Sport

Jenni Banks. | Newsreel

Banks to drive push to improve Para coaching

Paralympics Australia Director of Sport during the Sydney 2000 Games Jenni Banks, has been enlisted to lead a new initiative to improve coaching for Para athletes aiming
Read more 16 January 2025
Commemorative Australian Open $2 coins

Mint serves up Australian Open $2 coins

New commemorative $2 coins have been released to coincide with the Australian Tennis Open, currently underway in Melbourne. Australia Post has partnered with the Royal
Read more 15 January 2025
Doctor looking at brain scan. | Newsreel

Head knocks “wake up” dementia-inducing viruses

Repeated head knocks have been found to activate dormant dementia-inducing viruses in the brain, opening the door to possible new treatments. A study has found that
Read more 9 January 2025
First Avenue Streetscape at Maroochydore. | Newsreel

$25 million to fast-track Sunshine Coast projects

The Sunshine Coast region has secured more than $25 million in Federal funding to fast-track two major projects. The allocation came from a $159 million commitment to
Read more 8 January 2025
Women's lacrosse team. | Newsreel

Coast hosts titles in newest Olympic sport

One of the newest Olympic sports will be on show on the Sunshine Coast this week with some of the world’s best women’s lacrosse team competing in world championship
Read more 6 January 2025
Man holding basketball. | Newsreel

Sport helping to engage at-risk Brisbane youths

The Olympic sport of 3×3 basketball is being used to engage at-risk youths across Brisbane. The Take it to the Streets youth program, run by the Queensland
Read more 16 December 2024
Rugby league fans in Papua New Guinea. | Newsreel

Sport and security deals bring PNG closer

A new funding deal between the Federal Government and Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) has cemented a PNG-based side being included in a future expanded
Read more 13 December 2024
Start to cycling race. | Newsreel

Olympic cycling stars to call Brisbane home from January

Brisbane will be home to a national cycling centre of excellence as the sport gears up for both the Los Angeles and Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games. Queensland
Read more 8 December 2024
Clown Fish with Anemone on Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. | Newsreel

Lions and Wallabies unite to help Great Barrier Reef

Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef will benefit from 30 sweaty men running around a rugby field multiple times in the middle of next year. The British & Irish Lions
Read more 27 November 2024
2024 Pacific Cup AFL, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. | Newsreel

International Aussie Rules on Sunshine Coast

Australian Rules Football without an Australian on the field will draw spectators to the Sunshine Coast this week as the AFL goes international. The 2024 Pacific Cup
Read more 18 November 2024