News: Safety
Standards Australia adopts amendments to AS 4685 Playground equipment and surfacing
Supporting the operation of safer playgrounds, Standards Australia has advised of the adoption of standards to the series of AS 4685, Playground equipment and surfacing, Parts...
Feb 7, 2021
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Surfaces
Laurie Lawrence repeats Kids Alive online swim sessions
Water safety advocate Laurie Lawrence and daughter Emma are repeating their series of free online swim support sessions for parents of under 5s throughout February. With the...
Feb 7, 2021
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Aquatics
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi marks 1,000 experiences milestone for Roof Walk and Zip Line
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi has reached a significant milestone with its Roof Walk and Zip Line, officially marking 1,000 experiences. Launched in November of last year as the Yas...
Feb 7, 2021
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Anantara Resorts reopens luxury destinations on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island
Luxury hospitality brand Anantara has announced that its Sir Bani Yas Island Resorts in Abu Dhabi have re-opened their doors to guests from 1st February. Closed because of the...
Feb 6, 2021
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Hospitality
Rise in insurance premiums impacts Indigenous rangers’ bushfire prevention work in Western Australia’s Kimberley
Australia’s insurance crisis is set to impact bushfire suppression work undertaken by Indigenous ranger groups in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. The Kimberley Land...
Feb 5, 2021
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Insurance
WTTC says governments should abandon notion of ‘high-risk countries’ and instead focus on ‘high-risk travellers’
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling for governments to abandon the concept of ‘high-risk countries’ and instead focus on how individual ‘high-risk travellers’...
Feb 5, 2021
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Broadbeach gym manager dies in Gold Coast drowning incident
The body of man drowned at Kurrawa Beach on the Gold Coast has been confirmed as Jake Jacobs, manager My Fitness Club Broadbeach. 32-year old Jacobs’ body was recovered from...
Feb 5, 2021
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Fitness
No progress on refurbishment of Wollongong Entertainment Centre 12 months after works identified as a 'priority'
A year after NSW acting Sports Minister Geoff Lee declared that upgrades to Wollongong’s WIN Entertainment Centre were "priority", a local MP has highlighted that there is no...
Feb 5, 2021
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Perth Festival to delay start of 2021 program by two weeks
Impacted by the reintroduction of COVID-19 restrictions in Western Australia this week and to allow the rescheduling of performances, the organisers of the 2021 Perth Festival...
Feb 5, 2021
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Australian Open warm-up events recommence after player Coronavirus tests return negatives
Australian Open warm-up events have resumed today with officials confirmed that all 507 tests of players and officials for COVID-19 had come back negative. With pre-tournament...
Feb 5, 2021
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World’s Largest Swimming Lesson to return in June
The organisers of the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL) has advised that the global platform to promote the importance of teaching children to swim will return on 17th...
Feb 4, 2021
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Waterparks
Recreation Aotearoa launches new water safety campaign
‘Constant supervision saves lives’ is the theme of Recreation Aotearoa’s latest water safety video campaign. Featuring pool facility staff, including lifeguards and pool...
Feb 4, 2021
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Aquatics
Australian Open lead-up events impacted after quarantine hotel worker tests positive for COVID-19
Thursday's matches at Australian Open warm-up events in Melbourne Park have been cancelled after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive to COVID-19. With the infected man...
Feb 4, 2021
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Safety
Adelaide Fringe Festival leads the way for arts events during new COVID normal
The world’s second largest Fringe festival, the Adelaide Fringe - is about to open - leading the way for future arts events in COVID normal times and having created an...
Feb 4, 2021
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Rhino Australia launches Innovative sports robot to reduce football training concussions
Rhino Australia, a leading Australian sporting goods supplier, has launched an innovative robotic training device - the Mobile Virtual Player Sprint - aimed at helping reduce...
Feb 4, 2021
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Technology
Sri Lanka reopens to international tourists with 14-day bio-bubble arrangement
Having reopened its borders on 21st January, Sri Lanka is adopting a bio-bubble approach in which international tourists can stay at one of 52 hotels that have been classified...
Feb 3, 2021
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Western Australian lockdown impacts leading sport leagues
Western Australia’s five-day COVID-19 lockdown is impacting match schedules for sports organisations across multiple codes. Following its first instance of community COVID-19...
Feb 3, 2021
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UK’s Serco Group completes acquisition of Australia’s Facilities First
UK-based service company Serco Group has completed the acquisition of Facilities First, one of Australia's leading privately owned and operated cleaning, maintenance and...
Feb 3, 2021
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Security
Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Playbook rules aim to safeguard against Coronavirus
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee (Tokyo 2020), International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have today published the first in a series...
Feb 3, 2021
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Cricket Australia scraps Test tour of South Africa over Coronavirus fears
Australia’s Test tour of South Africa has been postponed due to concerns over the second wave of COVID-19 in the country. The team will not now travel to contest the three-Test...
Feb 2, 2021
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Opera Australia leads performing arts industry in COVIDSafe performance practices
In an effort to provide a COVIDSafe work environment and significantly reduce the risk of Coronavirus transmission, Opera Australia has become the first performing arts company...
Feb 2, 2021
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Life Saving Victoria marks 30-year Australian Water Safety Education Centre partnership
Life Saving Victoria and the City of Greater Dandenong recently celebrated the significant contributions that the Australian Water Safety Education Centre has made toward public...
Jan 31, 2021
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Victoria’s Anglesea Surf Life Saving Club opens its new facility
One of Victoria’s largest lifesaving clubs, Anglesea Surf Life Saving Club, has officially opened its new clubhouse which includes new community meeting spaces, a function room,...
Jan 31, 2021
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Formula E confirms Saudi Arabian start with Asian legs postponed in part schedule for 2021 race series
Formula E and the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) have revealed the schedule for the part of the race series' season after next month’s season opener in Saudi...
Jan 31, 2021
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