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12 Dec 2025Major Para-sport milestones met ahead of Brisbane 2032
The goal to make Brisbane 2032 Australia’s most successful Paralympic Games on record is on track, with more than 150 new Para-athletes uncovered by the Para Uplift in the past 12 months.
28 Nov 2025How AIS Engineering is uplifting Para-Paddling
Teen Para-paddler Griffin has been in the sport for just 12 months but has already made rapid progress thanks to support from the AIS Engineering team.
14 Nov 2025Meet the AIS Engineers reshaping Australian Para-sport
Tucked inside the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra is a workshop where ideas become reality for Australia’s Para-athletes. Here, the AIS Engineering team creates bespoke equipment and solutions that cannot be found on any shelf and, in many cases, anywhere else in the world.
30 Sept 2025Seventh dedicated Para Sport Unit opens in Tasmania
Australia’s seventh Para Sport Unit has opened at the Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS) giving local para-athletes even greater support to Win Well.
19 Sept 2025Mini Paralympics unlocks local talent and pathways in Alice Springs
With shiny medals, cheering crowds and smiles all round, the Alice Springs Mini Paralympics event brought new energy and opportunity to the local community as more than 35 people with disability embraced the chance to try Paralympic sport.
09 Sept 2025Record investment, Para sport uplift and cultural change headline Win Well progress
A record $489 million in federal investment, a historic uplift in Para sport, and the launch of the first ever Connection to Country Action Plan are among the achievements being celebrated in the Win Well Horizon 1 Report.
05 Sept 2025Barriers broken for Para-athletes
More than 100 Para-athletes will continue chasing their dreams at upcoming summer and winter Paralympics with the backing of a critical funding boost from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Paralympics Australia.
26 Aug 2025New series shining a light on our Para-sport coaches
World-class athletes need world-class mentors and with Brisbane 2032 fast approaching, Australian sport needs our Para-sport coaches now more than ever before.
06 Aug 2025Record support for Para-athletes grows in NT
Para-athletes from the Top End have more access to support and training than ever before following the launch of the new Para Sport Unit in Darwin – the sixth to come online across the nation in the past seven months.
10 June 2025First Para Uplift athletes unveiled at QAS
The push to supercharge Australia’s Paralympic success ahead of Brisbane 2032 has taken a major leap forward, with 20 athletes inducted into the Queensland Academy of Sport’s (QAS) newly established Para Unit.
13 May 2025AIS welcomes launch of Australia’s fifth dedicated Para Sport Unit in Perth
The movement to make Australia a leading Para Sport nation by Brisbane 2032 has continued with the launch of a dedicated centre for Para athletes and sports at the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) in Perth.