End of the road for Parks and Leisure Australia's printed journal

Parks and Leisure Australia (PLA) has advised that its Australasian Parks and Leisure journal, produced by the association and its predecessor body the Royal Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation since the 1980s, is to cease publication as a printed entity.

The quarterly journal will now only be available online in a digital format.

PLA advise "this move allows us to reduce our environmental impact and work towards becoming a Net Zero organisation."

However, with PLA understood to be facing membership challenges and constraints on its income, the move also sees the company (while performing as an industry association, PLA is actually a proprietary company) avoid printing and postage costs.

PLA and New Zealand's Recreation Aotearoa recently announced the renewal of their longstanding partnership through the signing of a new two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

The organisations advise that the "MOU signals the next phase in a relationship that has flourished over the years and is underpinned by a shared commitment to enhancing the mana (respect, strength, pride) of each organisation".