Ms FINOCCHIARO - 2012-11-29
Can you please update the House on the $75 sports vouchers you promised during the election campaign to help Territory families?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, it is great to see some interest in the sports voucher which will assist all Territory families. As we know, Territorians love their sport; there are not secrets there. We have been a very sporting jurisdiction for a long time.
The $75 sports voucher was an election commitment made by this government and one we are determined to deliver on. I am pleased to say the scheme is currently being implemented and Territory schoolchildren will be able to use the vouchers from the start of next year.
This is what it will look like. Every student in the Northern Territory will receive one of these in the mail. Parents and guardians of the students enrolled in regions registered with sporting clubs will receive a voucher and a letter outlining the sports voucher scheme in January 2013. The scheme will kick in from 1 February. All students from preschool to Year 12 will receive the voucher which will be redeemed at registered sporting clubs.
The vouchers can be used to offset registration, insurance, equipment, or uniform purchases required to undertake sport. All government and non-government schoolchildren will be eligible for the voucher whether they are in cities, towns, communities or the bush. If students are enrolled in a region with few or no local sporting associations ...
Mr GUNNER: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Relevance. Could the minister explain how the $75 sports voucher will cover the $2000 Power and Water debt?
Mr ELFERINK: A point of order, Madam Speaker! That was a frivolous point of order.
Madam SPEAKER: That is not a point of order. Please be seated. Minister, you have the call.
Mr CONLAN: It is great to hide behind a frivolous point of order. You need to ask a question yourself. None of them want to ask the question.
If a student is enrolled in a region with few or no local sporting …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr CONLAN: I see, hiding behind interjections. Why do you not ask the question? The worst Treasurer in the history of the Northern Territory is hiding behind interjections. That is all she can do ...
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! I am always one to accept an invitation. So, you never called any point of orders in Question Time in opposition?
Madam SPEAKER: Opposition Leader, please be seated, that is not a point of order. Minister, you have the call.
Mr CONLAN: Thank you, Madam Speaker. I called a number of points of order because there were a number to be called. They were all relevant and succinct to what you were talking about. There were no frivolous points of order from us.
If a student is enrolled in a region with few or no local sporting associations, the $75 voucher will be allocated to their school to support a school council-endorsed sporting initiative program.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the children of the Northern Territory to get involved into sport. That is what it is about. Sport plays a vital role in our community in the NT. It will be rolled out. It meets our 100-day election commitment and will start from 2013.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, it is great to see some interest in the sports voucher which will assist all Territory families. As we know, Territorians love their sport; there are not secrets there. We have been a very sporting jurisdiction for a long time.
The $75 sports voucher was an election commitment made by this government and one we are determined to deliver on. I am pleased to say the scheme is currently being implemented and Territory schoolchildren will be able to use the vouchers from the start of next year.
This is what it will look like. Every student in the Northern Territory will receive one of these in the mail. Parents and guardians of the students enrolled in regions registered with sporting clubs will receive a voucher and a letter outlining the sports voucher scheme in January 2013. The scheme will kick in from 1 February. All students from preschool to Year 12 will receive the voucher which will be redeemed at registered sporting clubs.
The vouchers can be used to offset registration, insurance, equipment, or uniform purchases required to undertake sport. All government and non-government schoolchildren will be eligible for the voucher whether they are in cities, towns, communities or the bush. If students are enrolled in a region with few or no local sporting associations ...
Mr GUNNER: A point of order, Madam Speaker! Relevance. Could the minister explain how the $75 sports voucher will cover the $2000 Power and Water debt?
Mr ELFERINK: A point of order, Madam Speaker! That was a frivolous point of order.
Madam SPEAKER: That is not a point of order. Please be seated. Minister, you have the call.
Mr CONLAN: It is great to hide behind a frivolous point of order. You need to ask a question yourself. None of them want to ask the question.
If a student is enrolled in a region with few or no local sporting …
Members interjecting.
Madam SPEAKER: Order!
Mr CONLAN: I see, hiding behind interjections. Why do you not ask the question? The worst Treasurer in the history of the Northern Territory is hiding behind interjections. That is all she can do ...
Ms LAWRIE: A point of order, Madam Speaker! I am always one to accept an invitation. So, you never called any point of orders in Question Time in opposition?
Madam SPEAKER: Opposition Leader, please be seated, that is not a point of order. Minister, you have the call.
Mr CONLAN: Thank you, Madam Speaker. I called a number of points of order because there were a number to be called. They were all relevant and succinct to what you were talking about. There were no frivolous points of order from us.
If a student is enrolled in a region with few or no local sporting associations, the $75 voucher will be allocated to their school to support a school council-endorsed sporting initiative program.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the children of the Northern Territory to get involved into sport. That is what it is about. Sport plays a vital role in our community in the NT. It will be rolled out. It meets our 100-day election commitment and will start from 2013.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016