Ms McCARTHY - 2007-02-13
Territorians enjoy a great lifestyle. The Martin government has made top quality sport a permanent fixture in the Territory calendar, enhancing our great lifestyle. Can the minister please inform the House on the success of last week’s AFL match between the Bombers and the All Stars?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arnhem for her question. The member should ask the 13 000 Territorians who went to TIO Stadium and enjoyed a fantastic performance by Essendon and the Indigenous All Stars. It was a fantastic game. The Bombers won by 50 points, but I believe the Indigenous All Stars performed very well and made everyone proud of their high level of skill and agility. The Treasurer attended the game and was happy that Essendon won; he was especially happy with the performance of James Hird.
It was not the only entertainment on the day because the AFL had organised an Under 19 South African team to play against an Under 19 Indigenous team. The players and officials were all indigenous. Australia won the game on the day, and I believe the South African players very much enjoyed playing against some of the future AFL stars.
I thank the All Stars, in particular Richard Tambling, Daniel Motlop and Aaron Davey. Together with my colleague, the member for Arafura, they launched a new campaign with the message that violence against women and children is unacceptable in any form. That is a very important message and I am very proud that these three indigenous men, together with Matthew Campbell from Central Australia, were prepared to stand up and tell young people that violence against women and children is totally unacceptable. I thank Costa Karaolias from my department who put this campaign together.
It was a great match, a great day, great weather, a very well behaved crowd and there was good traffic management. For the first time, the Dante Road exit operated, which provided relief to the sometimes very chaotic traffic we experience at this type of event. As my colleague said, we have a great lifestyle and that, matched with a great economy, means we will continue to enjoy these fantastic events that the Territory Labor government brings to Territorians.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arnhem for her question. The member should ask the 13 000 Territorians who went to TIO Stadium and enjoyed a fantastic performance by Essendon and the Indigenous All Stars. It was a fantastic game. The Bombers won by 50 points, but I believe the Indigenous All Stars performed very well and made everyone proud of their high level of skill and agility. The Treasurer attended the game and was happy that Essendon won; he was especially happy with the performance of James Hird.
It was not the only entertainment on the day because the AFL had organised an Under 19 South African team to play against an Under 19 Indigenous team. The players and officials were all indigenous. Australia won the game on the day, and I believe the South African players very much enjoyed playing against some of the future AFL stars.
I thank the All Stars, in particular Richard Tambling, Daniel Motlop and Aaron Davey. Together with my colleague, the member for Arafura, they launched a new campaign with the message that violence against women and children is unacceptable in any form. That is a very important message and I am very proud that these three indigenous men, together with Matthew Campbell from Central Australia, were prepared to stand up and tell young people that violence against women and children is totally unacceptable. I thank Costa Karaolias from my department who put this campaign together.
It was a great match, a great day, great weather, a very well behaved crowd and there was good traffic management. For the first time, the Dante Road exit operated, which provided relief to the sometimes very chaotic traffic we experience at this type of event. As my colleague said, we have a great lifestyle and that, matched with a great economy, means we will continue to enjoy these fantastic events that the Territory Labor government brings to Territorians.
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