Federation Chamber (part 3 of 3)
13 October 2026
Speaker dots
- Speakers in the chapter
- Colour: political group
- Grey: no group
Tap or click a chapter's dots to see names and groups.
Contents updated on 13 Oct 2026
Legend
Transcript markers
- text Sentence being played
- text Search result
- text Intervention cited by the link you opened
Click a sentence to play the video from that moment. Select text to quote it with the speaker, timestamp and link.
More options
Official source
Offset
Transcript offset
0s
Text size
Export
Replay
Versions of this video
Transcripts may differ slightly from one version to another.
Federation Chamber Australian Parliament
00:00 - 03:57
Speaker 1
throughout the world who do things to their bodies, take things to enhance their ability to win a piece of tin, to win something that they otherwise would not have gained, to cheat. This bill puts Australia's legislation in line with the revised World Anti-Doping Code and international standards, which is required to host international sporting events. And when it comes to hosting world events, Australia is very much at the forefront on the international stage. The four areas being updated with this particular legislation are to: one, enhance an athlete's appeal rights for therapeutic use exemption decisions, providing an independent pathway through the National Sports Tribunal; two, transfer responsibility for imposing consequences to Sport Integrity Australia, which was previously the sporting code body; three, ensure publication decisions balance the public interest with privacy safeguards, for example, no fault and minors; and lastly, update the definition of an athlete, removing domestic definition of past six months of last completion. Now, Australia is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Association, WADA, which updates its international standards every six years.
The last update approved by WADA was in 2019 and implemented by countries including ours, including Australia, for 2021 when we were in government, when the Coalition was in office. Following a two-year global review by WADA, the revised 2027 code was approved in December last year and will begin on 1 January next year. Now, Australia, through Sport Integrity Australia, took part throughout the review process. It worked through this with athletes, sporting organisations, stakeholders, the National Sports Tribunal, the Sports Drug and Medical Advisory Committee, the Australian Sports Commission, peak sporting bodies, and Australian anti-doping experts. To maintain a globally harmonised anti-doping framework, all code signatories, including us, are in the process of reviewing and updating their frameworks to comply with the revised code and international standards by New Year's Day 2027.
Now, I do need to stress that these amendments are unrelated to athlete gender matters. That's separate. Sport Integrity Australia has engaged with the World Anti-Doping Organisation extensively on this process for more than two years. That process has also involved regular consultation with major sporting bodies, athletes, and athlete associations. Now, the office of the Shadow Minister for the Arts, Sport, and Youth, the member for Moncrieff, has been in contact with the department, has gained a full briefing.
Appreciate that on behalf of the coalition. That's important, that's necessary, and that's to be expected. Now, we know that Australia is a great sporting nation. We punch well above our weight, and it doesn't matter whether it's individual sports, team sports, our weather, our venues, and our just our true national spirit and pride gets us across the line on so many many occasions. Most Australians really love our sport, and all Australians want to see us succeed, but want to see us succeed in a fair way.
The rest of the transcript is for Pro customers
Unlock the full transcript, chat, and every analysis feature with Polyfact Pro.
Start a free trial