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AFL Chief Executive Officer Andrew Demetriou today said the nomination of Adam Goodes as the 2014 Australian of The Year had brought great honour to Australia's only indigenous game. Goodes was ...
AUSTRALIAN of the Year and dual Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes has long been a passionate – and at times outspoken – advocate for the indigenous community, not just in football, but Australia wide.
The previous day, on Triple M’s Hot Breakfast with Eddie McGuire, the broadcaster and gameshow host – who is also a game-day commentator on the Fox Footy Channel, former chief executive of the Nine ...
Goodes was selected as Australian of the Year in 2014, but sparked a nationwide controversy during an Australian Rules football game in Melbourne a year earlier. After being racially abused by a ...
Hird described the booing of 2014 Australian of the Year Goodes as “disturbing”. “Because it’s unacceptable (behaviour) and it should have been talked about as unacceptable from day one.
Through the backdrop of Goodes' journey, the feature documentary explores race, identity and belonging in Australia today. The remarkable story of Indigenous AFL legend Adam Goodes. Through the ...
The entertainment aside, 2015 will be seen as the year Australian sport was marred by AFL supporters who believed they had every right to boo an Indigenous player – Adam Goodes – for reasons ...
This week, another proud Indigenous footballer was harrassed for raising his grievances. What followed was the predictable ...
Adam Goodes and best Michael O'Loughlin after the Swans won the 2012 AFL Grand Final. Picture: Phil HillyardSource: News Corp Australia “From the guy who walked in the doors as a 17-year-old to ...
and it stretches into the homes and hearts of Aboriginal Australia. “It’s bestowed on you, it’s not something you choose to do,” Goodes told westernbulldogs.com.au in the lead up Indigenous Round, ...
Goodes was selected as Australian of the Year in 2014, but sparked a nationwide controversy during an Australian Rules football game in Melbourne a year earlier. After being racially abused by a ...