Not a total upheaval of the status quo, but enough of a shake-up to remind people women are here to stay, on and off the field
port has long been a masculine domain. Even when women began to make inroads – as things slowly improved on the field and media coverage crept into the back pages of newspapers – men still held the positions of power.
The announcement this week that Laura Kane has been appointed the AFL’s executive general manager of football is a sign of the changing times. It is not a complete upheaval of the status quo, but it is enough of a disturbance to cause a ripple and remind people that women in sport are here to stay, on and off the field.
Simply replacing men with women will not solve all of Australian sport’s woes, but having people from diverse backgrounds in leadership roles will naturally change the conversations happening in the halls of power. More perspectives that better reflect the diversity of Australia’s population is a simple place to start to ensure better representation and understanding across all levels of sport.
Kane has been acting in the role since May, having stepped up from the general manager competition management role after Brad Scott’s departure. She graduated from a law degree in 2012 and worked as a solicitor for two years, representing victims in the royal commission into institutional responses to child abuse, before making the jump over to football administration.
Kane is approaching the role from a strategic direction and has laid out a number of priorities to elevate the women’s game. “From an AFLW perspective, I’m focused on increasing scoring and having the ball move up and down the ground a little bit quicker,” she said after her appointment was announced. “But then also looking at technology, innovation – things like ball-tracking technology.
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