Netball: NZ media praised by star Australian player

Star Australian netballer Liz Ellis wants a senate inquiry to examine why New Zealand gives so much more media coverage to women's sport compared with Australia.

Ellis started the ball rolling ahead of the upcoming senate inquiry into women's sport with a newspaper column lambasting the lack of coverage of women's sports in Australia - and praising New Zealand.

"Not only does it have a woman as Prime Minister, but netball regularly appears among the country's most-watched television programmes."