The Hon. T.A. FRANKS: It is with great pleasure that I get up to support the Hon. Justin Hanson's motion drawing the attention of this council and indeed this parliament to the world's largest roller derby tournament, The Great Southern Slam. It was held in Adelaide between 8 and 10 July this year, 2024, and I had the enormous privilege of joining the Hon. Mr Hanson in viewing some incredibly exciting, exhilarating and entertaining action that weekend.
I echo the congratulations of The Great Southern Slam operations committee and the Adelaide Roller Derby League and board for hosting such a successful event. As they say themselves, The Great Southern Slam is worth all the blood, sweat and tears because it brings them all together to celebrate the best sport in the world. I thank them for their enthusiasm, their passion and, indeed, to quote them, some damn good outfits.
But it is more than just that: we also saw it as a seeding event for international competition, and I look forward to an update from the member who has moved the motion on just how they have gone in Portland at the beginning of this month in terms of the Adelaide Roller Derby division 1 team, the Ads, who placed second in The Great Southern Slam division 1 and the WFTDA Oceania Regional Championships, qualifying for that spot in Portland.
I know the Hon. Mr Hanson brought this motion to this place to raise awareness of what is a wonderful sport—an incredibly feminist, pro-woman, inclusive activity that is a hell of a lot of fun and certainly pretty frightening to watch at times—and in the same way that this nation got behind the Matildas I hope that this state parliament can get behind The Great Southern Slam in years to come. With that, I commend the motion.