Ice Skating Australia Incorporated (ISA) is the

governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ...

for the

sport Sport is a physical activity or game, often Competition, competitive and organization, organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The numbe ...

Ice Skating Ice skating is the Human-powered transport, self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including recreation (fun), exercise, competitive sports, and commuting. ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. They have organized the Australian Figure Skating Championships since 1931. In 1932, the ISA joined

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international sport governing body, governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded ...

as a Figure Skating Member. They are also a national federation under the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. Australian skaters competed for the first time at the World Championships in 1947.

Structure

The organizational structure consists of a board with three executives (President, Secretary, and Treasurer) and four board members, seven committees, four officers, and the ISA Council which is made up of the eight state member associations. These associations include Act Ice Skating Association Inc. (ACTISA), New South Wales Ice Skating Association Inc. (NSWISA), Figure Skating Association Northern Territory (FSANT), Ice Skating Queensland Inc. (ISQ), South Australian Ice Skating Association (SAISA), The Figure Skating Association of Tasmania Inc. (FSAT), Ice Skating Victoria (ISV), and Western Australian Ice Skating Association Inc. (WAISA). The total voting body of the ISA Council consists of 20 members.

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* {{Sports governing bodies in Australia Sports governing bodies in Australia National governing bodies for ice skating Winter sports in Australia National members of the International Skating Union