News: Safety
WTTC calls for leadership from Australian Government to save tourism
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has urgently called on the Australian government for strong leadership and unprecedented international collaboration, to save the...
Aug 15, 2020
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Hospitality
Ardent Leisure to reopen Dreamworld on 16th September
Having secured $70 million in financial assistance from the Queensland Government, Ardent Leisure has announced that it will commence a staged reopening of its Dreamworld and...
Aug 14, 2020
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Waterparks
Australian Marine Conservation Society claims ACT Government is delaying comprehensive single use plastic legislation
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has welcomed the tabling of legislation that will ban the use of plastic cutlery, drink stirrers and polystyrene food and...
Aug 13, 2020
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Environment
Fitness Australia counters ‘misinformation’ that suggests gyms are a hotspot for COVID-19
Fitness Australia has today moved to counter what it refers to as “misinformation, uninformed sources and negative commentary” that it feels is portraying health and fitness...
Aug 12, 2020
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Fitness
COVID Tracer sign-in now required at all Christchurch City Council facilities
People visiting all Christchurch City Council facilities from noon today will be required to sign in using the national COVID Tracer app and scanning the QR code. For those...
Aug 12, 2020
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Aquatics
Royal Life Saving publishes new National Swimming and Water Safety Framework for learn to swim programs
Royal Life Saving Society - Australia has published the new National Swimming and Water Safety Framework, which sets out new benchmarks for children participating in swimming...
Aug 11, 2020
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Aquatics
Fitness facilities at the crossroads and demanding new approaches
Chris Skinner, Managing Director of leading equipment supplier HF Industries, believes that the operation of exercise facilities through and after the Coronavirus pandemic...
Aug 10, 2020
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Features
Northern Territory border closes and unlikely to reopen until at least 2022
The Northern Territory border will remain closed until at least 2022 marking yet another blow for the broader tourism sector which is calling for a national strategy to reopen...
Aug 10, 2020
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Wellness
Swim Logan project looks to provide life-saving swimming lessons
In a bid to reduce drowning rates, the City of Logan is to offer swimming lessons will be offered to the City of Logan’s refugee, migrant and Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
Aug 10, 2020
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Aquatics
Live Performance Australia releases comprehensive COVIDSafe guidelines
To help the live performance industry prepare in reopening venues and resuming productions, Live Performance Australia (LPA) has released a comprehensive set of COVID Safe...
Aug 10, 2020
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Arts
SEA LIFE Trust confirms safe transition of Beluga whales into Iceland sanctuary
The SEA LIFE Trust has confirmed that two beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, are now safely in their new sea sanctuary care area at Klettsvik Bay in Iceland having...
Aug 9, 2020
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Environment
Australian Swim Schools’ virtual conference a huge success
The Australian Swim Schools Association has reported that its 2020 Annual Conference - held online from Monday 27th to Friday 31st July - succeeded in delivering a program that...
Aug 9, 2020
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Aquatics
Falls Creek Management announce resort closure due to Stage three Coronavirus restrictions
Falls Creek Resort Management has announced that it is to close as part of Stage three ‘Stay at Home’ Coronavirus restrictions across regional Victoria. The closure, which began...
Aug 9, 2020
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Attractions
Port Macquarie festival organiser uncertain about holding event in 2021
With the founder of the UK's Glastonbury Festival advising this week that the event may not return until 2022, the organiser of the Howling Moon Blues Festival in Port...
Aug 7, 2020
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Environment
Fitness First introduces attendee temperature checks at NSW clubs
Fitness First has announced that it has introduced of temperature checks for members as they enter their clubs in NSW. Having been forced to temporarily close three of its...
Aug 7, 2020
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Fitness
Renovated Orange Aquatic Centre indoor pool set to reopen
The Orange Aquatic Centre is set to reopen on Monday following the completion of a range of renovation works. Closed on 24th March as part of COVID-19 shutdowns, Orange City...
Aug 6, 2020
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Surfaces
Victorian alpine resorts close to visitors
The Victorian Government has today that all of the state's alpine resorts are to close to visitors as part of its Stage three Coronavirus restrictions across regional Victoria....
Aug 6, 2020
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Wellness
World Health Organization says large crowds for sporting events are unrealistic this year
The World Health Organization has today advised that it will be “unrealistic” to expect large numbers of spectators to be able to attend sports events this year in countries...
Aug 6, 2020
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Venues
Blue Magic Supply launch new sanitising products for fitness and sport industry
Blue Magic Supply, a start-up company founded by the same team behind Sydney-based ION TRAINING fitness facility, has launched a product line of hospital grade cleaning...
Aug 5, 2020
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Fitness
Jonas Leisure's Visitance contact tracing App records 150,000th visitor
Visitance - a free contact tracing solution developed for the leisure industry by leading leisure industry software provider, Jonas Leisure - is now being used by more than 400...
Aug 4, 2020
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Fitness
New Zealand start-up InsituGen to supply sport industry with new drug testing technology
New Zealand start-up InsituGen, will be targeting drug cheats in the major sporting codes as early as 2022, with their innovative anabolic drug testing kits developed at the...
Aug 4, 2020
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Technology
Paul Sadler Swimland puts hygiene and safety measure in place for post-Coronavirus operations
Following a forced closure of its swim schools across Australia in March as a result of COVID-19, in June Paul Sadler Swimland was able to reopen its Townsville swim school,...
Aug 4, 2020
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Aquatics
Dubai Government allows concerts and events to run under strict health and safety guidelines
The Government of Dubai has released a directive allowing the resumption of concerts and live events dependent on strict health and safety measures being in place, including...
Aug 3, 2020
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Entertainment
Retail specialist adapts to offer hygiene and sanitation essentials
Adapting to changes in the economy brought about by the Coronavirus crisis, specialist retail and FMCG equipment supplier the Brian Cummins Group (BCG) has diversified its...
Aug 3, 2020
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Retail