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read moreThe Australian Parliament has passed legislation to set up a new sports integrity body, the National Sports Tribunal, on a two-year trial basis.
The organisation’s powers will include resolving doping allegations, mediating team selection disputes and dealing with integrity breaches. The tribunal will be separated into three divisions: an anti-doping division, a general division and an appeals division.
Federal Sport Minister Richard Colbeck said Australia’s current integrity mechanisms, under which sports generally investigate and handle disputes internally, lag behind countries like the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Japan, advising “they are inconsistent, subject to accusations of bias and lack powers to get to the truth.”
Senator Colbeck added that the new Tribunal would reduce the high costs and long resolution times that currently plague sports disputes.
The creation of the Tribunal is based on a recommendation by the Federal Government-commissioned Wood Review of Australia’s Sports Integrity Arrangements which published its final report and recommendations in August last year.
An earlier draft bill to create a tribunal was proposed in February this year, but was dropped after resistance from the AFL, Cricket Australia and other major sporting bodies.
Question marks remain over whether the tribunal will be opt-in, meaning that sports bodies could still use their own integrity processes.
This was what was proposed in the dropped February bill. Richard Ings, the former Chief Executive of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency, said in February that the opt-in model would render any tribunal ineffective, noting “if it’s an opt-in model then it’s dead on arrival.”
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24th July 2019 - Athlete rights crucial to sporting integrity
15th February 2019 - Australian Parliament to consider legislation to strengthen sporting integrity
13th February 2019 - Sport Australia welcomes creation of new integrity agency
12th February 2019 - Federal Government announces new body to safeguard the integrity of Australian sport
17th October 2018 - Sport Australia announces new integrity role appointment
22nd August 2018 - ASADA Chief Executive David Sharpe says integrity reforms can end doping conflicts
1st August 2018 - Australian sport integrity review recommends crackdown on sporting cheats
26th May 2018 - Skins Chairman Jaimie Fuller to head new football integrity group
25th April 2018 - Tennis integrity report suggests ‘tsunami’ of match-fixing at lower levels
29th March 2018 - Sports Commission backs Cricket Australia player bans
5th August 2017 - Federal Sports Minister launches review into integrity of Australian sport
30th October 2016 - Pope tells sports summit that integrity matters more than winning
8th October 2016 - Sport Integrity Global Alliance launches ‘universal standards’ as body takes next steps
9th May 2016 - Australian Sports Commission warns sports about match-fixing and doping risks
5th May 2016 - Tennis Australia appoints Ann West as integrity head
8th February 2013 - Australian sport reacts to claims of doping and crime links
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