Government pledges $200m for women’s sport after Matildas success

ABC NEWS (Australia)

$200 million will be invested through the Play Our Way program to improve sporting facilities and equipment for women and girls. Netball Australia chief executive Kelly Ryan welcomes the announcement.

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00:00 Look, we'll always say that there's never, there's always a good opportunity rather to

00:06 invest in women's sports.

00:07 So whether it takes these milestones to actually provoke that interest, so be it.

00:12 We've just got to make sure we do harness the opportunity that sits around these moments.

00:17 Everybody talks about the legacy of key international events.

00:21 This is really stumping up now and walking that talk.

00:24 So we're incredibly pleased and grateful that federal government is using this moment and

00:28 using this momentum, and we only hope that there are many more opportunities that provoke

00:32 this type of conversation and in turn provoke the investment that we're seeing here today.

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