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Equipment owners struggle to secure parts for Avanti products
PLEASE NOTE THAT AUSTRALASIAN LEISURE MANAGEMENT DOES NOT AND HAS NEVER SUPPLIED AVANTI FITNESS PRODUCTS AND CANNOT HELP WITH AVANTI FITNESS PRODUCTS' SPARE PARTS, MANUALS,...
Feb 21, 2019
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SportAccord Gold Coast event generates exhibitor interest
The organisers of the Gold Coast edition of SportAccord have advised of significant exhibitor uptake for the upcoming event, just a few months after SportAccord began inviting...
Feb 21, 2019
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Ardent Leisure losses rise as guests fail to return to Dreamworld
Ardent Leisure's has announced that its losses for the first-half of the financial year rose to $21.8 million as guest numbers remain stagnant at its flagship Dreamworld...
Feb 21, 2019
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Industry and music bodies slam NSW Premier for creating ‘confusion and uncertainty’ for festival organisers
Australia’s leading organisations representing the live music, live performance and festivals sectors have come together to issue a joint statement condemning NSW Premier,...
Feb 20, 2019
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Media storm as Mum is asked to stop breastfeeding in NSW public pool
A NSW mother says she is “embarrassed and ashamed” after she was asked to leave a NSW aquatic centre having been breastfeeding in the swimming pool. The mother, who first...
Feb 18, 2019
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Inquest into child drag racer's death at Perth Motorplex told sport had 'almost flippant attitude' to safety
A Coronial inquest into the drag racing death of eight-year-old Anita Board at the Perth Motorplex in November 2017 has heard the junior sport had "almost a flippant attitude"...
Feb 18, 2019
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New Zealand High Court Judge rejects Commerce Commission injunction against Viagogo
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has failed to win an injunction to force Viagogo to change the way it does business with a High Court judge ruling in favour of the...
Feb 18, 2019
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Responsible camping program launched in New Zealand
A program to educate and assess the principles of Responsible Camping has been launched in New Zealand. Up until now, New Zealand’s approach to Freedom Camping placed the...
Feb 16, 2019
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Australian Parliament to consider legislation to strengthen sporting integrity
The Australian Government yesterday has introduced two bills into the Parliament that aim to strengthen Australia’s sports integrity and implement the reforms announced by the...
Feb 14, 2019
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Child dies at Darwin City Council playground
Northern Territory Police are investigating the death of a boy at a Darwin City Council playground on Wednesday. Nine-year-old Seth Tran Anderson died as a result of what has...
Feb 14, 2019
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LPA calls on NSW Premier to halt new regulations until proper industry consultation undertaken
Live Performance Australia has released an open letter sent to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian calling for a “response to the live music industry’s request for a pause on...
Feb 13, 2019
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Sport Australia welcomes creation of new integrity agency
Sport Australia has welcomed the announcement by the Federal Minister for Sport, Bridget McKenzie of the establishment of the new national sports integrity agency, Sport...
Feb 12, 2019
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Live Performance Australia fears NSW Government is risking the demise of world's best festivals
Live Performance Australia has warned that NSW will be wiped off the map for future live music tours and festivals under heavy-handed new licensing plans being proposed by the...
Feb 12, 2019
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Federal authorities scrutinise Ferrari’s tobacco linked branding ahead of Melbourne F1 race
Ahead of the 2019 Melbourne Grand Prix, the Federal Department of Health and Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services have launched investigations into Philip Morris'...
Feb 11, 2019
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Former Thailand FA President Worawi Makudi has football ban overturned
A former executive member of world football governing body FIFA has had his ban from football overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Worawi Makudi, the former...
Feb 11, 2019
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Belgravia Foundation highlights role of leisure employment in giving young rapper a second chance
With the Belgravia Foundation this week marking the first anniversary since its launch, the charitable industry organisation has highlighted the achievement of a young...
Feb 11, 2019
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Federal Government announces new body to safeguard the integrity of Australian sport
The Federal Government has established a national agency targeting match-fixers, drug cheats and other forms of corruption in Australian sport. Responding to the Woods Review of...
Feb 11, 2019
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NSW Government stance on festivals sees Byron Bay Bluesfest Director threaten to move event
Peter Noble, Director of Byron Bay's multi-award winning Bluesfest is threatening to move the event out of NSW, claiming new NSW Government guidelines are threatening to put the...
Feb 11, 2019
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Concert promoter Michael Chugg says Viagogo is 'out of control ... f**king thieves'
South Australian consumers are being urged not to use online ticket reseller Viagogo, with Veteran promoter Michael Chugg labelling the company “outrageously out of control”....
Feb 10, 2019
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Man arrested after burglaries at Auckland gyms
New Zealand Police have arrested a man following a spate of burglaries and thefts from 24/7 gyms in Auckland. The man is allegedly linked to more than 24 burglaries at gyms in...
Feb 9, 2019
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Second NSW music festival cancelled in a week
The organisers of the Mountain Sounds festival on the NSW Central Coast have called the event off just a week before event it was due to take place, citing the cancellation as...
Feb 8, 2019
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SportAccord Gold Coast conference features key topics for sport lawyers and administrators
SportAccord has confirmed the program for this year’s LawAccord conference program: Key Opportunities, Challenges and Threats to Institutional Sport – From Within and Without,...
Feb 7, 2019
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Psyfari organisers end event citing NSW Government’s ‘war on festivals’
A music festival held in the NSW bush has cancelled this year’s event, with organisers blaming increased regulations and excessive policing. In what would have been its 10th...
Feb 6, 2019
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Commerce Commission describes Viagogo as a ‘marketplace for scalpers and fraudsters’ in Auckland High Court
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission described ticket reseller of Viagogo of “extensive fraudulent behaviour” in the Auckland High Court yesterday. Seeking an injunction to...
Feb 6, 2019
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