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The Age
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Age
Is this the turning point for women's sport in Victoria?
On Friday night, the Matildas are set to dazzle a massive Marvel Stadium crowd with their football talent. And across Victoria this weekend, thousands of other women and girls will play in one of the many community sporting leagues scattered across the state. But only last week, the Victorian government quietly cut funding from a prominent statewide program, designed to increase gender equality in sport. On Thursday, interim Matildas coach Tom Sermanni reignited demands for better funding, sponsorship and support for professional female soccer players. The calls for more financial support - from professional leagues to community programs - underline the stark reality of women's sport in Australia, which is struggling to attract the necessary funding at all levels. Victoria's latest budget revealed that funding for the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation (OWSR) would be cut. The program was created specifically to bolster the number of women and girls participating in sport by providing Change Our Game community grants as well as encouraging equal access to sporting facilities. Another program, designed to support clubs that developed sporting programs which helped to address the issue of gender-based and domestic violence, was also cut. Budget documents from 2021 prominently announce the creation of the OWSR, with a Labor government press release at the time saying that the funding boost will 'level the playing field for women and girls' and support dozens of projects. The office received $3 million from the 2021-22 budget, and was allocated $2.9 million annually over the next three years. The decision to cut the dedicated program is unnerving for community sporting organisations like the Darebin Falcons. Based in Melbourne's northern suburbs, the women's club fields more than 40 teams across AFL, soccer and cricket.
Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Is this the turning point for women's sport in Victoria?
On Friday night, the Matildas are set to dazzle a massive Marvel Stadium crowd with their football talent. And across Victoria this weekend, thousands of other women and girls will play in one of the many community sporting leagues scattered across the state. But only last week, the Victorian government quietly cut funding from a prominent statewide program, designed to increase gender equality in sport. On Thursday, interim Matildas coach Tom Sermanni reignited demands for better funding, sponsorship and support for professional female soccer players. The calls for more financial support - from professional leagues to community programs - underline the stark reality of women's sport in Australia, which is struggling to attract the necessary funding at all levels. Victoria's latest budget revealed that funding for the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation (OWSR) would be cut. The program was created specifically to bolster the number of women and girls participating in sport by providing Change Our Game community grants as well as encouraging equal access to sporting facilities. Another program, designed to support clubs that developed sporting programs which helped to address the issue of gender-based and domestic violence, was also cut. Budget documents from 2021 prominently announce the creation of the OWSR, with a Labor government press release at the time saying that the funding boost will 'level the playing field for women and girls' and support dozens of projects. The office received $3 million from the 2021-22 budget, and was allocated $2.9 million annually over the next three years. The decision to cut the dedicated program is unnerving for community sporting organisations like the Darebin Falcons. Based in Melbourne's northern suburbs, the women's club fields more than 40 teams across AFL, soccer and cricket.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Storm Team 3: Severe storms possible Thursday and Friday
The stormy pattern that the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry has been experiencing will continue for the rest of the workweek. Heavy rain and storms are likely across the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry Thursday and into Friday along with a few strong to severe storms. The biggest concern on Thursday will be widespread heavy rain. Rainfall rates will be in excess of 2″ per hour with some of the stronger cells that develop. A few isolated storms may become severe with damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 mph as the main concern. Some hail is possible also. The best timing for storms on Thursday afternoon will be between 1 and 9 p.m. Friday will be a Weather Aware Day due to the possibility of scattered severe storms. Damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 mph will again be the main threat. Hail and isolated spin-up tornadoes are possible. The tornado risk will be low, just not zero. Heavy rain and localized flooding will be an issue in areas with poor drainage. Rainfall rates will be in excess of two inches per hour. Friday's storms will be moving though the region ahead of a strong frontal boundary which will lead to strong and gusty conditions even without severe storms. Storms on Friday will begin to move in from the west around noon and will continue through the later afternoon. Most storms should be off of the coast with the cold front by 6 p.m. It is a good idea to think about what you would to in the even that a severe thunderstorm warning or tornado warning is issued for your area. Have a plan to get indoors and to the lowest level of a sturdy structure away from windows and doors. You also need a reliable way to receive critical weather alerts. A NOAA Weather Radio is a great tool to have in your home or place of work. They are dependable, even when the power and cellular service may be disrupted. Another great tool to have ready is the WSAV Weather NOW app which can receive weather alerts directly to your mobile device anywhere you are. It is free and is available in the Apple App Store or Google Play. Storm Team 3 will have you covered as conditions change, stay tuned for the latest forecast. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
FORECAST: Steady showers expected throughout Tuesday
ABOVE: The latest forecast update from Severe Weather Center 9. To stay on top of changing weather conditions, be sure to download our free WSOC-TV weather app. FORECAST: It's a really wet Tuesday as folks head back to work after the holiday. Steady showers are drifting in this morning, and we could have some moderate downpours from time to time. No big storms are expected, though, as temperatures struggle to even warm into the 60s. The rain will be the steadiest this morning and then more off-and-on by this afternoon. Another round of showers and downpours are possible overnight with better weather on the way for tomorrow. We'll bounce back into the mid to upper 70s on Wednesday. A few scattered storms may pop up Wednesday afternoon and evening. Same story on Thursday before better chance for stronger storms comes in on Friday with the next cold front. Drier weather returns Saturday, but some showers could come back on Sunday. >> Channel 9's Weather 24/7 stream has the latest local weather all day, every day. Watch wherever you stream — on our website, or through your mobile app or smart TV. WEATHER RESOURCES: WSOC Weather 24/7 Interactive Radar Download our weather app for Severe Weather Alerts Hour-by-Hour Forecast 7-Day Forecast FOLLOW OUR TEAM ON X: Chief Meteorologist John Ahrens Meteorologist Keith Monday Meteorologist Joe Puma Meteorologist Danielle Miller
The Print
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Print
B'desh new service law: Protesting employees lock main entrance of Secretariat
The agitating employees gathered near the main entrance around 12:30 pm. During that time, the gate was closed. It was reopened about half an hour later, around 1:00 pm. The protesting employees moved from the gate and gathered in a scattered way across the secretariat premises. According to eyewitnesses and media reports, officials and employees of the Secretariat, which houses ministries and important government offices, locked the main gate on the third day of their protest against the Public Service Act amendment. Dhaka/New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) Hundreds of government employees on Monday briefly locked the main gate of Bangladesh Secretariat, the heart of the administration, in the capital Dhaka, intensifying their protests against a new service law which allows easier dismissal of officials for misconduct. 'The gate was reopened after half an hour,' a private TV channel reported. According to the reports, official activities inside the complex were largely stalled as the employees continued the work stoppage. The protests started after Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus-led interim government published the revised version of the law, allowing easier dismissal of officials for misconduct. The government employees threatened to continue the protests until the ordinance was scrapped. The authorities deployed extra police to enforce a vigil against any possible violence at the complex. Meanwhile, the protest by employees of the Dhaka South City Corporation, demanding the installation of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as its mayor in line with a court order, has brought administrative services to a halt, reported. The election commission preferred not to oppose the verdict, but the interim government on Monday challenged the ruling in the High Court to debar Hossain's swearing-in and allow an administrator it appointed to discharge the mayor's role. A sense of unease intensified in Bangladesh for the past few days amid protests in the civil administration and business sector over the policies of the Yunus-led interim government. The apex Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries and other business chambers Sunday convened a press conference to review the worrisome situation in the business arena. A prominent business community leader Showkat Aziz Russell told the presser that businessmen were being killed just like the intellectuals in the 1971 Liberation War. He warned of famine-like situation as more people become jobless. 'We don't know how we will pay bonuses and salaries to workers ahead of Eid-ul-Adha,' said Russell, the president of Bangladesh Textiles Mills Association (BTMA). 'You are inviting foreigners to invest in the country…(but) foreigners know that investment in Bangladesh is not viable. They know Vietnam is more profitable than Bangladesh,' Russell said. There have been reports of discord between the military and the interim government over the possible timeline for holding the parliamentary elections and other policy issues related to Bangladesh's security affairs, particularly involving a proposed humanitarian corridor of aid channel to Myanmar's rebel-held Rakhine state. Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman along with the Navy and Air Force chiefs met Yunus last week and reportedly reiterated their call for election by December this year to allow an elected government to take charge. They also conveyed their reservation about the corridor issue. The next day, Gen Zaman held a senior officers meeting at Dhaka Cantonment and said he was unaware of the government's several strategic decisions despite the military's active role. The military also decided to be tough against rampant incidents of 'mob justice'. 'Bangladesh needs political stability. This is only possible through an elected government, not by unelected decision-makers,' the Daily Star newspaper quoted Zaman as saying during an 'officers' address' in which he delivered a 30-minute speech, followed by more than an hour of questions and answers. Officers from across the country and at Bangladeshi UN missions reportedly joined the event, both physically and virtually, in full combat uniform – a show of unity and resolve. According to reports, the army chief also voiced concern about making other decisions without an electoral mandate – including the potential foreign management of Chattogram Port, Bangladesh's main seaport, and the launch of Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite internet service – which he said could compromise national security. PTI AR ZH ZH This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
