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AMCS considers UN agreement as vital for tackling plastic pollution in Australia’s wildest places

The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) considers a new global agreement to address the ocean plastic pollution crisis as a crucial step closer to reality, potentially saving…

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Mar 3, 2022 Environment / Government / Legal /

 
 

Australian Prime Minister voices support for Parliamentary bill to exclude transgender people from women’s sport

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been reported as offering his support for proposed legislation that would exclude transgender students and athletes from single-sex sport. The…

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Feb 22, 2022 Access / Government / Legal / Sport /

 
 

Blaming COVID’s impact Result Based Training faces liquidation

Result Based Training, which operates gyms in Victorian and Western Australia, has reportedly entered administration - blaming lockdowns, a downturn and the rise of online fitness training…

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Feb 22, 2022 Finance / Fitness / Legal /

 
 

Australian widow entitled to compensation for husband’s death in Chinese hotel gym

A South Australian employment tribunal has ruled the family of a mining executive who suffered a fatal heart attack while exercising in the gym of a Chinese hotel during a business trip…

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Feb 21, 2022 Fitness / Legal / Wellness /

 
 

Widow sues Whitsunday Regional Council over Airlie Beach Lagoon drownings

A widow whose husband and son drowned in Airlie Beach’s lagoon attraction in October 2018 is taking legal action against the Whitsunday Regional Council and its lifeguarding…

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Feb 21, 2022 Aquatics / Attractions / Features / Legal / Safety /

 
 

Matthew Hanks to serve minimum 19 month prison term for Surf Life Saving NSW fraud

Former Surf Life Saving NSW General Manager Matthew Hanks has been sentenced to a minimum 19 month jail term for defrauding the organisation over an eight year period.  Hanks, aged…

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Feb 18, 2022 Aquatics / Finance / Legal / Safety /

 
 

F45 loses legal battle with Body Fit Training over workout patents

A four year legal battle between F45 and Body Fit Training in the Federal Court of Australia has been concluded today with a ruling in favour of BFT. The legal action, in which F45…

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Feb 15, 2022 Finance / Fitness / Legal / Technology /

 
 

Review into sexual harassment and systemic discrimination in Australian music industry invites input

A “broad cultural review” into ‘sexual harm, sexual harassment and systemic discrimination’ in the Australian music industry is underway with the chosen consultants…

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Feb 15, 2022 Culture / Entertainment / Legal / Safety /

 
 

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