Bill
Criminal Code Amendment (National Sport Integrity Offences) Bill 2026
before parliament, as at 2026-09-14. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-08-20
- second reading — 2026-08-20
- second reading — 2026-09-08
- other — 2026-09-08
- second reading — 2026-09-09
- second reading — 2026-09-09
- other — 2026-09-10
- third reading — 2026-09-10
- introduced — 2026-09-14
- second reading — 2026-09-14
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2026-08-20.
This bill would create seven new federal crimes targeting match-fixing and similar actions that harm sport integrity.
The offences would be added as a new part of the Criminal Code, covering acts like corrupting a sporting event, offering or asking for bribes to influence a match, and hiding evidence of such corruption.
The government says the bill implements recommendations from the 2017 Wood Review, which found that inconsistent state laws leave sport vulnerable to match-fixing and organised crime.
- Creates an offence of intentionally corrupting a sporting event to gain a benefit or cause a detriment.
- Creates an offence of providing a benefit to someone, knowing it may lead them to corrupt a sporting event.
- Creates an offence of asking for or accepting a benefit that may lead to corrupting a sporting event.
- Creates an offence of altering, destroying or hiding information about corrupt conduct.
- Makes the offences apply across national borders.
- Links match-fixing offences to betting outcomes, even if the bet itself is lawful.
People involved in Australian sport, including athletes, officials, betting operators and spectators, as well as law enforcement agencies.
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