The aim of the project was to minimise the vulnerability of recreation facilities to the impacts of climate change, particularly in regard to reliance on mains water supplies in the face of increasing uncertainty around water security.

Australian cities have a history of state-supported major sporting stadiums. This has intensified into the neo-liberal era dating from the 1980s with state funding of major stadium development, despite the greatly increased professionalization of the various sporting codes using the stadiums and the presumable scope for funding of stadium infrastructure by these codes. The last...

This audit examined the effectiveness of the management of the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve by trustees appointed for this purpose and the oversight provided by the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI). It assessed whether the trustees have applied sound management principles in their decision-making and adhered to good governance arrangements.

This paper looks back at how the Commonwealth Games came to be, Australia’s experience of staging the event and contemplates how the Gold Coast will deal with that legacy and surmount perceived and unexpected complications that will inevitably surface before the 2018 Games’ Opening Ceremony.

Richard Denniss outlines a proposal for high-income sports stars including Lleyton Hewitt, Cathy Freeman and Shane Warne to be required to repay the costs of their publicly funded training under a new HECS-style scheme for elite sports developed by The Australia Institute. The scheme would require sportsperson who sign up to AIS programs to begin...