Ms SCRYMGOUR - 2011-05-05
Can you please update the House on Budget 2011-12 and how it delivers more sport and recreation opportunities for Territory families?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her very good question. Budget 2011-12 continues this government’s great record on delivering for sport and recreation in the Northern Territory. It was my pleasure to be at Gray Primary School at Palmerston today with some of the representatives from the Palmerston Football Club to look at the work being undertaken there. The new football facilities, two senior ovals and four junior ovals, are going ahead in leaps and bounds, with Norbuilt doing a fantastic job.
That is a very good example of what this government is delivering in Budget 2011-12. We are delivering on election commitments, but also the fantastic social infrastructure for our fastest-growing city in the Northern Territory.
Other great announcements include $2.6m in Budget 2011-12 to stage the Arafura Games. This Saturday is the opening ceremony at TIO Stadium. A big thank you to the 1000 volunteers supporting the Arafura Games.
The V8 Supercars, a fantastic event for the Territory, is getting some well-needed money, along with the Super Bikes; we continue to bring AFL games to the Territory, including Alice Springs; as well as the Rugby League, the Rugby Union - you name it, we bring it to the Territory.
Budget 2011-12 delivers new and improved sport and recreation facilities, not only for Palmerston but right across the Northern Territory. There is $4m for the new squash courts at Marrara sporting precinct, and what a fantastic precinct we have there, thanks to this government.
It is a great budget. It delivers for Territorians; it delivers for sport and recreation.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her very good question. Budget 2011-12 continues this government’s great record on delivering for sport and recreation in the Northern Territory. It was my pleasure to be at Gray Primary School at Palmerston today with some of the representatives from the Palmerston Football Club to look at the work being undertaken there. The new football facilities, two senior ovals and four junior ovals, are going ahead in leaps and bounds, with Norbuilt doing a fantastic job.
That is a very good example of what this government is delivering in Budget 2011-12. We are delivering on election commitments, but also the fantastic social infrastructure for our fastest-growing city in the Northern Territory.
Other great announcements include $2.6m in Budget 2011-12 to stage the Arafura Games. This Saturday is the opening ceremony at TIO Stadium. A big thank you to the 1000 volunteers supporting the Arafura Games.
The V8 Supercars, a fantastic event for the Territory, is getting some well-needed money, along with the Super Bikes; we continue to bring AFL games to the Territory, including Alice Springs; as well as the Rugby League, the Rugby Union - you name it, we bring it to the Territory.
Budget 2011-12 delivers new and improved sport and recreation facilities, not only for Palmerston but right across the Northern Territory. There is $4m for the new squash courts at Marrara sporting precinct, and what a fantastic precinct we have there, thanks to this government.
It is a great budget. It delivers for Territorians; it delivers for sport and recreation.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016