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Bartels to steer ASC to Beijing
The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced the re-appointment of Peter Bartels OA as the Chair of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC).
“It gives me great pleasure to announcethat Mr Bartels has accepted a further two year term,” Senator Kemp said.
“Over the past decade, Australians have enjoyed great success in the international sporting arena.
“While this success reflects the efforts of many dedicated athletes, coaches and support personnel, it also illustrates the Commission’s work in developing an effective national sports system that provides athletes with the support needed to reach their full potential on the international stage.
“Australian sport is facing a number of challenges in the future as more and more countries develop their own elite sports systems and allocate more resources to them. Australia is constrained by the relatively small pool of potential high performance athletes in our small population.
“I am confident, however, that Mr Bartels and his board at the ASC will ensure Australia’s national sports system is well supported to meet these challenges. I also look forward to the ASC’s continued commitment to build healthy and active communities by encouraging greater numbers of Australians, particularly young people, to participate in organised sport.” Senator Kemp said.
In 2006–07, the Australian Government will invest in excess of $250 million in Australian sport.
The ASC will receive around $192 million for activities that include:
- the Australian Institute of Sport;
- grants to National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) for programs that promote participation and high performance;
- programs that encourage greater participation by particular groups, including children, people with a disability, women and Indigenous Australians;
- targeted initiatives involving NSOs to expand the reach, business capability and sustainability of grass‑roots clubs and associations; and;
- promotion of guidelines that ensure a fair, safe, ethical and inclusive sporting culture.
See www.ausport.gov.au for further information about the ASC.
A brief biography of Mr Peter Bartels is attached.
Peter T Bartels, AO, FRSA, FAMI
Mr Peter Bartels is Chairman of the Australian Sports Commission, Starpharma Holdings Limited and AusBio Ltd. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Committee for Sport and the Royal Women’s and Children’s hospitals and was a Director of the Melbourne Business School ( Melbourne University).
Mr Bartels was previously CEO and Managing Director of Coles Myer Ltd and before that CEO and Managing Director of Fosters Brewing Group Limited. He was a member of the Business Council of Australia for eight years.
Other relevant positions currently held by Mr Bartels include Patron of the Australian Cycling Federation and he was a Director of the Organising Committee for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, a member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, a Fellow of the Australian Marketing Institute and a recipient of the Sir Charles McGrath award for marketing excellence.
In his youth Mr Bartels was an outstanding cyclist, an Australian team member for many years, and a Gold medallist at the Perth 1962 Commonwealth Games (1000 metres Time Trial).
MELBOURNE
14 November 2006
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