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Omicron impact sees call for screen production insurance to be matched for live music and events
An alliance of live music and entertainment bodies is calling on the Federal Government to extend its Temporary Interruption Fund (TIF), announced earlier this week to help the...
Jan 13, 2022
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Ban on singing and dancing in venues and entertainment sees new event cancellations
With 2022 having held out the prospect of a resurgence for the live entertainment and music industry, the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus is causing the cancellation of a...
Jan 12, 2022
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Pop up zip line over Melbourne's River Yarra proves popular
A 130-metre zip line across Melbourne’s Yarra River has proved popular since its opening on 1st December, with more than 11,000 people expected to ride the attraction during its...
Dec 23, 2021
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AMPSEA partners with Sportscover to deliver National Insurance Scheme
The Australian Mass Participation Sporting Events Alliance (AMPSEA) has appointed leading industry insurer Sportscover to launch and run a national insurance scheme for the mass...
Dec 21, 2021
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Outdoors NSW and ACT issues risk management reminders
In the wake of the tragic jumping castle accident in Tasmania last week, Outdoors NSW and ACT has reminded all its members and related businesses to review operations and the...
Dec 21, 2021
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Standards Australia publishes terrorist risk management handbook
With Australia's current National Terrorism Threat Level labelled as “probable”*, meaning there are individuals or groups that may have the intent to cause harm in Australia,...
Dec 20, 2021
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New COVID outbreak sees cancellation of Newcastle’s Lunar Electric festival
New outbreaks of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the NSW Hunter Valley has seen the cancellation of Newcastle’s Lunar Electric music festival. Due to have been staged on...
Dec 17, 2021
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Insurer Sportscover surprised by Small Business Ombudsman's support for attractions mutual fund
Leading industry insurer Sportscover has questioned the recommendation in the recent The Show Must Go On report from the Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman that a...
Dec 17, 2021
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Launch of COVID-19 insurance brings certainty to events
Aiming to help more performers and event industry professionals return to work, the Victorian Government has today launched Australia’s first COVID-19 event insurance. The...
Dec 14, 2021
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Wellington City Council pays $3.6 million to cover COVID-19 cancellation of art event
Wellington City Council has paid out $3.6 million to the World of WearableArt (WOW) event which was forced to cancel for a second successive year due to COVID-19 restrictions....
Dec 7, 2021
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Small Business Ombudsman’s report calls for a Discretionary Mutual Fund as solution for amusement and attractions insurance challenges
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson, has today released the final report into the insurance crisis facing Australia’s amusement,...
Dec 6, 2021
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Live music and entertainment industry urges Governments to deliver national insurance scheme as Omicron threatens recovery
A government-backed insurance scheme is being called for by the live music and entertainment industry as the emergence of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant has placed the...
Nov 29, 2021
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Federal Government rejects call for national event insurance scheme
The Federal Government has rejected recommendations from a Senate committee inquiry that called for a national insurance guarantee to protect events cancelled by COVID-19...
Nov 22, 2021
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Risk management the key to way out of attractions industry’s insurance crisis
The reported insurance crisis in Australia’s attractions industry and related sectors could be reduced if operators adopted higher standards of risk management according to...
Nov 17, 2021
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EVANZ announce new insurance partnership to benefit members
The Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand (EVANZ) have partnered with insurance industry leader Apex Insurance and risk management consultancy Reliance Risk to offer a...
Nov 16, 2021
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Australia’s first on-demand adventure and sport insurance offers $6 a day cover
A new insurtech start-up - Flip - has launched Australia’s first on-demand injury cover offering adventurous and sporting Australians the chance to stay protected for $6 a day....
Nov 15, 2021
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Live Performance Australia calls for NSW Government to replicate Victoria’s backing for live entertainment
The peak body for Australia’s live performance industry, Live Performance Australia (LPA) has called on the NSW Government to follow the Victorian Government’s move to create an...
Nov 15, 2021
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Victorian Government reveals event insurance scheme in move to revive live music
The Victorian Government has today announced moves to restart the state’s live music and festival scene, with an events insurance scheme for the next 12 months along with other...
Nov 13, 2021
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Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary named Queensland’s top Major Tourist Attraction at QTIC Awards
The Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC) 2021 Queensland Tourism Awards have tonight seen the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary named the state’s top Major Tourist Attraction....
Nov 12, 2021
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FITREC announces BUPA partnership
Reinforcing the importance of physical activity in the treatment of many diagnosed health and medical conditions, independent registration body FITREC has announced a...
Nov 12, 2021
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New Zealand government launches insurance scheme for major summer festivals
The New Zealand Government has today announced that it will offer major summer festivals financial certainty to proceed in face of COVID-19 threat with the launch of the Events...
Nov 9, 2021
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Federal Opposition gets behind events industry’s call for cancellation insurance scheme
Calls for the Federal Government to underwrite a national insurance scheme to cover operational losses from COVID-19-related cancelation or postponement of business events and...
Nov 8, 2021
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AALARA urges members to respond to Australian Small Business Ombudsman's insurance crisis interim report
Following on from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman's Interim Report into the insurance crisis impacting attractions and tourism, the Australian...
Oct 25, 2021
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Extensions announced for NSW AUSTSWIM Teachers
Given the unusual circumstances facing the industry, AUSTSWIM will be granting all NSW AUSTSWIM Teachers whose licence expired from 26th June to, and including 30th November...
Oct 24, 2021
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