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Universal Publishing, owners to the copyright of the song, 'We're Not Going To Take It', sued businessman and politician, Clive Palmer, for breach of that copyright. This breach occured during the 2019 Federal election campaign where Palmer had used part of the song in advertisements made for his campaign. It was held that there had been a breach of copyright with the Federal Court not accepting Palmer's parody defence. Damages of $1.5m were awarded.

The impact of Covid-19 on Australian sport in 2021 was significant,as it had been in 2020. Organisers of the Australian Open tennis tournament were forced to impose quarintine and other restrictions on all players. While Cricket Australia was able to complete its international fixtures, it also needed to comply with government policies which included playing matches before reduced crowds. Flexibility with schedules was the key to the winter codes ability to complete their seasons. Breaches of bio-security protocols by NRL players led to fines, with one player having his contract terminated. The 2020 Toyko Olympic Games were also successully completed, but with no crowds and strict bio-security protocols.

Child Safety in school sport requires the vigilant application of appropriate practices in order to ensure the safe operation of sport in schools and to fulfill legal requirements. These legal obligations can arise from legislation and the common law, and operate at various levels, namely education department, the school itself and the teachers. These safety obligations include the legislative requirement that those involved with children must have a blue card. It is also important that schools have appropriate complaints procedure in regard to such matters as bullying, harassment and sexual abuse. There is also a duty of care owed by those involved with school sport to implement preventative measures to manage the risks of children suffering injury while playing sport.

There is no doubt that sponsorship forms an important source of revenue for professional sport, including the formerly amateur Olympic Games. While a suitable sponsorship agreement provides benefits to both the sport and the sponsor, a potential problem is ambush marketing by rival companies trying to diminish those benefits. This paper focuses on the specific situation of ambush marketing in the context of the Olympic Games. It examines the relevant legislation, the Olympic Games Insignia Act 1987 (Cth), (the 'OIP Act'), and a recent case, Australian Olympic Committee v Telstra Corporation Limited,1 which involved the application of that legislation to a situation that arose during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. First, it will provide a brief overview of sponsorship and marketing.

There is no doubt that drugs in sport is one of the major areas of sports law, and in fact it can be considered to be the main area in which sport has developed its own law, rather than the general law in areas such as contract and torts being applied to a sporting context. This law originates from an international code, namely the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)'s Code which prohibits the use of drugs that are considered to enhance a person's performance in sport. Legislation is then passed in the countries that abide by the Code, such as Australia, to allow for drug testing of competitors. This paper will therefore look at the WADA Code before looking at examples of drug taking in sport and how this issue has been handled by the respective governing bodies, including the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).