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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]
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.
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;
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.
Sports organisations of Australia (9 C, 13 P) P. Parasports in Australia (6 C, 5 P) Sportspeople in Australia (4 C) R. Sporting goods retailers of Australia ...
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.
The AFL also created an International Policy in 2005, and absorbed the International Australian Football Council, thus gaining control of the sport worldwide. In its role as national and international governing body, the AFL Commission also controls and delegates development funding for Australian state and international bodies and leagues.