The Australian Government established our agency in 2020 to draw together the country’s existing sport integrity capabilities, knowledge and expertise, and to coordinate and develop new threat responses, including prevention, detection, investigation and enforcement programs.
Our role
Our role is to provide advice and assistance to counter the:
- use of prohibited substances and methods in sport
- abuse of children and other persons in a sporting environment
- manipulation of sporting competitions
- failure to protect members of sporting organisations and other persons in a sporting environment from bullying, intimidation, discrimination or harassment.
We work with sports to support their existing integrity functions or develop new capabilities, so they can protect their athletes and the competitions they govern.
We provide resources, capability and education to help sports, as well as offering an independent complaint handling model to address serious integrity issues that arise in sport around discrimination, abuse and the safeguarding of children.
CEO Snapshot 2025
The priorities of Sport Integrity Australia's CEO, our partnerships, reach, impact and future readiness.
Our focus
Our focus is policy development, intelligence, investigations (primarily of doping cases), and education, outreach and capability building. The agency continues to function as Australia's National Anti-Doping Organisation.
The Wood Review
The Report of the Review of Australia's Sports Integrity Arrangements (Wood Review) was presented to the Australian Government in March 2018.
In line with its terms of reference, the Review examined key Australian and international threats to the integrity of sport.
It made 52 recommendations across five key themes:
- A stronger response to match-fixing
- Regulation of sports wagering
- Enhancing Australia’s anti-doping capability
- The development of a National Sports Tribunal
- The development of a National Sports Integrity Commission
Government Response to the Wood Review
The Safeguarding the Integrity of Sport - Government Response to the Wood Review was released on 12 February 2019.
The Government supports the recommendations of the Wood Review. This means Australians can be confident that their sports will continue to be clean, fair, safe and inclusive.
Legislation
The role and functions of Sport Integrity Australia are set out in the:
- Sport Integrity Australia Act 2020 the
- Sport Integrity Australia Regulations 2020 and the
- National Anti-Doping scheme.
The agency is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Statement of Expectations
Statements of Expectations give greater clarity about the government's expectations and priorities about how the agency will fulfil its statutory responsibilities.
Statement of Intent
This statement outlines Sport Integrity Australia’s priorities and approach to achieving the goals and obligations referred to in the minister's Statement of Expectations.
The Start Line - Sport Integrity Australia documentary
The Start Line is a short documentary about how Sport Integrity Australia came into existence and why our nation needs an agency protecting the integrity of sport.