The Australian Karting Association is the association formed in 1966 that was appointed by FIA

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile is a non-profit association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus on 20 June 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users...

 and CAMS

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 to control and administer the sport of kart racing

Kart racing

Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motorsport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits...

 in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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The purposes of the AKA as outlined on its website include:

• the promotion and protection of kart racing,
• the promotion of excellence and just & honourable practices in kart racing
• to suppress malpractices
• the promotion and organisation of kart meetings
• other functions for members and to do all such acts that in the opinion of the AKA are for general benefit of members or of karting.

The AKA has six member associations who represent individual states in Australia. These six state karting associations include:

• the Kart Control Council of Tasmania Inc.,
• Karting Council of South Australia Inc.,
• Karting Association of New South Wales Inc.,
• Queensland Karting Council Inc.,
• Victorian Karting Association Inc.
• W.A. Kart Association (Inc.).

The AKA's latest partners include BAM Tours, Pettaras Press & Orrcon

Orrcon

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