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Karen Sweaney

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Karen Sweaney

Co-founder and Editor, Australasian Leisure Management

Artist, geoscientist and specialist writer on the leisure industry, Karen Sweaney is Editor and co-founder of Australasian Leisure Management.

Based in Sydney, Australia, her specific areas of interest include the arts, entertainment, the environment, fitness, tourism and wellness.

She has degrees in Fine Arts from the University of Sydney and Geological Oceanography from UNSW.

Parks Victoria climbing decision for Mount Arapiles delivers mixed reactions

Parks Victoria has released a new management plan for Mount Arapiles, in western Victoria, with plans to close half of the climbing routes as well as the renowned Pines campground that for…

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Nov 6, 2024 Karen Sweaney Culture / Environment / Parks / Recreation / Sport /

 
 

World Aquatics threat of expulsion precedes Swimming Australia crisis meeting

A year on from seemingly having resolved governance issues that had seen World Aquatics threaten expulsion from international aquatic competition, Swimming Australia will meet with the…

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Oct 18, 2024 Karen Sweaney Aquatics / Legal / Sport /

 
 

Australasian Leisure Management’s Nigel Benton inducted into Australian Fitness Industry Roll of Honour

Nigel Benton, Publisher of Australasian Leisure Management, has been named as one of four inductees into the Australian Fitness Industry Roll of Honour at the AUSactive National Awards…

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Oct 12, 2024 Karen Sweaney Fitness / Marketing / Recreation / Wellness /

 
 

Club Lime gym opens and pool hoist installed at Casuarina Aquatic and Leisure Centre

City of Darwin has announced that a Club Lime gym has taken up residency at the Casuarina Aquatic and Leisure Centre along with the installation of a new Pelican Pool Hoist. Club Lime gym…

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Sep 26, 2024 Karen Sweaney Aquatics / Fitness / Technology /

 
 

South Australian Government ‘saves’ live music venue but with possible two year closure

The South Australian Government yesterday declared that it had “saved” the Crown and Anchor - an Adelaide live music hotel on Grenfell Street - but the manager warns…

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Aug 20, 2024 Karen Sweaney Entertainment / Events / Government / Venues /

 
 

TAFE NSW launches course to address entertainment industry skill shortage

To address the growing skills shortage in the entertainment industry and with live events and productions booming again, TAFE NSW Enmore Design Centre is delivering a new course in…

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Jul 19, 2024 Karen Sweaney Arts / Design / Education / Entertainment / Venues /

 
 

HYROX indoor fitness competition expands across Australia  

Following an overwhelming response in 2023 to HYROX, the world’s fastest growing indoor fitness competition - which combines endurance and functional challenges - is…

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Jun 28, 2024 Karen Sweaney Events / Fitness /

 
 
 
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Authors

Barrie Elvish

Chief Executive, AUSactive

Barrie Elvish has over 20 years’ experience of managing successful organisational change, strategic development and business growth across a range of sectors such as education and health.

His passions and experiences including training for triathlons, keeping his depressive episodes under control through exercise, trekking the Kokoda Trail and Hot Rods – all for the purpose of making meaningful connections.

Click here to contact him via LinkedIn.

Kunal Sawhney

Chief Executive, Kalkine Group

An entrepreneur with revolutionary ideas, Kunal Sawhney is a financial professional with wealth of knowledge in equities who aims to transform the delivery of equity research through tech-driven digital platforms

With his knowledge, skillset, and overarching vision, Sawhney established Kalkine (a business that is based on Digitally Powered Architecture and Extensive Data Science led Premium Research) that has become one of the fastest growing equity market research firms across Australia in 2014; and subsequently, in other emerging and developed markets.

Sawhney’s entrepreneurial and commercial skills backed by the passion to establish a tech-empowered research platform, helped in building Kalkine’s global presence across diverse geographies - Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Further, the plans for the US launch in 2021, have set the premise for attaining an all-encompassing client reach for Kalkine’s Subscription and Media Operations.

With a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Technology, Sydney; Sawhney’s business acumen has enabled his brainchild, Kalkine, help clients navigate through equity related matters in a proficient and seamless manner.

Sawhney is featured regularly on CNBC, Sky Business, Biz News, Daily Mail, Yahoo Finance, KCBS Radio (Audacy), Bloomberg, Sydney Morning Herald, Global Banking and Financial Review and many more.

Click here to visit the Kalkine website.

Katherine Elmy

Customer Relationship Manager, Fitness Australia

Katherine Elmy is a highly enthusiastic, creative professional who is determined to support organisations enhance their brand awareness, online presence and revenue stream.

Leveraging off marketing qualifications and solid experience, Katherine has demonstrated tremendous success in developing, implementing and managing digital marketing strategies across a number of social media platforms, mobile APPs and websites. She is able to anticipate change by keeping abreast of emerging trends while making sound decisions to establish new industry benchmarks and maintain an industry leader.

Yvette Audet

Senior Consultant at Otium Planning Group and IAKS Australasian Ambassador

Yvette Audet is a Senior Consultant at Otium Planning Group and Australasian Ambassador for the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS).

She also posts to the Sporting Mum Blog page.

Click here to view Yvette's profile on LinkedIn.

Joe Cusmano

An experinced airline and travel industry professional, Joe has over 25 years international airline sales experience of which 18 have been in senior positions in Australia, North Africa and Europe, Middle East and Thailand.

Committed to sharing news and personal experiences, he explains that, post-COVID, "once I resume travelling with people that like me are nomads by nature and love to travel, (I will) provide you with as much advice and tips to make your travel experience a memorable one."

Click here to visit his website.

Ben Gallizzi

Ben Gallizzi, Senior Content Editor, uSwitch.com

Energy expert Ben Gallizzi is money.co.uk's authority on all things energy, making sure all energy content on the site is kept 100% accurate and up to date.