According to insiders in the music industry, younger bands are toning down their on-stage antics due to concerns of hefty insurance bills charged to acts seen as dangerous.
The Sun-Herald’s article Sex, drugs and public liability reported that in music’s good old days, smashing guitars, on-stage brawls and climbing …
read more »The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) was the subject of adverse media in November when it was forced to retract a pre-emptively awarded World Championship title to pro surfer Kelly Later. Based on points accumulated throughout the ASP competition season, Slater was awarded the title after the third round of …
read more »The sporting world has been rocked by the jailing of a number of key players in the Pakistani cricket and Italian football match fixing controversies.
Three Pakistani cricketers were given sentences ranging from six months to two-and-a-half years, while 15 members of the 2006 Italian football scandal were found guilty of …
read more »A Romanian professional football club was ordered to play its next six home matches without any spectators after a match in which one player was king hit by a spectator and another was burned by a flare thrown onto the field.
The Romanian Football Federation also fined FC Petrolul Ploiesti for …
read more »On October 16 British racing driver Dan Wheldon died after crashing in the season-ending IndyCar race at Las Vegas Speedway.
The incident occurred when two other cars touched tyres, causing a 15-car accident. Wheldon’s car was in the middle of a pack and the contact of one car into his caused …
read more »A BASE jumper survived a 270m fall into a river after his parachute failed to open.
Christopher Brewer, 27, hit the water at speeds of between 100 and 130km/h, and was only saved by his wingsuit – a suit which adds surface area to his body to add lift, thereby slowing …
read more »Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: Probably something that hasn’t come to mind since your Psych 101 uni course. And almost certainly something that hasn’t been mentioned in your event planning.
A Two-minute Refresher
To jog your memory, Abraham Maslow’s theory suggests that humans have many different needs which often compete. These …
read more »Italian MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli was killed following a horrific crash in the Malaysian MotoGP on October 24.
The driver died after he lost control of his bike, causing a collision with other riders which knocked his helmet off. According to the MotoGP medical director, Michele Macchiagodena, Simoncelli died from “very …
read more »A 54-year-old stunt pilot was killed when his aircraft crashed during an air show in West Virginia last month in the US.
John Mangan died during the September 17 incident at a regional West Virginia airport during an acrobatic display involving a restored post-World War 2 aircraft.
The manoeuvre which the aircraft …
read more »The predominant focus in risk mitigation should always be to prevent risks from occurring (where possible). However venue and event managers should also be well prepared as preventing every scenario is not possible. Contingency and emergency planning are important features in risk planning.
Recent incidents affecting Wollongong’s WIN Stadium and Canberra’s …
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