Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Before moving general business notice of motion No. 221, I also wish to add the names of Senators Rice and Waters to the motion. At the request of Senators Farrell, Green, Rice and Waters, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) recognises that, 40 years after the Matildas first took to the field to play in the World Women's Invitational Tournament in 1978, Football Federation Australia and Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) have delivered a new four-year collective bargaining agreement, which will see the Matildas and Socceroos receive an equal share of revenue, closing the pay gap between Australia's national football teams;

(b) notes that:

  (i) this agreement has been reached after the extensive collective bargaining efforts of female footballers through the PFA, and

  (ii) this is an important step in closing the gender pay gap in professional sport;

(c) notes the current gender pay gap for Australian women is 14% – a statistic which has only decreased by 5% over the past two decades; and

(d) calls on the Federal Government to do more to ensure Australian women are not worse off in any workplace.