{"id":363283,"date":"2025-08-04T15:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=363283"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T05:09:42","slug":"apply-now-for-sports-vouchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/08\/04\/apply-now-for-sports-vouchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply Now For Sports Vouchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34829\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34829\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tim-mander-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34829\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tim-mander-200.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Mander\" width=\"200\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tim-mander-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tim-mander-200-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sport Minister Tim Mander<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 4, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications for the State Government&#8217;s &#8220;Play On!&#8221; sports vouchers opened on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Each voucher is valued up to $200, with every Queensland child and young person aged between five and 17 named on a Medicare card eligible to apply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The vouchers will be available for winter or summer sports, with dedicated allocations for children living with a disability or in country Queensland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sport Minister Tim Mander said the vouchers would help families by alleviating some of the costs of memberships, registration or participation fees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More information is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/recreation\/sports\/funding\/playon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available online<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications for the State Government&#8217;s &#8220;Play On!&#8221; sports vouchers opened on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":278000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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