Aussie netballers want a pay rise

AUSTRALIA'S national netball team want to more than double their pay, with their union claiming the pay gap with other sports is a gender issue.

The Australian Diamonds want their current average salary of $10,000 a year boosted to $25,000, says the Australian Workers' Union (AWU).

AWU organiser John-Paul Blandthorn says the union will head to the Fair Work Commission after talks with Netball Australia broke down.

He said the popular women's sport suffered from a gender gap in pay, with Netball Australia offering only two per cent of revenue to players compared with other sports paying 20 per cent.

"There's been a conscious decision by other sports to give a certain amount to athletes. In netball it's the opposite," Mr Blandthorn told AAP.

The union wanted players to get $430 per day for a 57-day schedule, up from the current $200, Mr Blandthorn said.

He said Netball Australia had made a counter offer of $250 per day for a 80-day schedule.

Netball Australia chief executive Kate Palmer said it was an ambition of the organisation for players to be paid as full-time athletes.

"We are delighted that the offer we have presented to the AWU is a significant improvement on the players' current salary levels," she said.

"It is a step forward for our sport."

Mr Blandthorn said most players had to work outside the sport, and they had not taken a pay rise in six years in an effort to allow the sport to consolidate.

"There can always be ambition. That doesn't pay the bills," he said.

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