News: Legal
Sydney's City of Ryde erects signage urging green space users not to defecate in park
The City of Ryde of Sydney’s north has resorted to installing signs urging park users not to defecate in the green space at Outlook Park in the suburb of Eastwood. The sign,...
Mar 11, 2024
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Parks
Paedophile cricket coach gets further 23 year jail term for sexually abusing three boys in the ACT
Paedophile cricket coach Ian Harold King, already serving a lengthy prison term for the abuse of minors, has been sentenced to a further 23 years behind bars for sexually...
Mar 8, 2024
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Legal
Sportradar highlights leading role of Artificial Intelligence in latest match-fixing report
Sportradar Integrity Services, a unit of Sportradar has released its annual report - ‘Betting Corruption and Match-fixing in 2023’ which details the company’s findings into...
Mar 5, 2024
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Pool operator pleads guilty to safety breaches over child drowning at Port Fairy Community Pool
Following the drowning death of a child in 2021, the Port Fairy Community Pool Management Group has today pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool Magistrates' Court to a charge of...
Mar 4, 2024
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Aquatics
Man who stole more than $23,000 from Gungahlin United Football Club avoids jail
A man who swindled a Canberra football club out of more $23,546 to enjoy "a few months of lavish living", has escaped a custodial sentence. Aaron Alexander who, as President of...
Mar 1, 2024
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Tour operators ordered to pay $12 million in fines and reparations over White Island tragedy
The judge in the long-running prosecution over the Whakaari White Island disaster of 2019 has ordered that the guilty parties pay $10.21 million in reparations to families of...
Mar 1, 2024
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NSW Police commence murder investigation after bodies found at North Paramatta Taekwondo studio
NSW Police are investigating the discovery of three bodies at locations in Western Sydney today, including the bodies of a child and a woman at a Taekwondo studio in North...
Feb 19, 2024
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Security
Athlete representation and rules for transgender athletes tackled at LawAccord
Topical legal issues confronting International Federations including athlete representation, rules for transgender athletes in international sport and how to ensure integrity in...
Feb 15, 2024
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Gold Coast City Council ordered to pay $125,000 fine after child’s diving platform fall
Gold Coast City Council has been penalised with a $125,000 fine for failing to comply with its health and safety obligations at its Gold Coast Aquatic Centre over an incident...
Feb 14, 2024
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Aquatics
AUSactive and OneMusic Australia combine to present webinar for fitness studio operators
Aware that many gym and fitness studio operators and owners may be confused about music licencing, OneMusic Australia and AUSactive are combining to present an online...
Feb 14, 2024
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Fitness
South Korean Court convicts police officers over Halloween 2022 crowd crush cover-up
A South Korean court has convicted three former police officers of destroying internal files and other evidence in an attempted cover-up after a Halloween crowd crush that...
Feb 14, 2024
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Ticketek hack sees ‘thousands’ of Australian Taylor Swift fans with fears over stolen tickets
Days before Taylor Swift is due to perform in Melbourne and Sydney, Ticketek has advised that it will establish pop-up booths at the singing star’s Australian concert venues to...
Feb 13, 2024
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Ticketing
Climate trigger in Australia’s national laws called for by environment groups
Following the recent release of the Senate inquiry report on the ‘Climate Trigger Bill’, the Climate Council and the Australian Conservation Foundation are urgently calling for...
Feb 10, 2024
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Government /
Environment
Fears that sunbeds in commercial collariums are increasing melanoma risk
While banned across the country, commercial sunbeds appear to making a return as ‘collariums’ - claiming to give users a "longer-lasting beautiful tan" via UV and red light, as...
Feb 7, 2024
Legal /
Wellness
Death at Western Victorian burnout event highlights disputes in governance of Australian motorsport
The death of a spectator at the LOO5ENATS burnout event in Stawell in Western Victoria last November has highlighted divisions in the governance of Australian motorsport. Trent...
Feb 7, 2024
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Venues
Regional movie theatre chain Majestic Cinemas enters voluntary administration
Majestic Cinemas, which operates nine movie theatres in regional NSW and Queensland, has entered voluntary administration blaming the pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis,...
Feb 2, 2024
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Entertainment
Hillcrest School jumping castle operator pleads not guilty to health and safety charge
Rosemary Gamble, the jumping castle operator charged with workplace safety breaches over the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy of December 2021 in which six children died has...
Feb 1, 2024
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World Rugby initiates legal actions after World Cup match official abuse
World Rugby has commenced legal action against individuals responsible for online abuse against match officials and players during last year’s Rugby World Cup in France. Media...
Jan 31, 2024
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Technology
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas initiates lawsuit against World Aquatics
Former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who broke barriers as the first out transgender woman to win a US NCAA swimming championship, has launched a legal...
Jan 30, 2024
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Aquatics
Secrecy over Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s approval of Harry Potter-themed event at The Briars nature reserve
The granting of permission by Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for entertainment giant Warner Bros. and events company Fever permission to hold an interactive Harry...
Jan 24, 2024
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Security
Logan City Council fined $80,000 over electrocution of Eagleby Aquatic Centre lifeguard
Following Beenleigh Magistrates Court having heard evidence of a dangerous series of safety oversights at the Eagleby Aquatic Centre, which culminated with a lifeguard suffering...
Jan 22, 2024
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Swearing and threats pose 'serious risk' to staff at Orange Aquatic Centre resulting in cut in pool entry numbers
Abusive behaviour toward staff members at the Orange Aquatic Centre over recent weeks has seen Orange City Council reduce patron numbers allowed in the facility. Having before...
Jan 19, 2024
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Aquatics
Monash University study finds festival drug-checking services could reduce deaths
An analysis of all drug-related deaths at music festivals across Australia over the past decade has revealed that most incidents are related to young people and the use of MDMA...
Jan 19, 2024
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Entertainment
Future of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts set to head back to Court
The troubled Ruapehu Alpine Lifts on New Zealand’s North Island will be the subject of further upcoming Court action after new claims were lodged over Christmas. The operator of...
Jan 18, 2024
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