Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Communications) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Brockman, for your question. As the Minister for Sport, teamwork makes the dream work. That means that federal, state and local governments and sporting organisations are all going to have to work together to achieve our dream to be the most active and healthy nation known internationally for our integrity and our sporting success.

Earlier this month, I released Sport 2030, which is a comprehensive strategy to increase participation across this nation in sport and physical activity, to refocus our high-performance effort across the country so that we ensure sporting excellence, strengthen our sports industry and safeguard our integrity in sport. What we want to see, as the Australian government, is more Australians more active more often, and not just because it's fun. The cost of inactivity across the country is $13 billion, and 80 per cent of young Australians are not getting enough physical activity for health benefits. It's good for your physical health, mental health and social cohesion. We've set an ambitious target to decrease physical inactivity by 15 per cent.

We're looking forward to receiving a business case from the AIS to redevelop and focus them as a 21st century high-performance institute meeting the needs of our elite athletes. We want to safeguard the integrity of sport, and we're considering the recommendations brought down by Justice Wood on sports integrity, wanting to minimise the disruption and the influence of organised crime and match fixing, not just at the elite but at the subelite level. He made 52 recommendations, which we're considering in detail. It's a comprehensive plan, and I look forward to working with the states to achieve it.