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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wrap, a weekly podcast covering women's sports

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Speaker 1: news mills.

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Speaker 2: There's a bit on this week. What do we got?

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Speaker 3: Indeed, so here look around the grounds. We had the

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Speaker 3: first ever all teenager Women's Grand Slam final, Lauren Jackson

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Speaker 3: has been inducted into the Nathmith Hall of Fame, and

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Speaker 3: a new campaign to legislate equal pay for women's sport

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Speaker 1: For our key story, we'll discuss the new collective bargaining

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Speaker 1: agreement for the w League that promises to build upon

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Speaker 1: let's take a look around the grounds. In basketball, Lauren

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Speaker 1: Jackson has again created history becoming the first Australian player

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Speaker 3: In May she was named in the the Nasmith Memorial

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Speaker 2: One of those things. If there is a shrine, she

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Speaker 3: I could get nice to Lauren Jackson shrine.

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Speaker 1: Her vasgall resume is all time. She was the number

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Speaker 1: four championships and four MVPs, as well as an impressive

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, what a resume she's got.

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Speaker 3: And still on tennis, Sam Stows has taken out the

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Speaker 3: In athletics, Athletics Australia has elected Jan Swinhoe as its

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Speaker 2: The seventh of September.

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Speaker 3: Swinhoe first joined Athletics Australia Board of Directors in twenty

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Speaker 3: Aya played soccer with Remy in high school.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and so in this CBA it included both the

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Speaker 1: What we know about this CBA is that it is

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Speaker 1: But it's a reflection of the fact that the women's

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Speaker 3: I think another positive out of this CBA is that

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Speaker 3: and we definitely want to see the pay and everything

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Speaker 2: Let's take a look at what to watch in surfing.

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Speaker 3: The Ripkel WSL Finals with our Aussie Sally Fits and

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Speaker 3: Steph Gilmore is taking place this week. It's been delayed

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Speaker 3: Fay will be kicking off in match one. The winner

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Speaker 1: And that's the rat see an x bit close Bye