News: Legal

Northern Territory plans changes to paintball rules

The Northern Territory Government is seeking public feedback on amendments that would reduce the minimum age for participation in paintball to 14 years. Explaining the move, Northern…

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Sep 1, 2014 Legal / Recreation / Safety /

 
 

Wanneroo Kart Hire fined over 2011 safety incident

Western Australian go-kart operator Wanneroo Kart Hire and a former director of the business have been fined $30,250 over a 2011 incident where a teenage girl’s hair became entangled…

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Aug 27, 2014 Legal / Safety / Sport /

 
 

ASADA CEO says Stephen Dank should never be able to work in sport again

Australian Sports Anti Doping Agency (ASADA) Chief Executive Ben McDevitt has launched a scathing attack on Stephen Dank, the sports scientist who ran controversial supplement programs at…

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Aug 25, 2014 Legal / Sport /

 
 

NRL players accept bans in ASADA inquiry

New South Wales State of Origin captain Paul Gallen is among a group of former and current Cronulla Sharks rugby league players that have accepted an Australian Sport Anti-Doping Authority…

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Aug 23, 2014 Legal / Sport /

 
 

Employers face ‘Duck Test’

The observation by the Federal Court of Australia that "parties cannot create something which has every feature of a rooster but call it a duck and insist that everyone else recognise…

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Aug 22, 2014 Legal / Sport /

 
 

Prime Minister blames ‘blackest day in Australian sport’ on Labor

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has accused the previous Labor Government of exaggerating and politicising the issue of drugs in sport. Commenting on Macquarie Radio on Monday (18th…

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Aug 19, 2014 Government / Legal / Safety / Sport /

 
 

Fiona de Jong named AOC Secretary General

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has appointed Fiona de Jong as its new Secretary General assuming the role of Chief Administrative and Financial Officer. de Jong, a lawyer, has…

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Aug 8, 2014 Legal / Sport /

 
 

Balloon crash pilot ‘too high’ too fly

Complaints were made about hot air balloon pilot Lance Hopping being too impaired to fly, and cheating on his pilot's test before the Carterton balloon disaster, but no action was…

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Aug 1, 2014 Legal / Parks / Recreation / Safety / Tourism /

 
 

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