News: Education
Obesity Experts Critical of Active After-School program
The Active After-School Communities (AASC) program has been criticised by obesity experts. Critics of the program, run by the Australian Sports Commission and funded at a cost...
Dec 9, 2009
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Les Murray earns lifetime achievement honour
The face of football, Les Murray, has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Media Awards. ASC Chief Executive Matt...
Dec 7, 2009
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Help shape the future sport and recreation workforce
Service Skills Australia (SSA) has published a scoping report outlining its vision for a nationwide workforce development strategy for the sport and recreation sector, and is...
Dec 1, 2009
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World Cup Boost for NZ Grassroots Football Coaching
Junior football teams around New Zealand are to be backed by 3,500 newly trained coaches for the 2010 winter season. New Zealand Football (NZF) aim to achieve the ambitious...
Nov 27, 2009
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Schools Building Stimulus Creates Demand for Multipurpose Courts
Synthetic Grass & Rubber Surfaces are reporting that they "been kept very busy" over recent months with projects resulting from the Federal Government's Schools Building...
Nov 23, 2009
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ANZALS to Explore New Directions in Leisure Studies
Details of the ninth Biennial Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies (ANZALS) have been announced. Being staged in association with The...
Nov 12, 2009
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Drowning Sparks Call for National Water Safety program
The death of a five-year-old girl who had been found floating face down in water at the Goodna Aquatic Centre, Queensland on Monday has led to a call for the Royal Life Saving...
Nov 11, 2009
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Don and Rhonda Bacchi Launch Onfit Training
Don and Rhonda Bacchi have launched Online Fitness, a new training college for gym instructors, personal trainers and fitness specialists. In partnership with The Wise Academy...
Nov 10, 2009
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ANU to Transform Campus Into Green Hub
The Australian National University (ANU) will receive $1 million in Federal Government funding to transform its iconic Canberra campus into a sustainable green hub. Federal...
Nov 10, 2009
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School Swimming Pool Closures Rising
Hundreds of school swimming pools have closed in New Zealand in the past five years, due to schools having no room in their operational grants to maintain them. With 80 school...
Nov 4, 2009
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Beach 'bravado' killing Aussie men
Myths surrounding the bronzed, surf-savvy Aussie may be killing Australian men, who are nine times more likely to drown than women during a seaside trip, according to a new...
Oct 28, 2009
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Calypso Innovates in Youth Fitness
New Zealand's first 'youth-only' fitness and training centre on Auckland's North Shore is changing the way fitness professionals provide services for children and teenagers. The...
Oct 16, 2009
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Baby Boomers should live like athletes
Baby boomers can reap great benefits from living like Olympic athletes, according to world expert in Anti-Ageing Medicine, Dr Robert Goldman. As the Chairman of the American...
Sep 18, 2009
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Partnerships Target Child Drowning
Following this week's announcement of tragically high numbers of child drownings over the past year, Royal Life Saving Society Australia (RLSSA) has partnered with PoolWerx and...
Sep 16, 2009
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Horror year for Australian Drownings
A horror year in which 302 Australians drowned has prompted urgent calls from the Royal Life Saving Society Australia for increased parental awareness, a greater emphasis on...
Sep 15, 2009
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Australian lifesavers to aid Japan
Australian surf lifesavers are helping Japan in reducing high rates of drowning deaths at beaches. Hundreds of Japanese die every year in the surf, the result of excessive...
Sep 10, 2009
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Library opened at Blacktown Leisure Centre
Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope (BLCS), NSW, has been expanded with the addition of a branch library along with new recreation and fitness facilities. The Dennis Johnson...
Sep 2, 2009
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Aussies help prevent drowning in the Philippines
Royal Life Saving Society Australia (RLSSA) recently answered a call for help from its sister organisation, the Philippine Lifesaving Society, who are working to provide a...
Aug 31, 2009
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Royal Life Urges Backyard Pool Safety
As summer approaches, the Royal Life Saving Society Australia and PoolWerx are asking everyone with a backyard pool to get in and check their fence and the surrounding...
Aug 28, 2009
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Australia-First Sports College for the Gold Coast
A push for the establishment of the first Australian sports college for year eleven and twelve students has been announced on the Gold Coast by its chairman, former Queensland...
Aug 27, 2009
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New Zealand Park Rangers to Benefit from Partnership
Skills Active and the New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA) have announced a partnership that will benefit New Zealand's Park Rangers. The partnership aims to identify,...
Aug 26, 2009
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Kiwisport initiative good for children
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has launched the National-led Government’s Kiwisport initiative which will invest $82 million in school sports over the next four years....
Aug 17, 2009
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Opening Days cut at WA Museum
The WA Museum will close on Wednesdays from this month, including sites in Geraldton, Albany and Kalgoorlie, as part of Western Australian Government attempts to rein in public...
Aug 4, 2009
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Top Level Sport Academy Established on the Gold Coast
An Australian-first sports institute has been established on the Gold Coast. The Australian Sports Academy, based at the Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre, offers 21 certificate...
Aug 4, 2009
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