Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I think everybody here can agree that in no sport does Australia dominate like we do in netball— and in no competition do our Australian Diamonds shine like they do in the Netball World Cup. Since 1963 we have won the Netball World Cup 10 out of 13 times. That is over 75 per cent of World Cup titles. That figure would be astonishing in any other sport, but for our Australian Diamonds and our netballers it is just business as usual. We all know about netball's profile in Australia. It has the highest female participation rate of any sport in Australia with 350,000 registered players and an estimated one million players nationwide. It is without doubt a truly grassroots movement, with approximately 80 per cent of games being played at local or state clubs. I hope that in hosting this World Cup we are helping women's sport— (Time expired)