Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

To move:

That the Senate calls on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to maintain its broadcasts of West Australian Football League (WAFL) games, recognising:

  (a)   the widespread following of the WAFL, domestically in Western Australia quite separate from the Australian Football League;

  (b)   the WAFL has extensive and far reaching support throughout regional and remote areas of the state;

  (c)   that Australian football, our indigenous game, has a special place within our Indigenous communities and is an ideal vehicle to engage Indigenous students in school;

  (d)   the WAFL provides development opportunities for emerging talent in a range of skills and industries; and

  (e)   the WAFL instils a sense of community pride in the players place of origin.