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AIS Arena to reopen

Closed since 2020, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Arena will soon re-open, following a $15 million refurbishment.

The real cost of getting Olympians to the podium

Olympics is the pinnacle of sporting achievement and it may look exhilarating but it’s also expensive, so the ACT Government is chipping in $100,000 for 34 local athletes.  To give you an idea of...

Federal Government: $250 million for Australian Institute of Sport

The Federal Government will invest $249.7 million in the Australian Institute of Sport in next week's Budget.

Canberra not ‘an awful place’, ACT politicians claim

Prominent ACT residents have taken umbrage at Queensland premier Steven Miles’s inflammatory remarks about Canberra yesterday.

‘Who would want to go to Canberra?’ Queensland premier whacks nation’s capital amid AIS debate

The Queensland Premier has thrown his support behind calls to relocate the Australian Institute of Sport from Canberra to the Sunshine State ahead of the 2032 Olympics. Steven Miles questioned why Queenslanders had...

ACT roundtable: AIS should remain in Canberra

Yvette Berry MLA today convened a roundtable of peak local sporting bodies to discuss the future of the Australian Institute of Sport.

This week in the ACT Legislative Assembly

The ACT Government will conduct an independent inquiry into literacy performance in the ACT, as Canberra Liberals MLA Jeremy Hanson, Shadow Minister for Education, had called for.

Young ACT Netballers heading for Australian Camp

Canberra’s young female athletes have been chosen to represent the capital on the national stage and will begin their official training next July. Three ACT netballers – Alice Henman, Sophia Martinussen, and Hayley...

‘Bittersweet’: AIS Arena mass vaccination clinic shuts

The mass vaccination clinic at the AIS Arena shuts today, nine months and more than 288,000 COVID-19 vaccinations after it opened.

AIS Arena to reopen for major events in 2023

The AIS Arena will receive an $11.4 million refurbishment that will see Canberra’s largest indoor venue reopen by the first half of 2023.

Superhero Saturday to boost kids’ jab rates

This Saturday, children can get vaccinated – and meet a superhero at the AIS Arena COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic.

AIS to lead new concussion research

Research comparing the brain health of retired athletes from collision and non-collision sports will be part of new project led by the AIS.

Political football: new Canberra stadium kicked down the road

The new Canberra Stadium remains a political football between ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Liberal Senator for the ACT Zed Seselja.

Huni hunting for Australia’s first Olmypic gold in boxing

Australian heavyweight boxing champion Justis Huni is aiming to become Australia’s first Olympic gold medallist in the sport.

AIS Arena to close ‘indefinitely’

Having been closed since mid-March due to COVID-19 restrictions, The ASC announced on 29 June they “do not anticipate” the AIS Arena will reopen in 2020.

How the AIS inspired the NBA

Over 100 of the world’s top international male basketball talent from 18 countries descended on Canberra for the NBA Academy Games, 16-21 July, with talent scouts from NBA organisations and over 30...

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