last year, I was introduced to a mysterious American man who wanted to know more about the #ALeagueWomen and women's football in Australia. as it turns out, he represented an overseas consortium looking to expand their portfolio here. so what happened next? football360.com.au/my-encounter...

The Dubcast is back to tackle @thepfaaus.bsky.social Ready for Takeoff report, looking at the players vision for the #ALW. Poletti and Burke give their thoughts, as well as interviews with Beau Busch, Melissa Barbieri and Rhianna Pollicina. 📺: youtu.be/RLNJ_EujRGM 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0LXl...

𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐨𝐟𝐟. 🚀 The PFA have officially launched 'Ready for Takeoff', a landmark new vision to seize Australian sport’s biggest opportunity and secure the future of the A-League Women. Read the full report here: pfa.net.au/news/players... #SupportingThePlayers #BuildingTheGame

AUSTRALIA, here’s this week’s cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/sport/pictur...

AFC Women's Champions League Final Knockout Stage Draw results #AWCL #ALW #ALeagues

CEO of @thepfaaus.bsky.social Beau Busch had a strong message for new APL CEO Steve Rosich on Wednesday at the unveiling of the players vision for the #ALW, which has 21 recommendations for the competition across four key areas.

Off the back of the PFA's Ready for Takeoff report, Perth Glory captain Isobel Dalton has urged the A-League Women to not waste the chance to capitalise on the looming Asian Cup after the league’s post-Women’s World Cup shine quickly wore off.

In @theguardian.com; “Very bold action is needed” - Elise Kellond-Knight. We are less than two months out from the Women’s Asian Cup. And in a new vision for the A-League Women centred around full professionalism, the PFA says it’s a rubicon moment. 🔗: www.theguardian.com/football/202... .

Elon Musk's X is currently mass-producing deepfake images of women and children. The federal government — which says it's "committed to restricting access to nudify tools" — has no plans to stop its 7 figure X annual advertising spend or using it as a major comms platform

'This week has shown the explosive growth of solar power in particular had diminished the risks of blackouts during heatwaves caused by supply shortfalls' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Hey Melbourne, Now is a good time to work out how you are going to keep yourself and those you love safe through next week's forecast extreme heat. Heat like what is forecast injures and kills even the previously healthy. 💛

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

If I had $1 for every time a sporting organisation has changed the terms of its CBA this year without consultating its female players, I'd have $2. It isn't a lot, but it's abhorrent that it's happened twice.

NWSL Players Association Statement on League’s Unilateral Implementation of the High Impact Player Rule:

In @espnaustralia.bsky.social; A piece on the arrival of new A-Liga chief executive Steve Rosich. On not just the challenges but on being visible and selling the dream. 🔗: www.espn.com.au/football/sto... .

The PFA has today released its 2024-25 A-League Men Report. The annual Report dissects a number of key trends, including crowd trends, the league's youth skew and numerous challenges the game faces. Read the full Report here: pfa.net.au/announcement... #SupportingThePlayers #BuildingTheGame

In @espnaustralia.bsky.social; A-League players would prefer the competition to be run by an AFL or NRL-style independent commission, according to a report from the PFA, which is also refusing to rule out strike action if negotiations over a new CBA bog down. 🔗: www.espn.com.au/football/sto... .

A-League Men 2024-25 Report is out today @thepfaaus.bsky.social pfa.net.au/wp-content/u...

"The partnership brings together two groups that sit at the heart of the game - the players and supporters." www.fsaaus.com/news-and-ins...

I have become coefficient-pilled. Love to see it get a write up! City up to about A$2m prize money and counting, assuming they’ve done enough to progress to R16. football360.com.au/afc-champion...

🇦🇺 Australia are a Pot TWO team for the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup! This comes as 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇩🇰 Denmark and 🇹🇷 Türkiye (all ranked higher than @Socceroos) only managed to qualify for the UEFA playoffs - making them Pot 4 teams. Who do you want in the draw on Dec 5!?

I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.

This is really must-listen, you couldn’t say it better than Grace does.

Joe Montemurro, ladies and gentlemen. #matildas

In a new edition of The Far Post Explains, we chat about @thepfaaus.bsky.social's A-League Women report for the 2024-25 season, breaking down the key takeaways. Tune in @espnaustralia.bsky.social and the usual pod spots. cms.megaphone.fm/channel/esp2...

On Wednesday, the PFA released its annual report on the A-League Women, which had some shocking statistics about what the players experience. Poletti and Burke discussed five of the big talking points from the report on The Dubcast. 📺: youtu.be/jcf4EUdICUA 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/02Ze...

AFC Women's Champions League Melbourne City FC v Lion City Sailors FC Date: Thursday, 13 November 2025 Kick-off: 7:00pm AEDT Venue: Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam www.youtube.com/live/8GOu_jt... #AWCL #AsianFootball #woso #ALW

A-League women: Wellington Phoenix players happy but fans stay away

With a minimum salary of just $26500, 19% of A-League Women players saying their financial situation as not at all secure, with an additional 57% saying it is slightly secure in @thepfaaus.bsky.social 2024/25 A-League Women report.

a new #ALeagueWomen report released today has some shocking stats, including that over half the league experienced sport-related psychological distress in the 2024-25 season. the PFA is urgently requesting change as the league slips further behind. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Our ALW report is out and available to read here: pfa.net.au/wp-content/u...

you can convincingly portray this whole financialized AI edifice as a mortgage crisis-style house of cards without even mentioning that the fundamental product is unreliable, based on outright theft, and people don’t like it.

All players in @barclyaswsl2bot.bsky.social are now eligible for membership to the Professional Footballers' Association as the second tier becomes fully professional for the first time.

Tonight we've also released a short explainer video backing up that claim. It's just over BSky's 3min limit so you have to click through to Insta to watch. Fear not, I'll post some screenshots below. bsky.app/profile/thep...

Great episode from The Far Post. If it piques your interest to hear Beau from @thepfaaus.bsky.social (my boss) say that full-time professionalism in the A-League Women would pay for itself, read this thread...

Melbourne City’s late winner in the ACLE was quite a valuable goal! A win in the ACLE group stage is worth US$100k. No prize money for a draw. It also boosts Australia’s AFC club rank. We need to stay in the top 6 in East Asia to maintain our ACLE berth down the track. We’re on the cusp.

I was just in Australia giving the Boyer Lecture. It's an economist's love letter to his home country. It's also relevant to the current American moment, as the main point is to link institutions with prosperity. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAa9...

Fake spider webs are made from plastic-based materials that don't break down easily. These decorations can trap, injure and, sadly, even kill birds, bees, and other insects. Help protect the health of our wildlife by going plastic-free this Halloween.

FIFA effectively agreeing the Donald Trump and remove cities from World Cup hosting with this statement. He suggested yesterday Gianni would agree with whatever he wanted.

Socceroos riding wave of momentum toward more favourable World Cup draw

Last year @thepfaaus.bsky.social conducted our own focus groups with fans of the ALW and the ALM, and we’ve just published the findings. ALW: pfa.net.au/report/pfa-a... ALM: pfa.net.au/report/pfa-a... Both are great but I think the ALW one in particular offers some novel insights.

Over 32,000 fans at this match, according to FIFA. A remarkable results and promising signs for women's football in Asia.

Nestory Irankunda steals victory for Socceroos in fiery friendly against Canada

Last year @thepfaaus.bsky.social conducted our own focus groups with fans of the ALW and the ALM, and we’ve just published the findings. ALW: pfa.net.au/report/pfa-a... ALM: pfa.net.au/report/pfa-a... Both are great but I think the ALW one in particular offers some novel insights.

We are pleased to provide the wider football community with an update on our engagement with the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). You can read the report in full here: tinyurl.com/mf68pxum

In a Snapshot 🧐 1. Establishment of a formal supporter consultation process. 2. Unified approach to supporter culture and game advocacy 3. Formalised partnership with external stakeholder engagement. Full report: tinyurl.com/mf68pxum

This one of many reasons that 21st century liberalism should reorient itself around *places*, namely creating places that are actually pleasant to live in, with generous public spaces that bring people's physical bodies into proximity.

"EXCLUSIVE: Over 30 Human Rights Experts Demand UEFA Expel Israeli Soccer Teams" European soccer’s governing body reportedly paused a vote on suspending Israel after Trump released his 20-point 'peace plan' for Gaza, reports @premthakker.bsky.social