School sport big winner from Federal Budget, little mention of elite sport

The Sporting Schools program has become the big winner in the sports sector of the Federal Budget, with almost $20 million committed for this year and next.The head of the Australian Olympic Committee says the organisation did not want additional fundsThe 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will receive $2.4 million towards setup costs with more to come pending confirmation of State Government contributions.

The Acting CEO of Sport Australia, Rob Dalton, told The Ticket the commitment to the Sporting Schools program was fantastic. "We were really excited … it's a really important program for the Government, for us, where we've had a record number of schools take it up in term 4, so that's a great sign," Mr Dalton said.

Mr Dalton said the downward projection was usual as programs complete their cycle and new programs have not been granted or are yet to re-apply for funding.He says commitment to high-performance sport has already been guaranteed after the delay earlier this year of the Tokyo Olympic Games. "Sport took the view that we weren't asking for any additional investment but if we could just have the level of funding maintained.

A number of Olympic sports are also partners in the Sporting Schools program and Mr Carroll said continued funding was important."Quite a few of the Olympic sports participate in Sporting Schools and apart from the Government's program, the sports themselves are then going into schools with their own development programs."

Great. The elites can pay for their own sh!t. That's a business.

Good.

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