The Australian National Drag Racing Association headed to Parliament House earlier this week for the latest meeting of the Parliamentary Friends of Motorsport group, which provides a non-partisan forum for parliamentarians to meet and interact with the Australian Motorsport industry.
ANDRA, represented at this event by CEO Tim McAvaney, is a key member of the Parliamentary Friends of Motorsport group, as well as the Australian Motorsport Council.
Minster for Sport, the Honourable Anika Wells, and Shadow Minister for Sport, the Honourable Anne Ruston, were in attendance to hear presentations from and meet with the members of the Parliamentary Friends of Motorsport Group, including:
- Group co-chair, Luke Gosling OAM MP
- Group co-chair, Bert van Manen MP
- ANDRA CEO, Tim McAvaney
- Australian Motorsport Council Executive Officer and Karting Australia CEO, Kelvin O’Reilly
- Australian Motorsport Council member, event MC, and Karting Australia COO, Lee Hanatschek
- Motorsport Australia President, Andrew Fraser
- Motorcycling Australia Chair, Roy Chamberlain
- Karting Australia Deputy Chair, Michael Masi
- Motorsport Australia CEO, Sunil Vohra
- Speedway Australia CEO, Darren Tindall
- Australian Rally Champion Harry Bates
- Karting Administrator and Engineer and former Super2 and Kart driver, Elly Morrow
- Australian Grand Prix Corporation CEO, Travis Auld
- Australian Grand Prix Corporation Chair, Martin Paluka.
“The Parliamentary Friends of Motorsport Group is an important forum to ensure that the interests and needs of Australian motorsport are heard and discussed at the Federal Government level, and I am honoured to represent ANDRA and Australian drag racing at these forums,” McAvaney said.
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