Bridget Archer (Bass, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Hawthorn Football Club has made an incredibly positive contribution to the northern Tasmanian community since it first began playing AFL roster and pre-season games back in 2001. Their new partnership with the University of Tasmania will see the two institutions work together to lift educational attainment, develop distinctive new study and research opportunities, and improve health and wellbeing in the region.

I note today the historic memorandum of understanding which the club recently signed with the University of Tasmania. One of the first actions from the MOU will see Hawthorn Football Club's health and wellbeing online platform become a learning destination for the award-winning Children's University. Children's University in Tasmania is administered by the University of Tasmania and currently services over 45 schools and more than 1,000 areas across the state, with a focus on schools in lower socio-economic areas. The partnership between Hawthorn and the University of Tasmania is yet another wonderful learning opportunity for the children involved in this program. I take this opportunity to thank Hawthorn Football Club CEO Justin Reeves and University of Tasmania Provost Professor Jane Long for their initiative and drive in creating opportunities for a better northern Tasmanian community.