Page 2794 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 29 June 2011
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I would draw the parallel with Tasmania, which has gone that extra step in their ambitious agenda called “Tasmania together”, which has extensive lists of measurable targets that it has set. On childhood participation in sport and recreation, it has a baseline figure of 59.1 per cent of all children being engaged in sport and recreation. From there it sets five-yearly incremental improvement targets. In 2010 it aimed for a 15 per cent increase, which would take it to a 67 per cent participation rate. Then by 2015, another 15 per cent increase, taking it to 78 per cent and by 2020 a further 10 per cent increase, taking it to 85 per cent.
That is an ambitious target but it is the kind of strategic planning and reporting that I think governments should do and that I would urge the ACT government adopt to really put the icing on the cake on what I think is a very good document already.
Of course, the ACT government website Measuring Our Progress does adopt this kind of approach. I think the website is a good example of the kind of thing that I am talking about. One of the measures there is the adult participation rate in physical activity for exercise, recreation and sport in the ACT. This is the 23rd of 28 indicators that the government reports on through the website. I will table a copy of that graph, with the leave of members.
Leave granted.
MR RATTENBURY: I table the following paper:
Participation in sport and physical recreation—Measuring Our Progress Website as at 28 June 2011.
What that graph shows is the time line historical trend in the ACT. I think this is the sort of measure that we need when it comes to this 2020 vision document. I take a specific example from the graph that I have just tabled. I would like to urge the government, firstly, to broaden the scope of that indicator from measuring only those who are over 15 years of age to include children as well and then directly to use this data to monitor the effectiveness of the strategic sport plan.
I think that is but one example. There are a range of other possible areas where we could provide concrete indicators of whether we are making progress. Some of the things could be childhood obesity figures, the number of people commuting to work on a bike, the number of children walking or riding bikes to school—perhaps even, one of my personal favourites, the number of people using Lake Burley Griffin for sport or recreation.
I particularly mention this one because I do note that unfortunately—I think it is under strategic priority No 6, where we talk about creating a national sporting capital—the poor old lake has not rated a mention. Of course, I entirely concur with the intent of strategic priority No 6 and probably all of the points under it. They are talking about seeing Canberra as a national sporting capital and having the city seen as a premium sporting designation for major events, participation in recreational festivals and conferences.
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