Rowville electorate
Mr WELLS (Rowville) (12:48): (1943) The question I wish to raise is for the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events. Minister, when will you notify non-government members of Parliament of the Change Our Game sports grants program, which opened on 17 February? Surely all sporting groups in the community should be informed in enough time to apply for the $10 000 grants on offer regardless of which electorate they are in. In my Rowville electorate there are plenty of cricket clubs, netball clubs and footy clubs in pre-season who would love the chance to promote female participation in their sports and are crying out for support to assist their female players. Understandably, residents in Rowville are angry that they see marginal-seat Labor MPs making Facebook announcements of grants for other electorates that they have not been told about, particularly when there is no media release on the Premier’s website and no tweet or Facebook post from the minister for sport or the Minister for Women and the grant was not newsworthy enough to make the news section of the sport.vic.gov.au website.