News: Government
South Australia Koala Plate initiative supports wildlife rescue organisations
The South Australian EzyPlates initiative has enabled motorists to support South Australian wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organisations with $50,000 in grants now available...
Sep 22, 2024
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Global Nature Positive Summit aims to boost private sector investment
The world’s first Global Nature Positive Summit will be in Sydney from 8th-10th October. The Summit is considered to be the next step towards turbocharging private sector...
Sep 22, 2024
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Western Australian arts organisations share $1.32 million in funding
The Western Australian Government has awarded $1.32 million to 22 projects via round three of the Arts Projects for Organisations grant program 2023-2024. The Arts Projects for...
Sep 20, 2024
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Victorian Parliamentary inquiry into the Commonwealth Games invites events industry input
The Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the Commonwealth Games has restated is investigation, inviting the events industry to share its views on the $2 billion in support the...
Sep 20, 2024
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Tourism in focus at Pacific Ministers’ meet-up
New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Minister Matt Doocey is to meet with Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell and Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica in...
Sep 20, 2024
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Queensland Government invests over $8 million into koala habitat and vaccine research
The Queensland Government is investing $8.7 million to restore crucial koala habitat and address a key disease threat. Two organisations - Queensland Trust for Nature and...
Sep 19, 2024
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Four Queensland ecotourism projects to share in $15 million state government funding
Four ecotourism projects across Queensland will share in the $15 million second round of Growing Future Tourism funding with projects including a new resort on Hook Island, a...
Sep 18, 2024
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Cost of new Hobart Stadium to rise by $60 million as economic cost questioned
The estimated cost of Hobart’s planned waterfront stadium, a condition of Tasmania Tigers entry into the AFL, has increased to $775 million – before construction has even begun....
Sep 18, 2024
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Think tank and conservationists alarmed by Tasmanian State of the Environment Report
The 2024 State of the Environment Report produced under the State Policies and Projects Act 1993 by the independent Tasmanian Planning Commission was tabled in Parliament this...
Sep 17, 2024
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Environment
Glasgow to host 2026 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games Scotland has secured the required Scottish and UK Government support for Glasgow to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA)...
Sep 17, 2024
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NSW Government amends laws to help struggling music festival industry
The NSW Government has today announced new regulatory and financial support for the embattled music festival industry which is under the pressure of increasing costs. With a...
Sep 16, 2024
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Additional $5 million to protect Australia’s natural and cultural heritage sites
The Federal Government has announced Australia’s most precious heritage sites will receive a $5.3 million boost via new round of project grants. Australian Heritage Grants are...
Sep 15, 2024
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Victorian Government announces new funding for live music industry
The Victorian Government has announced a $3.9 million boost for the state’s live music industry with music festivals, musicians and live music venues able to share in the...
Sep 14, 2024
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Ministers announced in new Northern Territory Government as tourism gets standalone office
Newly elected Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has announced the Cabinet for her administration, with Marie-Clare Boothby and Jinson Charls taking on key...
Sep 12, 2024
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New Northern Territory Government halts work on Alice Springs Indigenous art gallery to preserve town's Anzac Oval
The newly elected Northern Territory Government has pledged to preserve Alice Springs’ Anzac Oval sportsground, halting work on previous administration’s planned Aboriginal and...
Sep 12, 2024
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Stage 1 improvements at Rockhampton’s Browne Park set for mid-2025 completion
Australasian Leisure Management has learned that the delayed redevelopment of Rockhampton’s Browne Park is set for completion by mid-2025. The Queensland Government recently...
Sep 12, 2024
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South Australia supports new national policy to empower more women in sport
The South Australian Government has welcomed this week’s announcement of the National Gender Equity in Sports Governance Policy while highlighting their progress to date....
Sep 11, 2024
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Western Australia leading the way on gender equity in sport governance
Following the launch this week of the National Gender Equity in Sport Governance Policy – developed by the Australian Sports Commission - Western Australian Sport and Recreation...
Sep 11, 2024
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Australian Government announces inaugural National Gender Equity in Sport Governance Policy
The Australian Government has announced that national and state-level sporting organisations across Australia must have an equal split of men and women on their boards from 2027...
Sep 9, 2024
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Western Australian Government offers free entry to Perth Zoo
With ongoing cost of living pressures, the Western Australian Government has launched a $6.2 million initiative providing an opportunity for Western Australians to enjoy a...
Sep 8, 2024
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Zoos
Western Australian Government creates new division to support nature-based tourism
The Western Australian Government has announced that it is creating a new tourism-focused division within the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) to...
Sep 5, 2024
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WA Consumer Protection warns gyms of enforcement of fitness industry code of practice
With complaints reportedly soaring against gyms in Western Australia, WA Consumer Protection has advised that fitness operators in the state are under threat of prosecution over...
Sep 4, 2024
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International tourism to New Zealand rebounds in last financial year
With the New Zealand Government planning to increases fees for nearly all categories of visitors from 1st October, the country’s latest International Visitor Survey (IVS) has...
Sep 3, 2024
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Government
New funding and marketing campaign for Far North Queensland tourism businesses
Far North Queensland tourism businesses impacted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper will share in $3.7 million funding - aimed at supporting operators who experienced extended...
Sep 2, 2024
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