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So learning that online is not good enough. Im Chris Stafford. 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. Her years on the road as a cyclist taught ODonnell a lot, including the importance of a good nights sleep. You know all those generalised resistance statements that a lot of people have which is Im okay with girls playing footy but I dont want to watch women doing it on TV. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. And if you say those things about women or you you devalue women and show them no respect. 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. 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 has the largest population and the City of Melbourne as its capital has a barometer Metro Melbourne has a population of around six million. 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. Systems are the problem. Brian O'Nolan (Irish: Brian Nuallin; 5 October 1911 - 1 April 1966), better known by his pen name Flann O'Brien, was an Irish civil service official, novelist, playwright and satirist, who is now considered a major figure in twentieth century Irish literature.Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, he is regarded as a key figure in modernist and postmodern literature. Our guest this week is Dr. Bridie ODonnell who is head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation in Melbourne Australia and she is here to discuss the issues affecting women and girls from her perspective. Were you very very active from a child like most Australian girls. As a doctor, and being well aware of ideal training methods, nutrition and exercise physiology after spending three years studying for my sports medicine exams, I knew what I was seeing was unsustainable in the short term and unhealthy in the long term. There and can use those facilities and feel part of a club. So we have a lot more men and in fact five times as many boys and men play competitive and organised sport in Victoria as do girls women girls women are active at the same rates. Women and what they when they dug down into these. [00:23:43] So for example there was a rather controversial commitment made by the federal government a few years ago where they said were going to give money to Fox Sports to focus on niche sports. 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. 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. Bridie ODonnell took to cycling late, but a rapid rise to the top ranks of the Australian scene fuelled her ambitions. [00:04:37] And like so many of them I took a chance of you know quitting my job as a physician where I was working behaviour change because I just felt that this was a unique opportunity and remarkable way for me to have an influence over the lives and the outcomes of so many girls and women that I didnt have when I was coming through sport and that so many girls and women who are who have a disability or who are from a multicultural background or from a marginalized communities definitely dont have in Australia. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. He was a loud, confident, successful and brash 30-something whose squad contained World Champions, Olympians and World Cup winners in an era when Olympic Distance triathlon was a huge money earner.. Of course, knowing when to stop would be the trick that allowed her to get her body to where she wanted it to be, and subsequently, to win. The first day she gets it and I am living breathing example of that that I had never worked in government before and all I was was just a washed up athlete doctor. O'Donnell is a world champion road cyclist, a former rower, and triathlete. 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. I once owned a very stylish black one-piece swimsuit with a plunging neckline and when I wore it, I imagined I was some sort of Sophia Loren-esque hybrid of a Bond villain and a Hitchcock heroine. Its not life and death. In the early season Spring Classics, races in northern Europe that were renowned for their cobbled roads and inclement weather, race winners were invariably strong, ferocious Dutch or Belgian women who didnt mind sideways rain or being put in the gutter (pushed to the dangerous and unpredictable soft edges of the roads) by other riders. She would say why dont the race organisers just mandate to you know Euro sport that they have to show 30 minutes and they would say well you need to pay us and then say Okay fine. 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. Dont rub it in an area had it right. If we were to simplify wed say our three strategic priorities are increasing the number of girls and women participating in sport and aggression. So we have a lot more men and in fact five times as many boys and men play competitive and organised sport in Victoria as do girls women girls women are active at the same rates. Transcending Sport is hosted by Chris Stafford. Theyre powerful for girls growing up. 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. They drop out at all different parts of their lives milestones of their lives for example university or pregnancy or menopause or an aged parts of their lives. 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. But we do have a lot of great wheelchair athletes who did very well obviously in Rio and do very well. Dont rub it in an area had it right. Whats that look like for you now. You know these are the things that shape us for when were sitting in a very difficult meeting with difficult personalities or when we have staff who are feeling unrecognized via a process thats happening whether thats in government or in medical industries and as I said Ive been a doctor for a very long time. Is that we achieved our board quota deadline on 1 July of this year where sporting organizations that are funded by the Victorian Government acknowledging that for your listeners that Victorias is one of the states of Australia. She is not dating anyone. It meant I was surrounded either by taller, heavier womentheir physical prowess enviableor small, wiry and dynamic lightweights, who were always adding a run or an extra ride to their countless on-water sessions. Thats a powerful image of a man who knows her sport. She would say why dont the race organisers just mandate to you know Euro sport that they have to show 30 minutes and they would say well you need to pay us and then say Okay fine. And the other beautiful thing that sport teaches you is just how good you can be at something when you focus on it. There was definitely a bumpy start and Im sure that the governing body the AFL they did receive criticism. Yeah theyve just won the Ashes they won the World Cup. 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. No absolutely thats a copout. Bridie: In 2007, Cycling Australia put a call out to other sports for athletes with the potential to become time trialists. She will win for sure!. So were not even retaining our high performance coaches from one Commonwealth Games to another. So I was appointed in November 2017. 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. Where should there be time slots in broadcast opportunities and how can we get the free to air channels to show the nipple World Cup or why. So the bar was really high so I got my arse handed handed to me every single race. [00:26:32] No absolutely thats a copout. Where do you see Australia right now in terms of equality. 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. Bridie also managed and reached for Rush womens team a national road series cycling team in Australia in 2016. Six years of med school was helpful but actually following around the senior doctor and thinking Okay heres what being a surgeon involves. Were seeing this more in the year in the UK and in parts of Europe with the different networks too. I really do appreciate it. 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. [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. My teammate would eat an apple. Our guest this week is Dr. Bridie O'Donnell who is head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation in Melbourne Australia and she is here to discuss the issues affecting women and girls from her perspective. And we do look forward to continuing the conversation with you so thanks again and well stay in touch. We know in many cases that can lead to violence. [00:34:24] So theres a couple of prongs to this attack if you like. Bridie returned to full-time work in 2013 at Epworth HealthCheck and teaching doctor-patient communication at Deakin University Medical School. It wasnt until I made the move across to road cycling that I encountered so much discussion of power-to-weight ratio, a topic preoccupying riders, coaches, and the DS of any team. This put many of the Australian womenlike myself, often converts from other sports like running, rowing or triathlonat a distinct disadvantage. Ensuring that girls and women can show up to sporting clubs and feel safe included theres not just this sort of dark mahogany with pictures of men who won in 1963 that these places are family friendly and people want to. In road cycling, where images of men with lean, tanned legs and hollowed cheekbones had been emblematic of true professionalism, most teams aspired for the same appearance for their women riders. [00:37:23] It doesnt all have to look the same way but no one is fully prepared for her job. I bought it on holiday in Antibes in France, and it made me feel very European, mon cheri. Brady thank you so much for taking time to come on the show today. 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. 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 I think that is a conundrum too about you know we do need bums on seats and we do need the women to be attending sports events and filling these stadiums too. "It makes you very proud not just of myself, but all of the wonderful people who supported me.". 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. Its just it can be overwhelming but I hope it can be rewarding too and youll youll see absolutely the changes. [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. Were you very very active from a child like most Australian girls. Dont rub it in. "My sister and I swam a lot in the ocean and did a bit of surfing, but I was not an athlete at all.". Its a great question. And yet the WNBA all is a really as a league that is struggling and has struggled to get investment. Equally with Sydney in this country and the population of Victorias about eight and a half million and we have 115 now. That access is all a part of being accessible right the accessibility of sport. We now had over 100 women last 18 months benefit from our scholarship program where they apply through a competitive process to get to five or ten thousand dollars to seek out an educational opportunity to advance their sporting career or their administration career whatever it is they do in sport and rec but we also know that systems need to change and thats where board quotas support it. You know these are the things that shape us for when were sitting in a very difficult meeting with difficult personalities or when we have staff who are feeling unrecognized via a process thats happening whether thats in government or in medical industries and as I said Ive been a doctor for a very long time. Theyre very good at cultivating people who are highly motivated really passionate and want to make change. So people were engaging then theyd know they know they all know who Alex Perry and Alyssa Healy and all these players are now because they saw the footage of them they know those names are recognizable and now every woman and man who is a cricket fan in Australia they can name those players that someone said Can you name five women who play cricket. We know in many cases that can lead to violence. If you have any comments or questions about the shows that we do or suggestions for guests please do drop us a line to info at WiSP Sports dot com. These werent really. But if youre just mediocre as a girl you tend to drop out whereas boys who are mediocre keep going. Until the next time. So what we know about women in sport in Australia is it has extraordinary links to the importance of just challenging our rigid gender stereotypes. From hippy Sunshine Coast upbringing to world record, cyclist Bridie O'Donnell steps into spotlight, For the latestflood and weather warnings, search onABC Emergency, Keep across all the live scores and results from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park, In cycling it's known as this ultimate test of endurance and mental fortitude. Head Coach - Rowing South Australian Sports Institute Aug 2022 - Present5 months Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Head of Rowing Xavier College Aug 2020 - Aug 20222 years 1 month Senior High. In 2015 there was an inquiry into women and girls in sport and active recreation here in Victoria which was actually initiated by the then opposition government and then implemented by the current government. By mid-morning, it would be sunny and above 15 degrees, so we would train. Women like Angela Merkel and Christine Lagarde You know Theresa May. "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. So it had both sides of politics supporting the inquiry and it was chaired by an American. [00:32:42] So seeing those women on the field on the pool deck beside the court looking authoritative I mean some of those great images of Becky Hammon whos been the assistant coach at San Antonio looking up to those extraordinarily tall NBA players knowing that shes been a former WNBA champion herself is really powerful. 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. 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. 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 how about the increase in female coaches. She represented her nation at the 2008, 2009 and 2010 UCI Road World Championships. I soon realised the reason for her meandering: the beauty of riding for long, slow hours with no money on her was that she wouldnt be tempted or able to eat. Bridie O'Donnell's tumultuous tenure at . According to our Database, She has no children. 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. 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. So were not even retaining our high performance coaches from one Commonwealth Games to another. Then, in her mid-30s, ODonnell made the sharp pivot to professional cycling, a field where she found great success. A few decades later, my grandfather decided to propose to my grandmother, and he asked his future mother-in-law for the medal. 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. 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. Thats where all of our networking events support it. The discipline required to constantly deny oneself adequate calories to fuel hard training was also something that others would admire in many women riders: Did you see how she is looking now for the Giro? 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. For anyone who I mean for most people who work in sport or even volunteer in sport its the passion that drives them its the reason that you get out of bed every morning and some of those days are extraordinarily difficult and heartbreaking. 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. [00:02:45] In 2015 there was an inquiry into women and girls in sport and active recreation here in Victoria which was actually initiated by the then opposition government and then implemented by the current government. Before rowing, when I was an ironman triathlete, leanness in the elite women was a common physical feature, and a requirement for athletes frames to endure the rigours of a nine or 10-hour event. What theyve also done is looked around and thought Wow we dont have a lawyer or we dont have a community fund raiser or we dont have a person who understands around membership protection. Has this been a lifelong passion and did you. 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. 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. 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 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. 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