News | Paralympics Australia

Latest News

Australian Boccia Players Ready To ‘Shake Things Up’ At Tokyo 2020

Australia will field its largest boccia team in more than two decades at the Tokyo Paralympic Games with Daniel Michel, Spencer Cotie and Jamieson Leeson confirmed as members of the Australian Paralympic Team at a ceremony in Sydney on Monday.

Sports Peak Bodies Welcome Introduction Of Nationa...

Australia’s three peak sports bodies have welcomed the introduction of Sport Integrity Australia’s National Integrity Framework, designed to provide better outcomes for sports

Survey Findings Highlight Value Of Accessibility P...

More than a quarter of the nearly three million Australians aged 18 or over who live with disability participated in a Paralympic sport in the past year, according to data in Sport

New Partnership Boost to Australian Para-athletics

A new partnership between Athletics Australia (AA) and Australia’s national disability sporting organisations is set to help athletes with a disability maximise sporting opportun

Snow Australia Launches 'Women of Winter' Program ...

Snow Australia has launched the ‘Women of Winter program (WoW), a series of development opportunities aimed at championing women involved in the snow sports industry and empoweri

‘The Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: The Ris...

As a youngster, Andrew Edmondson dreamed of playing for the Wallabies. Instead, he became a Paralympic champion in wheelchair rugby, a sport he discovered just a few years prior to

A statement from Paralympics Australia Chief Execu...

Paralympics Australia has welcomed the decision by the National Cabinet to vaccinate athletes and support staff on the Australian Paralympic Team ahead of the Tokyo Paralympic Game