Get Active kids voucher program
Mr BRAYNE (Nepean) (19:20): (6385) My adjournment is for the Minister for Community Sport, and the action I seek is for the minister to update my community on the number of Get Active kids vouchers that have been redeemed by households in Nepean. The Get Active kids voucher program was recently extended, providing $12.3 million towards the cost of young people playing sport. As we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and return to doing the things we love, keeping our kids involved in community sports is so vital to their health and wellbeing. But obviously it is not always easy for parents to shell out to buy uniforms and equipment for their kids, and that is why this grant has been so important for families right across the southern peninsula. I have been fortunate to get to know so many clubs in my time in this role: Dromana Cricket Club, Rosebud Cricket Club, Rosebud Soccer Club, Main Ridge Cricket Club—the list goes on and on. I am meeting with Sorrento Cricket and Football Club next week.
I note that this program has been a big help to families across my electorate of Nepean, and this government has time after time shown its commitment to community sports on the southern peninsula, such as through the latest round of the sporting club grants program, which saw several local clubs receive funding. My question to the minister is: how many families in Nepean have received Get Active vouchers, and how has this benefited southern peninsula families?