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Government involvement in sport up until the 1970s was fairly limited with local governments playing a major role through the provision of sporting facilities. [1] However, this changed over the next two decades with an Australian Bureau of Statistics survey in 2001–2002 finding that approximately $2 billion was spent on sport by three levels of government – 10 per cent from the Australian ...
The organization was founded by 42 individual sporting organizations. By 1985, the organization had 123 affiliates. These organizations represent 5.8 million Australians. [3] In November 2009, CAS announced that it was stepping back from its role as an advocate and governing body for the Australian sports industry. [4]
Sport is an important part of Australian culture and dates back to the early colonial period. The first of the country's mainstream sports to become established in order of their organisation were cricket, Australian rules football, rugby union, tennis, soccer, basketball, netball and rugby league.
Pages in category "Sports governing bodies in Australia" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total. ... Organisation of sport in Australia;
Sports organisations of Australia (11 C, 15 P) P. Parasports in Australia (6 C, 6 P) Sportspeople in Australia (4 C) R. Sporting goods retailers of Australia (11 P, 1 ...
Women's sports organisations in Australia (3 C) Pages in category "Sports organisations of Australia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Shooting Australia is recognised domestically by the Australian Sports Commission; [2] Australian Olympic Committee; Australian Paralympic Committee; and the Australian Commonwealth Games Association as the National Sporting Organisation for target shooting sports. [3] Shooting Australia's objectives are to promote and coordinate responsible ...
In 1990, the Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990 was passed, which took control of the doping tests away from the Australian Sports Commission and put it into the hands of an independent doping control agency as of 17 February 1991. [64] Rugby league in the 90s was dominated by structural problems resulting in the Super League war. Following ...