Category: Confederation of Australian Sport
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Support For Athletes With A Disability: From The Ground Up …The Years Of Struggle To Be Taken Seriously
History of Australian Sport Policy Series: Part 24 By Greg Hartung AO Only one way to go Assistance for athletes with a disability has regularly featured in reports and government policy discussions. Whether this has always translated into positive outcomes is another matter altogether. This part of the sporting world was never as administratively robust…
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The New Broom At CAS Wins Support – CAS Again Becomes A Key Influencer in National Sport Sports Policy At A Critical Time in Sport
The Target 2000 agenda looks to the future History of Australian sport policy series: Part 17 By Greg Hartung AO In it together The change in leadership and policy direction in 1988-89 won CAS long overdue support from the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) — and it heralded the end of the debilitating conflict which had…
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The Confederation of Australian Sport Licks Its Wounds After Its Disastrous Brawl with the Australian Sports Commission in 1987 …. It Was To Be a Long Road Back for CAS
History of Australian sport series: Part 16 By Greg Hartung AO CAS attempts recovery In the pursuit of benefits for sport, the Confederation of Australian Sport (CAS) was never afraid of a fight — even though it sometimes lacked subtlety. However, the failed campaign to join with the Federal Liberal/National Opposition in Canberra to crush…
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Another Attempt to Kill Off the Australian Sports Commission: the 1987 Federal Election Campaign Unfolds as a Sport “Slugfest” Between Supporters and Opponents of the ASC
History of Australian Sport Series: Part 15 By Greg Hartung AO Down and Dirty in 1987 In addition to political changes — or perhaps as a consequence of them — the election year 1987 provided no respite for the Commission. Liberal MP, Peter Reith — who was now the Opposition spokesperson on Sport, Recreation and…
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The Australian Sports Commission finishes on top… for now: The ASC survives sustained attack to become a Statutory Authority
History of Australian Sport Series: Part 14 By Greg Hartung AO CAS mobilises opposition to the ASC The Commission emerged from its interim status and effectively became an autonomous body from September 1984, albeit still operating within the offices of the Department pending the successful passage of its own legislation through Parliament. It was a…
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What led to the creation of the ASC…Supporters and Opponents of a Sports Commission line up for a titanic ‘for and against’ struggle
History of Australian Sport Series: Part 13 By Greg Hartung AO Rocky road ahead The drafting of a sport policy was the easy part of the creation of the Australian Sports Commission. The navigation of the political, bureaucratic and sporting landscapes would prove to be infinitely more difficult. This essay — the latest in my…
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The Australian Sports Commission and its political struggles: John Brown and Bob Hawke introduce a new era in Australian sport policy
History of Australian Sports Policy Series: Part 12 By Greg Hartung AO The genesis of the Australian Sports Commission had its roots in the Australian Labor Party’s sports policy released during the 1983 Australian Federal election campaign. The John Brown Influence John Brown was elected to the marginal Labor Sydney seat of Parramatta in 1977…
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The Sport Lobby Gathers Strength: How Confederation of Australian Sport Took Up the Fight with Canberra
History of Australian Sport Policy Series: Part 11 By Greg Hartung AO Confederation builds its influence To be politically effective, the Confederation adopted an ambitious two-part strategy: it had to build a powerful membership base of national sport federations and it needed a challenging and convincing policy agenda which political parties could not easily…
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The Voice of Sport – the Story Behind the Confederation of Australian Sport: Sport Finds its Strength in the 1970s and Begins to Influence Government Policy
History of Australian Sport Policy Series: Part 10 By Greg Hartung AO Heart and soul of sport The Australian sport system is built around independent and vibrant sporting clubs which work within a sports network defined by their state and federal organisations. These, in turn, are linked to their international governing bodies. It is estimated…
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Sport and the Ministerial Revolving Door:the Ebbs and Flows of Sport Policy and Politicians -and the Confederation of Australian Sport Makes its Presence Felt.
History of Australian Sport Policy Series: Part 9 By Greg Hartung AO Ministerial “gallery” Bob Ellicott left the portfolio on 17 February 1981 after serving for two years and 74 days. Even after he left, he retained a keen interest in the future of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). Post Ellicott, the sport portfolio,…
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