AQIA
Supporting the Fitness, Sport and Recreation Industry in Queensland

Latest Publications

State of Volunteering in Queensland 2021 Full Report

Over 3.0 million (or 75.7% of) Queenslanders over 18 years of age volunteered in 2020. This includes people who volunteered formally with organisations, as well as those who do not have an affiliation with an organisation but contributed informally to their communities. Volunteers contributed over 900 million hours in 2020 and individuals volunteered for an average of 5.7 hours every week. […]

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Job Trainer Fund

The Australian and Queensland Governments are investing $200 million to deliver additional training places in short courses, certificate and diploma qualifications to Queensland job seekers, school leavers and young people. These training places are providing skills needed to find work, re-enter the labour market or explore new work opportunities as Queensland’s economy recovers from the […]

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Back to Work Program

The Queensland Government’s Back to Work program is open for applications! Through the program eligible employers in regional Queensland and some areas of South East Queensland can access support payments of up to $20,000 when they hire jobseekers who have experienced a period of unemployment. Right now Queensland workers and businesses are facing a challenge […]

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Activate Queensland 2019-2029

Activate! Queensland 2019–2029 has been developed in consultation with the Sport Minister’s Advisory Council, members of which are proud to support this new collaborative direction for physical activity and movement in Queensland. […]

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Health and Wellbeing QLD Bill Submission

Submission to the Queensland Parliament Education, Employment and Small Business Committee. The Queensland Fitness, Sport and Recreation Skills Alliance (QFSR Skills Alliance) supports the Health and Wellbeing Queensland Bill 2019 (Health and Wellbeing Bill) and the vision of the Queensland Government to establish a health promotion agency. […]

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Blueprint for an Active Australia 2019

This publication is the result of collaboration between the Heart Foundation and Australia’s leading experts on Physical Activity. It presents an irrefutable and urgent case for change and presents evidence-based actions that can form the basis of a community-wide approach to address the major public health problem of physical inactivity. […]

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Assistance and Support for Organisations and Clubs


We aim to make it easier to run local fitness, sport and recreation organisations and clubs. Active Queenslanders Industry Alliance provides free one-on-one advice on how to apply for and win grants, free access to club management templates and tools, fact sheets, videos, legal information, advice on staffing and volunteer matters and subsidised Strategic and Business Planning audits and workshops.

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