Children will be encouraged to participate in sport from a young age, through $39.4 million in funding to continue the popular Active After-school Communities program. While Australians love their sport, we know that some young Australians are missing out on opportunities to get involved. The Active After-school Communities program assists by providing access to free, [...]
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New Cricket Centre of Excellence close to completion
Construction of Cricket Australia’s new Centre of Excellence in Brisbane is nearing completion and will soon be the new home for high performance cricket. Federal Minister for Sport Kate Lundy today toured Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence at Allan Border Field with its Senior Manager Belinda Clark and several Australian cricketers. Senator Lundy said it [...]
Australian Swimming Championships
Minister for Sport Kate Lundy wishes all Australian swimmers the best of luck in the 2013 Energy Australia Swimming Championships in Adelaide. Senator Lundy said in addition to being the National Championships, the meet also acted as a trial for the upcoming 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona and the IPC World Championships in Montreal. [...]
Sport Investment will provide Australia’s Winning Edge
Paralympians, athletes from the sports of sailing, canoeing and rowing, and many women’s sports are some of the key beneficiaries of the Australian Sports Commission’s investments in national sporting organisations announced today.
Address to Our Sporting Future Forum 2013
Check Against Delivery Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land, the Wurundjeri people. Craig Martin, Chair, Committee of Australian Sport and Recreation Officials Simon Hollingsworth, CEO, Australian Sports Commission Craig Hill, Australian Sport Technology Network Michael Johnson – thank you for joining us from the United States INTRODUCTION: It was [...]
Interview with ABC News Breakfast
PAUL KENNEDY: It’s been a tough year for elite sport in Australia, we know that, with the cricketers and swimmers in the headlines sometimes for the wrong reasons, and there have been other things crop up this morning. We want to talk about community involvement in a moment in sport throughout Australia, and we’re joined [...]
Three great Australian women to join AOC Board
Minister for Sport Kate Lundy today welcomed the announcement that three outstanding sports women will soon join the board of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC). Senator Lundy said it was important that organisations like the AOC lead the cause in addressing the gender imbalance that has been an issue in sport and sporting boards for a [...]
#Ride2school – more than just a transport mode
ACT Senator and Minister for Sport Kate Lundy is calling on young Canberrans to get on their bikes, skates, scooters and shoes primed for the seventh Ride2school Day which is held nationally on Friday 22 March. National #Ride2school Day is an annual event to get more students riding, walking, skating and scooting to school more [...]
Kate McLoughlin appointed first female Chef de Mission for Australian Paralympic Team
Minister for Sport Kate Lundy today congratulated Kate McLoughlin on being appointed Chef de Mission for the 2014 Australian Paralympic Team leading into the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games. Ms McLoughlin was the Deputy Chef de Mission at the 2012 London Games, and in being awarded Chef de Mission for Sochi Ms McLoughlin becomes the first [...]
Applications called for the AIS coach and leaders school
The Australian Institute of Sport today called for applications for the first intake into its new Centre for Performance Coaching and Leadership, which aims to give emerging coaches and high performance sports leaders the best possible education and support to succeed. Minister for Sport Kate Lundy said as well as delivering world’s best approaches to [...]
