SYN 90.7
Women’s AFL: the social issues
The AFL, Australia’s largest football code, announced it would be setting up a women’s league in 2017 on August 16. On the same day, the first ever televised match of women’s football took place at Etihad Stadium, attacting 300,000 viewers Australia wide.
With women’s AFL on the brink of mainstream popularity, reporter Alexander Darling spoke to grassroots footy writer Tamara Rocco about some fo the social issues of women’s football that are set to become more visible along with the sport itself.
Contributors
Category: Audio
Tags: AFL, football, soccer, women's sports
More by Panorama
Strong result for the far-right in German election
Last week’s German election result raises some important questions about the rise of far right politics. Jack Fryer investigates
Parliament house gets fenced off
The lawns of parliament house will soon be off limits to visitors, due to growing concerns about terrorism. Jack Fryer looks into […]
No more secrets: Australia moves against encrypted messaging
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has proposed changes that would make it easier for the government to read encrypted messages. Sarah Ramantanis takes […]
