House debates
Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Statements by Members
AUSactive Million Moves Challenge
1:51 pm
Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
In Australia, 75 per cent of adults between 18 and 64 do not meet the minimum requirements for a healthy level of physical activity and muscle strengthening. To combat this trend, four electorates went head-to-head in the inaugural AUSactive Million Moves challenge between 1 May and 21 May.
Andrew Leigh (Fenner, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Oh, yes?
Andrew Wallace (Fisher, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Listen to this, member for Fenner. Alongside the member for Wide Bay, who was a champion, the member for Fairfax and the member for Longman, I encouraged the people of Fisher—and people in their electorates—to get out and get active. And they did! Fisher locals led the way, taking out the award for the most active electorate.
A huge thank you to Jetts in Bokarina, Nutrition Warehouse, LSKD, LiFT Strength and Conditioning, Club Pilates in Sippy Downs, Beerwah Golf Club, Caloundra Indoor Stadium, Rackley Swimming Kawana, Caloundra Basketball, NRG Yoga, UBX Caloundra, The Station and so many others for your support. We are hoping to roll this program out to the 151 electorates next year. This is a modern day Life Be In It using tech, and I want to encourage all my parliamentary colleagues next year to keep an eye out for it, because it's really good for us and good for our electorates. It is good for our people to get active. We can't let the member for Fenner win it, as he won the Fit for Office championship. Keep an eye out for it, and let's get into it next year.