We are developing a response to the Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants and we encourage our members to do the same.. ....

' It is wonderful to be back working with a group of like-minded passionate people. She is looking forward to meeting up with old friends and making new ones on the next step of her professional journey .'

Some members have expressed their concern regarding my January e-Newsletter and the recent bush fires across the nation.....

Needing to reduce your glyphosate use? BARRICADE could be the answer.

This is very obviously not a time to debate the views on climate change, nor point the finger at politicians or land managers, but to collectively rally in support of the many victims whose lives and livelihoods have been destroyed by the fires, as well as the devastating loss to our native flora and fauna...

It is with incredible excitement to join PLAQLD as the new Executive Officer and lead the growth of the People Behind the Places across our exciting and diverse industry within Queensland. I look forward to connecting further with our members, partners, governments and stakeholders, and growing our PLAQLD network with you all. I thank the Queensland Councillors for their support and look forward to my PLA QLD journey.

YMCA in partnership with Skate Australia have launched the new Skateboarding Participation and Competition Strategy. This strategy outlines the national grass roots competition pathways and how local and state governments activate skate parks under the strategy's programs and event framework.

In this edition we talk about all things events tourism and the arts. We celebrate the Major Event of the Year Award winner City of Mandurah who competed against City of Perth to host the 2018 Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games. Plus read about the Te Auaunga Stream which 10 years ago was a disheveled concrete -lined urban waterway in Auckland and is now a popular playground for hundreds of children and a meca for landscape designers and tourists keen to learn about Maori culture....