I rise to speak on the Sport Legislation Amendment (World Anti-Doping Code Implementation) Bill 2026. I want to start by talking about Australian sport and what sport means to our nation. Australia is one of the greatest sporting nations on Earth, and I think our track record shows that. We really love our sport, not only because of what it does for our country and our community but also because of what it does for our national pride in bringing our country together as a nation and, most of all, the opportunities it brings. As the shadow minister for sport and also the shadow minister for youth and the arts, I know that sport and all the different codes bring a special opportunity for young people when it comes to participation and inclusion as well as when it comes to that very special word, 'opportunity'.

Not everyone is good at STEM—science and maths—and sport delivers an opportunity for young people who may otherwise not have the opportunity to compete or to be good at something to perhaps become a professional or, as in their wildest dreams, to be an Olympian. To be a gold, silver or bronze medallist or even participate at that level is something outstanding that Australians can aspire to. That is why I call sport the great leveller, and I apply that rule also to the arts. It gives to young people that opportunity that they otherwise might not be able to access. Sport also delivers resilience and life lessons. I think that's important, because it builds strength of character. And we do hold our sporting champions in the highest of esteem, even through some of those times when it could be difficult.

I want to rewind a little bit, back to the Olympics in 2000, which was the first time I was privileged enough to go to an Olympics. I think back to when we had the women's four-by-100 relay, and the outcome wasn't what we wanted; we were not successful in that race. But there was that feeling in the stand, the pride that Australians had—and continue to have—in our Olympians, when athletes are able to reach their dream and their goal of attending and competing in an Olympic Games, regardless of the outcome, regardless of whether the outcome was not a good one, as in the four-by-100 women's relay that I was in the stands to watch, or was indeed a great one, as we saw with Cathy Freeman, a gold medallist, in her race. So sport delivers something very special.

Fast-forward to the 2024 Paris Olympics, where our Aussie athletes became our most successful team ever, with 53 medals and a record number of personal bests, which is something very special. One of my favourite Olympics moments was when Kieren Perkins, a great Queenslander, was the defending Olympic champion, and he went on to win gold again in the 1996 Atlanta 1,500-metre freestyle, from lane 8, after being the slowest qualifier for that final. That was a very special time, I'm sure, in Kieren Perkins's life, as it was for all Australians watching him succeed.

Newcastle Knights fans might recognise that situation as well, if there are any in the chamber at the moment, as they came from finishing last one season to actually winning by just one point in the next season—this season, of course. These are remarkable moments of resilience for our sporting history. We never quite know who's going to win the finals, like in the NRL, when the Penrith Panthers—I see the member for Lindsay is here. How many times in a row did they win, Member for Lindsay? I think it was three, wasn't it?