❓ The WA Government partnered with the AFL and WA Football Commission to inject funds into football development by extending loan surety, matched by AFL contribution, totaling $800,000 annually.
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This morning the Australian Football League announced that it would contribute an extra $400 000 to football development in Western Australia. What assistance will the Government give to Western Australian football? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Roleystone for the question and for his support for football. A very good announcement was made at Subiaco Oval at which the retiring chief of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson; the Premier, Dr Gallop; the head of the West Australian Football Commission, Dr Neil Fong; and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football Commission, Wayne Bradshaw, were present. Irrespective of which party is in government, if we could pull off this sort of arrangement every now and again, it would provide a great boost to football in Western Australia. We managed to form a partnership with the State Government, the AFL and the WA Football Commission to inject some very desperately needed funds into football development in Western Australia. Members who follow football will know that a major issue has been raging in Western Australia about the State’s capacity to develop its young talent. The Western Australian Government has held a series of negotiations with the West Australian Football Commission about its financial position since additions were made to Subiaco Oval. Servicing the loan for the cost of those additions has placed extreme financial pressure on the WAFC. In, I think, 1999 the WA Government made a commitment to pay an annual payment of $1.5 million of the principal loan over 20 years; that is, a $30 million repayment package. The WA Football Commission was liable for the interest. At that time, revenue projections were overoptimistic. However, the fortunes of the West Coast Eagles have declined slightly as have that club’s revenues. The fortunes of the Fremantle Dockers were not as good as were projected and the WA Football Commission, which derives its revenue from those AFL clubs, was faced with a liquidity problem. Pressure was brought to bear to do something about it. In opposition, the Premier promised to undertake a review of football if it won the election. When the Labor Party took office, discussions were held. The Government took on board the recommendations of the Crawford report. That led to these discussions and to measures that could be taken to alleviate financial pressure on the WA Football Commission. The Government agreed with Treasury advice to extend the surety of the total amount of the WA Football Commission’s loan from the $4 million surety provided previously to cover the full extent of the loan of $30 million. We undertook to do that in return for a similar injection of financial assistance from the AFL. We had a meeting with Ron Evans, the chairman of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson, the chief executive officer and Andrew Demetriou, and I think that Tony Peak appeared at one of those meetings as well. Eventually we came to an agreement which was initiated by us that if we extended the surety of the loan to $30 million, which would provide interest rate relief to the Western Australian Football Commission of approximately $400 000 per annum, the AFL would agree to contribute a similar amount of money, which would mean an $800 000 per annum package for football development, especially junior football development, in Western Australia. That was the deal that we have managed to stitch together over the past two or three months and it was the deal that we announced this morning. It is a very good deal for all Western Australians, particularly for those involved in football. I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roleystone for the question and for his support for football. A very good announcement was made at Subiaco Oval at which the retiring chief of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson; the Premier, Dr Gallop; the head of the West Australian Football Commission, Dr Neil Fong; and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football Commission, Wayne Bradshaw, were present. Irrespective of which party is in government, if we could pull off this sort of arrangement every now and again, it would provide a great boost to football in Western Australia. We managed to form a partnership with the State Government, the AFL and the WA Football Commission to inject some very desperately needed funds into football development in Western Australia. Members who follow football will know that a major issue has been raging in Western Australia about the State’s capacity to develop its young talent. The Western Australian Government has held a series of negotiations with the West Australian Football Commission about its financial position since additions were made to Subiaco Oval. Servicing the loan for the cost of those additions has placed extreme financial pressure on the WAFC. In, I think, 1999 the WA Government made a commitment to pay an annual payment of $1.5 million of the principal loan over 20 years; that is, a $30 million repayment package. The WA Football Commission was liable for the interest. At that time, revenue projections were overoptimistic. However, the fortunes of the West Coast Eagles have declined slightly as have that club’s revenues. The fortunes of the Fremantle Dockers were not as good as were projected and the WA Football Commission, which derives its revenue from those AFL clubs, was faced with a liquidity problem. Pressure was brought to bear to do something about it. In opposition, the Premier promised to undertake a review of football if it won the election. When the Labor Party took office, discussions were held. The Government took on board the recommendations of the Crawford report. That led to these discussions and to measures that could be taken to alleviate financial pressure on the WA Football Commission. The Government agreed with Treasury advice to extend the surety of the total amount of the WA Football Commission’s loan from the $4 million surety provided previously to cover the full extent of the loan of $30 million. We undertook to do that in return for a similar injection of financial assistance from the AFL. We had a meeting with Ron Evans, the chairman of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson, the chief executive officer and Andrew Demetriou, and I think that Tony Peak appeared at one of those meetings as well. Eventually we came to an agreement which was initiated by us that if we extended the surety of the loan to $30 million, which would provide interest rate relief to the Western Australian Football Commission of approximately $400 000 per annum, the AFL would agree to contribute a similar amount of money, which would mean an $800 000 per annum package for football development, especially junior football development, in Western Australia. That was the deal that we have managed to stitch together over the past two or three months and it was the deal that we announced this morning. It is a very good deal for all Western Australians, particularly for those involved in football. I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
I thank the member for Roleystone for the question and for his support for football. A very good announcement was made at Subiaco Oval at which the retiring chief of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson; the Premier, Dr Gallop; the head of the West Australian Football Commission, Dr Neil Fong; and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football Commission, Wayne Bradshaw, were present. Irrespective of which party is in government, if we could pull off this sort of arrangement every now and again, it would provide a great boost to football in Western Australia. We managed to form a partnership with the State Government, the AFL and the WA Football Commission to inject some very desperately needed funds into football development in Western Australia. Members who follow football will know that a major issue has been raging in Western Australia about the State’s capacity to develop its young talent. The Western Australian Government has held a series of negotiations with the West Australian Football Commission about its financial position since additions were made to Subiaco Oval. Servicing the loan for the cost of those additions has placed extreme financial pressure on the WAFC. In, I think, 1999 the WA Government made a commitment to pay an annual payment of $1.5 million of the principal loan over 20 years; that is, a $30 million repayment package. The WA Football Commission was liable for the interest. At that time, revenue projections were overoptimistic. However, the fortunes of the West Coast Eagles have declined slightly as have that club’s revenues. The fortunes of the Fremantle Dockers were not as good as were projected and the WA Football Commission, which derives its revenue from those AFL clubs, was faced with a liquidity problem. Pressure was brought to bear to do something about it. In opposition, the Premier promised to undertake a review of football if it won the election. When the Labor Party took office, discussions were held. The Government took on board the recommendations of the Crawford report. That led to these discussions and to measures that could be taken to alleviate financial pressure on the WA Football Commission. The Government agreed with Treasury advice to extend the surety of the total amount of the WA Football Commission’s loan from the $4 million surety provided previously to cover the full extent of the loan of $30 million. We undertook to do that in return for a similar injection of financial assistance from the AFL. We had a meeting with Ron Evans, the chairman of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson, the chief executive officer and Andrew Demetriou, and I think that Tony Peak appeared at one of those meetings as well. Eventually we came to an agreement which was initiated by us that if we extended the surety of the loan to $30 million, which would provide interest rate relief to the Western Australian Football Commission of approximately $400 000 per annum, the AFL would agree to contribute a similar amount of money, which would mean an $800 000 per annum package for football development, especially junior football development, in Western Australia. That was the deal that we have managed to stitch together over the past two or three months and it was the deal that we announced this morning. It is a very good deal for all Western Australians, particularly for those involved in football. I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
We managed to form a partnership with the State Government, the AFL and the WA Football Commission to inject some very desperately needed funds into football development in Western Australia. Members who follow football will know that a major issue has been raging in Western Australia about the State’s capacity to develop its young talent. The Western Australian Government has held a series of negotiations with the West Australian Football Commission about its financial position since additions were made to Subiaco Oval. Servicing the loan for the cost of those additions has placed extreme financial pressure on the WAFC. In, I think, 1999 the WA Government made a commitment to pay an annual payment of $1.5 million of the principal loan over 20 years; that is, a $30 million repayment package. The WA Football Commission was liable for the interest. At that time, revenue projections were overoptimistic. However, the fortunes of the West Coast Eagles have declined slightly as have that club’s revenues. The fortunes of the Fremantle Dockers were not as good as were projected and the WA Football Commission, which derives its revenue from those AFL clubs, was faced with a liquidity problem. Pressure was brought to bear to do something about it. In opposition, the Premier promised to undertake a review of football if it won the election. When the Labor Party took office, discussions were held. The Government took on board the recommendations of the Crawford report. That led to these discussions and to measures that could be taken to alleviate financial pressure on the WA Football Commission. The Government agreed with Treasury advice to extend the surety of the total amount of the WA Football Commission’s loan from the $4 million surety provided previously to cover the full extent of the loan of $30 million. We undertook to do that in return for a similar injection of financial assistance from the AFL. We had a meeting with Ron Evans, the chairman of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson, the chief executive officer and Andrew Demetriou, and I think that Tony Peak appeared at one of those meetings as well. Eventually we came to an agreement which was initiated by us that if we extended the surety of the loan to $30 million, which would provide interest rate relief to the Western Australian Football Commission of approximately $400 000 per annum, the AFL would agree to contribute a similar amount of money, which would mean an $800 000 per annum package for football development, especially junior football development, in Western Australia. That was the deal that we have managed to stitch together over the past two or three months and it was the deal that we announced this morning. It is a very good deal for all Western Australians, particularly for those involved in football. I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
We had a meeting with Ron Evans, the chairman of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson, the chief executive officer and Andrew Demetriou, and I think that Tony Peak appeared at one of those meetings as well. Eventually we came to an agreement which was initiated by us that if we extended the surety of the loan to $30 million, which would provide interest rate relief to the Western Australian Football Commission of approximately $400 000 per annum, the AFL would agree to contribute a similar amount of money, which would mean an $800 000 per annum package for football development, especially junior football development, in Western Australia. That was the deal that we have managed to stitch together over the past two or three months and it was the deal that we announced this morning. It is a very good deal for all Western Australians, particularly for those involved in football. I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roleystone for the question and for his support for football. A very good announcement was made at Subiaco Oval at which the retiring chief of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson; the Premier, Dr Gallop; the head of the West Australian Football Commission, Dr Neil Fong; and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football Commission, Wayne Bradshaw, were present. Irrespective of which party is in government, if we could pull off this sort of arrangement every now and again, it would provide a great boost to football in Western Australia. We managed to form a partnership with the State Government, the AFL and the WA Football Commission to inject some very desperately needed funds into football development in Western Australia. Members who follow football will know that a major issue has been raging in Western Australia about the State’s capacity to develop its young talent. The Western Australian Government has held a series of negotiations with the West Australian Football Commission about its financial position since additions were made to Subiaco Oval. Servicing the loan for the cost of those additions has placed extreme financial pressure on the WAFC. In, I think, 1999 the WA Government made a commitment to pay an annual payment of $1.5 million of the principal loan over 20 years; that is, a $30 million repayment package. The WA Football Commission was liable for the interest. At that time, revenue projections were overoptimistic. However, the fortunes of the West Coast Eagles have declined slightly as have that club’s revenues. The fortunes of the Fremantle Dockers were not as good as were projected and the WA Football Commission, which derives its revenue from those AFL clubs, was faced with a liquidity problem. Pressure was brought to bear to do something about it. In opposition, the Premier promised to undertake a review of football if it won the election. When the Labor Party took office, discussions were held. The Government took on board the recommendations of the Crawford report. That led to these discussions and to measures that could be taken to alleviate financial pressure on the WA Football Commission. The Government agreed with Treasury advice to extend the surety of the total amount of the WA Football Commission’s loan from the $4 million surety provided previously to cover the full extent of the loan of $30 million. We undertook to do that in return for a similar injection of financial assistance from the AFL. We had a meeting with Ron Evans, the chairman of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson, the chief executive officer and Andrew Demetriou, and I think that Tony Peak appeared at one of those meetings as well. Eventually we came to an agreement which was initiated by us that if we extended the surety of the loan to $30 million, which would provide interest rate relief to the Western Australian Football Commission of approximately $400 000 per annum, the AFL would agree to contribute a similar amount of money, which would mean an $800 000 per annum package for football development, especially junior football development, in Western Australia. That was the deal that we have managed to stitch together over the past two or three months and it was the deal that we announced this morning. It is a very good deal for all Western Australians, particularly for those involved in football. I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
I thank the member for Roleystone for the question and for his support for football. A very good announcement was made at Subiaco Oval at which the retiring chief of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson; the Premier, Dr Gallop; the head of the West Australian Football Commission, Dr Neil Fong; and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football Commission, Wayne Bradshaw, were present. Irrespective of which party is in government, if we could pull off this sort of arrangement every now and again, it would provide a great boost to football in Western Australia. We managed to form a partnership with the State Government, the AFL and the WA Football Commission to inject some very desperately needed funds into football development in Western Australia. Members who follow football will know that a major issue has been raging in Western Australia about the State’s capacity to develop its young talent. The Western Australian Government has held a series of negotiations with the West Australian Football Commission about its financial position since additions were made to Subiaco Oval. Servicing the loan for the cost of those additions has placed extreme financial pressure on the WAFC. In, I think, 1999 the WA Government made a commitment to pay an annual payment of $1.5 million of the principal loan over 20 years; that is, a $30 million repayment package. The WA Football Commission was liable for the interest. At that time, revenue projections were overoptimistic. However, the fortunes of the West Coast Eagles have declined slightly as have that club’s revenues. The fortunes of the Fremantle Dockers were not as good as were projected and the WA Football Commission, which derives its revenue from those AFL clubs, was faced with a liquidity problem. Pressure was brought to bear to do something about it. In opposition, the Premier promised to undertake a review of football if it won the election. When the Labor Party took office, discussions were held. The Government took on board the recommendations of the Crawford report. That led to these discussions and to measures that could be taken to alleviate financial pressure on the WA Football Commission. The Government agreed with Treasury advice to extend the surety of the total amount of the WA Football Commission’s loan from the $4 million surety provided previously to cover the full extent of the loan of $30 million. We undertook to do that in return for a similar injection of financial assistance from the AFL. We had a meeting with Ron Evans, the chairman of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson, the chief executive officer and Andrew Demetriou, and I think that Tony Peak appeared at one of those meetings as well. Eventually we came to an agreement which was initiated by us that if we extended the surety of the loan to $30 million, which would provide interest rate relief to the Western Australian Football Commission of approximately $400 000 per annum, the AFL would agree to contribute a similar amount of money, which would mean an $800 000 per annum package for football development, especially junior football development, in Western Australia. That was the deal that we have managed to stitch together over the past two or three months and it was the deal that we announced this morning. It is a very good deal for all Western Australians, particularly for those involved in football. I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
We managed to form a partnership with the State Government, the AFL and the WA Football Commission to inject some very desperately needed funds into football development in Western Australia. Members who follow football will know that a major issue has been raging in Western Australia about the State’s capacity to develop its young talent. The Western Australian Government has held a series of negotiations with the West Australian Football Commission about its financial position since additions were made to Subiaco Oval. Servicing the loan for the cost of those additions has placed extreme financial pressure on the WAFC. In, I think, 1999 the WA Government made a commitment to pay an annual payment of $1.5 million of the principal loan over 20 years; that is, a $30 million repayment package. The WA Football Commission was liable for the interest. At that time, revenue projections were overoptimistic. However, the fortunes of the West Coast Eagles have declined slightly as have that club’s revenues. The fortunes of the Fremantle Dockers were not as good as were projected and the WA Football Commission, which derives its revenue from those AFL clubs, was faced with a liquidity problem. Pressure was brought to bear to do something about it. In opposition, the Premier promised to undertake a review of football if it won the election. When the Labor Party took office, discussions were held. The Government took on board the recommendations of the Crawford report. That led to these discussions and to measures that could be taken to alleviate financial pressure on the WA Football Commission. The Government agreed with Treasury advice to extend the surety of the total amount of the WA Football Commission’s loan from the $4 million surety provided previously to cover the full extent of the loan of $30 million. We undertook to do that in return for a similar injection of financial assistance from the AFL. We had a meeting with Ron Evans, the chairman of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson, the chief executive officer and Andrew Demetriou, and I think that Tony Peak appeared at one of those meetings as well. Eventually we came to an agreement which was initiated by us that if we extended the surety of the loan to $30 million, which would provide interest rate relief to the Western Australian Football Commission of approximately $400 000 per annum, the AFL would agree to contribute a similar amount of money, which would mean an $800 000 per annum package for football development, especially junior football development, in Western Australia. That was the deal that we have managed to stitch together over the past two or three months and it was the deal that we announced this morning. It is a very good deal for all Western Australians, particularly for those involved in football. I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
We had a meeting with Ron Evans, the chairman of the Australian Football League, Wayne Jackson, the chief executive officer and Andrew Demetriou, and I think that Tony Peak appeared at one of those meetings as well. Eventually we came to an agreement which was initiated by us that if we extended the surety of the loan to $30 million, which would provide interest rate relief to the Western Australian Football Commission of approximately $400 000 per annum, the AFL would agree to contribute a similar amount of money, which would mean an $800 000 per annum package for football development, especially junior football development, in Western Australia. That was the deal that we have managed to stitch together over the past two or three months and it was the deal that we announced this morning. It is a very good deal for all Western Australians, particularly for those involved in football. I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
I commend the Premier who brought it all together and was able to facilitate the development of the detail. The Western Australian football community will derive great benefit from it. It will ease pressure on the two AFL clubs and provide opportunity for the Western Australian AFL clubs to derive more support from the Football Commission. Critically, and our primary objective, it enables the Western Australian football community to better develop its young talent and therefore underpin the strength of football in Western Australia, which is a vital component of our cultural and social fabric. All parties need to be congratulated. The AFL gets a bit of a bum wrap around the country for its role in football but it is a thoroughly professional organisation. Wayne Jackson has excellent qualities as an individual and was also a marvellous chief executive officer for the AFL during his seven years there. Western Australian football owes a debt of gratitude to Wayne Jackson and Andrew Demetriou for the effort they have put into assisting Western Australian football.
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