Category: Evaluation and Review
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History of Elite Australian Coaches Working Overseas
By Greg Blood After the 2000 Olympics and Paralympics, there was some anxiety in the Australian sport system concerning the brain drain of elite Australian coaches. In 2006, it was reported that the AIS would spend “almost $5 million over the next four years to fend off international poachers intent on cherry-picking Australia’s best coaches”.…
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Effective Sporting Organisations: Nine Pillars , 138 Critical Success Factors using the SPLISS Model
By Jim Ferguson The “Sports Policy factors Leading to International Sporting Success” (SPLISS) model identified nine pillars or essential factors which it found fundamental to a nation’s elite sporting success in international competition. It did not, however, consider the effectiveness of those domestic sporting organisations on which the success of a national sports system depends.…
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Stocktake of Australian sport Presidents/Chairs 2000-2023 – Updated 11 December 2022
By Greg Blood National Sports Organisation (NSO) Presidents/Chairs these days frequently have to manage crises in their sport. Following on from my recent stocktake of NSO CEO’s, I have drawn up a list of NSO Presidents/Chairs since 2000 to recognise their service to the Australian sport system. The complexity of the role of the modern day…
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Reflecting on Australian Sport in 2021 – Another Year of Living with Covid
By Greg Blood 2021 was another difficult year for athletes, coaches and administrators. It is worthwhile documenting how Australian sport managed the many obstacles thrown up by COVID and the achievements of Australian athletes and teams. A major change during 2021 has been Sport Integrity Australia taking charge of major integrity issues that have beset…
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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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Sport Policy Takes Shape: Malcolm Fraser’s Impact
History of Australian Sport Policy Series: Part 3 By Greg Hartung AO Flip the coin…sport goes forwards then backwards Sports organisations had become accustomed to positive support from the Federal Government – but this was about to change with the election in December 1975 of a new federal government and the demise of the former…
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Australian Paralympic Mob at Tokyo 2020: Review of Performances, Funding and Contribution to Sport and Society
By Greg Blood Australian Paralympic Mob’s successful but extremely challenging Tokyo campaign has finished. Their journeys were well told by the media during the Games. It is worthwhile reflecting on their performances, funding and future development. In a previous article, I outlined the Australian Government’s contribution to Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic and Paralympic Teams. Funding…
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Australian Government’s Contribution to Australian Olympic and Paralympic Teams at Tokyo 2021 through the AIS
By Greg Blood With the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, it is worthwhile examining the contribution of the Australian Government through the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) to Australian Olympic and Paralympic team preparation from 2016 to 2021. These teams have also been supported by Australian Olympic Committee, Paralympics Australia, state institute/academies of sport, national…
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Power of understanding political processes and lobbying in Australian sport – insights from Greg Hartung’s career in sport administration
By Greg Blood Greg Hartung’s career in journalism and then in sport administration highlights the need for senior Australian sport leaders to understand political processes to obtain the desired outcomes for their organisation and sport. This is important for both big and small national sports organisations (NSO) as they rely heavily on Australian Government funding…
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The Australian High Performance System – the Way Forward
By Jim Ferguson Background With Australia likely to win the rights to host the 2032 Olympic Games renewed attention will be focussed on our elite sporting performance. This has declined in recent years. From being recognised as a world leader with 4th place on the total medal tally at both the Sydney and Athens Olympics,…
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