National Indigenous Sports Summit Report

The inaugural National Indigenous Sports Summit was conducted at the Korin Gamadji Institute – Richmond AFL Club, Melbourne on Friday 13 October with welcome drinks held the evening prior.

Wayne Coolwell, chair of the Summit Organising Committee welcomed over 70 delegates who had assembled from remote, regional and metropolitan communities from across Australia. “The aim of the Summit is to finally deliver a national body which will advocate on behalf of Indigenous sports people and groups from across the country, so voices from a remote and isolated region will have the chance to be heard,” said Coolwell. 

The major purpose of the summit was to bring a broad group of indigenous stakeholders together to discuss whether there would be value in establishing a National Indigenous Sports Advocacy body.

The newly appointed Working Party is up and running under the chairmanship of Wayne Coolwell and anyone else who feels they would like to contribute in the future should feel free to make contact.

Read the full report here : ATSI_Report2017.pdf