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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 10 Hansard (18 October) . . Page.. 3207 ..
Ms Tucker asked the Chief Minister, upon notice, on 30 August 2000:
In relation to any free tickets given by the ACT Government to Olympic Games Football matches being held in Canberra:
(1) what are the names of each person given a free ticket;
(2) if the person was representing an organisation, what is the name of the organisation;
(3) for which games were tickets provided to those persons;
(4) and for what reason; and
(5) what is the total value of the free tickets provided by the Government if they had been sold to the general public.
Ms Carnell: The answer to the member's question is as follows:
The ACT Government has offered a free ticket to Olympic Games Football matches being held in Canberra to individuals in the following groups of persons:
- Children performing in the Gala Ceremony on 13 September 2000. Approximately 1400 children are performing in the Gala Ceremony and each has been provided with a free ticket to any other night of Football in Canberra. The children were students from a variety of primary and secondary schools throughout the ACT. These tickets were Category C tickets, worth $19 each. Names of each of the 1400 children who performed are only available through each school involved. These tickets were provided as a thank you to the children who each dedicated much time and effort towards rehearsals and the very successful performance.
- SOCOG Volunteers working at the Canberra Olympic Football matches. This is a total of 462 people. These tickets were again Category C tickets worth $19 each. These tickets have been distributed through SOCOG so details of names have not been provided to the ACT Government. These tickets were provided as incentive and reward to the Volunteers who have each committed many hours to the success of the tournament.
- Volunteers working at each of the ACT Olympic Torch celebration sites. This is a total of 185 people, sourced through Apex, Rotary, Lions Club, Woden Valley Youth Choir, Canberra Youth Theatre and the ADFA Precision Drill Team. Names of these volunteers are only available through these organisations. They were provided with Category C tickets worth $19 each. Again, these tickets were provided as incentive and reward to volunteers who have freely committed their time to make these celebrations a success.
- School children who performed at each Olympic Torch celebration site in the ACT. This is a total of 437 children, representing 12 different primary and secondary schools throughout Canberra. These tickets were Category C tickets, worth $19 each. Names of each of the children are only available through each school involved. These tickets were provided as a thank you to the children for their time and effort involved in very successful performances.
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