Bill
Australian Sports Commission Amendment (Ensuring a Level Playing Field) Bill 2020
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Janet Rice
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-05-14
- second reading — 2020-05-14
- other — 2022-07-25
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 2020-05-14.
This bill would let the Australian Sports Commission fund projects that were recommended for grants but not approved by the Minister for Sport.
The Commission would decide on these grants independently, without the Minister's electoral considerations, and must give written reasons if it refuses funding.
Payments could be made through state and territory governments, with conditions that they pass on the full amounts and repay any overpayments.
- The bill would insert a new section into the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 to allow funding for unsuccessful applicants.
- It would require the Commission to assess eligibility and decide grant amounts, capped at the cost of completing unfinished work.
- It would ensure decisions are made transparently and independently of the Minister's parallel process.
- It would allow payments via states and territories, with conditions on passing on funds and repayment.
- It would require parliamentary appropriation before any payments are made.
Applicants for Community Sport Infrastructure Grants who were recommended by the Commission but not funded by the Minister, and state and territory governments that would pass on payments.
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