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Milligan wants a big screen for Matildas’ winter games

LIBERAL sport spokesman James Milligan is calling on the ACT government to support the Women’s World Cup Soccer with a big screen in Civic for Canberrans to watch the Australia games in July.

“It is disappointing that the chief minister decided not to bring any games to the ACT, but many members of the community that I speak with, especially at grassroots level, are wanting to support our fantastic Matildas,” Milligan said.

“Providing a space and a big screen for members of the community to gather and cheer on the Matildas would be a great way for Canberra to show our support.

“We saw recently with the Men’s World Cup a large number of Canberrans converge on Civic Square to watch Australia play Argentina.”

The Matildas take on Ireland on July 20, then Nigeria on Thursday July 27 and and Canada, July 31.

July, usually Canberra’s coldest month, has an average maximum daytime temperature of 12°C and a minimum average of 2.2°C.

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2 Responses to Milligan wants a big screen for Matildas’ winter games

Mathew Richards says: 21 April 2023 at 3:58 pm

I wanted games in Canberra as we did in the 2000 Olympics, Full stadium , I know I and my kids attended, But no this Labor government is bereft of promoting and investing in Canberra, well if you think the $4m for four AFL games and a very expensive upgrade to the Canberra Theatre is going to attract the same world wide audience, you are kidding yourselves. But hey we do have a new bright and shiny light rail system, like that is going to get people to come to Canberra…

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Heftyoldcow says: 21 April 2023 at 6:04 pm

For once I agree with a liberal spokesperson. So disappointing that the ACT government did not fight, no, stand up and demand for games to be played here. Especially given local interest, the number of Matildas and players of other countries national teams who have passed through Canberra United and the thousands of ACT kids playing football right now, compared to funds spent on AFL and on environmentally, ecologically unsustainable ice hockey (for crying out loud) – how many kids play that?
Perhaps we could just ensure that the matches are shown live on Free to Air TV and not streamed. That would be an equitable start.

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