Its just it can be overwhelming but I hope it can be rewarding too and youll youll see absolutely the changes. They came away from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last year with some pretty sobering data. They would have a budget over a four year cycle and they would then work alongside the Department of Sport and Rec to oversee policy. You know the cricket team and others. Yes absolutely and weve covered them here on WiSP Sports going back to whats on your desk now. [00:34:19] And how about the increase in female coaches. Now we didnt see an increase in broadcasting of womens professional sport on Foxtel over that time and there was definitely some rattling of cans and people saying hang on a second. [00:22:49] Well why doesnt the UCI the governing body say if you want to hold a rice race licence you have to broadcast X amount and you have to provide the footage and everyone would pass the buck and say its not their job. You have to work with people of varying abilities different types and motivations and you have to rally them all you have to have a plan and b c and d when things dont go your way. It has the largest population and the City of Melbourne as its capital has a barometer Metro Melbourne has a population of around six million. She rode 46.882 kilometres, exceeding the distance set by Molly Shaffer Van Houweling the previous September by 609 metres. and theres been so such a lack of diverse thinking that you know these people generally all the same age that probably went to school together and so by by asking them to have a quota and bring women in. We know that not all violence against women is due to environments that people grow up in but it all starts from a lack of respect. O'Donnell said her primary education was also unique, going to the Blackall Range Independent School, which shunned traditional classroom education and held many lessons run by parents. Or you can post your comments on our social media at Facebook Instagram and Twitter or LinkedIn. And its amazing what it is to be constantly comparing yourselves to world champions because firstly you have to learn to deal disappointment on a regular basis but what it also does is it actually really reframes your way of thinking about well what can what do I need to do to perform. [00:27:46] And so I would say that the London Paralympics was probably the best broadcast and profiled Paralympics weve seen and as you know so much investment went into the campaign that amazing ADVERTISEMENT Whether you loved it or not it was memorable in reminding us of the extraordinary abilities of all of those athletes that were going to Paralympics. [00:26:32] No absolutely thats a copout. So it actually wasnt until I was in my second year of medical school I went straight into medical school out of high school and I started doing a triathlon. [00:02:16] I began by asking Bridie how the organisation came about. When people talk about the sacrifices required of women in sport, they rarely consider body image and physical health, but if my years in the professional peloton taught me anything, its that this problem requires a far greater level of understanding and care. The citation noted Dr O'Donnell's extensive work as a physician, professional athlete and gender equality expert, becoming the inaugural Director of the Victorian Government's Office for Women in Sport and Recreation . At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she worked in the Industry Recovery Group of Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, and was then appointed Executive Director for the Public Events Team. You have to work with people of varying abilities different types and motivations and you have to rally them all you have to have a plan and b c and d when things dont go your way. From 2013-2016, Bridie also managed and raced for Rush Womens Team, a National Road Series cycling team in Australia. You are my reputation as a sporting nation but just to give a little bit about Graham Brady is to your sporting history because youve been very involved with sport actively as a triathlete and then as a cyclist. They could do it five years ago they would probably struggle and so well I think we need to determine the barriers. Inwardly, I shook my head contemplating the likely osteoporosis resulting from her weight loss, the amenorrhoea and the malnutrition. There and can use those facilities and feel part of a club. You know theres this myth that oh lets just train more women lets give them coaching courses lets educate them. That photograph was circulated by a very well-known AFL photographer here Michael Wilson whos received awards for the photo. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. Eighty five per cent of those women were new women. Peggy ONeil shes the president of the Richmond Football Club here the first woman to be president of an AFL club which is no mean feat and certainly as an outsider to a non Australian. So I was appointed after a very long process. So they have funded a national program around women in leadership and coaching theyve basically selected 16 scholarship holders from all over the country and are cultivating those. We venture into the book with an excerpt from Chapter 7, where ODonnell recounts what she saw when she headed to Europe to race for an Italian team in 2010. There are still definitely haters and trolls and people who are abusive. Instead of a ring, he had a necklace made for the proposal. So whilst we do have a reputation of being healthy and bronzed and tanned were in fact you know I think we have the third highest rate of childhood obesity in the world behind the US and Mexico. Theyre powerful for women and theyre equally powerful for boys and men. Search Log In Sign Up We want fans to experience those games because that then also leads to TV viewership and that if youve never been to a WNBA game or at Suncorp if Nepal or if I thought w the atmosphere is wonderful and very family friendly nowhere near the same levels of aggression and violence. Now if we come back to Australia and we look at the WB ls a great example we have the fourth season of The Womens Big Bash. [00:29:01] I would imagine on your To Do list we do have a huge agenda and we have just a small team but we but theyre terrific. But we also need the networks to to buy into it too because at the end of the day everybody benefits if they have the foresight to invest in it at whatever level. Weve seen as we said three seasons of AFL W and yet in this third season 0 teams of the 10 were coached by women which is mind boggling. [00:37:23] It doesnt all have to look the same way but no one is fully prepared for her job. Womens educations and capabilities are not a problem. And weve seen more than one women a week killed by her former husband or intimate partner which is a devastating statistic in this country that we need and we are working very hard to remedy. Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old? And look were winning the mens ashes too. I was one of 70 who applied and one of 12 who got selected to be part of a testing programme. As long as many more episodes of different shows we have now over a thousand episodes and a global audience reach now of more than three million. It blew my mind. After rotating through various Medical and Surgical departments as part of junior residency she moved to Melbourne in 2001. Weve had a multibillionaire man invest in the NBL here and he owns the league and a couple of teams but no multibillionaire is common said. We have 17 per cent of school aged children are getting the required amount of physical exercise every day of one hour one hour of movement and only 17 percent of kids are getting it. in Queensland to help to help them fast track their board quotas in whatever form it they are helping them learn for our from our mistakes and our lessons. Im Chris Stafford. Now shes a young AFL footballer playing for Carlton who has not only incredible strength and agility but she has this kicking style thats very characteristic for her. Thank you so much for having me on. How did that organization come about when did it get its funding. Shes very thoughtful and contemplative but shes extremely powerful. Number two increasing the number of girls and women but mostly women in leadership positions in sport more CEOs but even more importantly more umpires coaches referees visible leadership of women on fields with whistles telling people what to do is an extraordinarily powerful debunking of this myth that women dont know how to rally a team or they dont know how to be harsh or they dont know how to be assertive and firm or they dont know how to bring together twenty five guys to get them to do something thats thats a complete myth as we all know. You know we had yes we had the Olympics in 1956 we had the Sydney Olympics in 2000 we were one of the first countries in the world to have an institute of sport. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Or you can post your comments on our social media at Facebook Instagram and Twitter or LinkedIn. But the 41-year-old former Mapleton woman this week broke the world hour record, riding 46.882 kilometres in 60 minutes 609 metres further than the existing record. Equally with Sydney in this country and the population of Victorias about eight and a half million and we have 115 now. On 22 January 2016 O'Donnell broke the Womens UCI Hour Record at the Adelaide Super-Drome. 2018 saw ODonnell publish Life and Death, a memoir detailing her experiences as a cyclist in Europe. Thats a powerful image of a man who knows her sport. And when Peggy talks people listen. My pleasure. O'Donnell went on to attend All Hallow's School in Brisbane, then gained a medical degree at the University of Queensland. And the idea around comparison is actually incredibly unhelpful and quite ignorant by a lot of commentators. Bridie O'Donnell's recent post did not go down well with many AFL fans. I really do appreciate it. Her years on the road as a cyclist taught ODonnell a lot, including the importance of a good nights sleep. Once, an Aussie teammate had to be given a break from racing to allow her to gain some weight. How we overcome this hurdle of you know challenging the networks to make this free to air and satisfying the sponsors and getting the coverage that women need in the media. [00:05:55] Well I was active as a kid but I wasnt good at anything and we certainly had a bit of a culture of high achievement when it comes to sport and particularly we know this from from the data that girls who are really great at sport get supported and cultivated not only by their parents but by coaches by schools. And interestingly the response by the AFL media was to remove the photo and then the Internet responded even more vociferously people in support of her and of womens sport by saying this is not the solution removing womens images from public spaces is not the way to silence critics. And it has been outstanding and we are now supporting New Zealand South Australia W.A. During her residency she was a rower and then an iron man triathlete and finished theq Ironman highway world championship in 2006. There was no chance I could have been a lightweight; I was too tall with healthy but heavy muscle mass that would have required me to radically transform my eating habits. And she said if thats how theyre talking about me on social media what are they. [00:34:24] So theres a couple of prongs to this attack if you like. I mean being an elite athlete and representing your country or being the best in the world is such an incredibly privileged little bubble to live in. Bridie O'Donnell Net Worth Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. But I did really well and I was ridiculously ambitious and I joined a triathlon squad and then I took a year out of med school like a gap year if you like and I thought to myself yep OK I want to go to the Olympics in Olympic distance triathlon but this was in an era when the Jones Emma Carney Jackie Gallagher Loretta Harrop like the best women triathletes in the world were all in Queensland. And what Im asking them to do is think differently about something and that can be for some of them deeply threatening. Posted on July 26, 2021 by July 26, 2021 by And I think also our sporting nature nation culture is a bit is a bit mythical. Yeah theyve just won the Ashes they won the World Cup. Her argument would be that all those smaller concerns over her long-term health could be dealt with later in life. 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Six years of med school was helpful but actually following around the senior doctor and thinking Okay heres what being a surgeon involves. Brady thank you so much for taking time to come on the show today. [00:18:32] That photograph was circulated by a very well-known AFL photographer here Michael Wilson whos received awards for the photo. Less than 10 per cent of the coaches of all teams at the Commonwealth Games were women and worse than that. And so whilst were not where we need to be in terms of pay equality and the number of women in leadership positions and the doors that are open to girls and women of all abilities and all genders and all racial backgrounds we are certainly much in a much better position than we have been even two years ago. Eighty five per cent of those women were new women. Its not life and death. So it had both sides of politics supporting the inquiry and it was chaired by an American. The Silver Ferns where were sitting and we also saw and Im sure this photograph reached across the world is the photograph of Taylor Harris That was the most glorious examination and image of a woman kicking sheet. Then, in her mid-30s, O'Donnell made the sharp pivot to professional cycling, a field where she. While working in Intensive Care and studying for physician exams, Bridie competed first in rowing . And I do find myself thinking that a lot whatever work Im doing I think you know what Ive been in a worse situation than this. "After spending all that time training and learning how to ride a track bike, the actual night unfolded amazingly smoothly, and was just a wonderful feeling of elation and satisfaction afterwards," she said. She represented Australia at three Road World Championships and broke the UCI Womens Hour World Record in 2016, riding 46.882km at the Adelaide Superdrome. [00:34:51] So they have funded a national program around women in leadership and coaching theyve basically selected 16 scholarship holders from all over the country and are cultivating those. "A German mother taught the German language, a surgeon parent taught anatomy by cutting up ox's hearts, and we learnt music three times a week from another parent," she said. We want fans to experience those games because that then also leads to TV viewership and that if youve never been to a WNBA game or at Suncorp if Nepal or if I thought w the atmosphere is wonderful and very family friendly nowhere near the same levels of aggression and violence. So theyve actually done skill ordered some of them quite formally and others more informally and theyve diversified their boards and they have more young people for example or they have a parent whos really invested in the sport but has never had any opportunity to have a voice in her organisation. Your email address will not be published. Best of 2016: Bridie O'Donnell's world record breaking hour in photos, The stories behind the stories: CyclingTips editors share their favorite articles of 2016 and why, The women's world hour record climbs again: Evelyn Stevens rides 47.98 km, Beyond fitness: What it takes for a world hour record attempt. So the other another problem them for example is the AFL. O'Donnell set the record at the the Adelaide Super-Drome, which is a far cry from her family house in Obi Obi Valley, where her family lived off-the-grid. In 2016, she became the first Australian woman to make an attempt on the UCI World Hour record in 15 years, setting a new world record of 46.882km at the Adelaide Superdrome. Its where May speaking it you know over 120 events panels conferences et cetera in the last 18 months supports that is driving that message home that leadership can look different. During her residency she was a rower and then an Ironman triathlete, and finished the Ironman Hawaii World Championships in 2006. ODonnell put hercareer as a medical doctor on hold and spent her mid-30s chasing the dream of representing her country and racing her bike in Europe among the best in the world. And what was what followed was a real a real moment in time because of revolting abuse ensued of people sort of objectifying and making really disgusting sexist comments about her about the physical position she was in. And one of the things that were actually really reassured. I was good but just never great enough to represent my country. Now we didnt see an increase in broadcasting of womens professional sport on Foxtel over that time and there was definitely some rattling of cans and people saying hang on a second. Now how do you do you have any thought so. Systems are the problem. We have estimated But, like so many young women I would encounter in my time racing, she would only allow me to be a doctor on her terms. But as you saw not only from the extraordinary performances of the US national womens team but the one point one billion viewers and the stadiums that were packed out is that people want to see and witness the best quality sport on offer. I mean being an elite athlete and representing your country or being the best in the world is such an incredibly privileged little bubble to live in. Bridie returned to full-time work in 2013 at Epworth HealthCheck and teaching doctor-patient communication at Deakin University Medical School. Look at the proof of how thats raised the profile of womens soccer in this country because thats now on free to air TV and you can find that on the networks every week during season some of the coaches say oh sorry to interrupt you but I was just thinking about a lot of the coaches will say high performance coaches will say they still want to see people at games and that Lisa Alexander talks about this with netball and the super nimble coaches will say we want you to come. We were racing at the flesh while on which is a famous race in Belgium with the iconic one kilometer and 10 percent climb at the finale and the women do the race in the morning sort of around 10 or 11 and then the end of the race in the afternoon in the mens races of course live on free to air TV across Europe and America millions of people watch the womens race. Bridie returned to full time work in 2013 as a behavior change physician at Epworth health check in Epworth breast centre with a part time role teaching doctor patient communication at Deakin University Medical School from 2013 to 2016. So youre youre pioneers in some way. [00:10:25] Well it certainly teach to see problem solving skills and what we know theres data from an amazing piece of research that Ernst and Young did globally where they examined women in leadership positions all over the world. Bridie ODonnell in full cycling mode in the US in 2012. With power-to-weight ratios being such an important factor, the female athlete has a far greater risk of suffering eating disorders than does her male counterpart. In 2014, she took on an inaugural role as a breast physician at the Epworth Breast Service. Where did that money go and why are we not seeing as much content as we would like and the WNBA is a great example. Its a great question. So gender diversity and having gender equality in leadership positions is an enormous priority for us. Bridie graduated as valedictorian from the University of Queensland medical school and won the G R S last prize for the most outstanding intern in 1999. Dr Bridie O'Donnell (born 29 April 1974) is a road cyclist from Australia. Where do you see Australia right now in terms of equality. The two women who coached in the first season got and McCown one of whom won the premiership cannot get a job here. If you want to learn more about him, check this article after a few days. By 1 July of this year and with an amazing amount of work and meetings and resistance and some yelling by some cranky aggrieved gentleman who were long term president saying I know women but I just dont know any woman who wants to be on this board and I think to myself I know why Barry day we got to 93 per cent of those funded organisations by 1 July who would achieve 40 percent or more and the other 7 per cent of them which is about 10 organisations were working with and meeting with every month and there may be extraordinary general meetings and theyre bringing women in and what we know about this is that whatever your feelings are about quotas I they work be they force an exploration of your existing board which is the best outcome because for so many people theyve just said we just need seven people. The way to solve those critics is to. Whats that look like for you now. Shes an expert shes respected shes hard. By mid-morning, it would be sunny and above 15 degrees, so we would train. I was going to get your reaction to that the topic of equality in sport as far as women are concerned now we wed look maybe at Australia maybe rightly or wrongly from here as being somewhat advanced you know making more strides shall we say than than they are than they are then there is happening elsewhere in the world and certainly keeping up with it. So the bar was really high so I got my arse handed handed to me every single race. There was also no escaping it as a teammate working so closely with her. These are the procedures he performs and you get a sense of the job. We know in many cases that can lead to violence. So those kinds of images have far more reach than one could ever imagine. Well it certainly teach to see problem solving skills and what we know theres data from an amazing piece of research that Ernst and Young did globally where they examined women in leadership positions all over the world. We have had women meddling in basketball at the Olympics for five six Olympics and yet and we have some of the best basketball is in the world have come from Australia. "It was the ideal way to grow up I suppose; my sister and I would explore all day long and then go to school during the week," she said. [00:35:41] So what we know about women as coaches is that their lack of qualifications is not the thing. You know you become quite self-absorbed and so focused and you have to be. [00:22:31] And she said well you know what I did some digging and I found out that everyone checks their responsibility or their part to play in the way. And then what needed to come from that and there were nine recommendations that came from this report and the Victorian Government committed to implementing all nine of them. And so I would say that the London Paralympics was probably the best broadcast and profiled Paralympics weve seen and as you know so much investment went into the campaign that amazing ADVERTISEMENT Whether you loved it or not it was memorable in reminding us of the extraordinary abilities of all of those athletes that were going to Paralympics. Thats sort of resistent attitude. Just go to the listen tab on the main menu at the top there and drop down to transcending sport and youll find all previous episodes of this show too. In 2016, at age 42, she broke the womens world record for the longest distance covered by bike in one hour. [00:19:16] Managing their social media accounts and to make it very clear that this is a powerful image that needs to be shown and and it became an accelerated image the world started talking about this. In 2007, she began road cycling and in 2008 after winning the National Time Trial title, she raced on the Australian National Team, and then Professional teams in Europe and the United States, representing Australia at three World Championships. [00:06:43] But as youve seen globally weve been taken over by Russia China the UK and definitely the US. [00:25:13] And of course here in the States so many are owned by my wealthy people you know of the Womens Soccer League here in the States. But you also then when you come out the other side of that and transition into civilian life as I like to call it you also realize just how unimportant that is as well. I can tell you that. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Shes very tall incredible flexibility of this photograph of her kicking so her legs completely apart almost 90 degrees flexible hips incredible flexible flexibility and strength. Our guest this week is Dr. Bridie ODonnell, Head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation in Melbourne, Australia to discuss the issues affecting women and girls from her perspective, the progress that the organization has made to advance women and girls participation in sport and the challenges that lie ahead. Im sick of people saying thats not our job to do this or were just waiting for a bigger sponsor. So weve invested twenty nine million dollars in female friendly facilities over the last four years which means upgrades to pavilions so that these girls toilets and change rooms better lighting better surfaces on the field so that more teams can play. So, how much is Bridie O'Donnell worth at the age of 48 years old? Im sick of people saying thats not our job to do this or were just waiting for a bigger sponsor. I was going to get your reaction to that the topic of equality in sport as far as women are concerned now we wed look maybe at Australia maybe rightly or wrongly from here as being somewhat advanced you know making more strides shall we say than than they are than they are then there is happening elsewhere in the world and certainly keeping up with it. Women and what they when they dug down into these. And we have seen a huge shift in the way Paralympic sports and pro athletes are being invested in here and of course we saw Dylan all cult winning at Wimbledon and the US Open in the mens wheelchair tennis but still no womens wheelchair tennis categories and that what I would argue is probably through a couple of the Normal barriers around a lack of depth of athletes those athletes havent had anywhere near as much support both financial emotional and logistical support to become wheelchair tennis players. What does this say. At times it turned into a battle not only against the worlds best cyclists but of also shutting out the voices bluntly telling her she was too old, too fat and too slow. I had some staff by the time we got to April 2018 and so weve been up and running. Honor womens stories and the right to play, Protect womens integrity in sport and society, Strive to achieve gender equality and fairness in all sporting endeavors, Celebrate the achievements of women athletes in all sports, Annemiek van Vleuten Wins Second UCI World Road Championship. The dilemma for me was obvious: my concern for her health, and my medical knowledge about the long-term effects on her body and her mind, let alone her career, were constantly in my thoughts. They were selected because of their admirable strength, their long limbs, and the extraordinary power required for a six or seven-minute effort. So its one of the biggest cities. But more of them are mind lovingly great and a privilege an absolute privilege to work in an industry to be paid a salary every fortnight to do something that is affecting change for millions of people is a distinct privilege and I just I know its the job of my lifetime. When I was a rower, there were two weight categories for elite competition. Here, she tells us about the pillow that made her many cheap motel stays bearable, as well as the story of two other significant belongings. She is also a medical doctor, graduating valedictorian from the University of Queensland, and now focuses on helping cancer patients with behavioural changes to help improve their overall wellbeing. So all of those things are challenging. Pic: Collingwood FC/Instagram. I think thats a critical part of increasing the coverage and exposure of womens sports. For six years, she travelled the world racing in the Australian national team and Italian professional squads. What were seeing now is those people are being left behind. Devastatingly however, it was working: her illnessI saw it clearly as an illnesswas performance-enhancing. Bridie O'Donnell took to cycling late, but a rapid rise to the top ranks of the Australian scene fuelled her ambitions. She became the first Australian woman to make an attempt on the UCI world our record in 15 years setting a new world record of forty six point eighty eight two kilometres at the Adelaide Superdome in November 2017. The third thing that was really vital for us is access to facilities. About so many things I could have done better. Bridie welcome to the program. But O'Donnell said after nearly a year of preparation, when she spent thousands of dollars on a bike and partaking in a strict anti-doping protocol, the record attempt was surprisingly easy. My teammate would eat an apple. And if youve said to me a year ago that Id be sitting down with other jurisdictions and talking about how important it was that we are going to bid for the Womens World Cup football in 2023 to host that in four years time I would have thought Id. You fail a lot. [00:08:28] A friend of mine was doing a triathlon Id never ridden a bike before and Id never done a running race and Id only just swum for you know learning that school. I would make some coffee and then I would eat some sort of cereal with yogurt and berries. These are the kinds of conversations he has. Mel Jones is an international test cricketer here from from Victoria was the face of that campaign but it wasnt until 2017 when the Minister for Sport announced that he would create an Office for Women in Sport that would be dedicated to pursuing the outcomes of these nine recommendations that he would staff them. I would go back to the lost baggage section each week when a team mechanic was headed to the airport for one reason or another, but it never showed up. And she said if thats how theyre talking about me on social media what are they. There and can use those facilities and feel part of a club. Theres no way were going to get that across the line. Portugus; bridie o donnell private life. And these images and these these styles of leadership also show us that being a coach or an umpire or CEO or a president does not have to be one way doesnt have to be delivered one way by one type of old authoritative suit wearing table thumping man. Teach you about what what it requires to be a woman in leadership and sport in Australia. And how about the increase in female coaches. Bridie also managed and reached for Rush womens team a national road series cycling team in Australia in 2016. The core values of WiSP Sports are based on the following principles to: WiSP Sports, Inc. These werent really. The joy of having secured that first pro-contract was quickly dented by some fairly harsh realities, not the least of which was seeing the damage some cyclists were prepared to inflict on their bodies inthe pursuit of success. Number two increasing the number of girls and women but mostly women in leadership positions in sport more CEOs but even more importantly more umpires coaches referees visible leadership of women on fields with whistles telling people what to do is an extraordinarily powerful debunking of this myth that women dont know how to rally a team or they dont know how to be harsh or they dont know how to be assertive and firm or they dont know how to bring together twenty five guys to get them to do something thats thats a complete myth as we all know. Eating little to lose a lot wasnt restricted to my teammate in Italy, and it wasnt the first or last time I would ride with a woman whose peak performances coincided with a body fat percentage edging dangerously close to a medical admission. It was a problem all over the worldwhat youd almost term performance-enhancing eating disorders. The way to solve those critics is to. [00:34:33] They came away from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last year with some pretty sobering data. Log in to see their photos and videos. But the 41-year-old former Mapleton woman this week broke the world hour record, riding 46.882 kilometres in 60 minutes 609 metres further than the existing record. Where did that money go and why are we not seeing as much content as we would like and the WNBA is a great example. And if youve said to me a year ago that Id be sitting down with other jurisdictions and talking about how important it was that we are going to bid for the Womens World Cup football in 2023 to host that in four years time I would have thought Id. Brady thank you so much for taking time to come on the show today. , money, salary, income, and assets. [00:35:56] Systems around unconscious bias around myths of maintaining confidentiality so we dont want to have a mentee follow the head coach male coach around or retaining information and privacy that you cant have women in mens spaces because you know sexuality issues or nudity or whatever. So it actually wasnt until I was in my second year of medical school I went straight into medical school out of high school and I started doing a triathlon. And then when theyre not the fastest anymore they dont know what to do next. And it has been outstanding and we are now supporting New Zealand South Australia W.A. [00:13:22] Well thats like where its very nicely into my next point. [00:25:24] Look at the proof of how thats raised the profile of womens soccer in this country because thats now on free to air TV and you can find that on the networks every week during season some of the coaches say oh sorry to interrupt you but I was just thinking about a lot of the coaches will say high performance coaches will say they still want to see people at games and that Lisa Alexander talks about this with netball and the super nimble coaches will say we want you to come. [00:36:16] Theres theres thousands of reasons that get put forward as to why a woman cant actually follow around the head coach of a mens cricket team and just think OK what does this job look like and how would I do it if it were me because thats how I learned how to be a doctor. I think no go do the deal with our channel 7 9 or 10 or ABC or SBS which are our national broadcasters because its not good enough anymore to just say oh thats not our job. Thats a powerful image of a man who knows her sport. Systems around unconscious bias around myths of maintaining confidentiality so we dont want to have a mentee follow the head coach male coach around or retaining information and privacy that you cant have women in mens spaces because you know sexuality issues or nudity or whatever. Dr Bridie ODonnell is a bike race commentator for SBS, medical practitioner and former professional road cyclist. So sometimes one could argue which should come first and I am definitely no media broadcasting expert but I think that the time is for action. I was good but just never great enough to represent my country. My skill set as Team Valdarnos only Australianthe oldest, the least experienced and the heaviestdefinitely didnt fulfil the kind of outlier traits Italian womens cycling valued. A typical training day would unfold in a series of slow, generally silent manoeuvres. Bridie graduated as Valedictorian from the University of Queensland Medical School and won the J R S Lahz Prize for Most Outstanding Intern in 1999. And weve seen more than one women a week killed by her former husband or intimate partner which is a devastating statistic in this country that we need and we are working very hard to remedy. Has this been a lifelong passion and did you. Dr Bridie ODonnell graduated Valedictorian from the University of Queensland Medical School and won the JRS Lahz Prize for Most Outstanding Intern at Mater Adult Hospital. Usually former players umpires referees presidents etc. But its early days but theres no doubt that what were seeing now is instead of the why we used to there would have been a lot of the why why should we fund womens sport or why women arent as good as men. There are still definitely haters and trolls and people who are abusive. In November 2017, Dr Bridie O'Donnell was appointed as the inaugural Director of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation (OWSR) which aims to improve gender equality in sport. You know we have a really a problem in Australia against violence against women. "It makes you very proud not just of myself, but all of the wonderful people who supported me.". How should where should the money be directed from. [00:03:39] And then what needed to come from that and there were nine recommendations that came from this report and the Victorian Government committed to implementing all nine of them. Where do you see Australia right now in terms of equality. Given that most of the mid-season races on the womens calendar were between three and four hours long, and involved circuits with long climbs and technical descents, riders who had been on a bike for decades and were not only fearless and desperate, but quite literally, hungry, were potential winners. The Silver Ferns where were sitting and we also saw and Im sure this photograph reached across the world is the photograph of Taylor Harris That was the most glorious examination and image of a woman kicking sheet. There are frequently motorbikes with cameras following us through the whole three hours and definitely on the footage of the climb at the finale and it was never like on television they didnt even do a 30 minute highlight package 10 years ago and I remember having a conversation with a woman director of a team over in Europe saying why is that. So were not even retaining our high performance coaches from one Commonwealth Games to another. I was allocated a coach in my state, persisted through that year then won the time-trials in the Oceania and National Championships. They would lament conspiratorially how irritating it was that an idiot old lady with no authority, who was not a world champion, was telling them what to do. These are the kinds of conversations he has. And as the saying goes you know you cant be what you cant see that that access is critically important. She is currently on secondment to the Department of Health as Area of Operation Controller for the South-East Metro region in the COVID-19 response. But I think thats a long conversation and when I do that we can solve it here now. Youre dealing with very powerful people generally men whove had their power for a long time. And we have nowhere near enough adult women participating in organised sport. These are the procedures he performs and you get a sense of the job. Dr O'Donnell is a medical doctor, graduating from the University of Queensland's school of medicine in 1998 and is the current head of the Office for Woman in Sport and Recreation for the Victorian State Government. And what was what followed was a real a real moment in time because of revolting abuse ensued of people sort of objectifying and making really disgusting sexist comments about her about the physical position she was in. And so what weve seen with now three complete seasons of AFL WS Thats the Womens Australian Rules. The cause and effect: get lean first and the results will follow. So theres something for everyone here at WiSP Sports. [00:29:45] Organisations that deliver Sport and Recreation to Victorians that are funded by government. But I was a very academic kid and so I studied really hard through high school and I was completely mediocre at team sports and I wanted to be a leader like I was so desperately trying to be the best athlete and I just wasnt I didnt have enough speed I didnt have enough agility and all those things that you do when youre playing netball and touch football and some of the sports that have really big in teams here in Queensland. 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