Category: Funding
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The Relationship between the Australian Olympic Committee and the Australian Sports Commission
By Greg Blood. Orginally published in Sporting Traditions, V35 (1) May 2018 Since the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and Australian Sports Commission (ASC) have had several very public disagreements regarding the funding and direction of high performance sport. In 1980, the Fraser Government requested the then Australian Olympic Federation to boycott…
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The Australian Institute of Sport Story 1981-2013
By Greg Blood. Originally published Clyde Street Blog, 15 May 2018. In December 2012, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), as we know it, changed when the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) under Chair John Wylie launched its Australia’s Winning Edge 2012-2022 strategy. A major plank of the strategy was for the AIS to no longer directly manage…
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Sports Rorts II – A case of very bad politics not good policy
By Greg Blood. Originally published in The Footy Almanac, 12 February 2020. I have observed closely the last two Federal elections from a sporting perspective and found that both the Coalition and Labor have used ‘sport’ to promote their case for election to particularly marginal or contestable electorates. From the data I collected from the…
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2019 Federal election – a sport perspective
By Greg Blood. Originally published by The Footy Almanac, 22 May 2019. With the Federal election campaign now over and the Coalition retaining office, you may be interested in my reflections on how sport was utilised by the Coalition and Labor during the campaign. In the lead up to and during the campaign I closely…
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It’s time for a universal sport and physical activity policy
By Greg Blood. Originally published in The Roar, 25 June 2019. I think there is a need for the Australian government to reassess how funding will lead to an increase in sport and physical activity. The government in 2018 released its ‘Sport 2030’ plan that sets a goal to reduce inactivity of Australians by 15…
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Are Australian track cyclists more important than road cyclists?
By Greg Blood. Originally published in The Roar, 20 November 2017. Australian performances in major road cycling events in 2017 have made me reflect on the future development and importance of road cycle racing in Australia. Canberra’s Michael Matthews had a stellar year, winning the green jersey in the Tour de France and a gold…
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Remembering the Sydney Olympics medal success
Originally published in The Roar, 5 September 2016. fter the Rio Olympics, there has been much discussion of why the Australian Team did not meet medal expectations. Discussion highlighted Australia’s performance at the Sydney Olympics where Australia came fourth on the gold medal tally and won 58 medals. My interest in the history of Australian…
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