The record 11-million-strong audience for the Matildas’ FIFA Women’s World Cup bid has helped put women’s sports on the table for an overhaul of games protected to appear on free-to-air television.

The Albanese government’s proposed reform of the “anti-siphoning list”, which outlines the sporting events that must sell their broadcast rights to free-to-air networks before pay TV or streaming companies, should be boosted by 600 events to include more women’s and para sports.