Gippsland South electorate
Mr D O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (11:42): (2014) My question is to the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events. My question is: how much money is the government giving to the AFL for a Victorian club to play a Victorian home game here in Victoria? The decision to provide the nation’s richest sporting organisation with these funds, reported to be $250 000, will be met with bewilderment by many sporting clubs in my electorate of Gippsland South—clubs such as Nyora Football Netball Club, which is seeking money for new club and change rooms; Foster Basketball Association, which needs to expand its stadium; or the cricket, hockey and baseball clubs and other users at Stevenson Park, which are faced with a shortfall of funds for their planned upgrade to their rooms. Can the minister explain how much less money will be available for these Gippsland sporting clubs as a result of a taxpayer subsidy to the nation’s richest sporting organisation to play a home game in Victoria?