News: Legal
Geoff Huegill dropped as Austswim ambassador after drug arrest
Former Australian Olympic swimmer Geoff Huegill has been suspended from his role as an ambassador for AUSTSWIM after his weekend arrest on drug charges. Huegill and his wife...
Apr 29, 2014
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Malaysian jailed over Victorian match-fixing
The Malaysian ringleader of a match-fixing ring operating in the Victorian Premier League (VPL) was jailed on Thursday (24th April), shortly after the club involved, the...
Apr 26, 2014
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Legal
New home for Gosnells PCYC
The recently opened new home of Gosnells PCYC offers a larger space and more rooms to allow for multiple programs to run throughout the day. The facility, located in the Perth...
Apr 22, 2014
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Recreation
Fitness First personal trainer involved in alleged steroid and drug sales
A personal trainer working out of Fitness First's prestigious Platinum club in Sydney's Bondi Junction has been arrested for allegedly selling steroids, cocaine and ecstasy....
Apr 22, 2014
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Fitness
Federal Sport Minister's oversight causes delay in anti-doping investigations
A failure by Federal Sports Minister Peter Dutton to ensure that Australia’s most influential sports anti-doping panel had a full quorum of members has delayed the Australian...
Apr 16, 2014
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Action plan for live music in Sydney
Sydney is planning to become a magnet for intimate and exclusive ‘pop-up’performances by major international artists, as part of the City of Sydney’s plans to breathe new life...
Apr 10, 2014
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WADA Athlete Chair calls for greater athlete involvement for a clean sport
Recently-appointed World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Chair Beckie Scott has called for fellow athletes to become more outspoken on anti-doping issues within their...
Apr 5, 2014
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Legal
Sportradar set to prevent betting fraud impacting on the Wallabies
Sportradar, the world's leading supplier of sports-related live data, betting solutions and security services, has has signed an agreement with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU)...
Mar 28, 2014
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Technology
Legal fight continues over design fees for South Australian State Aquatic Centre
After more than a year of dispute, the ongoing legal battle between Melbourne-based architects Peddle Thorp and the South Australian Government over non-payment of $500,000 in...
Mar 26, 2014
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Aquatics
National Gallery of Australia to return ‘stolen statue’ to India
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) is preparing to return a bronze statue that was allegedly looted from a temple in India. On Wednesday (26th March) the Attorney-General's...
Mar 26, 2014
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Attractions
Fitness Australia releases national membership contract template, appoints new board member
Mindful that compliance with Australian consumer and contract law is critical for fitness clubs, Fitness Australia has joined with Meridian Lawyers to develop the first national...
Mar 25, 2014
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PaySmart backs Fitness Australia move for correct wording in fitness club membership contracts
FFA PaySmart National Sales Manager Colin Walker has backed Fitness Australia 's move to highlight the importance of fitness businesses using correct terminology to describe...
Mar 21, 2014
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Fitness
Deaths and drug arrests at Future Music Festival Asia
The third day of the Future Music Festival in Malaysia was cancelled at the weekend after six people died from suspected drug overdoses and 19 people were arrested for drug...
Mar 18, 2014
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FIFA issues life bans for Victorian Premier League match fixers
World football governing body FIFA has issued life bans for two players who, on behalf of a global betting syndicate, fixed matches in the Victorian Premier League (VPL). The...
Mar 18, 2014
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PaySmart continues to set industry benchmark in data security
As of 12th March, new Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) have replaced the National Privacy Principles and Information Privacy Principles and will apply to organisations, and...
Mar 13, 2014
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NRL sticks by Cronulla and Flanagan supplements penalties
The NRL has rejected an appeal by suspended Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan and the Sharks relating to the sanctions handed down as a result of the club's 2011 supplements...
Mar 6, 2014
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Venues
Hockey India claims victory in longstanding dispute over the management of Indian hockey
The Indian Government has officially recognised governing body Hockey India (HI) as the sole body responsible for the promotion of the sport in the country, in a move that looks...
Mar 4, 2014
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Legal
Young steroid users at increased risk of heart disease
Men in their late 20s and early 30s who abuse steroids are dying from serious heart disease, according to an Australian study of deaths involving the drugs. Researchers at the...
Mar 3, 2014
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Fitness
ASADA completes doping probe into AFL and NRL
Outgoing Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) Chief Executive Aurora Andruska has advised that agency's 13-month investigation into the use of drugs in the AFL and...
Feb 27, 2014
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Bowen's Big Mango goes missing
The Big Mango 'big thing' attraction at Bowen in North Queensland has gone missing overnight. The 10 metre high fibreglass attraction was this morning discovered to have been...
Feb 24, 2014
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Attractions
Attraction ordered to pay $4.6 million to quadriplegic for jumping pillow injury
A Canberra man has been awarded $4.6 million in damages after he became a quadriplegic after an accident at a holiday resort in NSW. Ben Ackland, 26, was a student at the...
Feb 22, 2014
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Play
ACCC to crackdown on online ticket booking fees
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to target companies that use incremental booking fees on online purchases for items such as entertainment and sport...
Feb 22, 2014
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Gyms install needle disposal bins to cater for members injecting steroids
Steroid use in Australian gyms has become so established that some fitness clubs are installing needle disposal bins to cater for members who inject muscle-building drugs...
Feb 21, 2014
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New Zealand High Court hears case over Wanaka FEC
The arguments over whether or not permission should have been granted to build a family entertainment centre on a site near Wanaka Airport have once again been aired in court....
Feb 20, 2014
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