Labor congratulates the AFL for the launch of its AFL All-Stars Ambassadors Program to encourage young Indigenous people to stay at school and get a job.
The AFL’s leadership in Indigenous communities has been fantastic.
The AFL’s sports programs are linking young people in some of the most remote parts of Australia like Gove and Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory to the wider world.
It is good to see female sports like softball included in the AFL’s programs to engage young people at school.
Young girls also need female role models and mentors to encourage them to get involved in sport and stay at school. Sport can be equally empowering for young girls as it is for young boys.
Once again the AFL has led the way in the absence of Government action on sport and community development. We need national leadership to engage girls and boys in sports that they can participate throughout their lives.
More info: Moksha Watts 0409 774 266 or Taryn Langdon 02 6277 3334 or 0417 148 059
