FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gives an address to the Leaders’ Plenary during the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia, March 6, 2024. JOEL CARRETT/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will spend A$250 million ($165.08 million) upgrading its national sporting academy in Canberra to put the nation in a "positive frame" in the lead-up to hosting the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday.
Opened in 1981, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has helped nurture a slew of Olympic and world champion athletes but fell into decline in recent years due to funding cuts and as sports shifted their high performance centres to state-based hubs.
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