The Brighton Homes Arena Development has been named the Qld Winner in the AFL’s Ken Gannon Community Football Facilities Awards for 2023.  Projects in Baldivis, Western Australia and Mildura, Victoria have been honoured as the joint overall winners for National…

Hundreds of women and girls at the Yeronga South Brisbane Football Club will now have access to new and improved changerooms at Leyshon Park, following a $150,000 election commitment from the Queensland Government to help grow female footy across the…

By Madolyn Sushames A month before the AFLW Grand Final, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan walked across the oval at Brighton Homes Arena to meet with AFLQ Grounds Maintenance Manager Chris Dalton and was chuffed with what he saw.    A…

The New Change Room Project at Ferny Grove Falcons Football Club has been named the Qld Winner in the AFL’s Ken Gannon Community Football Facilities Awards.    This comes as The Lakelands Park Sporting Complex in Western Australia was announced…

The Brisbane Lions are seeking support from the Queensland footy community to help build a legacy for Australian football at their new home in Springfield Central. Brighton Homes Arena, will greatly enhance development pathways for aspiring Australian footy players with…

Queensland’s historic 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final is kicking goals for community AFL with a Palaszczuk Government and AFL partnership delivering 25 club infrastructure projects. Member for Nudgee Leanne Linard said the AFL Grand Final Facilities Fund and a $100,000…

NAB in conjunction with the AFL is providing grants to more than 50 local football clubs across Queensland and New South Wales to help get them back on the field and to support communities to recover from the devastating floods. …

Construction has officially commenced on a $10 million AFL field in the heart of Greenbank, which is set to provide new opportunities for Logan residents to participate in one of Australia’s most popular sports.  The 5.5 hectare Everleigh AFL Oval, being developed…

The lights are on, the fence is up and the deer and hoons have been stopped in their tracks! An exciting renovation for the Moranbah Bulldogs AFC at E. C. Stevenson Oval is now complete. President Stephen Thompson said the…

Sunshine Coast Hinterland AFL and Palmwoods cricket club will have a new home with the completion of a $1.46 million clubhouse and change rooms at G Rae Oval in Palmwoods. Minister for Sport Stirling Hinchliffe said the new clubhouse will…

Thanks to the generous support of this year’s Toyota Australia Good for Footy Raffle clubs across Australia have raised $1 million, with 100 percent of proceeds going directly to community clubs around the nation. Impressively Queensland clubs the Jindalee Jaguars…

The Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Grants program supports not-for-profit community organisations to deliver projects and activities across the city and to maintain, improve and develop community facilities.  The program comprises two categories. Community Support Category The Community Support Category provides funding to…

The following can be attributed to Trisha Squires, Head of AFL Queensland. AFL Queensland congratulates the Queensland Government following confirmation that Brisbane will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We welcome the commitment to the future success of our…

This morning the Townsville City Council advised AFL Queensland they will not honour our existing booking to host finals at Riverway Stadium as they have accepted a subsequent booking to host cricket at the venue and have cancelled our booking…

Fifty years ago, The Right Honourable Clem Jones, the then Lord Mayor of Brisbane, officially opened the Coorparoo clubhouse.   The new clubhouse was opened on the 23rd of May 1971 and the ground was considered the largest in Brisbane…

Our mates at Alpha Sport, are giving away $5,000 worth of gear to revamp your clubs’ medical room!  Fancy a Philips Defibrillator, premium treatment table, scoop stretcher & other great equipment for your club? Now is your chance to win…

The AFL is proud to be partnering with the Brisbane Lions, the Queensland and Australian Governments and Ipswich City Council to build the new $70 million Brighton Homes Arena in Springfield, west of Brisbane.    Once completed in September 2022,…

Queensland’s new $18.8 million facility at Moreton Bay has been announced as a joint winner of the prestigious National Project of Year as part of the AFL’s 2020 Ken Gannon Community Football Facilities Awards. The Nathan Road Sports Complex in…

The Queensland Government and the Australian Football League (AFL) have teamed up with an $8 million partnership to support new community AFL facilities.   AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan, Queensland Sport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe, Member for Greenslopes Joe Kelly and…

AFL pre-season camps bring economic benefit to the Sunshine Coast A third of the AFL’s teams will descend on the Sunshine Coast for their 2020 pre-season camps, injecting at least $400,000 into the local economy. Hawthorn, GWS GIANTS, Western Bulldogs,…

By Larissa Mouttou Federal Member for Bonner, Ross Vasta, this week announced that a re-elected LNP Government would provide $580,000 for Wynnum Vikings AFL Club to build and upgrade female amenities at the Bayside sporting club. Wynnum Vikings AFC, established…

By Larissa Mouttou Anika Wells, ALP’s candidate for Lilley along with Sen. Don Farrell, Shadow Sports Minister, today announced a commitment of $1 million to the upgrade of Oxenham Park, home of Mayne Tigers JAFC. Mayne Tigers boast 120 Auskick…

By Jake Anson Several Brisbane community clubs are kicking goals leading into the 2019 season thanks to summer support from AFL Queensland’s Sports Turf Unit. Sports Turf Manager, Chris Dalton, declared the current summer has been their busiest yet, with…

Brisbane’s western pocket is home to the city’s newest Australian rules sporting facility following the grand opening of the Moggill District Sports Park on Saturday. AFL Queensland staff were joined by Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor Graham Quick, Councillor Kate…

By AFLQ Media With just days before their Round 1 opener against the GWS Giants, the Lions AFLW team have been given a thrilling boost to the start of their season, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing that the Federal…

By Ant Wingard The Sunshine State will welcome over half a dozen AFL teams throughout the summer as preparation for the Toyota AFL Premiership season continues to ramp up. Seven of the AFL’s premier clubs including teams from South Australia,…

The Brisbane Lions are anxious to secure state election funding commitments from both the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal National Party toward the development of their AFL Women’s community arena at Springfield, The Reserve. The Club have $40 million…

  $800,000 upgrade of Morningside Panthers Football Club now complete New facilities aim to increase female sports participation The Coalition Government invested $250,000 towards the project Cheers erupted today from Jack Esplen Oval, home of the Morningside Panthers, as the…

The AFL community has been successful in securing $7,255,705 in grant funding from the Queensland Government’s Get Playing Plus program for a number of critical and exciting projects across the Sunshine State. The funding will enable seven major projects to…

All community football clubs around the country have the chance to win a share of $10,000 thanks to the Volkswagen Grassroots Grants Program. Back again in 2016, the Swans and Volkswagen have teamed up to give community football clubs the…