Helen Kroger (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Cash and Senator McKenzie, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) recognises that sport is integral to life for so many Australians and that the Australian Government has a strong commitment to supporting and empowering women to be leaders in sport;

(b) acknowledges that netball is the leading participation sport for women and girls in Australia;

(c) congratulates the Australian netball team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, including:

(i) Captain Laura Geitz,

(ii) Caitlin Bassett, Julie Corletto, Shami Layton, Kim Ravaillion, Madi Robinson and Caitlin Thwaites on their maiden Commonwealth Games selections,

(iii) Tegan Caldwell on her debut international selection,

(iv) Bianca Chatfield on returning to the Australian Commonwealth Games team for the first time since 2006, and

(v) Kimberlee Green, Renae Hallinan and Natalie Medhurst;

(d) notes that:

(i) Australia will host the 2015 Netball World Cup in Sydney and the Australian Government has committed $3 million towards Netball Australia to host the event as well as an additional $3 million to support the construction of the Netball Australia Centre of Excellence, and

(ii) Netball Australia also receives approximately $3 million annually from the Government, through the Australian Sports Commission, to support netball high performance programs and increasing participation in the sport;

(e) wishes the Australian netball team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games every success in Glasgow.

Question agreed to.