Amy Gillett Foundation for cyclist safety to close after federal funds cut off

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Set up to honour the Australian national team cyclist killed by a car, the group was behind the successful A Metre Matters campaign

The Australian cycling safety advocacy body behind the successful A Metre Matters campaign is being wound up after federal government funding was discontinued.

The Amy Gillett Foundation was established in 2006 after the death of Gillett, a former Olympic rower who had switched to track and road cycling. The 29-year-old was training with the Australian national team in Germany when she and her teammates were hit by a car.

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