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Viva Leisure announces ‘outstanding’ financial results with no loss in year-on-year income
Viva Leisure Limited Managing Director and Chief Executive, Harry Konstantinou has hailed the business’ financial results for the 2019/20 financial year as “an outstanding...
Aug 26, 2020
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United Nations Secretary-General highlights the scale of world tourism’s crisis
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the Coronavirus pandemic puts as many as 100 million direct jobs in global tourism as risk. Speaking overnight,...
Aug 26, 2020
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ExerciseNZ regrets New Zealand Government's failure to pass commercial rent laws
The Exercise Association of New Zealand (ExerciseNZ) has expressed its concern that with proposed rent laws having not been passed as legislation by Parliament there has been no...
Aug 25, 2020
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AFL restructuring sees integration of management at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium
The AFL’s restructuring of its operations will see a change of management at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium with the Docklands venue to become wholly integrated into the AFL...
Aug 25, 2020
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AFL Tasmania Chief Executive Trisha Squires heads to Queensland
Among changes announced yesterday by the AFL as part of a major restructuring of its operations, AFL Tasmania Chief Executive, Trisha Squires is to relocate to become Head of...
Aug 24, 2020
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Games broadcaster says chances of Tokyo Olympics being staged in 2021 are ‘50-50 at best’
James Warburton, Chief Executive of Seven West Media, owner of the Seven Network, has cast doubt on whether the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be held next year. With Seven holding...
Aug 24, 2020
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Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club one many small Gold Coast businesses to receive funding
The Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club is one of more than 2,700 Gold Coast businesses to receive Queensland Government funding through the Small Business COVID-19 Adaptation...
Aug 24, 2020
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Decline in income forces AFL to restructure operations with 20% of staff to be cut
The AFL has today announced that it is to cut key members of its senior management team as part of making around 20% of its workforce redundant within a restructure prompted by...
Aug 24, 2020
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FILEX Virtual Summit to feature three industry-leading panel discussions
Aiming to equip fitness businesses and professionals with key learnings during the challenges of 2020, the FILEX Virtual Summit is returning on 11th and 12th September 2020,...
Aug 24, 2020
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Opera Australia to restructure and sell warehouse base
Impacted by having cancelled more than 500 performance during the Coronavirus shutdown, Opera Australia has announced that it is to sell its warehouse base in the Sydney suburb...
Aug 24, 2020
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Victorian Government commits $4.9 million in grants for World Game Facilities Fund
The Victorian Government has announced that more than $4.9 million in grants has been allocated to boost to grassroots football facilities through its World Game Facilities...
Aug 24, 2020
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Funding available for 2021 Queensland Multicultural events
Organisers of Queensland multicultural festivals and events planned for 2021 can now apply to share in $1 million funding through the Celebrating Multicultural Queensland...
Aug 23, 2020
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Fremantle's Port Beach to be protected from coastal erosion
The Western Australian Government has announced $3.25 million would be allocated to a sand nourishment project to provide up to 10 years of protection for Port Beach, Fremantle....
Aug 23, 2020
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Victoria University announces inaugural Women in Sport Scholarships
Victoria University has announced the inaugural Victoria University Women in Sport Scholarships assisted by funding from Dr Susan Alberti AC, one of Australia’s most well-known...
Aug 23, 2020
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Sport NZ opens applications for new $68 million community fund
Sport New Zealand has announced that it is now inviting applications for its new fund - Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa - for community-based programmes and projects targeting young...
Aug 23, 2020
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AFL will not use Aboriginal flag during Indigenous Round
As the AFL celebrates Australian’s Indigenous heritage this weekend, the Aboriginal flag - usually painted on the ground at each venue and featuring on each player’s jersey -...
Aug 21, 2020
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Financial impact of Coronavirus leaves Victorian families unable to afford healthy food
A new VicHealth survey of 2,000 Victorians shows 26% Victorian families have been left to rely on unhealthy food due to home budget pressures during the first Coronavirus...
Aug 20, 2020
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Liverpool City Council highlights significant shortfall in arts funding
Liverpool City Council has highlighted the significant shortfall of arts funding going to Western Sydney, noting the vital role a thriving arts and cultural sector plays in...
Aug 20, 2020
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North Queensland Museum of Underwater Art receives additional funding for completion in 2021
An extra $1 million in funding will be provided by the Queensland Government to complete stage three of the Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA) at Magnetic Island in the Great...
Aug 19, 2020
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Joint funding to secure wildlife haven on Flinders Island
Joint funding from the Federal and South Australian Governments will secure a 3,400 hectare wildlife haven on Flinders Island to protect existing birdlife and allow the...
Aug 19, 2020
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Dunk Island repossession a setback to planned billion-dollar Mission Beach redevelopment
Developer James Mawhinney’s plans to build a billion-dollar resort at Queensland’s Mission Beach region appear to have be over after former owner Peter Bond repossessed the Dunk...
Aug 19, 2020
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Federal Tourism Minister urges states open their borders
Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham has expressed his disappointment that the Tasmanian and Western Australian Government have extended their border closures, saying there...
Aug 19, 2020
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Warriors ‘relieved’ after Telstra reverses plan to force out club sponsor
New Zealand Warriors Chief Executive, Cameron George says the club is “relieved” that the NRL and its naming rights partner Telstra will not proceed to force the club to end its...
Aug 18, 2020
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Mindbody announces management changes as company hit by higher loan costs
Fitness industry technology platform Mindbody has named its current President Josh McCarter as its new Chief Executive, replacing co-founder Rick Stollmeyer who is transitioning...
Aug 18, 2020
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