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Appendix 3
Answers to questions
Mr Tim Lane (Hansard
p.37)
Public hearing 27 March
2009 Melbourne – Questions on notice
Senator FARRELL—Just on this question of whether
there would be enough league footballers from Tasmania to make up a team, it is
my impression that there are probably more Northern Territorians playing in the
AFL than there are Tasmanians at the moment. Would you be able to find out that
information easily for us?
Mr Lane—Those numbers would be readily available,
and you could be right. There are more, I think I could say accurately, from
the Northern Territory now on AFL lists than there are Tasmanians.
Senator FARRELL—Would we be able to get those
figures? Would you be able to provide them to the committee?
Mr Lane—Yes, I could do that.
Answers provided by Mr Lane (received 04/06/09)
Based on a quick check of current AFL lists
(informally gathered, but pretty accurate figures), there are 26 players from
the Northern Territory currently on AFL team lists and 25 players from
Tasmania.
It might be worth adding that there are nine
Tasmanians who are members of club coaching panels – i.e. people of considerable
experience, who continue to apply their knowledge to clubs in the AFL – and to
the best of my knowledge there are none from the Northern Territory.
AFL – Mr Phil Martin
Received 19 June 2009 – Questions placed on notice by the committee
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RRAT
Committee - With reference to the evidence of Mr McLachlan to the RRAT
Committee on how Tasmania might have a team in the AFL: "When and how that
comes about I don't think anyone knows", what were the opportunities for
Tasmania “in the next three or four years” in the AFL which were referred to by
Premier Bartlett at the joint press conference with Mr Demetriou on 1 April
2009?
AFL
- We think it is more appropriate to ask the Tasmanian Premier, Mr Bartlett, as
to what he meant by the comments he made. It is not appropriate for the AFL to
answer on behalf of the Tasmanian Premier.
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RRAT
Committee - Given the comments of Mr Demetriou at the joint press conference
with Premier Bartlett on 1 April 2009 regarding the potential relocation of a
team to Tasmania :
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what
barriers exist which might prevent such a relocation;
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has
the AFL Commission or its officers discussed or considered the relocation of
any team to Tasmania as a viable option;
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has
the AFL Commission or its officers discussed any such options with the
Tasmanian Government and if so when, and with whom;
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does
the AFL Commission or its officers believe that any team currently in its
competition is potentially not viable financially, administratively or both;
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would
a lack of such viability be grounds to relocate any team?.
AFL
- The comments were based on whether an AFL team did seek to relocate at
some stage in the future – and Mr Demetriou said he could not forecast what
might happen in the future or not speak for what might happen at a future date.
Any decision on relocation is a matter for the individual AFL clubs – not for
the AFL – but we do not believe any AFL team is currently discussing the
possibility of relocation. We have consistently said that we believe there is
room for 10 clubs in Melbourne.
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RRAT
Committee - Given the recent comments made by the AFL Commission on delaying
the potential start up date for a Western Sydney team to 2012 and on the
reported interest from the A.C.T. to base some home games from a Western
Sydney/ACT team in Canberra, can the AFL Commission provide the latest
information on the proposed Western Sydney team? What are the reasons for the
apparent delay to the start up date? Who are the people or entities that the
AFL is expecting to organise and run such a team?
AFL
- There has been no delay to the start-up date for a Western Sydney team. Our
target dates remains a 2011 entry for the Gold Coast team into the AFL
competition and a 2012 entry into the AFL competition for a team based in the
Greater West of Sydney. All our planning is based on that timetable and that
timetable has not been altered.
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RRAT
Committee - Can the Committee be supplied with participation figures for
Western Sydney, Gold Coast and Tasmania for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 both
including and excluding Auskick participants. Can the Committee be supplied
with the names of the teams and the age grounds in which those teams were
fielded in each of those regions (whether playing in or outside those regions)
and for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.
AFL
- We have attached the state participation figures for NSW, Queensland and
Tasmania. The names of the individual clubs in each area is something we will
need to seek from the state bodies in those states.
NSW/ACT
Total participation: 113, 346. Total participation minus NAB AFL Auskick
77,344.
Queensland total
participation is 97,917. Total Participation Minus NAB AFL Auskick = 69,922.
Tasmanian total
participation is 33,454. Total Participation Minus NAB AFL Auskick = 24,100.
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RRAT
Committee - What does the AFL believe were the reasons the Tasmanian state wide
league failed in its previous incarnation? What has changed to give confidence
that the newly constituted state wide league will be successful.
AFL
- The feedback from AFL Tasmania was that there didn’t appear to be statewide
support from the clubs in the earlier iteration. The view from AFL Tasmania
this time is that they have the buy-in from clubs across the state to make it
work and that in order to build football in Tasmania a strong pathway is needed
for young Tasmanians to play at the highest possible level.
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