Top Australian sporting bodies endorse Indigenous referendum as support dips
Sydney, Australia Reuters Two of Australia’s top football codes on Thursday backed a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country’s Indigenous population in a referendum, as latest opinion polls show public support for the government-backed plan dipping. A depiction of the Australian Aboriginal Flag is seen on a window sill at the home of indigenous Muruwari […]
AFL’s decision to schedule game in Melbourne on Good Friday puts market first, says Anglican bishop
The AFL’s decision to schedule a match in Melbourne for the first time on Good Friday in 2017 puts the “relentless and commodifying logic of the market” ahead of all other considerations, according to Anglican Bishop Philip Huggins. The AFL announced this week that it had scheduled a game in which the reigning premiers, the Western […]