Sport integrity blog

May 20 – 26 is National Volunteer Week

Sport Integrity Australia has updated the Classification Fundamentals course for 2024 in partnership with Paralympics Australia

May 6 – 13 commemorated Community Umpiring Week

The 2024 Sport Integrity Australia Roadshows have commenced, with NSW the first state to host presentations from key agency staff

Sport Integrity Australia is committed to embedding sport integrity into state sporting organisations and grassroots sport – so that every Australian, regardless of where they play, is protected

Furosemide is classified as an S5 Diuretic and Masking Agent by WADA and is Prohibited at all times (In and Out-of-Competition)

Did you know the 2024 Prohibited List permits the donation of plasma via plasmapheresis, providing it is performed in an official registered collection centre?

Sport Integrity Australia is committed to prioritising and promoting culturally safe practices and protocols through strategies to address racism

Today marks International Guide Dog Day and in addition to celebrating the amazing work of Guide Dogs Australia, Sport Integrity Australia recognises the equally important work of partner agency Integra Service Dogs Australia

New National Sports Tribunal CEO Michelle Gallen aims to set the benchmark globally

Play True Day 2024 – The “Life and Death” mentality influencing doping

The Athlete Advisory Group was established in 2022 to put athlete voices at the forefront of decisions which directly impact them

The World Anti-Doping Agency’s Operation Refuge report identifies patterns, governance deficiencies and strategies to address the issue of minor doping in sport

Sport has been plagued in recent times by reports of increasingly negative sideline behaviour

In her keynote address to the Women in Sport Congress last year, the Minister for Sport Anika Wells pointed out that, in 2023, only 22% of CEOs across 65 National Sporting Organisations were women

One research study shows that 82% of Australians surveyed have experienced interpersonal violence as children participating in sport including psychological, physical and sexual abuse

We've all got skin in this game

The Illicit Drugs in Sport online course focuses on recreational illicit drug use and how it can affect an athlete’s health, sporting career and reputation

Sport Integrity Australia has updated the Medical Practitioners course for 2024

This year on International Women’s Day, Sport Integrity Australia is celebrating the women who make up our agency and the work being done to create equity for all in sport