Bill
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2020-03-06. Youth and Sport portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Youth and Sport
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-10-17
- second reading — 2019-10-17
- second reading — 2019-12-04
- second reading — 2019-12-04
- third reading — 2019-12-04
- third reading — 2019-12-04
- third reading — 2019-12-05
- third reading — 2019-12-05
- introduced — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2020-02-24
- second reading — 2020-02-24
- third reading — 2020-02-24
- passed — 2020-02-24
- royal assent — 2020-03-06
Divisions
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Stop Sturt MP for speaking — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 58, noes 75
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Stop MP Martin from speaking — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 58, noes 74
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Stop MP Hammond from speaking — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 57, noes 74
- The majority voted against an amendment to the usual second reading motion, which means it failed. The usual second reading motion is "*that the bill be read for a second time*", which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. The amendment was introduced by Shortland MP [Pat Conroy](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/shortland/pat_conroy) (Labor). ### Amendment 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 patchy approach to sport continues, with three different ministers having had carriage of sports integrity reforms in just two years, resulting in uncertainty for athletes and other parts of the sport sector in relation to sports integrity reform".* — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 61, noes 76
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Stop the MP for Shortland from speaking — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 73, noes 63
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Put the question — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 73, noes 63
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Let a vote happen — 2019-12-04, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 73, noes 63
- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-02-24.196.1) to the usual [second reading motion](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/), which means it failed. The usual second reading motion is "that the bill be read for a second time", which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. The amendment was introduced by Victorian Senator [Janet Rice](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/victoria/janet_rice) (Greens). ### Motion text > *At the end of the motion, add "but the Senate:* > > *(a) notes that:* > >> *(i) the provision of adequate sporting infrastructure will assist Sports Integrity Australia in meeting its education and outreach goals,* >> >> *(ii) an evaluation of the Community Sport Infrastructure Program by the Australian National Audit Office found that 'the award of funding reflected the approach documented by the Minister's Office of focusing on 'marginal' electorates held by the Coalition as well as those electorates held by other parties or independent members that were to be 'targeted' by the Coalition at the 2019 Election. Applications from projects located in those electorates were more successful in being awarded funding than if funding was allocated on the basis of merit assessed against the published program guidelines', and* >> >> *(iii) the Government, including the former Minister for Sport, has not displayed ethics and values that promote community confidence in sport; and* > > *(b) calls on the Government to provide an honest, comprehensive account of the role the Prime Minister's office played in allocating these grants".* — 2020-02-24, Senate: negative, ayes 32, noes 34
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-10-17.
This bill creates a new agency called Sport Integrity Australia to handle threats to the integrity of Australian sport.
The agency would combine the work of several existing bodies including the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and the National Integrity of Sport Unit.
The bill follows the 2018 Wood Review, which recommended a national body to coordinate sports integrity efforts.
- Establishes Sport Integrity Australia as a new national agency.
- Transfers the functions of existing sports integrity bodies into the new agency.
- Prepares Australia to meet international obligations under the UNESCO anti-doping convention and the Macolin Convention on match-fixing.
Sporting organisations, athletes, and government agencies involved in sports integrity.
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