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Principal Consultant Simon Weatherill has spent the last 20 years developing the world renowned Melbourne Sports Hub, as former Chief Executive Officer of the State Sports Centres Trust…
read more1st February 2024 - Australian Institute of Sport launches new concussion guidelines to align with New Zealand and UK
14th November 2023 - The Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport offers free access to concussion studies
6th September 2023 - Senate Inquiry delivers 13 recommendations over sport concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports
5th August 2023 - AFL fines Port Adelaide $100,000 over concussion breach
21st July 2023 - FIFA employs ‘concussion spotters’ for the first time in a Women’s World Cup
16th June 2023 - UniSA research suggests extended recovery times may be needed following sports concussion
27th March 2023 - Stirling Mortlock invests in EyeGuide concussion technology
14th March 2023 - More than 60 former players involved in class action launched against AFL over concussions
27th February 2023 - AFL to face class action from former players impacted by effects of concussion
25th October 2022 - AFL apologises to past players over past concussion research
1st September 2022 - James Cook University study focuses on concussion in women’s contact sports
2nd August 2022 - Warringah Rats Rugby Union among sporting clubs to acquire latest concussion technology
4th February 2022 - NFL legend Brett Favre involved with Melbourne trials of world-first concussion treatment
8th October 2021 - Australian Institute of Sport leads major project examining concussion
4th February 2021 - Rhino Australia launches Innovative sports robot to reduce football training concussions
11th January 2021 - Study finds impacts of AFL players concussion last longer than previously thought
4th July 2019 - Rugby league players considering class action over NRL’s approach to concussion
12th February 2019 - Concussion in Sport Australia initiative launches position statement and toolkit
20th December 2017 - New South Wales Institute of Sport to introduce new concussion test for athletes
11th July 2017 - UQ researchers to embark on groundbreaking study on athlete concussions
24th March 2017 - NRL takes hard line on concussions with record fines for three clubs
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