Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator McEwen and Senator McLucas, move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes the extraordinary achievements of the Australian Matildas while playing and training under inappropriate work conditions for a world-class sports team;

(b) applauds the Matildas efforts as leaders and role models for young women and all footballers across Australia;

(c) raises concern that, despite this best ever performance by an Australian football team in reaching the quarter finals at a World Cup, they are paid 1/15th of the men’s team, as part-time employees with a full-time commitment, and at a rate below the minimum wage; and

(d) supports strong and fair working conditions for all female Australian athletes.