About time! Women in sport and recreation in Australia

6 September 2006

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Committee Membership and Abbreviations	(PDF 149KB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 142KB)
Note on references in this report Conduct of the inquiry

Chapter 2 - Health Benefits of Participation in Sport	(PDF 168KB)
Health care costs Social cohesion Commonwealth and State Government initiatives Findings

Chapter 3 - Grass Roots Participation	(PDF 327KB)
Participation in sport and recreation activities Participation in particular activities Barriers to participation Encouraging girls and young women’s participation Encouraging women’s participation Groups with special needs Concluding remarks

Chapter 4 - Elite Participation	(PDF 244KB)
Recruitment and retention Remuneration Balancing work-life commitments Career pathways Support for elite athletes Need for female role models Other issues Concluding remarks

Chapter 5 - Leadership and Governance	(PDF 242KB)
Boards and leadership roles Findings Coaching, officiating and administrative roles Findings

Chapter 6 - Women’s Sport and the Media	(PDF 244KB)
Introduction Why does women’s sport get so little attention? Gendered coverage of women’s sport Media success: netball in New Zealand Improving coverage of women’s sport: the options Concluding remarks

Appendix 1 - Context of the inquiry	(PDF 141KB)

Appendix 2 - Submissions and Tabled Documents	(PDF 143KB)
Submissions Tabled Documents

Appendix 3 - Public Hearings	(PDF 115KB)

Appendix 4 - Responses to letters sent to state and territory Departments of Education	(PDF 872KB)

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment, Communications and the Arts
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526

Fax: +61 2 6277 5818

Email: ecita.sen@aph.gov.au

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3526
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5818
Email:	ecita.sen@aph.gov.au