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Paralympics Australia Announces Simon Rabbitt As New Chief Operating Officer

Paralympics Australia is excited to announce the appointment of Simon Rabbitt as the new Chief Operating Officer effective Monday 6 January 2025. Mr Rabbitt brings more than 25 years’ experience across the sport, major events , media and global interactive games sectors. In his most recent position as Chief Financial and Operating Officer with ASX...

Tokyo Frustration Revealed in Powerful Photo Essay

In one photograph, Nic Beveridge’s intense frustration is dramatically captured. Yet, the story behind Delly Carr’s powerful image is as much about friendship and trust as

Sports Peak Bodies To Develop Independent Framewor...

Australia’s three peak sporting bodies have created a working party with Sport Integrity Australia and the National Sports Tribunal to develop a fully independent framework to de

First Para-Athletes Named For Tokyo

The Tokyo Paralympics are a big step closer to reality for 10 Para-athletes who have been named the first members of the Australian Team named for the Games next year. The new grou

Steelers Welcome Bondy And Edmo To The Father’s ...

Times have certainly changed in the Australian Wheelchair rugby team. The nucleus of the Steelers side that won the gold medal in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 remains. But, where

Dual Winter Paralympian Tori Pendergast Announces ...

After a career spanning more than a decade , Dual Winter Paralympian Victoria Pendergast has today announced her retirement from the sport. The 29-year-old paved the way as Austral

Snow Australia Medal: Ron Finneran praises develop...

The first-ever Australian Winter Paralympians were recently included in the latest Snow Australia Medal announcement. Para-alpine skiers Ron Finneran and Andrew Temple, Paralympic