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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Tim Ferguson to headline 2023 Brisbane Disability Staff Recognition Awards
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Australian comedy icon, director, screenwriter and disability advocate, Tim Ferguson will headline the upcoming 2023 Brisbane Disability Staff Recognition Awards, helping to recognise the work of the people and organisations who have become part of his life since his MS diagnosis. Sponsored by Holistic Horizons Support Services, the awards held in three major cities, bring…
Paralympic athlete Isis Holt Announces Retirement
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Paralympic athlete Isis Holt has today announced her retirement from competitive athletics after a career which saw her win five Paralympic medals, four world titles and Commonwealth Games gold. One of the world’s leading T35 sprinters who shattered nine world records throughout her career, 21-year-old Holt will now turn her attention to her next chapter…
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…
WA State Government provides $150,000 Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
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Western Australian Sport and Recreation Minister Mia Davies has recently announced that Paralympic athletes are $150,000 closer to getting to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games thanks to funding from the State Government. “The Australian Paralympic Team is an important sporting team on the national landscape and they help shape community attitudes towards disability,” Ms Davies…
Largest Australian Paralympic Team London Bond
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161 athletes will be joined by 140 officials as a part of the largest Australian Paralympic team which was recently announced at a ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. “Our Paralympians have all demonstrated remarkable drive, determination and tenacity to reach the peak of their sport so they can represent Australia on the international stage,”…
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…