Australia Signs Multimillion Dollar Development Funding Agreement for Pacific Netball.

The following except is from the IFNA website confirming the AUD$2.95 million development agreement between the Australian Government and Oceania Netball.  The agreement was signed by Oceania Netball President Tina Brown and Australia's Federal Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis.

Brown is based at the Oceania headquarters in the Cook Islands.

The funding agreement was signed in Adelaide at the ANZ Championship trans Tasman match between the Adelaide Thunderbirds and New Zealand team Southern Steel in Adelaide, South Australia..

“Sport has the power to bring people together and deliver great health and social development dividends to communities across the world,” Ms Ellis said.  The initial four year partnership will focus on the Oceania Netball Federation’s member federations of Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

It's welcome news and we'll be watching with interests what initiatives are provided to PNG from this resource.

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IFNA link - Netball Secures Million Dollar Partnership to Strenghten the Sport in the Oceania Region
Release from Minister Ellis's Office