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Aug 2022
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Sport No Longer a Retrofit of the Old Bo...

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Sport can no longer be a retrofit of the old model built by men, for men. That's the view of Australia's new sports minister, Anika Wells, who hosted a roundtable of women in sport ahead of the government's jobs and skills summit. 
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