News: Legal
‘Keep Your Cool at the Pool’ Campaign urges respect for lifeguards and other aquatic facility staff
Amid rising instances of abuse, violence and aggression directed at staff working in aquatic facilities around the country, Royal Life Saving Society - Australia has launched a...
Dec 15, 2024
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Police assessing ‘potential criminal conduct’ involving former WAIS and Olympic pole-vault coach Alex Parnov
Western Australian Police are assessing “potential criminal conduct” involving former Olympic pole-vault coach Alex Parnov in the wake of allegations that he groomed,...
Dec 13, 2024
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Woman loses legal case after being refused access to Fitness First Pilates class
A female Fitness First member, who took legal action against the group after being denied access to a Pilates class after arriving late, has lost her attempt to sue the gym...
Dec 8, 2024
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States and territories agree to fund compensation for victims of abuse in sport
A stalemate over redress payments to victims of child sexual abuse in sporting institutions has been overcome with an agreement reached between states, territories and the...
Dec 4, 2024
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Reptiles killed by vandals during break-in at Darwin’s Crocosaurus Cove
Two turtles have been killed and another four injured following a break-in at the Crocosaurus Cove reptile park in Darwin overnight. Northern Territory Police are appealing for...
Dec 4, 2024
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Zoos
Sydney gym Director charged over false statements to Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Jye Menzies-Clifton, Director of Strong and Co Australia Pty Ltd, which operated the Menzies Health Club in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, has been charged with authorising...
Nov 29, 2024
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Fitness
New Zealand’s Ticket Rocket liquidated with debts of almost $10 million
The final liquidation report into the failed Fortress Information Systems Limited - which traded as Ticket Rocket and previously as Ticket Direct - has been released, showing...
Nov 28, 2024
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Ticketing
ARIA and PPCA welcome release of Australian Senate Report on Artificial Intelligence
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) have today welcomed the release of the Australian Senate’s...
Nov 26, 2024
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Arts
Inquest into toddler's drowning death at remote Northern Territory pool reveals extensive failures by MacDonnell Regional Council
A Coronial inquest into the accidental drowning death of an Indigenous child at the Kintore Swimming Pool in the Northern Territory in 2020 has identified "astonishing",...
Nov 25, 2024
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Aquatics
City of Sydney seeks community feedback on proposed nightlife plans
The City of Sydney is proposing changes to nightlife planning rules and the introduction of special entertainment precincts and is looking for community feedback on its...
Nov 24, 2024
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Arts
Fair Work Ombudsman contacted by fitness industry workers 6,267 times over the last five years
The Health and Fitness Association of Australia has advised that the Fair Work Ombudsman was contacted by workers in the fitness industry 6,267 times over the last five years, a...
Nov 21, 2024
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Fitness
Core Health and Fitness takes legal action to protect fitness industry from unlawful conspiracy
Core Health and Fitness - a vertically integrated global manufacturer and distributor of fitness equipment, has taken legal action to protect the fitness industry from unlawful...
Nov 20, 2024
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Fitness
Former Sea World stunt skier sues Village Roadshow for $2.5 million foot injury
A former Sea World stunt skier is suing the Gold Coast theme park and a ski show production company for more than $2.5 million over a foot injury she allegedly suffered during a...
Nov 18, 2024
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Defence witness Professor David Eager involved in tense exchange at Hillcrest jumping castle trial
Defence witness Professor David Eager has been involved in a tense back and forth with the Crown Prosecutor during a cross-examination at the trial of operator of the jumping...
Nov 15, 2024
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Play
Building companies face Court over Kew Recreation Centre roof collapse
Two Melbourne-based building companies, ADCO Group and Colab Building Tech, have faced Court over the 2022 collapse of the steel roof structure on the new Kew Recreation Centre....
Nov 14, 2024
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Aquatics
Court hears operator of jumping castle in Hillcrest School tragedy ‘not competent’ to make safety assessments
Roderick McDonald, a mechanical engineer giving evidence in the trial of operator of the jumping castle at the centre of the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy of 2021, has...
Nov 13, 2024
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AFL's Collingwood settles discrimination lawsuit with former employee
The AFL’s Collingwood Football Club has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former employee in legal proceedings in a discrimination lawsuit. Mark Cleaver, the former Head...
Nov 12, 2024
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Legal
New Zealand rugby player sanctioned for importing clenbuterol
The New Zealand Rugby Judicial Committee has banned rugby player Carlin Wilkinson-Ballantine for four years after a package addressed to the athlete was intercepted by the NZ...
Nov 12, 2024
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Wellness
Shoalhaven Council flags pool compliance requirements
Shoalhaven Council has flagged the compliance requirements for NSW commercial and residential pool owners. Swimming pool owners across the city are being encouraged to ensure...
Nov 11, 2024
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Aquatics
Maytronics enters into settlement agreement with Chasing Innovation Technology
A settlement agreement reached between Maytronics, a global leader in the swimming pool industry, and Chasing Innovation Technology, will see Chasing cease production and sales...
Nov 7, 2024
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Aquatics
Criminal hearing commences against jumping castle operator in Hillcrest School tragedy
Criminal proceedings against Rosemary Gamble, the jumping castle operator charged with workplace safety breaches over the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy of December 2021 in...
Nov 4, 2024
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Funtopia Maribyrnong fined $60,000 following WorkSafe Victoria prosecution over child’s rope ladder fall
Indoor play centre Funtopia Maribyrnong has been fined for breaching safety laws plea after an incident where an eight-year-old girl fell from a rope ladder. Operator...
Nov 1, 2024
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Former coach Daniel Benson imprisoned for eight and a half year over decades-long sexual abuse of young gymnasts
A once respected gymnastics coach has been sentenced to an eight years and six months jail having been found guilty over the abuse of young athletes over several decades. In the...
Nov 1, 2024
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Legal
Live Nation facing massive US class action lawsuit after Ticketmaster data breach
Multiple reports are indicating that Live Nation is facing a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit in the US Courts, following the huge Ticketmaster data breach earlier this...
Oct 31, 2024
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Ticketing