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2010 | 2009 | 200817 Feb 2010 - Australian Sports Urged to Engage All Cultures
THE HON KATE ELLIS MP
MINISTER FOR SPORT
MEDIA RELEASE
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Australian sports urged to engage All Cultures
The Minister for Sport Kate Ellis today launched a new online resource to help sporting groups engage more sportspeople from culturally diverse backgrounds.
In Melbourne today, Minister Ellis joined the Australian Sports Commission and leading national sports to promote All Cultures, a program that aims to connect people from new migrant groups with their local sporting clubs.
"As the composition of our community continues to evolve then so must Australian sport.
"New migrants are two-thirds less likely to participate in sport than other Australians and that's a real shame. They are missing out and sport as a whole is missing out," Ms Ellis said.
"We want to make sure that people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds can reap the lifelong health and social benefits of sport."
"Many of our grassroots and elite sports are missing out on the new skills and greater participation rates that the involvement of people from diverse origins can bring," she said.
"I want to see a multicultural sporting landscape that includes players, coaches, officials, administrators and supporters from different cultural origins."
The Australian Sports Commission's All Cultures program aims to lift low participation rates by providing advice to the Australian sporting sector about how to be more inclusive.
The new online resources include videos detailing existing multicultural sport programs and useful tips for clubs, coaches and officials. The website complements the All Cultures education programs and an Ambassador-led awareness program.
"With Harmony Day on 21 March, now is the time for sporting groups across the nation to consider how they can better involve people from diverse cultural backgrounds," Ms Ellis said.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship is working closely with the Australian Sports Commission to promote the All Cultures resource to schools and community groups.
Brazilian-born Collingwood Football Club defender Harry O'Brien is one of several All Cultures Ambassadors and is passionate about getting people from all backgrounds involved in sport.
"Football is a vehicle which helped me to integrate into Australian society. If we can all share in that sporting passion we can bring people together," he said.
Today's event was also attended by local sporting heroes including The Ravens, a basketball team of women of African origin, and Duer Yoa, who came to Australia as a refugee from Sudan and is now a promising 5km and cross country athlete.
Visit www.ausport.gov.au/allcultures to access the online resources.
Minister Ellis: Jayne Stinson 0458 547 512 jayne.stinson@deewr.gov.au
Australian Sports Commission: Nick Edwards 0418 605 541