All change: Sporting facility upgrades
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The rise of female participation in organized Aussie Rules football and cricket at community and professional levels in the past decade has seen an increase in demand for changing rooms at sports facilities that were previously the domain of men. This has led to many adverse situations due to inadequate and overcrowded facilities: women have been getting changed on the sidelines, in tents, cars, canteens and loos, and even behind bushes. (And so have some men, too.) To meet the gap between the supply and demand of changing facilities – a gap that is exacerbated by the fact that many facilities are designed for the needs of males – local, state and so that, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison put it, “girls didn’t have to change out the back of the shed.”
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