Coming from the spiritual home of AFL, the Victorian team have been medal winners at every Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival since the inaugural Championship in 2016; yet the all-important gold has continued to elude them. Victorian team athlete Louis Rowe gives his take on Team Victoria’s chances at the Invacare 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival!

The Invacare 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival welcomes back the Australian Defence Force (ADF) teams who will take the court in Adelaide in the fourth instalment of the national carnival.

Disability Sports Australia sat down with captain of the two 2018 ADF sides, Able Seaman Mark Daniels to discuss!

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes’ Council has published its first strategy which aims to place athletes firmly at the heart of the Paralympic Movement.

Disability Sports Australia (DSA) is thrilled to announce leading mobility equipment provider Invacare as the Naming Rights Partner for the 2019 Wheelchair Aussie Rules National Carnival, to be contested in Adelaide next month.

RaceRunning Australia officially launches on the heels of a fantastic Australian come 'n' try tour in November 2018. 

The Multibowl is back in 2019! The 2019 Multi-Disability Lawn Bowls National Championships, otherwise known at the 2019 Multibowl, will be held at Souths Suburban Bowls Club in Mackay, Queensland from Sunday, 19 - Friday, 24 May 2019.

Disability Sports Australia (DSA) is pleased to announce child disability advocate Emily Prior as the organisation’s Youth Ambassador, to be formally recognised on International Day of People with a Disability, December 3, 2018.

On Tuesday, 27 November 2018 the new 2018 Official Wheelchair Basketball Rules were published by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).

From Friday, 5 - Sunday, 7 October 2018, the GIO NSW Gladiators, Suncorp QLD Cyclones, Victoria Protect Thunder and the Australian Invictus Wheelchair Rugby Team met at Penrith Valley Regional Sports Centre for three hard-hitting days of the best wheelchair rugby Australia has to offer!

On Sunday, 28 September 2018, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published the 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); the 2019 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes; and the 2019 Monitoring Program.

On Thursday, 20 September, Federal Minister for Sport, Senator Bridget McKenzie launched a $22.9 million grants program aimed as incentivising sport and physical activity providers to innovate and keep older Australian active.

The Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne announced the final Australian team of 72 competitors at the Sydney Opera House on the 15th of June on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. 

Disability Sports Australia is proud to announce the Australian Team selected to compete at the 2018 CPISRA CP World Games in Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain in August 2018.

Wow! What a fantastic Commonwealth Games we've had so far! It's hard to keep track of everyone who has won medals, so we took the time to extract the Para sport medal winners from the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games medal tally webpage. We'll do our best to keep this list up to date as more medal winners are announced. Please let us know if we've missed any!

Following a campaign by NSW Senator John Williams and the National Party, the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport is undertaking an Inquiry on the need for regulation of mobility scooters and motorised wheelchairs.

Dan Tehan has been appointed the new minister for social services – the fourth appointment to the role in as many years – as outgoing minister Christian Porter takes up the role of attorney-general.

A past referee, educator and advocate for wheelchair basketball, Matt Wells has been appointed as the referee commissioner for Australia's national wheelchair leagues, the NWBL and WNWBL.

Wells' involvement in the sport of wheelchair basketball has spanned over 20 years including refereeing at three Paralympics.

The ASC are delighted to announce the release of the Australian Physical Literacy Definition (the Definition) and the Draft Australian Physical Literacy Standard (the Standard). These represent vital first steps in the ASC's mission to counteract the decline in movement while supporting the increase in participation across sport, physical activity and recreation.