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Australian soccer announces historic equal pay for men's and women's national teams

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (NOVEMBER 6, 2019) (AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION - Broadcasters: NO USE AUSTRALIA Digital: NO USE AUSTRALIA .COM.AU INTERNET SITES / ANY INTERNET SITE OF ANY AUSTRALIA BASED MEDIA ORGANISATIONS OR MOBILE PLATFORMS / AUSTRALIA NVO CLIENTS / SMH.COM .AU / NEWS.COM.AU)

1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FFA CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAVID GALLOP SAYING:

"Today's announcement is around a massive step that's being taken to close the gender pay gap between the Caltex Socceroos and the Westfield Matildas. It's a four-year deal, it's a revenue sharing model around the national team generated revenue and that is what is truly unique about this. It will lead to a sharing of that revenue equally between the Socceroos and the Matildas and it will also contain a commitment for five percent of that national team generated revenue to be reinvested into our national youth team structure, right down to our cerebral palsy team."

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2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRALIAN SOCCER PLAYER ELISE KELLOND-KNIGHT SAYING:

"This new deal is enormous, as a female footballer, it's kinda what we've always dreamed of. We've always wanted to be treated equal, we've wanted to be able to step out on that pitch with equal opportunity and the equal facilities that the men have been exposed to. So I think as a player, the new CBA (collective bargaining agreement) shows signs of respect. Now we're going to be completely included. And also opportunity. I think having these facilities that the men have been exposed to is now going to set us up for success."

STORY: The Australian women's national soccer team will earn the same pay as their male counterparts and have an equal split of commercial revenues for the first time under a new deal announced by Football Federation Australia (FFA) on Wednesday (November 6).

The national men's "Socceroos" team have historically been paid more than the women's "Matildas" and earned a greater share of commercial revenues.

The four-year collective bargaining agreement ensures that the "Socceroos" and the "Matildas" will receive an equal 24% share of an agreed aggregate of the national team generated revenue, increasing by 1% each year over the four years.

Pay disparity between men's and women's professional footballers has been in the spotlight since the U.S. women's team sued governing body U.S. Soccer in March alleging gender discrimination in earnings and working conditions.

Australia's Matildas launched a campaign to pressure global soccer governing body FIFA to provide equal prize-money at World Cups ahead of the women's tournament in France earlier this year.

(Production: Cordelia Hsu)