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31 August 2021
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ProjectPARK - understanding park features that optimise park visitation, park-based physical activity and social interaction among children, teens and older adults (2017-2020). ProjectPARK aims to understand what park features are important to encourage people to visit parks more often, and to be more active and social in parks. It included approximately 100 walk-along interviews in parks across Melbourne, two surveys with nearly two thousand participants from the general public and 23 interviews with key stakeholders in park design, planning and management to provide you with actionable insights to inform the future design of community parks. To ensure the results are disseminated in a format that is appropriate and useful to key stakeholders such as park planners and designers, the results have been presented as infographics and in a summary report. See ProjectPARK: https://ipan.deakin.edu.au/impact-and-resources/#research. A video is also currently being prepared. The study was led by Associate Professor Jenny Veitch, Alfred Deakin Professor Anna Timperio, and Alfred Deakin Professor Kylie Ball within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), a research institute within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at Deakin University. The project was funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC). Please contact Jenny Veitch for more details: Jenny.veitch@deakin.edu.au |
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31 August 2021
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The Menzies Institute at the University of Tasmania has just released their findings from their Girls in Action Sports Project (GASP). GASP was designed to better understand the enablers and barriers to girls engaging in male dominated action sports with a view to providing more opportunities for girls to be physically active. The key findings and the Final Report can be found on the Menzies Institute website. Enjoy the inspiring video showing all the great girls and womnen involved in action sports. |
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31 August 2021
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Bicycle Network, Australia's largest bike riding organisation with 50,000 members nationwide, has released its 'Super Counts' bike survey data via a public interactive dashboard. The data includes over 15,000 pieces of count data across 10 years and 3,000 Australian locations. The Super Counts Data Dashboards will assist in planning for improved cycling infrastructure and promoting active transport opportunities within the community. The data dashboards were developed by insideEDGE Sport and Leisure Planning and displays bike volumes, rider genders, year-on-year growth/decline and other features to engage users. The Super Counts Data Dashboards are available for public use at the Bicycle Network website (link below). For more information regarding Bicycle Network's services and transport data, please contact Dr Nicholas Hunter at nicholash@bicyclenetwork.com.au or visit www.bicyclenetwork.com.au. If you'd like to know more about insideEDGE'sdashboard and data visualisation capabilities, please contact Jake McMinn at jake@ieslp.com.au. Click here to access the Bicycle Network Super Counts Data Dashboard |
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20 August 2021
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Victoria's infrastructure strategy 2021-2051 was presented to the Victorian Parliament on Thursday 19 August for tabling. The strategy makes 94 recommendations representing a capital cost of around $100 billion over 30 years, spanning many types of infrastructure. PLA Vic/Tas Region, and many of our member organisations, prepared feedback submissions which were part of the 212 submissions received. The following PLA members prepared the feedback on behalf of PLA.Lyn Morling - Mitchell Shire
WebinarInfrastructure Victoria will host an online webinar and Q and A session to discuss the recommendations of the strategy. Wednesday 25 August
Join the following staff from Infrastructure Victoria for a discussion on the short, medium, and long-term infrastructure priorities. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.
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13 August 2021
Guidelines have recently been released by Gymnastics Australia to assist in the planning of gymnastics facilities across Australia.
20 May 2021
The winners of the Vic/Tas Region Awards of Excellence were announced at the UMS Awards Event on the 15th July.
15 April 2021
AusCycling and GHD have released a report outlining the economic value of mountain biking in Australia.
15 April 2021
Nominations have been finalised for the Vic/Tas Region's 2021 Awards of Excellence.
3 March 2021
Netball Victoria is inviting input from the sector on how their current Facilities Manual can be improved
3 March 2021
PLA recently submitted feedback to Infrastructure Victoria's Draft 30-year Infrastructure Strategy