Emergencies
- For immediate threats, call emergency triple-zero 000
- For children at risk, report it to your local child protection agency
- Note: we cannot help in emergency situations
Sport should be a safe and fair place for all participants. We offer a safe place where you can seek help or raise concerns about behaviour you’ve seen or experienced in sport.
If something has happened, you can tell us by:
- filling out the online form
- calling the Safe Sport Hotline 1800 161 361
Lodge a complaint with your sport
You can submit your complaint directly to the sport, or its National Integrity Manager.
- For a list of contacts go to lodging a complaint with a sport
What we can help with
Breaches of the National Integrity Framework (NIF)
The NIF is a set of policies that sport organisations agree to, outlining the expected standards of behaviour for everyone involved in sport. Prohibited Conduct refers to actions that go against these policies.
If your sport has adopted the NIF (view list), we're here to help with issues related to Prohibited Conduct such as safeguarding children and young people (under 18), as well as discrimination. Our support is free and independent.
- Read more about how we handle these matters.
Doping in sport
By reporting doping activities to us, you can help protect the integrity of Australian sport. You can report doping involving athletes, coaches, team doctors, physios, or in some cases parents of athletes.
We use all information we receive – even if it seems small. Your information could help improve our anti-doping testing or lead to an investigation and action against those violating anti-doping rules.
- Read more about anti-doping.
What we can’t help with
We can’t manage allegations of misconduct about:
- bullying, abuse or harassment of adults
- team or representative selection disputes
- organisational governance or employment issues
- disputes that occur in the field of play
- a complaint already managed or decision made by sport
- sports that have not implemented the National Integrity Framework or any conduct that occurred before your sports commencement date of the NIF.
If you report these matters to us, we can’t investigate or manage the matter through a complaints process.
However, we may make suggestions on how to resolve those concerns through other means – for example, through the sport itself, the Australian Human Rights Commission, or law enforcement to investigate criminal matters.
While we can’t help directly with competition manipulation and sport gambling, we can receive this information to pass onto other agencies.
Reporting abusive or inappropriate content online
The eSafety Commissioner can investigate cyberbullying of children, adult cyber abuse, image-based abuse (sharing, or threatening to share, intimate images without the consent of the person shown) and illegal and restricted content.
They may be able to take down inappropriate material quickly on your behalf.
Criminal activity
We may report any information related to criminal activity to law enforcement or the relevant sporting organisation(s). If you have concerns about this, let us know in your submission.
Find mental health and wellbeing support
If you need mental health or wellbeing support, you can contact a support service provider.
- Find a provider on the mental health and wellbeing page
Translation help
We have developed some translated resources to help sports and communities get a better understanding of the NIF and how we handle matters.
- Find more of our translated resources
Need help submitting a form in another language? Request for an interpreter or email a translated form to us.
- To find out more, call us on: 1800 161 361 or
- Email us at: contactus@sportintegrity.gov.au
Need help to submit your form?
- Call: 1800 161 361 for assistance.