Australian Sport Reflections
Melbourne Cricket Ground, international football game between Australia and Greece on 25 May 2006. Wikicommons
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Australian Prime Ministers and Sport Series
By Greg Blood This series profiles every Australian prime minister and their interest in and contribution to the development of sport in Australia. It is often stated that politics and politics don’t or should not mix. This series will highlight how they do mix and interact particularly since 1970 when the Australian Government established a…
Australian Prime Ministers and Sport Series – Bob Hawke
By Greg Blood ROBERT ‘BOB’ LEE HAWKE AC – AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY 23nd Prime Minister – 1983-1991 Bob Hawke and his government significantly enhanced the federal government’s support for sport through the establishment of the Australian Sports Commission, Australian Sports Drug Agency, Australian Sports Foundation and expansion of the Australian Institute of Sport. Hawke’s genuine…
Australian Prime Ministers and Sport Series – Malcolm Fraser
MALCOLM FRASER AC CH PC – – LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA 22nd Prime Minister – 1975-1983 Malcolm Fraser had a significant impact on Australian sport through investing in high performance sport for the first time through establishing the Australian Institute of Sport and upholding the Gleneagles Agreement that discouraged sporting contacts with South Africa. His…
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