Sport Integrity Australia staff were privileged to have had separate visits this week from both the Dutch Minister for Sport, Conny Helder, and the newly-appointed Canadian Minister for Sport and Physical Activity, Carla Qualtrough.
As Australia’s National Anti-Doping Organisation, Sport Integrity Australia is required to follow the rules set out in the World Anti-Doping Code (the Code).
Calls to Sport Integrity Australia have been increasing, particularly from concerned parents with children in sporting pathways, about skipping medication during excretion and in-competition periods.
A delegation of sport and recreation integrity officials from New Zealand visited the Sport Integrity Australia offices this week to learn about how Australia established Sport Integrity Australia three years ago.
Having policies is one thing, putting them into action is the next important step for sports. Our Safeguarding in Sport Continuous Improvement Program will help.
The National Integrity Managers Forum was held last week for members of our National Integrity Manager (NIM) network with invitations extended to other National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) and National Sporting Organisations for People with Disability (NSODs).
Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) CEO Nick Paterson said working in partnership with agencies around the world was “the key to ridding sport of drug cheats”.
In a world where a person’s sense of self-worth is becoming more image based, reports are finding that teens and young adults are resorting to steroids and other performance and image enhancing drugs (PIEDs) to change their physique.
In our ongoing efforts to ensure solid international partnerships and regional support, a delegation from the Oceania Regional Anti-Doping Organisation visited Sport Integrity Australia last week.
