Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian government has a proud record of investing in community sport projects across Australia, including providing over $100 million for the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program, from which 684 projects have been funded. Two-thousand and fifty applications were submitted, requesting funds of $396 million, reflecting the high demand for this program.

Sport Australia and the government agreed with the four recommendations from the ANAO's review of the awarding of the program funding. Sport Australia has implemented the three recommendations directly relating to them. The Department of Finance is implementing one further recommendation.

As Senator Rice is the deputy chair of this inquiry into this matter it's unacceptable to move this motion before the inquiry has even finished. It demonstrates that this motion is all about politics.