❓ Question regarding the allocation of $300 million in COVID-19 recovery funding for community sporting facilities, specifically Kingsway Regional Sporting Complex. The Minister outlines various projects funded across WA.
AnsweredQoN 686Legislative Assembly
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CORONAVIRUS — STATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN —COMMUNITY
SPORTING FACILITIES
686. Ms M.M. QUIRK to the
Minister for Sport and Recreation:
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, you are hiding
down there on the floor. I could not see you but I could hear you.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : Yes, welcome to my world, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER : True.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I refer to the McGowan Labor government's
$5.5 billion COVID-19 recovery plan that includes an unprecedented investment
in sport and community infrastructure across Western Australia.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house what this $300 million investment means for those
sporting clubs that use and rely on facilities such as the Kingsway Regional
Sporting Complex in my electorate?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how this investment will support local jobs and
local businesses?
SPORTING FACILITIES
686. Ms M.M. QUIRK to the
Minister for Sport and Recreation:
The SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, you are hiding
down there on the floor. I could not see you but I could hear you.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : Yes, welcome to my world, Mr Speaker.
The SPEAKER : True.
Ms M.M. QUIRK : I refer to the McGowan Labor government's
$5.5 billion COVID-19 recovery plan that includes an unprecedented investment
in sport and community infrastructure across Western Australia.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house what this $300 million investment means for those
sporting clubs that use and rely on facilities such as the Kingsway Regional
Sporting Complex in my electorate?
(2) Can the
minister outline to the house how this investment will support local jobs and
local businesses?
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(1)–(2) It certainly is with great pleasure that I will
outline that. But, firstly, I must thank the member for Girrawheen for her tireless and over-the-top efforts to make
sure that her community is in front of every minister's eyes when it comes to what she needs for that area. Some would say that she is quite
dogged—perhaps that is a bit soft—about her electorate.
The McGowan government's
$300 million investment in community sporting facilities is one of the most
significant in Western Australian sporting history. The benefits will be spread
right across the state. As we know, sport is a major part of the Western Australian
fabric. It gels people together, it allows people to get out and it helps with mental and physical health and every other
thing along the way. It helps families to cope with things such as the
COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, I visited the Kingsway Regional Sporting Complex
with the Premier and the member for Girrawheen to announce funding of over $2.6
million to assist with the development of its community football facilities.
There was a game of soccer on that day and I must say that as we walked around
the corner, it was pleasing to see the Premier get a rock star welcome, with
people yelling out, ''Well done'' for the way he is looking after
Western Australia not only in the area of sport, but as a whole. The effect
that this funding will have on participation in community sport in that area is clear. More kids will be
able to get out in the park, stay active and reconnect with their community. I was also very pleased to see that
when the kids came off the ground, the first thing they did —a
bit different from our day—was run up and wipe their hands with the
hand cleaner. I also saw coaches wiping the balls. Those sorts of things are
really keeping our communities healthy, and I was pleased to see young people
showing an understanding of the current problem.
The funding is not limited to
Kingsway's facilities. As part of Western Australia's COVID-19
recovery plan, the government has invested in sport and community
infrastructure right across the state, including $20 million to kick start a proposed
64-hectare recreation precinct at Kiernan Park in Mundijong for future sports.
This places that area well in front of the game as subdivisions roll out in
that area. I can tell members that this is a much-welcomed development by the
shire out there. I had to be very careful out there again due to COVID when the
shire president wanted to give me a cuddle! The Baldivis indoor recreational
centre has received $10 million, and the Hands Oval in Bunbury has received $5 million
for a rebuild. That is well overdue because when we were down there, I saw my
name was still scratched in the clubrooms from 1964, so that is well and truly
deserved! We have provided $6 million to fund the Donnybrook and districts
sporting and recreation precinct and $14.9 million to revitalise the Ern
Halliday Recreation Camp in Hillarys, which is a great place. If anyone has not
been there to look at it, go and see the various types of activities that
people can do at that facility in a location that is very close to the city. It
is used by both adults and juniors.
A fortnight ago, I also had the
pleasure of visiting the Kununurra Leisure Centre to announce funding of $3.2 million
for a water playground for the local kids to use. The playground will be free,
and I thank the shire for taking that on. There was quite a lot of community
concern about where it would be located, but in the end the local member, Josie
Farrer, helped out and called a meeting of all the departments up there, as
well as the local shire, and they came to a common agreement about where it
should be located.
The SPEAKER : Minister, you did hear me say yesterday
about cutting the answers short, did you not?
Mr M.P. MURRAY : It has been only three minutes! This is about $3
million in funding, Mr Speaker. It takes a long time to put that on the
ground so that people on the other side can understand!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! I am
listening to this.
Mr M.P. MURRAY : Josie
Farrer worked very hard for the community in Kununurra. We heard some grizzles
about Kununurra a while ago, but the investment of $3 million into that
area for job creation will certainly be welcomed by that area. This will also
benefit kids who play in that area by moving them away from the outskirts of
town where a lot of the social problems exist. It will be tremendous.
The package of $3 million also
includes big-ticket items such as the $30 million commitment to the
redevelopment of the WACA ground, and $16.25 million for the state football
centre in Queens Park—for all those round-ball footballers. This
funding will not only assist sport, but also create jobs on the ground for
tradies, electricians and plumbers—the whole lot who will be there. We
have not heard any grizzles about that in those areas. We are also fast-tracking community sporting and recreation
facilities fund rounds and Lotterywest grants to bring things forward. I know
that the member for Vasse has been grizzling down at her end of the world. She
wants the roads down there fixed, which she did not do herself when she was a government
member during the previous eight years of the Liberal government. She was also at the opening of a facility
containing $400 000 worth of netball courts, and she still whinged ! Some people in this place can never be
satisfied. Does she want the whole budget? She is not going to get it!
outline that. But, firstly, I must thank the member for Girrawheen for her tireless and over-the-top efforts to make
sure that her community is in front of every minister's eyes when it comes to what she needs for that area. Some would say that she is quite
dogged—perhaps that is a bit soft—about her electorate.
The McGowan government's
$300 million investment in community sporting facilities is one of the most
significant in Western Australian sporting history. The benefits will be spread
right across the state. As we know, sport is a major part of the Western Australian
fabric. It gels people together, it allows people to get out and it helps with mental and physical health and every other
thing along the way. It helps families to cope with things such as the
COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, I visited the Kingsway Regional Sporting Complex
with the Premier and the member for Girrawheen to announce funding of over $2.6
million to assist with the development of its community football facilities.
There was a game of soccer on that day and I must say that as we walked around
the corner, it was pleasing to see the Premier get a rock star welcome, with
people yelling out, ''Well done'' for the way he is looking after
Western Australia not only in the area of sport, but as a whole. The effect
that this funding will have on participation in community sport in that area is clear. More kids will be
able to get out in the park, stay active and reconnect with their community. I was also very pleased to see that
when the kids came off the ground, the first thing they did —a
bit different from our day—was run up and wipe their hands with the
hand cleaner. I also saw coaches wiping the balls. Those sorts of things are
really keeping our communities healthy, and I was pleased to see young people
showing an understanding of the current problem.
The funding is not limited to
Kingsway's facilities. As part of Western Australia's COVID-19
recovery plan, the government has invested in sport and community
infrastructure right across the state, including $20 million to kick start a proposed
64-hectare recreation precinct at Kiernan Park in Mundijong for future sports.
This places that area well in front of the game as subdivisions roll out in
that area. I can tell members that this is a much-welcomed development by the
shire out there. I had to be very careful out there again due to COVID when the
shire president wanted to give me a cuddle! The Baldivis indoor recreational
centre has received $10 million, and the Hands Oval in Bunbury has received $5 million
for a rebuild. That is well overdue because when we were down there, I saw my
name was still scratched in the clubrooms from 1964, so that is well and truly
deserved! We have provided $6 million to fund the Donnybrook and districts
sporting and recreation precinct and $14.9 million to revitalise the Ern
Halliday Recreation Camp in Hillarys, which is a great place. If anyone has not
been there to look at it, go and see the various types of activities that
people can do at that facility in a location that is very close to the city. It
is used by both adults and juniors.
A fortnight ago, I also had the
pleasure of visiting the Kununurra Leisure Centre to announce funding of $3.2 million
for a water playground for the local kids to use. The playground will be free,
and I thank the shire for taking that on. There was quite a lot of community
concern about where it would be located, but in the end the local member, Josie
Farrer, helped out and called a meeting of all the departments up there, as
well as the local shire, and they came to a common agreement about where it
should be located.
The SPEAKER : Minister, you did hear me say yesterday
about cutting the answers short, did you not?
Mr M.P. MURRAY : It has been only three minutes! This is about $3
million in funding, Mr Speaker. It takes a long time to put that on the
ground so that people on the other side can understand!
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! I am
listening to this.
Mr M.P. MURRAY : Josie
Farrer worked very hard for the community in Kununurra. We heard some grizzles
about Kununurra a while ago, but the investment of $3 million into that
area for job creation will certainly be welcomed by that area. This will also
benefit kids who play in that area by moving them away from the outskirts of
town where a lot of the social problems exist. It will be tremendous.
The package of $3 million also
includes big-ticket items such as the $30 million commitment to the
redevelopment of the WACA ground, and $16.25 million for the state football
centre in Queens Park—for all those round-ball footballers. This
funding will not only assist sport, but also create jobs on the ground for
tradies, electricians and plumbers—the whole lot who will be there. We
have not heard any grizzles about that in those areas. We are also fast-tracking community sporting and recreation
facilities fund rounds and Lotterywest grants to bring things forward. I know
that the member for Vasse has been grizzling down at her end of the world. She
wants the roads down there fixed, which she did not do herself when she was a government
member during the previous eight years of the Liberal government. She was also at the opening of a facility
containing $400 000 worth of netball courts, and she still whinged ! Some people in this place can never be
satisfied. Does she want the whole budget? She is not going to get it!
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