Do you think the ABC and the Albanese government deliberately gaslight women or are they just that foolish that they believe their own rhetoric?

The latest slap in the face to women is an announcement by the Federal government that all sporting organisations must have a 50/50 representation of males and females in leadership positions by 2027. If they fail to comply there will be consequences such as funding withheld.

Currently, just 62 per cent of funded national sports organisations across the country meet the benchmark of gender diversity among board directors. 

But that number falls drastically when it comes to female board chairs, with just 25 per cent of all organisations having a woman in that leadership position.

Further, a 2023 government report found that just 22 per cent of CEOs across 65 national sports organisations in Australia were women.

When it comes to coaching, the numbers are even worse, with less than 10 per cent of Australia's top sporting national teams coached by women.

This policy, developed in collaboration between the Albanese government, the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), and the State and Territory Agencies for Sport and Recreation, will now require all organisations that receive government funding to reach three specific targets by July 1, 2027:

50 per cent of all board directors are women
50 per cent of all board chairs are women
50 per cent of specified board sub-committee members are women

The incredible thing is the Albanese government refuses to define the term woman and has indicated they believe a woman can have a penis – meaning men can identify as women. They make a mockery of the term woman by promoting and protecting males who participate in female sporting divisions. They celebrate such males and do nothing to protect the females who simply want sex-based protections in sport. They do nothing to stop women like me being taken to court for defending women’s sex-based rights in sport.

Yet here they are boasting about female representation at board levels? How will they be able to determine if the quotas are met if they don’t even know what a woman is?

"We need more women making decisions for more women," Minister for Sport Anika Wells said.

This policy, which was flagged by Ms Wells in a speech last month, adds to the $36 million Empowering Women and Girls in Sport program aimed at tackling abuse, bullying, discrimination, and sexual misconduct, as well as the $200 million Play Our Way fund that provides community clubs with access to grants to help build or renovate their facilities to make them more female-friendly.

It forms yet another part of the Albanese government's wider Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality framework, which aims to drive change and improve the representation of women in governance roles across various industries and sectors.

It would all be a hilarious joke if the consequences weren’t so serious.

Women are self-excluding at an alarming rate because female sport is being infiltrated by males making a mockery of the women’s divisions. A prime example is the Flying Bats soccer team who went through the Women’s Premier League undefeated with 5 male players.

The Albanese government has zero credibility when it comes to protecting or promoting women and this is another woeful example of how much they are ailing the women of Australia.