools and is something that never happened under the previous Government. Members on this side of the Chamber will do everything they can to encourage the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its services to country people in Western Australia.
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Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.