Australian Sport: The Pathway to Success

As part of the 2010-11 Budget, the Australian Government has announced its new direction for Australian sport.

The Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis MP, released the Australian Government’s new sport vision Australian Sport: The Pathway to Success which is backed by $195 million in extra funding, the largest-ever injection into Australian sport.

The new direction aims to increase the numbers of Australians participating in sport, strengthen sporting pathways to link grassroots and high performance sport, and strive for success.

More information, from the Minister for Sport, the 2010-2011 Sport Budget papers for the Department of Health and Ageing, and the Chair and CEO of the Australian Sports Commission is available below.

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Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

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700 athlete scholarships offered on average annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
143 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
35 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
0.5 million people visit the AIS each year