{"id":6345,"date":"2020-05-03T07:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T07:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6345"},"modified":"2020-05-03T07:35:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T07:35:10","slug":"covid-19-resumption-of-elite-and-community-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/05\/03\/covid-19-resumption-of-elite-and-community-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Resumption of Elite and Community Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Cabinet has today endorsed measures for the resumption of sport and recreation activities across Australia.
\nA set of National Principles along with the Australian Institute of Sport\u2019s, Framework for Rebooting Sport in a COVID-19 Environment, will be used to guide the staged return of activity as efforts to stop the spread of the virus continue.
\nMinister for Youth and Sport, Richard Colbeck, said the announcement signalled an important step as Australia, slowly and resolutely, emerges from the pandemic.
\n\u201cThe National Cabinet decisions map out a careful and sensible road ahead for the safe resumption of sports and recreation in Australia,\u201d Minister Colbeck said.
\n\u201cBoth the National Principles and the Framework recognise the key role sport and recreation plays in the Australian community and the many health, economic, social and cultural benefits it provides.\u201d
\nHe said emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic would not be easy or fast \u2013 but planning for the future of sport and recreation would be a critical part of our national recovery.
\n\u201cI fully support the National Cabinet\u2019s firm resolution that the resumption of sport and recreation activity \u2014 at any level \u2014 must not compromise the health of individuals or the community,\u201d Minister Colbeck said.
\nThe National Principles make clear how sporting and recreational activities can only happen where stringent, public and personal health measures are observed and required standards met.
\nThe Framework for Rebooting Sport in a COVID-19 Environment was developed by the AIS after extensive consultation with sports organisations.
\nIt guides the staged resumption of sport and recreation at high performance, community, and individual levels.
\nThe National Cabinet also agreed to establish a specialist COVID-19 Sports and Health Committee.
\nThe committee will include relevant sports medicine and health experts from the AIS, sports, and governments to monitor and support the resumption process.
\nIt will report to the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee
\n\u201cI want to stress that the resumption process will at all times be subject to the current circumstances of jurisdictions and under the direction of relevant public health authorities,\u201d Minister Colbeck said.
\n\u201cWe can expect some variation because of local factors including COVID-19 epidemiology, risk mitigation strategies, and public health capacities.
\n\u201cToday\u2019s endorsement by the National Cabinet of the resumption of sport and recreation in Australia is a great step forward.
\n\u201cHowever, we must all continue to play our part to keep ourselves, our families, and our communities safe from spread of COVID-19.\u201d
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The National Cabinet has today endorsed measures for the resumption of sport and recreation activities across Australia. A set of National Principles along with the Australian Institute of Sport\u2019s, Framework for Rebooting Sport in a COVID-19 Environment, will be used to guide the staged return of activity as efforts to stop the spread of the … Continue reading “COVID-19: Resumption of Elite and Community Sport”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}