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Paddle Australia activates relationship with Western Sydney Lakes

Paddle Australia has announced the sponsorship of Western Sydney Lakes for the 2025 ICF Slalom World Championships that will continue to build on its water sports legacy that began in the…

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Aug 23, 2025 Aquatics / Events / Recreation / Sport /

 
 

New Urban Park for Melbourne’s east

A massive new urban park - ngarrak nakorang wilam park – will run from Forest Hill, through Vermont and connect to the Dandenong trail. The trail across Melbourne’s east will…

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Aug 23, 2025 Parks / Play / Recreation /

 
 

Vortex spotlights 30 years of innovation and sustainability in Aquatic Play

Vortex Aquatic Structures International (Vortex), a Montreal-based global leader in aquatic play solutions, is celebrating three decades of transforming how children and families experience…

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Aug 23, 2025 Aquatics / Environment / Play / Technology /

 
 

Aquatic industry looks to advance diversity, equity and inclusion

Launched today to a webinar audience of more than 400 industry leaders and staff, a landmark study led by Swinburne University in partnership with VicHealth, Royal Life Saving Australia, and…

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Aug 22, 2025 Aquatics / Marketing / Recreation /

 
 

AUSactive’s Million Moves campaign gets Ballarat launch

City of Ballarat has advised how it will be part of the AUSActive Million Moves campaign - the health initiative designed to get more Australians moving and feeling great this September.…

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Aug 22, 2025 Fitness / Government / Marketing / Wellness /

 
 

Reusable Stack-Cup helps venues meet sustainability targets

An engineered solution to the real-world challenges of venue operations, Stack-Cup™ - a reusable, stackable cup system - is changing how venues serve drinks, engage fans and meet…

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Aug 22, 2025 Hospitality / Sport / Venues /

 
 

Tourism Tropical North Queensland celebrates 50 years

As the organisation marks its 50th anniversary this year, Tourism Tropical North Queensland’s inaugural Chairman and General Manager have shared their memories of tourism emerging in…

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Aug 21, 2025 Marketing / Tourism /

 
 
 
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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.

Kevin Wilson

PhD Student, Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Kevin Wilson has worked in recreational programming for approximately 10 years and has a passion for recreational sport, leadership development and community. His research interests include sport participation, sport and recreation facilities, program outcomes and campus recreation. Over the last two years, he's served as a member of the NIRSA Canada Leadership Team. For his PhD, he'd like to conduct research in the Campus Recreation space to help better understand how post-secondary institutions and campus recreation professionals can understand and meet students' changing needs.

Manuscripts In Review
Wilson, K. E. S., & Millar, P. (IJSMM-303252). Investigating the sport participation legacy of a major event: The case of one multi-use sport facility. International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing.

Wilson, K. E. S., & Millar, P. (RSJ.2020-0028). Examining the impact of participant benefits and service quality on intramural program satisfaction and student retention. Recreational Sports Journal.

Mel Tempest

Fitness Business Influencer Speaker Podcaster

Mel Tempest is the Chief Executive and the founder at Ignite Fitness Business Events, the host and founder of The Gym Owners Fitness Business Podcast and The Womens Leaders Fitness Business Podcast.

In 2017, Tempest, who organises fitness business events and roundtable events globally, was the first Australian to receive an award from the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) and, in the same year her Ballarat health club was in the top three Smart Company Australian awards.

In 2019 and in 2020 she was recognised as a top three fitness business influencers in the USA by the Association Of Fitness Studios.

In 2005 she was the first Australian to receive approval from the Equal Opportunity Board and Human Rights Commission to open Australia’s first male gym.

In early 2021, she was named 2020 influencer of the year by the US-based Fitness Business Association.

Click here to visit Mel's LinkedIn page.

Greg Blood

Greg Blood has extensive experience as a sport librarian and researcher with an interest is in the history and development of sport policy in Australia.

Employed as a librarian at Australian Institute of Sport/Australian Sports Commission from 1983 to 2011, since 2017 he has been Publications Officer, Australian Society of Sport History.

He also writes for Australian Sports Reflections.

Arthur Stanley

General Manager - Media & Communications at VenuesLive

Arthur Stanley is one of Sydney's most experienced media professionals, having spent over 40 years in mainstream media and corporate communications roles.

He joined ANZ Stadium as General Manager of Media and Communications and a member of the Executive Leadership Team in 2011 and remained in the role until late 2023.

Click here to contact Arthur via LinkedIn.

Gwen Luscombe

Writer, editor and copywriter for the travel, tourism, business events and hospitality industry, Gwen Luscombe is Director of the Ideas Library and a former Editor of Spice magazine.

Click here to contact her via LinkedIn.

Richard Young

Freelance writer, copywriter, and editor

Richard Young is a freelance writer based in Melbourne. Originally from Ireland, he moved overseas in 2015 and began his writing journey.

From travelling and living overseas, cultural, and social differences are a go-to topic, as well as the social changes throughout multi-cultural countries.

He has found cultural diversity a fascinating avenue to explore and continues to develop new angles of interest.

Contact inquiries welcome via rywriters.com