Smartphones and social media are among the modern parenting challenges of our time. Expert evidence shows that excessive screen time and social media can harm the development and mental health of our children.

Labor is investing in programs to help keep South Australian kids off screens and ensure they can live active, healthy and happy lives, where smartphones and social media are not the defining feature of their childhood.

Grassroots sport, like gymnastics, plays a vital role in South Australia. It supports physical health, builds confidence and teamwork, and strengthens local communities by bringing families, volunteers and organisations together.

Gymnastics helps children develop fundamental movement skills such as balance, coordination, strength and flexibility, skills that underpin participation in almost every other sport.

Gymnastics is now the second largest foundation skills sport in South Australia and the second largest sport for girls under the age of 14. With more than 4,000 children currently on waiting lists for programs, and around 70 per cent of clubs reporting waiting lists in the hundreds, too many young South Australians are missing out due to a lack of space and appropriate infrastructure.

That is why a re-elected Malinauskas Labor Government will deliver a new $100 million permanent home for Gymnastics SA, ensuring thousands of South Australian kids and athletes no longer miss out on the chance to tumble, jump and soar.

Labor’s investment will cement South Australia’s position as a national leader in grassroots sport, women’s participation and high-performance pathways, while helping more young people lead healthy, active lives beyond the screen.