News: Legal
New chairman for Perth Theatre Trust
Lawyer Morgan Solomon has been announced as the new Chairman of the Perth Theatre Trust, replacing the outgoing Peter Blaxell. Solomon (pictured) will succeed the former...
Jan 20, 2016
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Tennis authorities reject claims of supression of match-fixing evidence
Tennis authorities say they have a zero tolerance approach to match-fixing but won't be reopening old files in the wake of a joint BBC/Buzzfeed investigation into players...
Jan 18, 2016
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BBC report that tennis authorities ignored evidence of match-fixing by key professional players
Eight players under suspicion from past or current investigations into match-fixing in tennis are in the main draw of the 2016 Australian Open, according to allegations made by...
Jan 17, 2016
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Coroner releases findings into competitor death at Australian Surf Life Saving Championships
Junior surf lifesavers competing in future surf life saving championship events should be made to wear helmets and lifejackets, a coroner has said at the inquest into the 2012...
Jan 17, 2016
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City of Subiaco under fire for introducing fitness permit system in its parks
The City of Subiaco is under fire for the introduction of a licensing system for group fitness classes in its parks that requires trainers to hold a permit indicating when and...
Jan 17, 2016
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Parks
World Anti-Doping Agency says IAAF corruption is ‘embedded’
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) panel tasked with investigating allegations of widespread doping in athletics has claimed that senior executives on the council of the...
Jan 15, 2016
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Wellness
AFL Players' Association head says Essendon players victims, not perpetrators
The AFL Players’ Association has expressed that it is "bitterly disappointed" by the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to ban 34 past and present Essendon FC...
Jan 13, 2016
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Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds AFL player bans
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) of the AFL anti-doping tribunal's Essendon FC verdict, with 34 past and...
Jan 11, 2016
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IAAF Ethics Commission delivers life bans to three top officials
The son of the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the head of the All-Russia Athletic Federation and the team’s senior coach have...
Jan 8, 2016
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Probe into MCG supply chain finds alleged exploitation of cleaners
The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against the Australian arm of a multi-national company over its alleged involvement in the exploitation of overseas workers at...
Jan 7, 2016
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Venues
NSW Premier Baird threatens to shut down festivals over drug use
NSW Premier Mike Baird has threatened to shut down music festivals which don’t improve their safety standards after an “unexpected level” of drug-related festival deaths. The...
Jan 4, 2016
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Former Joey to head new FIFA department
Australian sports lawyer James Johnson, once a midfielder with the Brisbane Strikers and part of the Australian Joeys side that made the final of 1999 World under-17...
Jan 3, 2016
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Indonesian Police on alert to combat Bali terror attack threat
Indonesian authorities in the tourist island of Bali are on high alert amid fears of a potential terrorist attack over the New Year period. More than 9,000 police will be...
Dec 31, 2015
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90 fans ejected from the MCG during day one of the Boxing Day test
Security issues have dogged cricket in the post Christmas period with more than 90 spectators ejected from the MCG on Boxing Day – the first day of Australia’s test against the...
Dec 28, 2015
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11 Hong Kong fitness centre staff arrested after using undue influence to sell memberships
11 employees of a fitness centre in Hong Kong have been arrested over allegations by two customers of their being subject to undue influence in pressuring them into taking out...
Dec 28, 2015
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NSW Government aims to clamp down on 'hoon' jet-skiers
The NSW Government is to crackdown on dangerous and anti-social riding of jet-skis in and around the Georges River, Botany Bay and Port Hacking. New measures include increased...
Dec 22, 2015
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Aquatics
ACCC urges safe riding after rise in quad bike deaths this year
To prevent quad bike accidents this summer, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is warning the community to be fully prepared, wear protective gear and...
Dec 20, 2015
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Recreation
Fair Work Ombudsman orders Launceston fitness club owner to compensate instructor
The owner of two fitness clubs in the Tasmanian town of Launceston has been required to pay compensation to a casual fitness instructor stood down for questioning his...
Dec 20, 2015
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Live Performance Australia demands that ticketing companies protect consumers
Live Performance Australia (LPA), the peak industry body that administers the Ticketing Code of Practice for the live performance industry, has this week reminded Australia’s...
Dec 18, 2015
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New Zealand Government looks at further sunbed restrictions
With reported evidence that New Zealand’s voluntary standard for the use of sunbeds isn’t being adhered to, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has begun a public consultation on...
Dec 17, 2015
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Government
New Fitness Australia Chairman David Allan discusses his role
Following his election as Chairman of Fitness Australia’s Board of Directors last month, David Allan says his first job will be to listen to as many stakeholders as he can. As...
Dec 17, 2015
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Hong Kong fitness coach jailed over HK$1.4 million credit card fraud
A fitness coach working for Hong Kong fitness club group California Fitness has been jailed for three years and four months after the court heard how he secretly used his...
Dec 16, 2015
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Fitness
Police step up patrols to protect Cooma's public swimming pool from vandals
Police in the southern NSW country town of Cooma are keeping a close eye on the town's public swimming pool after successive vandalism attacks over recent weeks. The vandalism...
Dec 15, 2015
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20 overdose at Brisbane Stereosonic festival despite extra security after Sydney and Adelaide deaths
Queensland authorities have reportedly been "staggered" at the number of people treated for drug overdoses at the Stereosonic music festival in Brisbane on Sunday (6th...
Dec 6, 2015
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