Report - Inquiry into women in sport and recreation in Australia

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• Langue: English
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The Senate




Environment, Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts
References Committee
About time!
Women in sport and recreation in Australia






September 2006
' Commonwealth of Australia 2006
ISBN 0 642 71708 7























This document was printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra
Committee membership
Members:
Senator Andrew Bartlett (AD, QLD) (Chair)
Senator Judith Adams (LP, WA) (Deputy Chair)
Senator Kate Lundy (ALP, ACT)
Senator Gavin Marshall (ALP, VIC) (to 11 August 2006)
Senator the Hon. Michael Ronaldson (LP, VIC)
Senator Ruth Webber (ALP, WA) (from 11 August 2006)
Senator Dana Wortley (ALP, SA)

















Committee Secretariat
Dr Ian Holland, Secretary
Mr Peter Short, Principal Research Officer
Mrs Dianne Warhurst, Executive Assistant

Committee Address
S1.57 Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Internet: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/ecita_ctte/index.htm
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Committee membership ................................................................................... iii
Abbreviations ................................................................................................... vii
Chapter 1 - Introduction ....................................................................................1
Note on references in this report ............................................................................2
Conduct of the inquiry............................................................................................2
Chapter 2 - Health Benefits of Participation in Sport.....................................5
Health care costs.....................................................................................................7
Social cohesion10
Commonwealth and State Government initiatives...............................................11
Findings ................................................................................................................13
Chapter 3 - Grass Roots Participation............................................................15
Participation in sport and recreation activities .....................................................15
Participation in particular activities......................................................................24
Barriers to participation........................................................................................28
Encouraging girls and young women’s participation ...........................................34
Encouraging women’s participation .....................................................................40
Groups with special needs....................................................................................45
Concluding remarks..............................................................................................56
Chapter 4 - Elite Participation.........................................................................57
Recruitment and retention57
Remuneration .......................................................................................................59
Balancing work-life commitments .......................................................................63
Career pathways ...................................................................................................65
Support for elite athletes.......................................................................................66
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Need for female role models ................................................................................69
Other issues...........................................................................................................72
Concluding remarks..............................................................................................75
Chapter 5 - Leadership and Governance .......................................................77
Boards and leadership roles..................................................................................77
Findings ................................................................................................................89
Coaching, officiating and administrative roles.....................................................90
Findings95
Chapter 6 - Women’s Sport and the Media....................................................97
Introduction ..........................................................................................................97
Why does women’s sport get so little attention? ..................................................98
Gendered coverage of women’s sport.................................................................104
Media success: netball in New Zealand .............................................................105
Improving coverage of women’s sport: the options............................................107
Concluding remarks............................................................................................114
Appendix 1 - Context of the inquiry..............................................................117
Appendix 2 - Submissions and Tabled Documents......................................119
Submissions........................................................................................................119
Tabled Documents..............................................................................................121
Appendix 3 - Public Hearings ........................................................................123
Appendix 4 - Responses to letters sent to state and territory
Departments of Education .............................................................................127

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Abbreviations
ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACE Athlete Career and Education
ACHPER Australian Council for Health Physical, Education and Recreation
AFL Australian Football League
AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
AIS Australian Institute of Sport
ANPA Australian Netball Players’ Association
AOC Australian Olympic Committee
APC Australian Paralympic Committee
ASC Australian Sports Commission
ASTRA Australian Subscription Television & Radio Association
AWRA Australian Womensport and Recreation Association
AWU Australian Workers’ Union
CALD culturally and linguistically diverse
CBT Commonwealth Bank Trophy (netball)
CHD coronary heart disease
COAG Council of Australian Governments
DAS Direct Athlete Support
ERASS Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey
FIFA FØdØration Internationale de Football Association
FFA Football Federation Australia
IOC International Olympic Committee
LTC long term health condition
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NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
NIDDM non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
NSO National Sporting Organisation
OfW Office for Women
PGA Professional Golfers Association
SEIFA socio-economic index for areas
SES socioeconomic status
SPARC Sport and Recreation New Zealand
WNBA Women’s National Basketball Association
WWDA Women with Disabilities Australia












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Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 On 29 March 2006, the Senate asked the Environment, Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts References Committee to conduct an inquiry
into women in sport and recreation in Australia, for report by the first sitting day of
September 2006. On 15 August 2006 the Senate granted the Committee an extension
of time to report to 6 September 2006.
1.2 The terms of reference were to inquire into women in sport and recreation in
Australia, with particular reference to:
(a) the health benefits of women participating in sport and recreation
activities;
(b) the accessibility for women of all ages to participate in organised sport,
fitness and recreation activities, with additional reference to state and
federal programs, including:
(i) the number of women actively participating in organised sport,
fitness and recreation activities,
(ii) characteristics of women not participating in organised sport,
fitness and recreation activities (including, for example, socio-
economic strata, age, women with a disability, Indigenous or
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) women),
(iii) constraints, including strategies to overcome the constraints that
may prevent these women from participating,
(iv) the effectiveness of current state and federal grant programs that
encourage women to participate,
(v) the retention and attrition trends of grassroots participation,
including comparisons with male athletes at a similar level,
(vi) the remuneration, recruitment, retention and attrition of elite <