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Play Australia Media Releases and Interviews
South Australia is closing roads to help get kids outside and playing
Submitted by karenwilliams on 7 May, 2021 - 17:34Check out Channel 9 News Adelaide showing neighbours having fun on their local streets, click here: https://fb.watch/5kFm9i9YEI/ and listen to Mayor Jill Whitaker on ABC Adelaide Breakfast talking #1000PlayStreets and about how children can come out and play on their local street, meet their neighbours, how families can work together and connect with their community. The Campbelltown City Council with support from the Government of South Australia's Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing (ORSR) have taken #1000PlayStreets onboard and the local com
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Media Release from the Hon Cory Wingard MP
Submitted by Admin on 6 November, 2020 - 09:58PLAY ON! Fun and games to increase SA’s physical activity levels...
Play Australia is in the midst of its inaugural South Australian 1000 Play Streets initiative in the Campbelltown City Council area, encouraging residents to enjoy a more active lifestyle.
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1000 Play Streets radio interview on Adelaide 5AA with Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing's CE Kylie Taylor and Campbelltown City Council CEO Paul Di Iulio
Submitted by Admin on 3 November, 2020 - 00:00With a goal to increase physical activity levels in SA (currently only 58% of us meet physical activity requirements of at least 150 minutes a week), Kylie and Paul discuss how the South Australian Government program Game On aims to help increase this figure to 62% in 5 years, and again to 66% in 10 years.
Become our Partner in Play!
Submitted by Admin on 30 June, 2020 - 13:07Following the launch of Play Australia’s five year strategy positioning play as a national health priority, the organisation is excited to present three key partnership opportunities over 2020–25, to help grow play within Australian communities and improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians. Read the Full Release as a PDF here.
$3 million to make sport and recreation more accessible in South Australia
Submitted by Admin on 26 June, 2020 - 10:38Play Australia receives a share of the South Australian Government’s 2020-21 Sport and Recreation Development and Inclusion Program (SRDIP).
This funding is to support Play Australia’s '1000 Play Streets: Empowering a locally led model for our multicultural communities'.
Read more about the announcement on SA Premier Steve Marshall's website here.