Gisborne football and netball clubs
Ms THOMAS (Macedon—Minister for Health, Minister for Ambulance Services) (09:51): It was brilliant to join members of the Gisborne Rookies Junior Football Netball Club and Gisborne Football Netball Club on Friday for This Girl Can Week. With the Rookies under-14 and under-16 girls teams both taking home premierships this season, I want to congratulate both clubs on a fantastic season. With the help of new female-friendly change rooms constructed with a $600 000 grant from the Andrews Labor government, the two teams now field over 90 women and girls in their footy programs. This just goes to show: build it and they will come, because we know facilities are a huge factor holding women and girls back from trying their hand at team sports. That is why the Andrews Labor government will always back in women and girls to play sport, not just during This Girl Can Week.