Bill
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia’s Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2020-06-16. Youth and Sport portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Youth and Sport
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-10-17
- second reading — 2019-10-17
- second reading — 2019-12-03
- second reading — 2019-12-04
- second reading — 2019-12-04
- third reading — 2019-12-04
- third reading — 2019-12-04
- third reading — 2019-12-04
- introduced — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2020-06-11
- second reading — 2020-06-11
- committee — 2020-06-11
- third reading — 2020-06-11
- other — 2020-06-12
- passed — 2020-06-12
- royal assent — 2020-06-16
Divisions
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia's Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Stop Sturt MP from speaking — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 58, noes 74
- The majority voted against an amendment to the usual [second reading](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) motion, which is that the bill should be read a second time, which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. ### Motion text > *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > > *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes that the Government's revolving door of sports ministers—no less than five (plus a briefly acting minister) in just six years—have made ad hoc, one-off and non-ongoing funding announcements that have made it extremely difficult for national sports organisations, such as the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, to make detailed plans beyond the constraints of a single budget cycle, including for the enhancement of their own integrity capabilities".* — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 63, noes 72
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia's Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Stop MP for Watson from speaking — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 72, noes 64
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia's Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Stop the MP for McMahon from speaking — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 72, noes 64
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia's Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Stop MP for Shortland from speaking — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 72, noes 64
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia's Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Put the question — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 72, noes 64
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia's Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Suspend the usual procedural rules — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 75, noes 59
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-10-17.
The bill would give the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority stronger tools to investigate and respond to doping in sport.
It would make several changes to the ASADA Act, including simplifying how doping rule violations are handled before a hearing, extending legal protections to more people involved in anti-doping work, allowing ASADA to share more information with national sporting bodies, and toughening the rules for issuing disclosure notices.
The changes follow the 2018 Wood Review, which found doping was more common and harder to detect and that current laws did not support intelligence-led investigations.
- Streamlines the process for dealing with doping rule violations before a formal hearing.
- Extends legal protection from civil lawsuits to additional people carrying out anti-doping duties.
- Improves how ASADA can share information with national sporting organisations by strengthening legal safeguards for that information.
- Strengthens the regime for ASADA to issue disclosure notices.
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, national sporting organisations, and people involved in anti-doping rule violation functions.
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