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We provide resources, capability and education to help, as well as offering an independent complaint handling model to address serious integrity issues around discrimination, abuse and the safeguarding of children.

Anti-doping

We are responsible for implementing an effective national anti-doping program consistent with international requirements and Australian legislation.

Empowering through education

To protect athletes, prevent doping and maintain the integrity of Australian sport, we need to educate people.

National Integrity Framework

A guide for how to deal with sport integrity matters. It ensures a safe, fair and healthy sporting environment for everyone.

Safeguarding

Protecting children, young people and adults from abuse, preventing harm and promoting well-being by creating safe and supportive environments.

Competition manipulation and sports wagering

Leading the Australian Government’s response to competition manipulation and sports wagering issues affecting Australian sport.

Therapeutic Use Exemptions

Athletes may at times need to use a prohibited medication and/or method to treat a legitimate medical condition.

Empowering Women and Girls

Empowering women and girls to enter, stay, and thrive in sport at all levels.

Law Enforcement Partnership Program

An opportunity to share and receive information to help improve how we prevent and respond to sport integrity threats in Australia.

Intelligence

Providing insights into, and understanding of, specific sport integrity issues, gained from analysis and assessment of information.

Research

Understanding threats to the integrity of sport and exploring opportunities to improve experiences of those who participate in sport.

An independent body to resolve complaints

We offer athletes, coaches, support personnel and all others involved in sport an independent avenue to report their experiences and concerns about Child Safeguarding and/or Discrimination and have them assessed by an independent and impartial body.

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2024-2025 year in review

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integrity checks on athletes and support personnel for team selection, awards, grants and scholarship processes


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Hear me play: Youth Perceptions of Safety in Sport

Results from this sport study are now available.
 

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Parents guide to clean sport

Parents' Guide to Clean Sport

As parents or guardians, you know that the pressure to train hard, compete and achieve at a high level can lead athletes to entertain dangerous options.
 

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The safety of children and all participants should be a sporting organisation’s number one priority.

— Deputy CEO, Dr Paul Oliver

Child safe practices – do's and don'ts

Protecting children and young people is everyone’s responsibility.

Learn the do's and don'ts

Choosing a child safe sport club

This poster lists what questions you should be asking, to find a safe sporting club for your child.

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Education is important

Knowledge is power in preventing doping and safeguarding the integrity of Australian sport.

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Travel arrangements

Safe and well-planned travel is an essential part of safeguarding children and young people in sport.

Travel arrangements

Coach-athlete relationships

Learn what's healthy and what is not, when it comes to coach-athlete relationships.

For parents and families

Activity Book

This book has colouring-in pages, find-a-words, join the dots, mazes, word reveals and quizzes for children and young people.

AIS Elite Youth Athlete Guidelines

To support the wellbeing, development, and performance of U18s across high performance sport.

Children and young people

Having conversations with children and young people is important. 

eSafety for Parents

Protecting children and young people on and off the field is important.

Sport Integrity App

With over 110,000 downloads, our app is a useful resource to inform and protect athletes.

Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)

Check if your child will be tested and if they need a Therapeutic Use Exemption.


 

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New education resource to support teachers

Lesson plans for high school teachers to support discussions and navigate themes presented in Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story.
 

Learn about the resource

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Children’s Activity Book

The Safe and Fair Sport activity book has colouring-in pages, find-a-words, join the dots, mazes, word reveals and quizzes.
 

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Education is key

We offer a range of education for everyone who participates in sport, including school visits and resources.

Our school programs

Apps and VR

Explore our educational apps and Virtual Reality (VR) online learning experiences.

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Travel arrangements

Safe and well-planned travel is an essential part of safeguarding children and young people.

Get across travel arrangements

Child safe practices – do's and don'ts

Protecting children and young people is everyone’s responsibility.

Learn the do's and don'ts

Lesson guides for teachers

It is important that our future elite athletes, coaches and support personnel understand about integrity in sport.

For schools and educators

Coach-athlete relationships

Learn how to identify what is healthy and what is not, when it comes to coach-athlete relationships.

Play by the Rules website

Further resources, training, and guidance for clubs, teams and families involved in sport.

Recruitment and screening

Organisations must ensure they recruit people who are suitable to work with children and young people.


 

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Say no to racism - racism is out of bounds

Stand against racism and discrimination in sport

Sport Integrity Australia is calling attention to the importance of unity and equality in sport.
 

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Dr Sarah Benson (SIA CEO) and Ben Cork (Pride in Sport), at the launch of the new LGBTQ+ Guideline

Strengthening integrity for the LGBTQ+ community​

We partnered with Pride in Sport to ensure a more inclusive, safe, and healthy sporting environment for people with diverse sexualities and genders.
 

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Translated resources

Resources in Arabic, Simplified Chinese and Vietnamese, to help sports and communities understand the National Integrity Framework, complaints and safeguarding.

For communities

Anti-doping testing and Ramadan

We recognise the profound importance of Ramadan, a sacred month observed by Muslims around the world.

Culture and Safety Advisory Committee

Represents Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse, disability and LGBTQ+ communities.

Race, inclusion and education

Proud Kaanju man and Olympian Patrick Johnson, and former Australian Diamonds Captain Caitlin Bassett, speak about race, inclusion and athlete education.

Safe Sport Hotline

Feel heard, seek support and guidance around integrity matters in sport.

Sport Integrity App

With over 110,000 downloads, our free app is a useful resource to inform and protect athletes.

What you can report

If you have seen or heard bad behaviours in sport, report it.


 

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What is child safeguarding in sport?

Children and young people have the right to feel safe and be protected from harm when playing sport. 

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It's about trying to have fun and making sure each kid is safe and comfortable.

— Harry, junior footballer

Hear me play: Youth Perceptions of Safety in Sport Study

Hear from children and young people in Australian sport, about their experiences and what makes them feel safe. 


 

For children and young people

Activity Book

This book has colouring-in pages, find-a-words, join the dots, mazes, word reveals and quizzes.

Bullying in sport

Everyone should be able to enjoy sport free from bullying.

Jelena Dokic Story

We partnered with the creators of Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story, to raise awareness of safeguarding in sport.

Resources for you

Resources for children and young people involved in sport.

Sport Integrity App

With over 110,000 downloads, our free app is a useful resource to inform and protect athletes.

Sport is for Every BODY

As a young person involved in sport, focus on what your body can do, not how it looks.


 

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Coaches + Athletes identifying healthy and unhealthy relationships

Coach-athlete relationships

Learn what's healthy and what's not, when it comes to coach-athlete relationships.
 

Coach-athlete relationships

Sport is for Every BODY

Help promote positive language and behaviours around body image in sport.
 

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Sport teaches you a huge amount of who you are and what you believe in.

— Kim Brennan (nee Crow), Olympic gold medallist, rowing

Education is important

Knowledge is power in preventing doping and safeguarding sport integrity. We offer a range of education services for athletes.

Explore education

Safe and fair sport in hand

With over 110,000 downloads, the Sport Integrity App is a useful resource to inform and protect athletes.

Download free

Athlete warning: IV infusions

Athletes are warned that any IV infusion over 100ml of ANY substance can result in a doping violation and a ban from sport.

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2026 Prohibited List

The annual update to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.

Check the 2026 list

Athlete Advisory Group (AAG)

With first hand experience of the sporting environment and its pressures, athletes are uniquely positioned to help us understand integrity risks.

About the AAG

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For athletes

Anti-Doping Rule Violations

Australia has a robust process in place to determine if an athlete or support person has committed a possible Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

Athlete rights and responsibilities

Everyone deserves to be treated with respect in sport. As an athlete, you have various rights and responsibilities during the testing process.

Competition manipulation

The intentional act to improperly alter the course of a sports competition to obtain a benefit, sometimes referred to as match-fixing.

Health effects of doping

Athletes who cross the line risk more than their reputation and career. They also put health and wellbeing at serious risk.

Josh Bruce - life after sport

We talk what comes after sport with AFL player Josh Bruce, three-time Olympic gold medallist Petria Thomas and Ben Hardy, Olympian and former captain of the Australian National Volleyball team.

What you can report

Have you witnessed or experienced bad behaviour in sport including doping, child safeguarding or discrimination?


 

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Administering medication

Administering medications

A guide for sports on administering medications to children, young people and adults-at-risk.
 

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Status of Asthma medication in sport

Check the status of Asthma medications in sport, including Beta-2 agonists and Glucocorticoids.
 

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Science is the foundation of all the anti-doping work we do – from analysing athlete biological passports, to providing advice on how different substances interact with athlete physiology, to helping educate sports doctors and athletes.

— SIA CEO, Dr Sarah Benson PSM

Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee (ASDMAC)

An independent panel of medical specialists helping to protect Australian athletes, appointed by the Federal Minister for Sport.

About ASDMAC

2026 Prohibited List

The annual update to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List for 2026.

Check the 2026 list

Supplements in sport

Taking a supplement is a risk for athletes. There are dangers of doping and potential risks to their health and sporting career.

Understand sport supplements

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For health professionals

Global DRO website

The Global Drug Reference Online (Global DRO) offers information about the prohibited status of specific medications.

Illicit drugs in sport

Learn how recreational illicit drug use can affect health and sporting careers.

Therapeutic Use Exemption form

Download the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) application form.


 

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Anti-Doping Rule Violation Guide for Sports

Support for sporting organisations who have a person going through an Anti-Doping Rule Violation process.
 

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Hear me play: Youth Perceptions of Safety in Sport

Results from this sport study are now available.
 

Check the results

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National Integrity Framework resources

Access resources about the National Integrity Framework (NIF) to help protect integrity in your sport.
 

Check NIF resources

…your credibility and your integrity has to be your currency because in order for you to perform you need people to trust you.

— Ben Williams, former A-League, AFC and FIFA World Cup Referee

Keep children and young people safe in sport

Learn the do's and don'ts for common scenarios in sport.

Do's and don'ts

Sport is for Every BODY

Help promote positive language and behaviours around body image in sport.

Explore resources

Complaint management and sanctioning

The Complaints Process aims to keep sport safe and fair by managing allegations of Prohibited Conduct.

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Travel arrangements in sport

Safe and well-planned travel is an essential part of safeguarding children and young people in sport.

Travel arrangements

Managing high-risk activities in sport

Identify and reduce risks in environments where children may be vulnerable to harm or abuse.

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Safeguarding in Sport Continuous Improvement Program

Education, training and ongoing support for sports, to provide safe and inclusive environments for all members.

About the SISCIP

For sport administrators and volunteers

National Child Safe Principles

Helping sports clubs and organisations to provide safer sporting opportunities and environments for children.

Prohibited Association

One of the 11 Anti-Doping Rule Violations, which aims to protect athletes from people who have broken the rules or might influence them to cheat.

Respect in the sport workplace

The Respect at Work Amendment Act aims to make sure more workers are protected and empowered to address unlawful sexual harassment in the workplace.


 

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Anti-Doping Rule Violation Guide for Sports

Support for sporting organisations who have a person going through an Anti-Doping Rule Violation process.
 

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Hear me play: Youth Perceptions of Safety in Sport

Results from this sport study are now available.
 

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[as a coach] …it’s equipping them [athletes] to know how to ask for help, what help looks like, what fundamental things create success … it doesn’t happen overnight … there’s no magic pill … it takes work, it takes persistence, resilience…

— Tracey Menzies, leading Australian swimming coach

Child safe practices – do's and don'ts

Protecting children and young people is everyone’s responsibility. By learning best practice we can build a safe sporting culture.

Check child safe practices

Education is key

Knowledge is power in preventing doping and safeguarding the integrity of Australian sport. We offer a range of education services for coaches.

Explore education

Supplements in sport

Many people use supplements in the hope it might help their performance. However, supplements pose a real risk for athletes.

More about supplements

Travel arrangements

Learn the safeguarding practices that should be implemented by organisations when travelling with children and young people.

Get across travel arrangements

Sport is for Every BODY

Help promote positive language and behaviours around body image in sport.

Explore resources

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For sports coaches and officials

Abuse, bribes, pressure

Referee Ben Williams, NRL ref Kasey Badger and rugby ref Grant Jones, talk about pressures faced by officials and referees on our podcast.

Anti-doping investigations

We conduct investigations to gather all available evidence related to identifying and stopping doping in sport.

Current sanctions

Athletes or support personnel who commit Anti-Doping Rule Violations and details of their sanction.

No excuse for sideline abuse

Poor sideline behaviour is a continuing threat to sport integrity. Check education and resources available to your club or community.

Prohibited Association

One of 11 Anti-Doping Rule Violations which aims to protect athletes, from people who have broken the rules or might influence them to cheat.

Tackling poor sideline behaviour in the QRL

Find out how Queensland Rugby League is taking action to tackle poor sideline behaviour. 


 

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