Archive for September 10th, 2015
Football Federation Australia – double the Matildas’ pay!
Posted by John, September 10th, 2015 - under Strikes, The Matildas.
Tags: Football Federation Australia
Comments: 5
It says a lot about the role of women in Australian society that the Matildas, one of the most successful, if not most successful, international sporting team in Australia at the moment, is paid $21,000 a year, which is about two/thirds of the minimum wage in Australia and about half the poverty line. Women’s soccer in Australia is the 7-Eleven of elite sport.
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Anything but the economy, stupid
Posted by John, September 10th, 2015 - under Uncategorised.
Tags: Abbott government, Bill Shorten, Canning by-election
Comments: none
The two things Tony Abbott has going for him are that the opposition within his party hasn’t coalesced around one candidate, and the Labor Party Opposition has.