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09-04-2016, 10:01 AM
Underpaid, under-protected: Australian football's women players deserve better
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Australian Rules football is part of Australia's national psyche, but I have to confess I didn't like it at first.
That didn't stop me from going to my first game a few years ago. It was Sydney University and the Balmain Dockers in the grand final of the Sydney women's competition. It was grassroots, it was raw and a hell of a lot of fun.*
SEE ALSO: Great Barrier Reef brought to politicians' doorstep in artful protest (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/coral-reef-parliament-house-australia/)
Fast forward and the Australian Football League (AFL) is launching its first-ever national women's competition (http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-15/eight-teams-named-for-inaugural-womens-league). Women across eight teams will **w have the opportunity to play in those hallowed stadiums from which they've been shut out for so long. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/04/australian-football-women-underpaid/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Australian Rules football is part of Australia's national psyche, but I have to confess I didn't like it at first.
That didn't stop me from going to my first game a few years ago. It was Sydney University and the Balmain Dockers in the grand final of the Sydney women's competition. It was grassroots, it was raw and a hell of a lot of fun.*
SEE ALSO: Great Barrier Reef brought to politicians' doorstep in artful protest (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/coral-reef-parliament-house-australia/)
Fast forward and the Australian Football League (AFL) is launching its first-ever national women's competition (http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-15/eight-teams-named-for-inaugural-womens-league). Women across eight teams will **w have the opportunity to play in those hallowed stadiums from which they've been shut out for so long. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/04/australian-football-women-underpaid/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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