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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 ...
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.
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]
Pages in category "Sports governing bodies in Australia" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In November 2012, the ASC released "Australia's Winning Edge 2012–2022", a high performance sport plan, which highlighted a new role for the AIS particularly in terms of developing coaches and talent identification but not directly managing national sports organisations elite athlete programs as it had done since 1981.
Sports organisations of Australia ... Pages in category "Sport in Australia" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... a non-profit ...
Athletics Australia provided officials to conduct track and field events at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. 86 AA-registered athletes competed for Australia in the Games. [1] Athletics Australia is the national sporting organisation (NSO) recognised by Sport Australia for the sport of athletics in Australia. Founded in 1897, the organisation is ...
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.