Greg Baum

A soon-to-be-published report into women’s gymnastics at the WA Institute of Sport paints a bleak picture of dysfunction, abuse and trauma.

The former premier adds a mischievous touch to a memorial service for John Elliott by calling for his name to be restored to an Ikon Park grandstand.

More than 300 athletes from dozens of sports have taken up Wallaby great Dave Pocock’s call to climate arms as global warming threatens the pursuits they love.

The emergence this week of a welter of stories about a brutal culture in gymnastics should prompt the sport to think again about its fixation with children.

Prompted by a Netflix documentary, a score of Australian gymnasts have taken to social media to lift the lid on a brutal culture.