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Ardent Leisure fined $3.6 million over 2016 Dreamworld deaths
Ardent Leisure has been fined $3.6 million over the deaths of four people on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Gold Coast theme park Dreamworld in 2016. Having, in July, pleaded...
Sep 28, 2020
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Fitness Australia’s Barrie Elvish to meet with Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer to urge gym reopening
With the Victorian Government having insisted that gyms stay closed under the state’s Coronavirus lockdown measures, and Fitness Australia and the new VIC Active group...
Sep 21, 2020
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Operator questions Fitness Australia’s 26th October reopening claim for Victorian gyms
While lobbying extensively for gyms in Victoria to be allowed to reopen as part of the state’s Coronavirus lockdown easing, Fitness Australia’s advice of 10th September that...
Sep 18, 2020
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Falls Festival crowd crush victims to share in almost $7 million payout
Fans at the 2016 Falls Festival in Lorne who were injured in a crowd crush will share in a multi-million dollar damages payout. The Victorian Supreme Court has awarded damages...
Sep 17, 2020
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Parks Australia charged with damage to sacred site in Kakadu national park
Parks Australia, which manages the world-heritage listed Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, has been charged under the state’s Sacred Sites Act with damaging an...
Sep 15, 2020
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Death of former NSW Premier and WADA President John Fahey
John Fahey, the former Premier of NSW and President of the World Anti-Doping Authority, has died at the age of 75. In a statement this morning, current NSW Premier, Gladys...
Sep 12, 2020
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Queensland Police lay charges over Cairns bush rave
Queensland Police have laid charges against the two alleged organisers of a bush rave west of Cairns held in breach of COVID-19 restrictions. Expected to attract up to 300...
Sep 10, 2020
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Conservationists alert UNESCO of Australian Government’s move to weaken legal protection for heritage sites
Australian conservation groups have written to the Director-General of UNESCO, warning the international body of “alarming moves by the Australian Government to weaken legal...
Sep 6, 2020
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ASIC commences action against GoGetta Equipment Funding Pty Ltd for unlicensed consumer leasing
The Australian Security and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced civil penalty action in the Federal Court of Australia against Queensland-based GoGetta Equipment Funding...
Sep 2, 2020
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Dunedin-based Ticket Rocket enters receivership
The impact of the Coronavirus on live events has seen Dunedin-based Ticket Rocket go into receivership with New Zealand’s High Court freezing the company’s assets. Entering...
Sep 2, 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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Royal Life Saving introduces new conflict management course for the aquatic industry
Royal Life Saving Society - Australia has developed a new course on how to manage conflicts, specifically tailored for those working in the aquatic industry. The course has been...
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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Lawyer warns that Gymnastics Australia inquiry will reveal 'spectrum' of abuse allegations
A lawyer representing a group of 40 past and present Australian gymnasts has warned that "a spectrum" of abuse allegations will emerge from an independent review into Gymnastics...
Aug 22, 2020
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Fitness Australia secures support for exercise to be classed as an 'essential service' from Victorian shadow sport minister
Fitness Australia’s ongoing advocacy for gyms to be considered essential services due to the important role regular and consistent exercise in physical and mental health has...
Aug 21, 2020
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Lawyer Paula Robinson named Queensland Academy of Sport Chair
Leading sport and entertainment lawyer Paula Robinson, the former Head of Legal for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, has been appointed as Chair of the Queensland Academy...
Aug 21, 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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NRL warns of ‘strongest possible’ penalties for racial abuse by fans at Central Coast Stadium
The NRL has announced that it will enforce the “strongest possible” penalties on spectators who are alleged to have yelled racist comments at Penrith Panthers Indigenous player,...
Aug 16, 2020
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Football Queensland's Chairman and Chief Executive sue former FFA executive
Football Queensland Chairman Ben Richardson and its Chief Executive, Robert Cavallucci, have reportedly commenced defamation proceedings against whistleblower and former...
Aug 13, 2020
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Sydney Opera House’s demands for licence fee for ‘sails’ logo to impact city’s sport brands
The Sydney Opera House Trust’s demand that sports teams using its famous sails in their logos pay an annual $50,000 licensing fee looks set to impact the brands of several of...
Aug 10, 2020
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Three men hospitalised after ‘brutal’ stabbing at rugby league match in Western Sydney
A 19-year-old man has been arrested after an alleged stabbing involving several people on opposing teams of a rugby league match in the Sydney suburb of North Parramatta this...
Aug 9, 2020
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Gym owner calls for online protest over new NSW fitness club regulations
NSW gym owner has called for industry stakeholders to join in an online day of protest on Friday 14th August calling on NSW and Federal Government ministers, decision makers and...
Aug 9, 2020
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Promotion of Townsville boxing bout appropriates Mackay’s ‘Rumble on the Reef’ skateboard event brand
Backers of the upcoming super welterweight boxing bout between Jeff Horn and Tim Tszyu in Townsville on Wednesday 26th August have been accused of appropriating the Rumble on...
Aug 7, 2020
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