Page 3549 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 18 September 2019
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in the sport, would be adversely affected without the determination, and also that it is in the public interest that the contribution be made as a community purpose contribution.
MRS KIKKERT: Minister, how many applications or approaches have been made for an exemption?
MR RAMSAY: One.
MR PARTON: Minister, is there a cap on how many exemptions may be granted?
MR RAMSAY: No.
Clubs—community contributions
MR WALL: My question is to the minister for regulatory services, or it may be in his capacity as Attorney-General; it depends how he chooses to identify on this one. Minister, on 28 August in the CityNews former Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said:
The new arrangements in relation to community contributions also clearly discriminate on the basis of sex.
In light of the concerns in the broader community that these new arrangements discriminate on the basis of sex, will you be reviewing the decision to exclude men’s “professional” sport from the community contributions scheme?
MR RAMSAY: For clarification, and for the edification of members opposite, that is actually a matter of policy; therefore it sits with me as Attorney-General. It might be good for the opposition to understand at times the distinction between policy and regulation—that is okay, as they get there, as they understand the way the government works.
There has been a longstanding government policy providing incentives and support to promote women’s sport. That existed under the previous form of the community contributions scheme. There is no intention to review the current form that has been enacted and that has been in effect since 1 July.
MR WALL: Minister, why has the government introduced a policy that discriminates on the basis of sex?
MR RAMSAY: We have not.
MS CHEYNE: Minister, how do the changes to the scheme improve it?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Ms Cheyne for the supplementary question. It is an important question when we come to the area of community contributions, noting that there has been significant debate in this place about why it is that the reforms were happening and noting that there had been a report by PWC and there had been a report by the
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