Potential merger of AA and LAA

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Peak athletics bodies to consider merger

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC), Athletics Australia (AA) and Little Athletics Australia (LAA) announced that they have commenced a review into a potential merger of AA and LAA. 

A merger would fully unify the governance and administration of athletics in Australia, making its governance structure consistent with other major Australian sports. 

The ASC would support a merger with a one-off investment of $2 million in recognition of the integration costs that would be incurred and opportunities for new investment that may be opened up for the sport through a combined entity. This is in addition to the Australia’s Winning Edge investment commitments announced last week. 

The ASC, AA and LAA have established a working party to evaluate a potential merger.  This review will consider, amongst other things, the benefits and costs of a merger compared to other potential future governance structures for Australian athletics, including the status quo, taking into account the changing marketplace in Australian sport.

The review process will take approximately six weeks and an announcement on the conclusions of this review will be made by 30 June this year.

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