A leading Australian disability advocate has called out successive political leaders for their selective blindness when it comes to the disability sector. More than 6,000 people flocked to Brisbane over the weekend for the largest disability and NDIS-related event in the nation’s history and not one of the three levels of government could manage to…
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Netflix Documentary ‘The Redeem Team’ Premieres October 7
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For the first time, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Netflix have collaborated for this riveting and nostalgic celebratory look at the iconic 2008 US Olympic Men’s Basketball victory. Using unprecedented Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material, The Redeem Team tells the story of the US Olympic Men’s Basketball Team’s quest for gold at the Olympic…
Brisbane 2032 A Chance to Unite the Nation through Sport
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Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Chair Josephine Sukkar says an extended 11-year runway to the Brisbane 2032 Games provides an incredible opportunity to unite the nation through sport. The ASC, comprising Sport Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), welcomes the International Olympic Committee’s decision to award the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics to Brisbane. Sukkar…
51 Western Australian Athletes are Headed to Tokyo Games
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Western Australia will have its second highest representation on the Australian Olympic Team, with 51 athletes competing at the upcoming Tokyo Games. 45 Olympians are current Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) scholarship holders or graduates, with the support provided by WAIS helping them achieve international sporting success. WA athletes will compete in 19 sports…
The Power of the Dream Launching July 14
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Chips and Gravy Films are proud to announce the release of their new mockumentary series The Power of the Dream, to coincide with the world’s greatest sporting challenge, the Olympics! The Power of the Dream is the second short-form comedy series from the creators of the ABC iView hit The Housemate. All six episodes of…
New International Standard Hockey Pitch Ready
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Australia’s top hockey teams have received a boost in their preparations for the Olympics, thanks to the State Government contributing to the cost of a new pitch at Perth Hockey Stadium at Curtin University. Hockey WA recently replaced Playing Field 1 at the Perth Hockey Stadium, ensuring that the turf is available for the Hockeyroos…
Australian Students Math and Science Olympiad bound
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A group of twenty-three students will be competing against more than 100 countries in the 2012 Mathematics and Science Olympiads. Minister for School Education Peter Garrett commented that this group of students have studied long and hard for many years for a chance to represent their country. “Since Australia first competed in the mathematics games…
Australian Olympic and Paralympic teams provided with largest ever Anti-Doping program
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With over 150 days till the London 2012 Olympic Games, Minister for Sport Mark Arbib announced that the Australian Olympic and Paralympic teams will face the most comprehensive anti-doping program ever put together by Australian authorities at a major sporting event. Minister Arbib stated that the Government through the Australian Sports Anti-doping Authority (ASADA) would…