The Adelaide University Sports Association (AUSA) was founded in 1896 by the Adelaide University Boat, Tennis and Lacrosse Clubs. The Association is affiliated to the Adelaide University Union (AUU) and the University of Adelaide (AU).
In 2006 funding for the AUSA was dramatically reduced by the implementation of the Australian Government's Voluntary Student Unionism legislation. The AUSA, until this point in time, had received an annual grant of approximately A$500,000 from the AUU. Since the beginning of 2007, the University has provided a low level of financial support to the AUSA.
The AUSA supports 37 sporting clubs, providing a diverse range of sporting opportunities to University's students. The AUSA is a major stakeholder in the Adelaide University's North Terrace Campus-based Sports Hub fitness centre and the North Adelaide-based university playing fields.
Throughout its history, the AUSA has had to deal with the vagaries of the student politics of the AUU. Although separately incorporated, the AUSA has never received independent funding from the Student Services Fee (the 'Union' Fee). In the past, a sports fee was disallowed by the South Australian state parliament. The traditionally cosy relationship between the AUSA and AUU has seen the AUSA make few decisions to obtain separate funding or facilities. Unlike other "Sandstone" or "Group of Eight" universities, the AU has limited space for facilities and must rely on a tenuous permit system operated by the City of Adelaide to occupy sporting fields in the Adelaide Parklands.
The AUSA is incorporated in South Australia as a not-for-profit society under the Associations and Incorporations Act. The association is administered by an executive officer and assisted by an administrative and projects officer. Governance is through an elected board of management including an annually elected executive committee comprising: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, 6 two-year-term general board members and a University nominee. Constituent clubs elect 3 general board members at the annual general meeting. The executive members are elected by general student franchise.
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