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ASC AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION REPORT 2002

ANNUAL 2003 BOCC 30078 Annual Rep 9/10 10/10/03 10:23 AM Page ii

© Australian Sports Commission 2003

ISSN 0186-3448

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Letter of transmittal

Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp Minister for the Arts and Sport Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600

I am pleased to submit the nineteenth Annual Report for the Australian Sports Commission, covering the period 2002–03. The report has been prepared to meet the requirements of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 as called for under Section 48 of the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989.

The Commissioners of the Board are responsible, under Section 9 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997, for the preparation and content of the Report of Operations in accordance with the Finance Minister’s Orders. The Board resolved to adopt the Report of Operations at its meeting on 28 August 2003 as a true and concise portrayal of the year’s activities.

This report assesses our performance against the accountability framework agreed with the Government, and highlights the success of the programs of the Australian Sports Commission, including Business Operations, the Australian Institute of Sport, and Sport Performance and Development.

I commend this report to you as a record of our achievements.

Yours sincerely

Peter T Bartels Chairman Australian Sports Commission 18 September 2003 BOCC 30078 Annual Rep 9/10 10/10/03 10:23 AM Page v

Contents

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL iii

MISSION STATEMENT 1

CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW 2

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT 4

REPORT OF OPERATIONS

ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW 6

Introduction 8 Organisational structure 9 The Australian Sports Foundation 12 Staffing 12 Organisational chart 13

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 14

The Board 16 Legislative reporting requirements 23 Environment and heritage 23 Enterprise agreements 25 Social justice and equity 25 Disability Action Plan 25 Occupational health and safety 26 Indemnities and insurance for officers 26 Customer Service Charter 27 Freedom of information 27 Privacy 27 Formal reporting requirements under the CAC Act 1997 27

PERFORMANCE REPORTS 28

Business operations 30 Outcome 1 An effective national sports system that offers improved participation in quality sports activities by Australians 36 Outcome 2 Excellence in sports performance by Australians 55

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY 76

Budget 78 Planning and accountability framework 78 Internal and external scrutiny 79 BOCC 30078 Annual Rep 9/10 10/10/03 10:23 AM Page vi

APPENDIXES

1 Financial report 82 Australian Sports Commission 82 – Independent audit report 82 – Financial statements 84 Australian Sports Foundation 114 – Independent audit report 114 – Financial statements 116 2 Staffing statistics 136 3 Australian Institute of Sport scholarship program performances, 2002–2003 137 4 Grant allocations to sports, 2002–2003 149 5 Report on the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games 151 6 Summary of compliance 152 7 Australian Institute of Sport program locations 153 8 Contact officers 154 9 Australian Sports Commission sponsors 155

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Mission statement

To enrich the lives of all Australians through sport

OBJECTIVES

The Australian Sports Commission’s (ASC’s) Strategic Plan 2002–2005 sets the direction, strategies and broad framework that allows the ASC to meet its statutory objectives and to achieve the outcomes the Government requires. Building on previous plans, the ASC’s key objectives are to secure an effective national sporting system that offers improved participation in quality sports activities by Australians, and to secure excellence in sports performance by Australians.

Supporting the ASC’s objectives are several critical result areas. These are:

– greater grassroots sports participation, particularly by youth, women, Indigenous Australians and people with disabilities

– increased sports participation, particularly in rural and regional communities

– increased membership and reach of local sporting clubs

– best-practice management and governance of sport within and through national sporting organisations

– increased adoption of the values of fair play, self-improvement and achievement

– recruitment, retention and, where appropriate, accreditation of people within the sports sector

– improved economic efficiency within, and commercial return to, the ASC and national sporting organisations

– sustained achievements in high performance sport by Australian teams and individuals

– recognition of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) as a world centre of excellence for the training and development of elite athletes and coaches

– a drug-free sporting environment.

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Chairman’s review

This year has seen the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), on behalf of the Australian Government, continue to lead the management and development of Australian sport. The ASC operates and manages a comprehensive range of programs and initiatives introduced in accordance with the Government’s sports policy, Backing Australia’s Sporting Ability: A more active Australia.

Australian athletes and teams have again competed strongly on the international stage. The Manchester Commonwealth Games, held between 25 July and 4 August 2002, saw Australia’s athletes perform wonderfully. The Australian team won a total of 207 medals, including 82 gold medals, which was an increase from the 198 medals (80 gold) won at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games. Current or former AIS scholarship holders won almost half (101) of all medals, including 44 gold. The entire Australian team represented our country with pride, and congratulations to all members.

One of the key objectives set for the ASC by the Government is to increase participation in sport and membership of sporting organisations. A major initiative introduced to address this goal is the Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program, under which 21 national sporting organisations have linked with the ASC and the private sector to deliver specific programs to get more people involved in active sports participation. These initiatives continue to be rolled out around the country and feedback on participation to date has been pleasing.

In 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released data indicating that the number of officials (referees, umpires, judges, etc.) participating in sport had declined by 26 per cent from 1997 to 2001. The ASC, in cooperation with state and territory departments of sport and recreation, held a series of Fair Go for Officials forums throughout Australia to explore the reasons for the decline. Bearing in mind that the vast majority of officials are volunteers, the forums highlighted the significant effect that abusive behaviour towards these officials was having on the decline.

In September 2002, the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp, announced that 2003 would be designated as the Year of the Official in order to develop, showcase and promote strategies to attract and retain officials. This initiative was launched nationally in March 2003 with the aim of increasing the recruitment and retention of officials in sport by highlighting the integral role they perform, reducing the incidence of abusive behaviour towards them, and initiating innovative education programs for officials.

Working with key sporting organisations and all state and territory governments, the Year of the Official is the spearhead of an ongoing program to change social and cultural attitudes towards officials in sport and to implement more appropriate education and coaching programs to better prepare and support officials.

The affordability and availability of public liability insurance and other insurance issues continue to be of concern to sport. Research commissioned by the ASC found that sports have suffered greater increases in premiums than the average for all industries, and that

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sports generally were poorly informed as to their insurances, levels of cover, exclusions and claims history. While a number of legislative reforms have been undertaken at national and state level, the need for sports to have an effective risk-management program in place has been the focus of the ASC’s work in this area. It is vital that sporting organisations be proactive in all areas of risk management.

The other major community issue to gain public attention during the year is the alarming increase in obesity in the population, particularly among children. There is significant opportunity for action in the sport and recreation sector to play a remedial and preventative role in addressing this issue and to complement and add value to the work of the National Obesity Taskforce. Sport not only has a role in combating obesity, but also in reducing and/or preventing chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease and hypertension, as well as having mental health benefits, assisting in community building and having a positive effect on antisocial behaviour. I am pleased that the ASC is represented on the National Obesity Taskforce’s Consultative Forum and the Commission will support, where appropriate, the actions of the Taskforce.

The Australian Government continues to demonstrate its strong commitment to sport. I would like to thank Senator Kemp for his strong interest in sport, his efforts on behalf of sport, and particularly his support for the ASC. The Minister has willingly participated in a wide range of ASC activities and attended many sporting occasions during the year, and his personal involvement is greatly appreciated.

The commitment and enthusiasm of the Board of the ASC has contributed greatly to the sound governance and successful operation of the organisation. Board members have been asked to participate individually and collectively in many tasks and perform additional roles, and I am grateful for their dedication.

I congratulate all involved with sport, whether they be a player, coach, official or administrator at any level. Your participation, dedication and achievements during the past year are to be commended, particularly the more than one million volunteers involved with sport in this country. To those that have represented their country and those that have represented the AIS, you have done yourselves and your nation proud.

Lastly, I would like to record my appreciation of the professionalism and commitment of the staff of the Australian Sports Commission.

Peter T Bartels Chairman Australian Sports Commission

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Chief Executive Officer’s report

The sport sector operates in a constantly changing environment, often characterised by unexpected issues emerging to offer new challenges to athletes, coaches and administrators. Consequently, providing leadership and support for Australian sport requires that the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) operates within a continually evolving framework that is revised regularly to accommodate changed priorities and needs.

The 2002–03 year brought with it a number of issues of national significance and critical importance for Australian sport that required action by the ASC. I will touch on several of these matters here, while elsewhere this report documents the ASC’s programs and activities that have been implemented to deliver the Australian Government’s sports policy and strengthen the Australian sports system.

The Government has recognised that issues associated with public liability and other insurance is a priority for sporting organisations at all levels. The affordability and availability of public liability insurance continues to be of concern to sport. Research conducted for the ASC found that sports appear to have suffered greater increases in insurance premiums than the average for all industries and are likely to face further increases in the coming year. The consultants concluded that sports generally were poorly informed as to their insurances, levels of cover, exclusions and claims history.

Public liability legislative reforms and other broader action have occurred across Australia to address the ‘insurance crisis’. The ASC has made representations to relevant national task forces and provided sport-specific information and advice to the reform process. In addition, the ASC been active in the sport sector, convening risk-management education workshops for national sporting organisations and working with the legal fraternity, insurance industry and sports to develop sport-focused risk-management tools and insurance-awareness programs. Risk-management provisions are now included in funding and service level agreements with all national sporting organisations.

The increase in obesity in the Australian population, particularly among children, has been prominent in media coverage during the year. Sport provides a vehicle for remedial and preventative action to address obesity, as well as other community health issues such as cardiovascular disease and hypertension. The ASC is represented on the National Obesity Taskforce’s Consultative Forum and, where appropriate, will support the actions of the Taskforce. Through the Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program, the ASC continues to work with national sporting organisations to create new opportunities for children to be involved in sporting activities and at the same time strengthening the club network.

Detailed planning for the $65.4 million redevelopment of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) campus began, with appropriate approvals being sought. This redevelopment will return the campus to its world-leading status.

The Australian team performed strongly at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games, winning a total of 207 medals, including 82 gold. Current or former AIS scholarship holders featured prominently, winning almost half (101) of all medals, including 44 gold. Worth

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noting is the performance of the four ‘home countries’ that comprise the United Kingdom. They won 231 medals in total, including 68 gold. Even allowing for the ‘home ground’ advantage, this highlights the increased competition Australia faces in international events and the difficulty in maintaining our international standing.

The Australian Government’s commitment to anti-doping was again highlighted through the World Anti-doping Agency code process. The ASC continues to work with the Australian Sports Drug Agency and national sporting organisations to ensure the high compliance standards are maintained.

Leadership in the area of governance and structure, integrity programs such as Year of the Official, special interest groups and education continue to showcase the high skill levels of staff.

The AIS continues to strengthen its international reputation through the support of athletes and coaches and leading-edge research.

Internally, the year under review has seen further refinement within the ASC of organisational structures and procedures to better service Australian sport and achieve the outcomes sought by the Government. One significant development has been the introduction of a single funding and service level agreement with all funded national sporting organisations, which endeavours to streamline administrative arrangements.

The Government continues to provide record levels of support for Australian sport. The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp, is a strong supporter of sport and the ASC, and I am grateful for his ongoing leadership and support.

I also value the contribution and support of the Chairman of the ASC, Mr Peter Bartels, and other Board members and I thank them for their efforts and dedication. Lastly, I would like to thank the staff of the ASC for bringing their high levels of expertise and dedication to the Commission and performing their duties with enthusiasm and commitment.

Mark A Peters Chief Executive Officer Australian Sports Commission

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Introduction

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is the Australian Government body responsible for coordinating the Government’s commitment and contribution to the sporting industry. Its role is to provide national leadership in all facets of sport development from the elite level through national sporting organisations (national governing bodies for sport and their affiliated associations, clubs and individuals), to the government and private sectors, schools and the wider sporting community. In addition, the ASC focuses on encouraging and strengthening a business-like culture in the sporting industry in Australia and on contributing to the development of sports both here and abroad. The ASC offers a range of services that enhance the contribution of sport to the health and social wellbeing of Australia, as well as other countries and regions. The ASC delivers its responsibilities through the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Business Operations, and Sport Performance and Development.

The ASC reports to the Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp. The senior portfolio minister is Senator the Hon. Richard Alston, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.

Every four years, the ASC prepares and disseminates its strategic plan. Its current strategic plan covers the period 2002–05 and reflects the policy directions established by the Government’s sports policy, Backing Australia’s Sporting Ability: A more active Australia. The strategic plan is the main planning document that sets out the direction and major strategies for the organisation for the coming four years.

AIS Women’s Sprint Canoe squad, Penrith, New South Wales, 2002

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Organisational structure

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT

During 2002–03, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) continued its leadership role as a world centre of excellence for the training and development of elite athletes and coaches. The AIS provided facilities and assistance for elite athletes, including access to world-class coaches. Through the AIS Performance Enhancement Program, which includes a coordinated planning and evaluation process across the AIS, the Institute provided integrated services in clinical and sports sciences, career, education and welfare to the AIS sport programs and athletes.

Throughout the reporting period, the AIS conducted 35 programs in 26 sports. National sporting organisations are responsible for the management of the overall elite athlete pathway in their sport. As agreed with each national sporting organisation, the AIS plays one of two roles in the organisation’s elite athlete pathway by conducting sports programs targeted at either:

– elite or senior international programs (20 sports programs in 2002–03)

– pre-elite or developmental programs (15 sports programs in 2002–03).

The AIS also continued to provide sports science and sports medicine services to 20 national teams on a commercial basis, and to provide technical and program leadership to Australian sport. It conducted national programs in Athlete Career and Education, Talent Search, Elite Sports Research and the Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme. It also coordinated benchmarking, best practice and innovation projects in sports psychology (completed), physical therapies and recovery (in progress). The AIS is also a core participant in the national Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology. Through this participation, the AIS aims to keep Australian sports science at the world’s leading edge by developing unique monitoring equipment that is essentially unobtrusive and can be used in training or in competition.

Director Michael Scott headed the AIS during the reporting period.

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Business Operations provides corporate support to the ASC. This includes facilities management, commercial operations, business development, sponsorship, information technology, human resources, finance, international programs, communications and the National Sport Information Centre.

During the reporting period, the ASC reviewed its communications needs with a view to separating corporate communications from media and public relations. The review oversaw the creation of two new programs: Corporate Communications, and Media and Public Relations. Corporate Communications includes publications, distribution, marketing,

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sponsorship and events management. Media and Public Relations focuses on effectively engaging local, national and international media to enhance the reputation of the ASC.

Responsibility for the Research unit was transferred from the Sport Performance and Development group to the Strategic Planning and Evaluation section of Business Operations. The section was subsequently renamed Corporate Planning and Assurance.

With the resolution of the Gungahlin Drive Extension issue, the Policy Projects section wound up. Public liability issues were transferred to Sport Performance and Development.

Business Operations was headed by Lois Fordham, General Manager, during the reporting period.

SPORT PERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

During 2002–03, the Sport Performance and Development group provided essential funding and services to national sporting organisations and other key stakeholders, such as state departments of sport and recreation, and worked with organisations throughout the system to meet current and emerging challenges and issues faced by the sporting industry.

Through its approach to continuous improvement, Sport Performance and Development reassessed its ability to contribute to the ASC’s two outcomes and to meet the challenges of an ever-changing sporting environment. A review was subsequently undertaken with the aim of developing a more effective and efficient service-delivery model to national sporting organisations and other stakeholders.

The review identified four key strategies for Sport Performance and Development:

– provide integrated services and funding to national sporting organisations and other key stakeholders based on their individual needs, priorities and capacity to contribute to the ASC’s objectives

– challenge national sporting organisations to achieve agreed higher organisational, membership and athlete performance targets

– provide national leadership on key issues and challenges within the sporting industry

– demonstrate the social, economic and health benefits of participation in organised sport.

In order to achieve these strategies the review recommended:

– establishing cross-ASC service teams to provide an integrated service to national sporting organisations based on agreed needs and priorities

– defining the parameters for ASC services based on national sporting organisations’ capacity to contribute to the ASC’s two outcomes

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– developing a single agreement between the ASC and each national sporting organisation that is negotiated, agreed and planned based on the organisation’s needs and priorities

– adopting a performance-management system based primarily on the individual national sporting organisation’s planning documents, which clearly separates performance and statistical data.

The review offered a new integrated and targeted approach to streamline how the ASC delivers funding and services to national sporting organisations.

In determining how the new approach would be implemented, it was identified that changes to the group’s structure would be necessary and a re-alignment of staff and resources into four distinct programs was consequently undertaken. (While the review did not encompass the Australian Sports Foundation, it remained aligned to Sport Performance and Development for management and practical purposes.) To service sport better, Sport Performance and Development was restructured into four functional areas: Sport Services, Planning and Reporting, Sport Innovation and Best Practice, and Sport Programs. This was rolled out in March 2003.

To better reflect its contribution to the ASC’s two key outcomes and to more accurately describe its role, it was decided that the Sport Development Group be renamed Sport Performance and Development.

In August 2002, Brent Espeland commenced in the position of General Manager, Sport Performance and Development. He replaced Shirley Willis, who acted in the position from May 2002.

1800 Reverse Street Active skateboarding clinic, Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, 2003

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The Australian Sports Foundation

The Australian Sports Foundation (ASF) was established in 1986 to assist Australian sport by generating funds for the development of sport from the corporate sector and the community at large. Projects can be registered for facility development, non-recurrent equipment needs, sports development, team travel and hosting major events.

The ASF is a public company and is governed by the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989. It is listed in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Division 30, Sections 30 to 90), which enables the ASF to offer tax deductions to donors for contributions of over $2 or more. Since its inception, the ASF has helped raise over $80 million for the benefit of sport in Australia.

The ASF continues to build awareness in the sporting sector of the importance of partnerships involving sport, business and the broader community. Through targeted contact with sporting clubs, associations, national bodies and schools, together with establishing direct links with local government and community bodies, it has worked to enhance understanding of the benefits of its tax-deductible services and to develop a ‘self-determinant’ culture within applicable organisations. A focus of the ASF’s core business activities has been raising awareness in regional and rural Australia.

As required by legislation, the ASF’s annual financial statements and related audit opinion for 2002–03 are reproduced in Appendix 1.

Staffing

The ASC employs a highly diverse range of staff in vocations such as elite coaching, sports science and sports medicine, trades and horticulture, technical, retail, administration and management.

Staff are employed in full-time, part-time or casual jobs on an ongoing or non-ongoing (for example, fixed-term) basis. Increased commercial activity and projects undertaken, and a continuing focus on international sport performance outcomes, has seen a growth in the number of staff employed on a non-ongoing basis.

Detailed ASC staffing data can be found in Appendix 2.

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Organisational chart

Australian Sports Commission

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The Board

The ASC is governed by a Board of Commissioners who are appointed by the Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp. Details of all members who served on the Board during the year ending 30 June 2003 follow.

MR PETER BARTELS (Chairman) FAISM, FRS Peter was formerly a Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of a number of leading public companies. He is currently a Director of the Melbourne Business School and Chairman of Central City Studios. His interests extend beyond the business sector and over the past 12 months he has played a vital role in community affairs as Chairman of Women’s and Children’s Health, a Director of the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation and a Director of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.

Throughout the year he continued in his role as Chairman of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Committee for Cooperation through Sport, served as a Director of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation and was a Director of Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Pty Ltd.

Peter was an Australian cycling champion from 1957 until 1962, and a Commonwealth Games cycling gold medallist in 1962.

He attended all six meetings of the Board during the year and was an ex-officio member of the Audit and Emoluments Committees.

Appointed to 7 November 2004

MR ALAN JONES AM (Deputy Chairman) BA, AEd (Qld), SDES (Oxon) Alan is a broadcaster on Macquarie Radio 2GB in Sydney and can be heard nationally each day on the television program, The Today Show. He has received numerous awards for being the best current affairs commentator and best talk-back radio host in the country. He is a public speaker of wide acclaim. Alan is a former Australian rugby union coach and former coach of Balmain and South Sydney in the New South Wales Rugby League competition.

Alan is the Deputy Chairman of the NSW Institute of Sport and a Board member of the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium Trust.

Alan attended three of the six scheduled Board meetings during the year and was an ex-officio member of the ASC sub-committees. During the year, he contributed to a review of strategies to fund professional sports in the future.

Appointed to 7 November 2005

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MR CORY BERNARDI Cory is an equity portfolio advisor for a major Australian financial planning and investment firm. Cory was an AIS scholarship holder in rowing and went on to become an Australian representative in the coxless four at the 1989 World Championships and other international regattas. He continues to row for recreation.

He attended all of the Board meetings during the past year. Cory also served as a member of the Audit Committee until February and chaired the Australian Sports Foundation Board throughout the year. He continued his association with the Indigenous Sport Program, representing the Board at a number of activities during the year.

Appointed to 7 November 2004

MR JOHN EALES AM John participated in two successful World Cup Rugby campaigns, led Australia through four successive years of Bledisloe Cup wins and two successful seasons of Tri-nations fixtures. He is the most capped Wallaby captain and one of the most respected figures in world rugby.

John is an executive of the BT Financial Group and an Ambassador of the Australian Rugby Union. He was appointed to the Board in November 2002 for a period of three years. In February 2003, he was appointed to the Emoluments Committee.

Since his appointment, John has attended three of the four scheduled Board meetings.

Appointed to 7 November 2005

MS MICHELLE FORD-ERIKSSON MBE, MA, BA As an Australian representative in swimming for ten years, Michelle won a gold medal in the 800 metres freestyle and a bronze medal in the 200 metres butterfly events at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. A dual world-record holder for the 800 metres freestyle, Michelle also won Commonwealth Games gold medals in the 200 metres butterfly event in 1978 and 1982. Michelle was an inaugural member of the International Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission and a member of the International Olympic Academy for the International Olympic Committee. For the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, she was a regional manager for National Olympic Committee services. She has been a consultant on the Olympic campaign bids for Sydney (2000), Melbourne (1996) and Brisbane (1992). She spent a number of years in Switzerland as a director of sport and a manager of the Sports Science Unit at the University and Polytechnic College of Lausanne.

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Michelle is a Board Member of Australian Swimming and has served as a member of the Australian Sports Foundation Board throughout the year. She attended all six of the ASC Board meetings held during the year.

Appointed to 7 November 2004

MS MARGOT FOSTER BA, LLB Margot has an established law practice in Melbourne, where she combines her interest in sports law and administration with her experience as an athlete. She won bronze in the women’s coxed four at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics and gold in the women’s eights at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. Margot has held a number of sport-related appointments with the Australian Olympic Committee Athletes’ and Education Commissions, the Melbourne 1996 Olympic bid and Rowing Australia. During the past year, she has served on the Boards of Sport and Recreation New Zealand (formerly the Hillary Commission) and Gymnastics Australia, and was recently appointed as a Director of World Gymnastics Melbourne 2005 Ltd.

Margot attended all the Board meetings held during 2002–03 and continued as Chair of the sub-committee for the review of the Sport Education program until it was completed in October. She was appointed to the Audit Committee in February 2003. Margot maintains an active interest in encouraging higher levels of participation by women in sport and represented the ASC at the International Women’s Group conference in France in November 2003.

Appointed to 7 November 2004

MR ROY J MASTERS BA, M LITT, DIP ED Roy is a journalist with a major national newspaper and a regular presenter on the Sportsworld television program. He was first appointed to the Board in 1984 and is its longest-serving member. He pioneered the AUSSIE SPORT program, which introduced modified versions of sport for children and was an inaugural member of the Audit Committee, where he continues to serve, currently as Chairman.

Roy had earlier careers as a schoolteacher and then coach of a leading rugby league team.

He attended all of the Board meetings during 2002–03 and served on the sub-committee for the review of the Sport Education program, which delivered its report to the Board in November. During the year, he contributed to a review of funding strategies for professional sport.

Appointed to 7 November 2005

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MR KIEREN PERKINS OAM Kieren went to his first international swimming meet at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games as a 16-year-old. He was the first swimmer in history to hold Olympic, World and Commonwealth titles simultaneously and has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards within the sporting fraternity. Often rated as the greatest male swimmer in Australian Olympic history, he is fondly remembered by most Australians for his gold-medal performance in the 1500 metres at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.

Kieren was a member of the successful 1993 Australian Olympic Committee Sydney Olympic presentation bid in Monaco and was appointed to the Board of Australian Swimming in December 2002. Kieren is also a Board Member of the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Kieren attended all of the scheduled Board meetings during the year and was appointed to the Emoluments Committee in February 2003. He was a member of the judging panels for both the ASC Media Awards and the Ausport Awards during the year.

Appointed to 7 November 2005

MR CHARLES ‘CHILLA’ PORTER Chilla has a strong affiliation with track and field, and was recently appointed to the Board of the Western Australian Athletics Commission (trading as AthleticA). He has previously been a Board Member and Chairman of the WA Institute of Sport. Chilla was a silver medallist in the men’s high jump at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games and competed in the 1960 Games in Rome. He was a silver medallist in high jump at both the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games.

He attended all of the scheduled Board meetings during 2002–03, and served on the Australian Sports Foundation Board throughout the year.

Appointed to 7 November 2004

MS KARIN PUELS MBA, LLB, B COMM, FAICD Karin has an involvement with the development, sponsorship and promotion of sport in Australia through her former role as Chief Executive Officer of the South Australian Health Promotion Foundation, the largest sponsor of sport in South Australia, and through her ongoing support for individual athletes.

A lawyer by profession, Karin has financial expertise and a range of experience encompassing public-sector administration, capital raising and rights management. Karin is currently engaged in business development projects in Australia and offshore.

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She attended all of the scheduled Board meetings during the year, one via a teleconference link. Karin relinquished her role of Chairperson of the Audit Committee in February but continued on as a member of the Committee. She also served on the Australian Sports Foundation Board throughout the year.

Appointed to 7 November 2004

MRS PAMELA TYE OAM, GRAD DIP ECE, GRAD DIP MAN ADMIN Pamela had a long association with the Australian Women’s Hockey Association before her appointment as the inaugural President of Hockey Australia, the amalgamated body representing men’s and women’s hockey. She is also a Vice-president and member of the Executive Board of the Federation of International Hockey. Pamela was the recipient of the Federation of International Hockey Award of Merit in 2001. She was a Director of the Board of the Sydney Paralympic Games and a member of the Sydney Youth Olympic Festival Committee. Pamela has been a member of the State Sport Centre Trust in Sydney since 1984.

She attended all of the six Board meetings held during 2002–03 and was a member of the sub-committee for the review of the Sport Education Program. Pamela has served on the Australian Sports Foundation Board since her appointment in May 2002 and was appointed Chair of the Emoluments Committee in February 2003. She played an active role in the development of the Sport Needs More Women forum, which was held in Sydney in May 2003.

Appointed to 7 November 2005

MS HELEN WILLIAMS AO BA (HONS) Helen became the ex-officio member of the Board on her appointment as Secretary of the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts in January 2002. She had previous appointments as Secretary of the Department of Education and Youth Affairs, the Department of Tourism and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs prior to being appointed as the Australian Public Service Commissioner in 1998.

Helen is a member of the Management Advisory Committee of the Australian Public Service and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. She is a member of the Board of the Bundanon Trust and a member of the Council of the National Library of Australia.

She attended four of the six scheduled Board meetings during the year.

Appointed in January 2002

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BOARD ACTIVITIES

The Minister for Sport, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp, re-appointed all members of the ASC Board when their terms expired on 31 October 2002. He also appointed Mr John Eales to the Board for a period of three years.

The Board met on six occasions during 2002–03, in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Perth. Minister Kemp met with the Board in Melbourne in February and discussed his objectives and strategies for the year ahead. Delegations from Yachting Australia and Tennis Australia met with the Board for discussions on their future operations in partnership with the ASC, while Australian Hockey hosted the Board at a dinner and match viewing at the Women’s World Cup in Perth in December.

In February, the Board participated in an awareness session on corporate governance for boards to assess if it was complying with best practice. The session was led by Ms Noela L’Estrange of the Business Development section of the Australian Government Solicitor’s Office and covered topics such as the roles and responsibilities of directors and board committees, and ways of assessing board performance. In the latter part of the year, the Board spent a substantial amount of time considering its future operations and over the next few months will work towards producing a new forward-planning document for its operations beyond 2004.

The Commonwealth Remuneration Tribunal determines remuneration for members of the ASC Board. It conducted an annual review of salaries and in April 2003, a 4 per cent increase to the rates of pay was approved.

COMMITTEES

With the announcement of a new Board in November, the continuing Chairman, Mr Peter Bartels, deemed it appropriate for membership of the committees to be reviewed. Nominations were invited from Board members and new committee memberships were announced in February 2003.

Mr Roy Masters was appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee, assisted by Ms Karin Puels and Ms Margot Foster. Prior to the February announcement, Mr Cory Bernardi was a member of the Committee, together with Ms Puels and Mr Masters. The Committee met formally on three occasions during the year and held discussions via a teleconference link on one other occasion. A report on the Audit Committee’s activities is included under ‘Financial accountability’ (page 79).

Mrs Pamela Tye was appointed Chair of the Emoluments Committee, with Mr Kieren Perkins and Mr John Eales in support. The Committee has met once since February.

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Ms Foster, Mr Masters and Mrs Tye were appointed to a short-term sub-committee in March 2002 to review the ASC’s Sport Education Program. The sub-committee met on several occasions during 2002 and submitted a report to the Board in October. The review provided impetus to implement changes to the program in order to provide a better resource for the client base.

THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS FOUNDATION BOARD

In May 2002, Minister Kemp appointed Mr Bernardi (Chair), Mr Porter, Ms Puels, Mrs Tye and Ms Ford-Eriksson to the new Australian Sports Foundation Board. The Board meets in conjunction with, but separate from, the ASC Board and met on six occasions during the year. A report on the Australian Sports Foundation’s activities is included in Appendix 1.

GOVERNMENT AND BOARD SERVICES

Government and Board Services is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the timely provision of quality advice to the Minister and Government on policy issues affecting the development of sport in Australia. It also manages the ASC’s contribution to numerous portfolio and broader Government tasks.

In managing the flow of quality documentation and advice to the Minister in 2002–03, Government and Board Services processed:

– 556 replies to ministerial correspondence

– 164 question-time briefs

– 294 briefing submissions

– 96 Senate-estimate questions on notice

– five Parliamentary questions on notice.

Government and Board Services also provides secretariat services for the ASC Board, provides support services for the ASC Chief Executive Officer and coordinates the ASC’s contribution to the Sport and Recreation Ministers’ Council and the Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport forums. During 2002–03, Government and Board Services supported the ASC’s contribution to a strategic review of the Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport Charter and operating framework.

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Legislative reporting requirements

Under Section 48 of the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989, the ASC is required to report on the activities listed below during the 2002–03 financial year:

– No significant acquisitions or disposals of real property occurred.

– The ASC invested a total of $2.7 million in capital works projects in 2002–03. The most significant of these projects was the new AIS Archery Centre, completed in March 2003 at an approximate cost of $1.3 million.

– Judicial decisions — no complaints were filed.

Environment and heritage

LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE

From the second half of 2002, the ASC began implementing an Environmental Management System for its Canberra site, based on International Standards Organisation 14001. The Environmental Management System is expected to be fully implemented by late 2003. A directory of legal obligations is part of the Environmental Management System and will assist the ASC to comply with Commonwealth and territory environmental legislation.

An environmental clearance has been obtained from Environment Australia for the works proposed as part of the AIS Redevelopment Project. No significant environmental impacts were identified.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

The ASC’s environmental policy includes principles for managing those aspects of the environment affected by its activities.

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EFFECTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION’S ACTIVITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENTS AND BREACHES There were no reportable breaches of environmental legislation within the ASC during the past year.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND EFFECTS In the second half of 2002, the ASC completed a comprehensive energy audit of the Canberra site and an environmental risk assessment. These activities have provided the basis for drafting the Environmental Management System for the Canberra site. The Environmental Management System will assist the ASC to minimise the impact of its activities on the environment.

During the process of developing the Environmental Management System, the ASC undertook a number of projects to enhance its environmental performance. These projects included updating the ASC’s purchasing guidelines to address environmental issues, a pilot program to extend its existing paper-recycling activities to other recyclables, an asbestos audit of the site, a pilot program to increase the use of recycled paper and an investigation into the long-term options for reducing water use on the Canberra site.

During the reporting period, the ASC also implemented a short-term water-use reduction program and purchased 10 per cent green power as part of its electricity supply contract.

The ASC reports its annual building and transport-related energy consumption data to the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources for inclusion in its annual report, Energy Use in Commonwealth Operations.

HERITAGE

As part of the preparatory work for the AIS Redevelopment Project, a heritage assessment of the Canberra site was completed and lodged with the Australian Heritage Commission. No significant heritage issues will arise from the Project.

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Enterprise agreements

The ASC (Committed to Excellence) Certified Agreement 2001–2004 and the AIS Caretaker’s Cottage Childcare Centre Certified Agreement 2001–2003 continued to operate effectively.

Social justice and equity

The ASC recognises the importance of workplace diversity in the pursuit of operational objectives and its value to the corporate culture. Strategies aimed at engendering a culture that values diversity include:

– enabling employees to balance their work and family responsibilities

– highlighting cross-cultural awareness

– preventing workplace harassment

– providing access and equity for people with a disability.

The ASC continued to ensure that the ASC Code of Conduct was provided to new employees as part of their orientation. The ASC Code of Conduct has been reviewed to ensure it continues to identify and promote high standards of behaviour and values that support the ASC’s corporate reputation and the wellbeing of its staff.

An ongoing ASC staff education program highlighting necessary behavioural standards and the obligation to provide a harassment-free working environment supports the ASC Code of Conduct.

Disability Action Plan

An ASC Disability Action Plan was developed to ensure that employees are aware of their responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 in conjunction with the Commonwealth Disability Strategy. Stakeholders are currently being consulted to ensure the plan is both comprehensive and appropriate in its design and operation.

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Occupational health and safety

The ASC maintained its commitment to occupational health and safety through:

– the ongoing and effective operation of the ASC WorkSafe Committee

– the implementation of an effective and contemporary occupational health and safety policy and agreement

– the establishment of a material safety data sheet for high-risk work sites register

– ongoing training of all occupational health and safety support groups across the ASC (these groups include first aid officers, fire wardens, health and safety representatives, and workplace harassment contact officers).

The ASC’s Employee Assistance Program supports staff and their families by providing free and confidential counselling services in times of need.

FORMAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 1989

Section 30 No requests were received from health and safety representatives

Sections 45, 46 and 47 No notices of safety breaches were received from Comcare

Section 68 Two serious personal injuries and one dangerous occurrence were reported under Section 68 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989

Indemnities and insurance for officers

The ASC is insured through the Government’s self-managed fund, Comcover. The full cost of commissioners’ and officers’ insurance has been met through Government appropriations. The ASC has met all statutory reporting requirements associated with reporting to Comcover.

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Customer Service Charter

The review initiated in 2002 has progressed to the formation of a working group that is ensuring the Customer Service Charter is aligned with the Strategic Plan 2002–2005.

Freedom of information

The Freedom of Information Act 1982 gives the general public right of access to documents held by the ASC. In the year ending 30 June 2003, no requests for documents under Freedom of Information legislation were received.

Privacy

The ASC’s privacy statement is displayed on the ASC’s web site at www.ausport.gov.au. The statement is in accordance with guidelines issued by the Privacy Commissioner.

In January 2002, the ASC was notified it had breached the disclosure provisions of the Privacy Act 1988. The ASC met with the aggrieved party in July 2002 to negotiate a settlement of the matter. No settlement could be reached and the matter has been referred back to the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner to finalise.

The ASC has continued with an in-house awareness program for staff. This program, initiated in 2001–02, highlights the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 and individual responsibilities and obligations. Information for staff and the public is also posted on the intranet and internet, respectively.

Formal reporting requirements under the CAC Act 1997

The ASC has received two notifications of general policies of the Government from the responsible Minister, Senator the Hon. Richard Alston, under Section 28 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

– dated 12 May 2002, in relation to cost recovery

– dated 17 July 2002, in relation to foreign exchange risk management.

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Business operations

To assist the ASC successfully deliver on its two outcomes, Business Operations provides corporate support to both the AIS and Sport Performance and Development. The associated costs of corporate support are distributed between the outcomes. A description of each Business Operations program, as well as its achievements for the past year, are listed below.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Business Development plays a key role in the management, protection and commercial development of the ASC’s intellectual property assets. Key responsibilities of Business Development include the promotion of the ASC’s business development plan, the maintenance of a detailed commercial practice manual, the identification of new business opportunities, the preparation of business cases for new products and services, and the provision of commercial and contractual legal support. Business Development works in a supporting and educational role with personnel across the ASC to identify and develop commercial opportunities.

COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS

Commercial Operations manages the AIS Canberra sporting and conference facilities, and the residential accommodation complex. It also promotes the use of the AIS Canberra facilities on a commercial basis to local, national and international sporting groups.

The business activities areas of the section generated off-budget revenue for the ASC by coordinating events and functions, hiring out facilities and residential accommodation, providing guided tours of the AIS and the Sportex exhibition, and through the operations of the AIS retail shop and the Swim and Fitness Centre.

The section hosted a number of major events including the ACT Bushfire Recovery Benefit Dinner, a 1200-person Woolworths Dinner, a fun day for families and friends affected by the ACT bushfire, Dancesport, and the Minter Ellison Challenge. In addition, the AIS campus hosted the National Junior Gymnastics Championships and a Grand Prix Athletics meet. These activities resulted in record income generation in the AIS Arena and other facilities. The Swim and Fitness Centre also improved its business outcomes, primarily due to an expansion in fitness activities and internal efficiencies.

The AIS Residence showed an overall 8 per cent increase in occupancy levels due to AIS and national sporting organisation camps and commercial clients. This was the highest occupancy level since the period leading up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

During the reporting period, the Commercial Operations section was also responsible for replacing the acoustics equipment in the Sports Training Facility.

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CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Following a review of marketing and communications-related activities across the ASC, the Corporate Communications, and Media and Public Relations sections were established in September 2002.

Corporate Communications has multiple objectives that are designed to promote greater sports participation and the benefits of sport involvement by all Australians, showcase Australia’s best practice across all levels of sport, and enhance the public profile of the ASC, its programs and the sports industry in Australia.

The section is engaged in marketing and communicating the ASC’s messages and programs, including its commercial activities, to key stakeholder groups. It also works to protect and strengthen ASC brands and to generate off-budget revenue primarily through its corporate partnership program. Corporate Communications staff support ASC programs through the provision of strategic advice and assistance in implementing marketing plans. Event delivery is a critical component of the section’s work, conducting high-profile national events that are designed to generate increased participation in sport by all Australians to grassroots communities. It also publishes ASC publications and other resources in support of ASC programs and manages their efficient distribution.

Specific achievements during the reporting period included more strategic and effective marketing of ASC programs to stakeholders, the development of a partnerships policy and sales strategy following the sponsorship function being brought back in-house, successful delivery of national events including 1800 Reverse Street Active, Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Series, Support Your Sport (in conjunction with Westfield), AIS fun day for the ACT bushfire recovery, Our Sporting Future forum, the inaugural Ausport Awards, the first season of the AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy (national netball league), and the development and production of a new suite of ASC corporate periodicals.

CORPORATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH

Corporate Planning and Research is charged with developing and strengthening the strategic planning framework for all levels of the ASC. Responsibilities include oversight of the internal audit process, management of the integrated business planning cycle, and addressing the research needs of the ASC.

The year 2002 saw the conclusion of the ASC’s existing contract for internal audit services. Following a comprehensive procurement process, the ASC selected new internal auditors for a three-year term, starting 1 July 2003.

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the reporting period, the ASC began a comprehensive risk-management exercise, which will be incorporated into the business planning process.

Research, as a corporate function, broadened its scope to focus on the economic as well as social ramifications of sport. To this end, an environmental scan on sport was prepared.

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Facilities Management provides engineering, maintenance, asset and other property management and general services to the ASC.

The major activity in 2002–03 was the development of the major capital works project, announced by the Government in the May 2002 Budget, to a stage suitable for consideration by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works. The project, now entitled the AIS Redevelopment Project, was considered by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works on 26 June 2003.

Other key activities included the completion of a purpose-designed training facility for AIS Archery in March 2003, the installation of a holding tank to control effluent discharge from the filtration plant at the swimming complex, the replacement of roofing on the swimming complex and the basketball/netball facility, and the re-turfing of the soccer pitch at the AIS track and field facility. In June 2003, a contract was let to extend the rowing complex at Yarralumla.

In November 2002, the ASC’s contract-management function was transferred to Facilities Management. This function provides policy advice and direction on a range of procurement, contract development and contract-management matters to all ASC programs. In May 2003, a contract-management policy and comprehensive contracting and procurement procedures were completed. These procedures were fully implemented by July 2003.

FINANCE

Finance is responsible for the ASC’s financial management, business support, accounts processing and financial reporting.

The Finance section focuses on the provision of responsive and proactive support within the ASC while continuing to ensure that the ASC satisfies the Government’s financial management and accountability requirements.

Finance’s major activities during 2002–03 included:

– increasing liaison with ASC program areas to improve financial-management practices across the Commission and providing direct assistance on business decisions

– meeting the Government’s external budgetary and reporting requirements

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– preparing the ASC’s annual financial statements

– the oversight and coordination of insurance issues

– the oversight and coordination of travel issues.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Human Resources manages the employment framework and work arrangements for all ASC staff. Key services provided by Human Resources include recruitment, payroll, salary packaging, human resources policy, remuneration management, occupational health and safety, and staff development.

Significant initiatives during the year include:

– restructure of the Corporate Communications, and Media and Public Relations functions

– restructure of the Sport Performance and Development group.

The Performance Planning and Review system has been implemented successfully and has provided an opportunity to assess the training and development needs of staff.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Information Management was established in October 2002. Its role includes:

– determining how information can be effectively gathered, stored and used

– developing and implementing information-management and information-technology strategic plans, policy and procedures.

NATIONAL SPORT INFORMATION CENTRE The National Sport Information Centre provides a gateway to sport-related information and services for the Australian sporting community. It facilitates access to electronic resources and a world-class collection of sports books, videos and journals, and provides regular updating services.

The Centre is also responsible for the ASC’s records management, web services and audiovisual services.

The Centre continues to develop its use of digital delivery and storage to provide access to, and to preserve, sport information. Examples include media clip distribution via the ASC intranet, the web archive of key sporting research and policy documents, and the linking of alerting services directly to the electronic version of the resource cited.

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The Centre has assisted a number of ASC programs and external agencies by providing advice and technical expertise in web, audiovisual and research services. Examples include the AIS Canberra Darters web site, the Club Development Resource Library, and work with the Australian Sports Drug Agency and Sports Medicine Australia.

In cooperation with the Western Australian Department of Sport and Recreation, the Centre held the Sport Information Workshop in Perth in November 2002. Participants from Hong Kong, Singapore, Fiji, New Zealand, South Africa, Mozambique and France attended.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

International Relations fosters cooperation in sport between Australia and other countries through the provision of resources, services and facilities related to sport. It does this principally through managing federally funded international community sports development programs in the Pacific, Papua New Guinea, southern Africa and the Caribbean, and through coordinating the ASC’s relationship with foreign agencies.

Programs managed by International Relations are detailed under Outcome 1 (pages 53–4).

The ASC continued to take a leading role in promoting sport in the developing countries of the Commonwealth. ASC Chairman Peter Bartels continued in the role of Chair of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Committee for Cooperation through Sport. The Committee is mandated to build the case of sport as a legitimate tool for development and to coordinate ‘donor’ country contributions to maximise the effectiveness of the programs.

During 2002–03, International Relations hosted 40 visiting delegations from 24 countries representing various international governments and institutions, including a personal visit by the Crown Prince of Brunei.

MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

Established in September 2002, the Media and Public Relations section builds and enhances the reputation of the ASC and its programs through professional media and public relations services. Media and Public Relations liaises with local, national and international media, effectively manages media inquiries and issues, and monitors media outcomes. The section contributes to communications planning for ASC events, launches, publications and other initiatives, and helps enhance the public awareness of the ASC’s role and the Australian Government funding of sport.

The section liaises closely with the Minister’s Office and the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, drafting speeches for major launches and conferences, and providing media briefings on key issues.

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Throughout the year, there was considerable national and international media interest in the AIS, especially during and after the Manchester Commonwealth Games. Journalists and reporters from many countries visited the AIS Canberra site, focusing on high-profile athletes and on the Institute’s world-class sports science and sports medicine facilities.

Events such as the AIS 21st birthday celebrations and the AIS Athlete of the Year Awards attracted extensive media coverage. Media and Public Relations organised the inaugural ASC Media Awards and provided media support for a host of initiatives including Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program launches, 1800 Reverse Street Active events, the Sport Needs More Women and Our Sporting Future forums, the Year of the Official, the Ausport Awards and a host of AIS program launches.

AIS sprinter Patrick Johnson and coach Esa Peltola at a press conference, AIS Sports Visitor Centre, June 2003

POLICY PROJECTS

Policy Projects undertook several major tasks during the reporting period. Two significant issues addressed by Policy Projects were:

– Gungahlin Drive Extension — The National Capital Authority announced on 23 December 2002 that it supported an eastern route for the Gungahlin Drive Extension after an exhaustive and independent study.

– Public liability insurance — During the reporting period, the ASC undertook a range of risk-management education and skill-development strategies relating to public liability insurance and the sporting industry. Sport-specific risk-management planning resources were developed, and workshops targeted at all levels of sporting organisations were conducted by the ASC across Australia.

With the resolution of the Gungahlin Drive Extension issue, the Policy Projects section wound up. Public liability issues were transferred to Sport Performance and Development.

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Outcome 1

An effective national sports system that offers improved participation in quality sports activities by Australians

Total price: $34.5 million The Government recognises that a national sporting system which is vibrant, dynamic and resilient to emerging challenges is critical in ensuring Australians are provided with a range of opportunities to participate in quality sports activities of their choice.

Through the ASC, the Government delivers a series of initiatives to assist the sporting industry in growing sport, to build capacity at all levels and to develop an integrated sporting system that is effective and efficient.

An effective national sporting system is fundamental to realising the full benefits of sport being maximised, including improved health and wellbeing, social cohesion, community building and development of life skills, and to providing a base for athletes to progress through the pathway to elite performance and international success.

The ASC continues to play an important role in advising Government and other agencies on policy development to address issues that impact on the development of Australian sport.

Seven thousand officials were accredited with the Australian Sports Commission during 2002–03

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TABLE 1 NATIONAL SPORTING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Cost to Government: $29.5 million Activity Quantity/quality Target Result Variance Notes (%) Business Quantity 20 national sporting organisations benefiting 27 +35.0 1 improvement and growth from significant targeted interventions and consultancy services, such as strategic planning, governance and structural change, to improve their business practices

Quantity 3000 clubs adopting the ASC club development 3168 +5.6 2 tool — the Provider — as a continuous improvement planning tool

Quantity Ten national sporting organisations driving the use 14 +40.0 3 of the Provider within their national club and association structure

Quantity 15 partnerships with national sporting organisations 20 +33.3 4 that provide a means for the corporate sector to support grassroots sports promotion and programs

Quantity Significantly increased club membership through — 5 the Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program (Target: 1 million additional members over four years, 2001–02 to 2004–05)

Quantity Eight initiatives to disseminate information to 8 0 national sporting organisations and clubs on business management issues and good practices

Sport development Quantity 60 national sporting organisations receiving 60 0 grants program funding support to deliver specified sport-development outcomes

Information Quantity Ten national sporting organisations monitoring 10 0 management support participation growth programs via national and research membership databases and customer surveys

Quantity Quarterly collection of adult participation data Completed 0 and annual reporting of findings

Quantity Two research initiatives addressing the social 2 0 value and impact of sports participation

Quantity Ten national sporting organisations benefiting 10 0 from research and program evaluation consultancy services and advice

Sport education Quantity Two coach/official accreditation programs 2 programs 0 resulting in 87,000 accredited coaches and 83,209 coaches –4.4 6 7000 officials 7,912 officials +13.0

Quantity 96 national sporting organisations benefiting 90 –6.2 7 from services supporting the education of coaches, officials and administrators in sport

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Continued from previous page

Activity Quantity/quality Target Result Variance Notes (%) Quantity Maintenance of a national sport education delivery 170 –30 8 network in conjunction with state and territory departments of sport and recreation and 250 registered local agencies

Participation Quantity Two major national-event partnerships to increase 2 0 promotion sports participation and the profile of grassroots and events sport in the community

Quantity A major conference on the business of sport (to be 1 0 conducted in 2003 and every two years thereafter)

Community programs Quantity Two junior sports partnerships with external 3 +50 9 and social policy agencies, designed to assist links between schools and clubs to expand junior participation

Quantity National junior programs operating in six states 7 +16 10

Quality Ten national sporting organisations engaged in 18 +80 11 reviewing and improving junior sport delivery

Quantity Ten national sporting organisations engaged in 15 +50 12 special programs to provide Indigenous people with improved sports-participation opportunities

Quantity Maintenance of major partnership with the 1 0 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission to support Indigenous athletes and sports programs in Indigenous communities

Quantity One special project addressing women and 3 +300 13 sport issues

Quantity National workshop series in six states and 7 +17 14 territories to promote values of fair play and ethical behaviour in sport

Quantity Four national sporting organisations undertaking 4 0 15 specific training programs to ensure fair play, and ethical and legal behaviour throughout their sport

Quantity One project of national significance implemented to 1 0 improve sports participation and elite development opportunities for people with disabilities

Quantity Disability education delivery network promoting 8 0 programs in eight states and territories

International Quantity Generate and manage three new projects 3 0 internationally

Quantity Generate and manage three new off-budget 3 0 commercial initiatives

Total cost $34.5 million

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VARIANCE FROM TARGETS

The following notes provide an explanation for variations between the set targets and the results achieved for Outcome 1.

1 Management-improvement activities with national sporting organisations were above those forecasted due in part to an increased focus being placed on the governance and structural change issues by the ASC Board and an increase in requests from national sporting organisations seeking assistance with education on, and the implementation of, the ASC sport governance principles.

2 Demand for membership of the Club Development Network was stronger than expected, particularly after the enhancements made to the free web-based program.

3 The number of national sporting organisations promoting the program increased in the latter part of the year due to the enhancements made to the Club Development Network’s free web-based program.

4 Twenty partnerships were made with national sporting organisations under the Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program, which provided a means for the corporate sector to support grassroots sports promotion and programs. The number of programs was greater than expected due to the range and value of business plans submitted by sports.

5 The reported result is from the six sports — Australian football, gymnastics, surf life saving, rugby union, golf (women) and athletics — that have completed and reported on year one of their programs. Overall, the six sports are 4 per cent above targeted participation for year one. The remaining 14 sports are either yet to report on year one performance or are only part way through their first year.

6 The number of registrations with the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme and the National Officiating Accreditation Scheme are constantly adjusted through people leaving the schemes and new members being accredited. The recorded shortfall in coach accreditations is primarily due to the transition in servicing arrangements with a number of national sporting organisations, which resulted in the details of approximately 10,000 coaches and officials not being captured in the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme database.

7 An ASC Board review recommended that the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme and the National Officiating Accreditation Scheme in future only cater for those national sporting organisations which are recognised by the ASC. Unrecognised national sporting organisations seeking to be part of the accreditation schemes have been directed to initially form links with existing ASC-recognised national sporting organisations.

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8 The Coaching and Officiating unit had planned to roll out a national advertisement to call for interested groups to increase the number of existing agencies. At the request of the state departments of sport and recreation, the national advertisement did not proceed. State departments expressed a strong view that they should play a greater role in setting up the agencies at state level, and that it should be driven by states through their contracts with the ASC.

9 The Junior Sport unit has expanded its key partnerships with external agencies by accepting three key partners to assist in the funding of the school–club linkages program: VicHealth, Northern Territory Health and Community Services, and Australian Council of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

10 The Junior Sport unit has formal agreements with seven states and territories with each identifying at least one state-initiated junior program.

11 The Junior Sport unit has expanded some of its programs, offering more opportunities than anticipated for sports to access junior participants. This has occurred mainly within the Out of School Hours Sports Program, Good Sport Monitor and the Junior Sport Framework.

12 The Indigenous Sport unit was encouraged by the interest in its national Indigenous Sport Program and as such agreed to work with the additional five national sporting organisations interested in partnering with the Indigenous Sport unit.

13 The planned special project was the Sport Needs More Women forum, held in Sydney in May 2003. As part of the forum, it was opportune to develop and distribute the resource, Towards Better Sport: Good practices for women and girls in sport. Developing a grants scheme for rural and remote women was an unexpected opportunity to partner with the Office of the Status of Women and occurred mid-way through the year. This resulted in 45 grants being distributed to assist rural and remote women in the sporting industry.

14 Agreements regarding conducting Harassment-free Sport courses and workshops were finalised with seven states and territories, resulting in 22 member-protection and child-protection courses conducted and over 180 people trained as Member Protection Officers across 42 sports in 2002–03. One Indigenous member protection officer course was conducted. Information workshops on child-protection legislation and sport’s legal obligations were conducted in five states.

15 Swimming, surf life saving, gymnastics, softball, water polo, athletics, tennis, basketball, triathlon and ice hockey developed, or implemented, member-protection policies, procedures, training and education during 2002–03.

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PROGRAMS

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH

Management improvement During the reporting period, 27 national sporting organisations received consultancy advice and services in relation to their structure, governance, management and strategic direction, with the aim of increasing their capacity and capability to work towards their strategic objectives.

Sport management and administration The Sport Innovation and Best Practice section assisted national sporting organisations in the area of sport management and administration by implementing the following initiatives:

– development of the Business Improvement area of the ASC web site

– distribution of risk-management resources to all ASC-recognised national sporting organisations

– provision of articles on governance, insurance and risk management for the Club Development Network and sport newsletters

– preparation of four case studies on major national sporting organisation governance changes for the ASC web site

– publication of an ASC-commissioned review of sports insurance

– organisation of two insurance forums for national sporting organisations to discuss critical insurance issues affecting sport

– presentation on ASC governance principles and best practice examples at a South Australian Office for Recreation and Sport sports conference.

Club Development Network (formerly the Active Australia Provider) During the reporting period, the Club Development Network program was enhanced by abolishing the charge for membership as it became a free web-based program aimed at supporting the development and management capacity of sporting clubs. The name of the program also changed from the Active Australia Provider to the Club Development Network.

At 30 June 2003, total membership of the Club Development Network stood at 3168 with demand continuing to be strong. Approximately 37 per cent of Club Development Network members are from rural areas. The 3000th member of the Network was Bell Post Hill Football and Netball Club in Geelong.

Fourteen national sporting organisations took an active role in promoting the Network during the year through seminars, workshops, newsletters and award schemes. The Club Development Network resources were used to provide direct assistance to grassroots clubs to address various management issues.

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SPORT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM

ASC grants are provided to national sporting organisations to fund their sport’s education and development activities. The program supports the industry by providing an ongoing focus on sport development, with a particular emphasis on promoting the delivery infrastructure within each sport. In 2002–03, funds were used for the education and training of accredited coaches and officials, and to improve the administrative and management capacity and capability of agencies that deliver the sport to participants at the grassroots level.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AND RESEARCH

Responsibility for the Research unit was transferred to Corporate Planning and Research within Business Operations. Research continued to monitor, evaluate and investigate issues relevant to sport performance and development. Major projects managed by Research included:

– the collection of data on participation by those aged 15 years and older in physical activity for exercise, recreation or sport purposes via the Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey

– a research report published by the Australian Institute of Criminology entitled, Sport, Physical Activity and Antisocial Behaviour in Youth, which documented the link between involvement in sport and positive social outcomes among young people

– a research report published by the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health entitled, Investigating Indicators for Measuring the Health and Social Impact of Sport and Recreation Programs in Indigenous Communities

– content development work on a proposed national adolescent physical activity-monitoring system aimed at measuring rates of participation in sport and physical activity of 10–17-year-olds

– preparatory work on the development of a proposed longitudinal study of young people’s involvement in sport and physical activity

– a summary report on environmental factors influencing sport and trends across the sporting industry.

SPORT EDUCATION

Accreditation database registrations The number of registrations within the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme and the National Officiating Accreditation Scheme were constantly adjusting through people leaving the schemes and new members being accredited. The National Coaching Accreditation Scheme has been in place since 1978, and along with the National Officiating Accreditation Scheme, continued to improve the quality of coaches and officials at all levels of sport.

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– National Coaching Accreditation Scheme — A total of 83,209 coaches were registered with the scheme as at 30 June 2003. This is a reduction of 6027 in registrations when compared to the previous 12-month period. This reduction was primarily due to the transition in servicing arrangements with a number of national sporting organisations, which resulted in the details of approximately 10,000 coaches and officials not being captured in the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme database. During 2002–03, there were 15,948 new registrations, 6571 re-accreditations and 608 coaches who moved to the next level of accreditation.

NATIONAL COACHING ACCREDITATION SCHEME NEW REGISTRATIONS, 2002–2003

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 High-performance coaching Total

15,547 296 105 0 15,948

NATIONAL COACHING ACCREDITATION SCHEME RE-ACCREDITATIONS, 2002–2003

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 High-performance coaching Total

5,263 897 411 0 6,571

– National Officiating Accreditation Scheme — A total of 7912 officials were registered as at 30 June 2003. This was an increase of 857 officials when compared to the previous 12-month period. During 2002–03, there were 1595 new registrations, 58 re-accreditations and 37 officials who moved to the next level of accreditation.

NATIONAL OFFICIATING ACCREDITATION SCHEME NEW REGISTRATIONS, 2002–2003

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total

1,390 180 25 1,595

AIS coaching scholarships Twenty scholarships were provided under the National Coaching Scholarship Program. Coaches in this program undertake a full-time one-year coaching apprenticeship with an AIS or state or territory institute or academy of sport head coach.

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Sport education delivery networks State delivery networks were maintained during the year, with the ASC providing a total of $300,000 in financial assistance to sport education centres located within each state and territory department of sport and recreation. An additional $70,000 was provided to a number of states and territories to pilot regional sport education initiatives.

During 2002–03, a total of 170 active sport education agencies (schools, TAFEs, universities and local councils) were registered with the ASC to deliver the General Principles of Officiating and Coaching courses across Australia.

In July 2002, the ASC, in partnership with the Central Queensland University, conducted the conference Who’s Looking After the Bush?: Developing sport education opportunities for rural and regional Australia. The purpose of the conference was to develop future strategies that will improve opportunities for coaches, officials and administrators in rural and regional areas. An outcome of the conference was the establishment of pilot regional sport education centres and the development of a rural and regional sport web site.

State-based education workshops continued to be conducted in the areas of mentor training, assessor training and the Officials Coach Training program in conjunction with individual state and territory departments of sport and recreation, and state sport federations.

The ASC continued its involvement in the Sports Industry Training Package by assisting and supporting the activities of Sport and Recreation Training Australia.

Coaching and Officiating (formerly Sport Education) continued to provide quality advice and support to over 90 national sporting organisations in order to improve the quality of their education and training programs for coaches and officials.

Year of the Official During the year, the ASC, under the banner Fair Go for Officials, conducted forums in every mainland state and territory. The purpose of the forums was to develop ideas in consultation with a range of stakeholders to address the issue of increasing levels of abuse towards officials and the negative impact this was having on the number of people involved in officiating. Through this consultation process, the Year of the Official initiative was developed and launched in May 2003.

As part of this initiative, the ASC rolled out the following strategies:

– working with national sporting organisations to develop and foster a sporting environment that will have a positive influence on the behaviour of participants and spectators

– working with national sporting organisations to develop and implement procedures to improve the competencies of, and support for, officials at all levels within their sports

– in cooperation with national sporting organisations, and state and territory departments of sport and recreation, undertaking a social education and awareness program to change community attitudes to officiating and officials in sport

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– in cooperation with national sporting organisations, and state and territory departments of sport and recreation, reinforcing and enhancing the recognition of the role of officials in sport.

Recognition of officials and coaches The Thanks Coach/Thanks Official campaign continued to operate in five states, with many national sporting organisations continuing to implement their sports-specific campaigns during the year. Campaign materials, including posters, certificates, cards and stickers, were distributed to these sports and their state organisations.

Online education A major review of the ASC’s current and potential future use of online education strategies was undertaken during the reporting period. Results of the review suggested that the ASC take a leadership role in online education, including assisting national sporting organisations to develop courses and the provision of access to appropriate learning management systems.

PARTICIPATION PROMOTION AND EVENTS

Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program The Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program involves targeting a small number of sports for special support to expand the active membership and improve the reach of their affiliated clubs and associations.

The ASC’s approach is to create a three-way relationship between the ASC, the national sporting organisation and a corporate sponsor to deliver a program of growth and sustainable participation.

During 2002–03, the ASC Board approved investment in ten programs to a combined total of $5.770 million over three years. This endorsement brings the total number of approved Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program sports to 20, and funding totalling $11.305 million over three years has been committed for these programs.

In a difficult sponsorship environment, the new sports achieved the following:

– three programs had sponsors at the time of Board approval

– one program acquired a sponsor after Board approval

– over $3 million has been acquired in sponsorship by four of the ten new sports. Six of the ten new sports were approved by the ASC Board late in the year.

Overall, nearly $10 million in sponsorship over three years has been acquired, which is only marginally below the ASC investment of $11.305 million for the 20 sports approved.

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A number of sports that were approved in 2001–02 completed and reported on year one of the program during 2002–03. Reports tabled show that year one participation targets have on average been exceeded by approximately 4 per cent.

During the year, successful program launches were held in conjunction with Surf Life Saving Australia, Basketball Australia, Hockey Australia and Australian Swimming.

The Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program initiative has been a good vehicle for national sporting organisations to bring stakeholders at all levels of the sport together to work towards common objectives. This has strengthened the infrastructure and communication within the sport, enabling the national body to better lead and service the sport.

1800 Reverse Street Active

1800 Reverse Street Active attracted 6344 participants in 2002–03. Targeted at 6–14-year-olds, coaching sessions were conducted by Australia’s first-ever accredited coaches in street sports. The focus of the program in 2003 has been converting these participants into paying national sporting organisation members and in securing new members. The first six of 14 events conducted in 2003 attracted 1386 participants. Of these, 669 are now paying members of Skate Australia and 373 are paying members of Freestyle BMX. The remaining 344 consisted of paying national sporting organisation members who participated in more than one session (that is, repeat visitors).

This initiative encouraged, for the first time, the formation of membership pathways for street sports. Through newly formulated coaching programs, these pathways will provide participants with coordinated skills-based opportunities for development.

1800 Reverse Street Active supports Backing Australia’s Sporting Ability: A more active Australia through the ASC’s shift to visible programming and activities in preference to general awareness raising and education about the benefits of sport. It also builds partnerships between the Australian Government, national sporting organisations (Skate Australia and Freestyle BMX) and the corporate sector (1800 Reverse).

Skate Australia and Freestyle BMX (part of Bicycle Motocross Australia) are in the process of implementing management structures to support each of the new disciplines.

Skate Australia has appointed a National Skateboarding Committee and a National Inline Committee. These have been crucial in providing Skate Australia with direction for these disciplines within the sport and credibility in the street sports industry.

The Freestyle BMX discipline has received numerous expressions of interest from participants eager to enjoy the benefits of Freestyle BMX offered through membership.

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Support Your Sport The ASC was one of three partners in the Westfield-initiated Support Your Sport program. Support Your Sport was based on Westfield’s highly successful Shop for Your Schools program. Support Your Sport was conducted at 28 Westfield Shopping Centre sites nationally in November 2002.

The ASC’s primary objective for participating in the program was to increase sporting club membership registrations. This was through clubs seeking to earn bonus points for club memberships in a promotion that was based on a receipt-redemption format.

Over 1200 community-based sporting clubs participated in Support Your Sport. The program generated 1746 sporting club registrations, of which 524 were new club members.

Support Your Sport offered the ASC a significant corporate profile and visible Australian Government support for a new and innovative initiative, and a visible link among the Government, corporate sector and grassroots sporting organisations.

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Series In its second year, the 2002–03 Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Series was delivered under a three-way partnership between the ASC, Sanitarium Health Food Company and Triathlon Australia. It provided participation opportunities for all children aged 7–13 years and promoted the messages of healthy living, good nutrition, fun, challenge and a sense of achievement through sport. The ASC’s investment in, and support of, the TRYathlon Series presented Triathlon Australia with an opportunity to increase the profile of the sport among juniors and parents, and to secure vastly increased junior club memberships.

Year two of the TRYathlon Series has achieved the goal of significantly increasing participant numbers on year one, with a total of 7855 children attending the six TRYathlon events. This represented a 22.5 per cent increase on year one results.

Events were held in both metropolitan and regional areas across Australia between November 2002 and April 2003 and was attributed as being the largest ever series of triathlon events for children in Australia, attracting almost 8000 participants.

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon, Canberra, ACT, 2002

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Active Australia Day The fourth Active Australia Day was conducted on Sunday 27 October 2002. The event focused on encouraging active membership in sporting clubs.

The Leisure Australia Foundation again partnered with the ASC to deliver the event. It resourced and supported participating councils, and coordinated the advertising and public relations campaign around the event. The media response to the promotional campaign was excellent, with high levels of saturation in the targeted local council areas in particular.

Approximately 90 councils, 700 clubs and 250 schools conducted Active Australia Day activities including come ’n’ try sports expos, sporting club displays and open days, community walks, fun runs and bike rallies.

Ausport Awards (formerly Active Australia Awards) The ASC successfully hosted the inaugural Ausport Awards (formerly the Active Australia Awards) in conjunction with the Our Sporting Future forum. The presentation ceremony was held on Friday 14 March 2003.

The Awards were designed to recognise, reward and showcase the outstanding contributions made by sporting organisations to strengthen and develop sport at all levels — school, club, community and elite. Eleven awards were made at the presentation, with Currumbin Tennis Club taking out the Ausport Prize. The Ausport Prize was established to recognise an outstanding contribution to the Australian sporting system and was presented to the overall winner of the Ausport Awards.

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL POLICY

Junior sport The Junior Sport unit aims to enhance sporting opportunities and experiences for all young people from grassroots to elite-level sport. The Junior Sport unit has been working with key partners to ensure they provide safe junior sporting environments and develop and deliver quality programs that address the needs of young people.

The Junior Sport unit is continuing to provide leadership by supporting national sporting organisations in adopting the Junior Sport Framework and building sport-specific policies. The University of Queensland has completed a first draft of the Junior Sport Framework and the Junior Sport unit, in conjunction with state and territory departments of sport and recreation, has conducted workshops to gather feedback on the draft.

During the reporting period, the Junior Sport unit also implemented the following:

– Out of School Hours Sports Program — The ASC, in partnership with VicHealth, Northern Territory Health, South Australian Office for Recreation and Sport, New South Wales Department of Sport and Recreation, and Western Australian Department of Sport and Recreation, piloted the initiative in their respective states. There are 27 sports involved in the various Out of School Hours Sports Program pilots.

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– Active Australia Schools Network — The Junior Sport unit has re-aligned its partnership with the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation to ensure the Active Australia Schools Network is more reflective of the outcomes in the Backing Australia’s Sporting Ability: A more active Australia policy and assists in the development of school–club links. The Active Australia Schools Network has 949 member schools.

– Good Sport Monitor — Good Sport Monitor is a project that will explore strategies to address inappropriate player, spectator and parental behaviour at junior sport events. Four sports in the ACT are involved in this pilot project. A consultant has been appointed to develop an educational resource and support the sports during the pilot.

– Local Youth Network Across Australia Using Sport — The Local Youth Network Across Australia Using Sport initiative is a leadership and mentoring program targeting young people in rural and regional Australia. Local Youth Network Across Australia Using Sport participants will provide the ASC with a network across regional and rural Australia, and will address issues pertaining to community sport. Participants were identified through the Junior Sport unit’s work with ABC Radio’s Heywire.

Indigenous sport The Indigenous Sport unit has made significant inroads into the provision of sports programs and services to Indigenous people by working closely with state and territory departments of sport and recreation to employ Indigenous Sport Development Officers in each of the 35 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Regional Council zones.

To add value to this national network of Development Officers, the Indigenous Sport unit has partnered with 15 national sporting organisations to play a more active role in increasing participation, infrastructure and skill development in Indigenous communities. The Indigenous Sport unit’s approach has been to encourage sports to develop strategic links with the national network of Development Officers to ensure their services and expertise are available to Indigenous people.

Such partnerships mean that there is a combination of cultural and community knowledge, and sport expertise. This has resulted in the sporting industry developing and taking the ‘right program to the right community at the right time’. It has also encouraged the integration of Indigenous sporting needs into the mainstream sporting system rather than developing a parallel system. During 2002–03, the Indigenous Sport unit’s approach was able to facilitate over 150 different sport programs around Australia.

Women and sport In December 2002, the Office of the Status of Women provided $180,000 for the ASC to develop and manage a grants program to improve the leadership skills of women who deliver sport in rural and remote communities. A focus of the program was to provide leadership opportunities in sport for Indigenous women and women with a disability.

Applications for the grants closed in February 2003. Applications were assessed against selection criteria developed by the ASC and the Office of the Status of Women.

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Eight hundred and ninety grant applications were received and 88 were short-listed. Forty- five grants were allocated across 20 sports, all states and the Northern Territory (the ACT was not classified as rural or remote).

The ASC held the Sport Needs More Women forum in Sydney on 20–21 May 2003. Three hundred people from clubs, schools, government, non-government, state and sporting organisations attended. In organising the event, the ASC was seeking to assist the sporting industry by exploring new ideas about how to increase women’s involvement in sport — in playing, coaching, officiating, administration, decision-making and other roles. It also sought to ensure the future growth, viability and sustainability of Australian sport through optimising the skills, knowledge and interests of women and girls.

During the reporting period, the ASC developed the resource, Towards Better Sport: Good practices for women and girls in sport. This is an important reference tool for the sporting industry. The manual features a range of strategies and initiatives that have been implemented by various organisations, both in Australia and internationally, to increase the participation of women and girls in a variety of roles within and through sport. The manual will be continually updated and will include future initiatives that were announced at the forum in May (for example, a senior leadership training program for women, a register of women available for positions in sport and a benchmarking process for sports).

The International Women and Sport Working Group visited Australia twice during the reporting period. It was promoting a conference to be held in Japan in 2006 and was also seeking support from the ASC to represent the Oceania region on the International Women and Sport Working Group. Australia represented the region from 1994–99, while Fiji represented the region from 1999–2002. Other member nations of the region, including Fiji, requested that Australia resume the representative role as it has strong networks and a better capacity to fulfill the role. The ASC has agreed to lead the International Women and Sport Working Group’s activities.

Harassment-free sport The ASC’s member protection policy template for use by the sporting industry was officially launched on 8 December 2002. This template is part of a risk-management policy designed to provide a framework for sports to implement a safe, harassment-free environment for all of its members.

The template sets out the procedures to be followed when dealing with complaints of child abuse and harassment in an effective, appropriate and timely manner. It includes procedures for the informal and formal resolution of complaints, incorporates legal requirements under anti-discrimination and child-protection legislation, suggests disciplinary actions and provides codes of behaviour for all roles within sport, including parents and spectators. The template can be downloaded from the ASC’s web site and adapted to meet a sport’s particular needs.

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Other activities relating to harassment-free sport undertaken during the reporting period include:

– a major ethics in sport research project to identify and develop a better understanding of the range of ethical and social issues facing sporting organisations and athletes (some of the key results were released at the Our Sporting Future forum in March 2003)

– the production and dissemination of a paper that provided a national overview of sport’s legal and ethical obligations under existing child-protection legislation

– an increase of 25 per cent in the Member Protection Officer network (there are now more than 350 trained personnel that can handle complaints, issues and concerns regarding harassment, discrimination and abuse in sport)

– the presentation of information on harassment and child protection at two major sporting industry conferences

– establishing a support network of professional experts in the areas of mediation, counselling, training, arbitration and investigation of harassment, discrimination and abuse issues.

Disability sport In October 2002, the Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp, launched Project CONNECT (Creating Opportunities Nationally through Networks in Education, Classification and Training). Project CONNECT is a major national joint venture between the ASC and the Australian Paralympic Committee, which aims to create more opportunities for people with a disability to participate in sport.

Minister for Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, speaks at the launch of Project CONNECT, Canberra, ACT, October 2002

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The basis of Project CONNECT is the formation of disability action plans with targeted national sporting organisations. These action plans will assist sports to meet their legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. They will also provide sports with an opportunity to ensure that current programs and services are inclusive of people with a disability, and that planning for inclusion becomes an accepted practice within sport. Disability action plan achievements will be measured against a set of broad industry benchmarks, termed ‘Disability Standards for Sport’. The achievement of a bronze, silver or gold standard for a sport highlights the steps a sport has taken towards including more people with a disability.

A key component of Project CONNECT is the implementation of sport-specific education and training programs. The Disability Education Program, a national initiative operating since 1994, will assist the national sporting organisations involved in Project CONNECT to educate and train coaches, administrators, volunteers and officials to appropriately include people with a disability. A network of specialist agencies throughout Australia deliver Disability Education Program courses, tailored to meet the needs of sports. During 2002–03, over 3200 people took part in Disability Education Program courses.

The national sporting organisations involved in Project CONNECT for 2003–04 were announced in May 2003. They are athletics, swimming, tennis, tenpin bowling, basketball and yachting.

State and territory relations

During the reporting period, sport development service agreements were negotiated with seven state and territory departments of sport and recreation for the delivery of programs and services on behalf of the ASC. The agreements covered activities in the areas of sport education, junior sport, social policy and ethics, increased participation of women and business improvement.

Drug-free sport

In 2002–03 the ASC achieved the following milestones in the area of drug-free sport:

– assisted in the development of the World Anti-doping Code and subsequent adoption of the Code at the 2003 World Conference on Doping in Sport in Copenhagen

– attended, as part of an Australian delegation, the 2003 World Conference on Doping in Sport in Copenhagen

– assisted national sporting organisations, where appropriate, to address 20 doping offences through hearing and sanction processes

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– in accordance with the Customs Administration Act 1985, the ASC assisted sports, where appropriate, in three possible breaches of national sporting organisations’ anti-doping policies

– conducted four education sessions for sporting organisations on the implementation of the World Anti-doping Code

– provided assistance and advice to national sporting organisations on policy matters.

INTERNATIONAL

The ASC continued to deliver international services through the four federally funded (AusAID/DFAT) international community sports development programs. The programs are:

– Australia–South Pacific 2006 Sports Development Program (this includes the highly successful Oceania Olympic Training Centre)

– PNG Silver Jubilee Community Sports Development Program

– Australia–Africa 2006 Community Sports Development Program

– Australia–Caribbean Community Sports Development Program.

Activities of particular note during the reporting period within these programs included:

– Australia–South Pacific 2006 Sports Development Program:

• continued roll out of an innovative sport education course for sports administrators

• undertaking the Pacific Region Needs Assessment (a pioneering survey project in each of the 14 participating countries to identify means of better focusing development activities over the next three years)

• coordination of 13 training scholarships for athletes, coaches, administrators and sports scientists from nine countries under the Oceania Olympic Training Centre

• commencement of a major disability sport initiative, with disability sport workshops conducted in Vanuatu, Tonga and Fiji to develop the skills of athletes, coaches and administrators, as well as the placement of an Australian Volunteers International volunteer in Fiji for a seven-month term to deliver disability sport programs for the Fiji Sports Council

• the provision of technical and training assistance to the Organising Committee of the 12th South Pacific Games held in Fiji in June 2003.

– PNG Silver Jubilee Community Sports Development Program:

• the delivery of an interactive sports administration program

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• the development of an event-management program

• a major drive to develop PNG facilitators for the delivery of the sports education program at the provincial level

• a review of the national sports policy

• capacity building for Provincial Youth and Sports Officers

• grants provided to 20 provinces and 14 national sports federations to foster sports development programs at the grassroots level

• a major review of physical education and the ground work for some innovative research into the benefits of sport in a community.

The Silver Jubilee Community Sports Development Program has been seen as the most innovative sports program in the country in the past eight years, taking sport to the community under the theme of ‘There’s more to sport than just playing the game’.

– Australia–Caribbean Community Sports Development Program — The year 2002–03 saw the consolidation of funding for the final three years of the Program and a restructure of the service delivery to focus on a longer-term presence in the region each year. The main focus has been on developing local skills and expertise of people working in the areas of sport for people with disabilities, youth at risk, sports administration and school-sector programs (for example, curriculum development).

– Australia–Africa 2006 Sports Development Program — The program continued to focus on establishing a community sport model for the developing countries of southern Africa through the Active Community Club concept. The initial South African pilot has been extended to an additional two countries in the region. The research program designed to measure the impact of the project on the pilot communities was acknowledged as being the first of its kind in international sport development assistance. Interest has been shown in adapting the African model for application in Indigenous communities of Australia and this has resulted in the Active Tiwi project in the Tiwi Islands of the Northern Territory.

CONCLUSION

The ASC has delivered the performance outputs against Outcome 1 as agreed with the Government for the reporting period. It is charting a course towards a more effective sports system that provides quality sporting experiences for Australians by delivering programs that address the needs of organisations at all levels of Australian sport.

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Outcome 2

Excellence in sports performances by Australians

Total price: $122.5 million The Australian Government’s sports policy is committed to strengthening Australia’s high performance sporting system and backing Australia’s sporting ability to enable Australian athletes to excel at Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games, other multi-sport events and world championships.

The Government’s Sports Excellence program, delivered through the ASC, underpins the sustained success of Australian athletes through continued international competition and exposure to world-class coaches.

The ASC, through the AIS, provides a world-class training environment to support AIS athletes and coaches, including integrated services such as planning and evaluation, athlete and coach services, and technical direction.

The following table provides information on, and an assessment against, the agreed strategies chosen to deliver Outcome 2.

TABLE 2 NATIONAL ELITE ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT

Cost to Government: $104.8 million

Quantity/quality Target Result Variance Notes (%)

AIS programs and services, and national leadership Quantity AIS scholarship programs in 26 sports 35 programs implemented 0 in 26 sports Quantity 35 sport programs’ annual plans, 34 completed –3 1 including service commitments, jointly agreed to by national sporting organisations and the AIS Quality 60 per cent of eligible AIS athletes 79 per cent +19 2 annually chosen to represent Australia in international competition Quality Annual reviews conducted for all 34 completed –3 3 36 AIS programs Quality 80 per cent of national sporting Athletes – 95 per cent +15 4 organisation and AIS satisfaction with AIS – 86 per cent +6 5 program performance and service National sporting +6 5 delivery effectiveness organisations – 86 per cent Quantity Conduct four national programs: 4 conducted 0 Athlete Career and Education, Talent Search, Laboratory Accreditation Standards Scheme and Elite Sports Research Program

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Quantity/quality Target Result Variance Notes (%) Quantity Conduct two technical 1 completed 0 6 benchmarking projects 2 in progress Quantity Conduct 20 approved applied 37 +17 research projects Quantity Provide service provision to a 20 +5 maximum of 15 national teams on a commercial basis Quality 80 per cent of national sporting 100 per cent +20 organisation and AIS satisfaction with national team service delivery effectiveness Quantity Conduct at least three 3 0 commercially funded projects

Sports Excellence program Quality 70 national sporting organisations 70 0 benefiting from high performance grants Quality 20 national sporting organisations 30 +50 7 benefiting from targeted interventions and consultancy services to improve sustainable high performance outcomes Quantity Three workshops to improve high 5 +67 8 performance planning and implementation Quality 200 senior and junior individuals and 277 +38.5 9 teams ranked in the top eight in the world Total cost $122.5 million Getty Images /Australian Sports Commission

AIS sprinter Patrick Johnson setting the Australian record of 9.93 seconds for the 100m, Mito, Japan, May 2003

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VARIANCE FROM TARGETS

The following notes provide an explanation for variations between the set targets and the results achieved for Outcome 2.

1 The AIS/ARU Rugby Union program was restructured during 2002–03. As a result, the development of annual program plans was delayed but will be completed by 30 July 2003.

2 In some AIS sports, there were no opportunities for AIS athletes to represent Australia in the age group that applied to those athletes during the reporting period. Of the 568 athletes that were eligible to represent Australia, 447 (79 per cent) were selected. This represents 66 per cent of all scholarships.

3 Reviews of the AIS/ARU Rugby Union program will be completed by 31 December 2003.

4 Ninety-five per cent (154 athletes) of the 162 AIS athletes across 24 of the 35 sports programs who completed the AIS athlete survey responded that they were either very satisfied (50 athletes) or satisfied (104 athletes) with their scholarship.

5 At the November/December 2002 performance enhancement program review meetings, the AIS and national sporting organisations agreed that 25 of the 33 programs (78 per cent) reviewed were meeting or exceeding agreed expectations in terms of program performance and service delivery effectiveness for the 2002 calendar year. At the May/June 2003 performance enhancement program review meetings, the AIS and national sporting organisations agreed that 31 of the 33 programs (94 per cent) reviewed were meeting or exceeding agreed expectations in terms of program performance and service delivery effectiveness for the period 1 January 2003 to 30 June 2003. Over the reporting period, at least one review was conducted of 25 of the 34 programs, with the average satisfaction rate for both the AIS and national sporting organisations being 86 per cent.

6 Benchmarking project completed for Psychology. Projects in progress for Physical Therapies and recovery.

7 During the year, changes were made to the proposed method of delivery for providing advice to national sporting organisations to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness. A major forum initiated by the Minister for Sport was held in November 2002 targeting 30 sports likely to achieve medal success at the 2004 Olympics and/or the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

8 The program commenced earlier in the year than anticipated and therefore more sports were able to benefit through a detailed intervention in their high performance program.

9 The number of senior and junior athletes ranked in the top eight in the world is well in excess of 200 athletes. A performance analysis of Australian athletes in 2002 benchmark events for a range of sports identified 277 senior athletes as being ranked in the top eight in their sport. Sports of note with junior and/or senior athletes or teams in the top eight include athletics, archery, baseball, basketball, canoe/kayak, cricket, cycling, diving, equestrian, football (soccer), golf, hockey, netball, rowing, rugby league, rugby union, sailing, shooting, softball, squash, swimming, tennis, triathlon and water polo.

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NATIONAL SPORTS PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

This section outlines some of the notable performances by Australian sporting representatives.

Archery

Under National Coach Ki-Sik Lee, Tim Cuddihy and David Barnes placed first and second in the World Cadet Championships (U16 years) in August 2002, while the Australian cadet team won gold. The boys broke several world records along the way.

Athletics

As at 30 June, Patrick Johnson was the year’s fastest man over 100m, clocking 9.93 seconds in Mito, Japan, in May and becoming the first Australian to run the 100m under 10 seconds. Jana Pittman took over the mantle of Australian sprint queen, winning the 400m hurdles in two IAAF golden league events in 2003 and ranking third in the world at the end of the reporting period.

Australian football

Australia defeated Ireland 2–0 in the 2002 International Rules Series in Ireland.

Australian Special Olympics — World Summer Games

Australian Special Olympic athletes (athletes with an intellectual disability) exceeded their previous medal tally from the 1999 North Carolina Games, bringing home a record 143 medals, including 44 gold, 63 silver and 36 bronze from Ireland in June.

Badminton

At the Australian Open, Australia ranked second in both the men’s singles and team events.

Baseball

The Australian women’s baseball team — the Aussie Stars — won the Women’s World Series in the United States in September.

Basketball

The Australian women’s basketball team — the Opals — followed their Sydney 2000 Olympic silver with a bronze in the World Championships in China in 2002. Knocked out of the final by the United States, the young Opals, with five players new to international competition, defeated Korea in the play-off for third.

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Boxing

The Commonwealth Games saw exceptional performances by Australian boxers, which culminated in the best-ever result by an Australian boxing team at a Commonwealth Games. The Australian boxing team placed first, with three gold and one bronze.

Canoeing

Nathan Baggaley won the men’s K1 500 at the World Sprint Canoe Championships in Spain in September. The women’s Australian canoe-polo team came third in the World Championships in Germany, with the Australian men’s team placing fifth.

Cricket

The Australian men’s cricket team is currently ranked number one on the ICC Test Championship table following another productive season, the highlight of which was the Ashes victory over England and retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy with a victory over the West Indies in the Caribbean. Australia also won the One-day World Cup in South Africa, retaining the trophy that they had won in England four years before. In winning the World Cup, Australia set a new world record of consecutive one-day internationals without defeat.

The Australian women’s team — the Southern Stars — won the 2002 One-day Rose Bowl series against New Zealand, England and India. In the process, captain Belinda Clark became the highest scorer in women’s one-day cricket. The team also retained the Ashes, defeating England in a two-test series.

Cycling

Australia emerged as the world’s leading cycling nation in 2002, with 30 Australians of all ages claiming world titles across the disciplines of track, road, mountain bike, disabled cycling and BMX. On the track, highlights included winning 13 medals, four of which were gold, at the World Championships in Copenhagen and the dominant performance of our cyclists at the Commonwealth Games. On the road, the Australian Cyclist of the Year, Robbie McEwan, won the sprinters green jersey at the Tour de France — the first time any Australian has won an overall classification in the tour — and finished the year with a second place at the World Road Championships in Belgium.

Diving

Australia’s divers continued their climb up the world rankings with a four-medal haul at the 2002 World Cup in Spain in July. The team of Irina Lashko (3m springboard), Steven Barnett and Robert Newbery (3m synchronised), Mathew Helm and Robert Newbery (10m synchronised), and Linda Dackiw and Loudy Tourky (10m synchronised) showed that diving continues to build on its Sydney 2000 Olympic success.

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Equestrian

The Australian equestrian team placed third in the team endurance event at the World Equestrian Games in Spain in September. Australia also achieved top ten finishes in the men’s and women’s three-day events, individual and team events, vaulting and women’s endurance events. James Paterson–Robertson also qualified in jumping for the Athens Olympics at the Olympic qualifying event in Germany.

Golf

Australia’s golfers continued to show their collective strength in world golf. Karrie Webb’s third British Open win was her sixth major championship success, making her the first player to win each of the five different majors available on the world women’s tour and her 28th tournament victory. Rachel Teske won three times on the LPGA tour and recorded six top-three finishes.

Victories on the tough US and European tours included Adam Scott (Scottish PGA), Craig Parry (NEC Invitational Seattle), Brett Rumford (St Omer, France) and Stephen Leaney (German Masters). Australia’s team of Katherine Hull, Lindsay Wright and Vicky Uwland won the Amateur Women’s World Cup for the second time. The men’s team of Marcus Fraser, Andrew Buckle and Adam Groom won bronze at the Amateur Men’s World Cup, with Marcus Fraser taking out the individual title.

Gymnastics

Australia’s leading gymnasts built on their growing international reputations, highlighted by the women’s team gold, and individual performances from Philippe Rizzo and Allana Slater at the Commonwealth Games. Other outstanding performances included first place at the ANAC World Championships (Sport Aerobics) and fourth place at the Sports Acrobatics World Championships.

Indoor cricket

The Australian men’s and women’s teams successfully defended their World Championship titles by winning their respective divisions of the Indoor Cricket World Cup in Wellington, New Zealand, in October.

Judo

Following on from successful international and domestic camps, the judo results at the Commonwealth Games were above those predicted. Medals went to Maria Pekli and Tom Hill (gold), and Martin Kelly, Angela Raguz and Daniel Rusitovic (bronze).

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Motorcycling

The Australian speedway team successfully defended their World Championship title and number one world ranking by winning the FIM Speedway World Cup final in England in August. This was Australia’s third World Cup win in four years. Team member Jason Crump was ranked number two in the world for 2002.

Chad Reed became the first Australian to win a 250cc THQ World Supercross Grand Prix at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Holland, in December.

Netball

Australia maintained its world domination at the Commonwealth Games by defeating traditional rivals, New Zealand, 57–55 in a nail-biting final.

Polocrosse

In the 2003 World Cup, Australia defeated New Zealand 32–13 in the final to take the number one world ranking.

Rowing

The Australian team competed at the 2002 World Championships in Seville in September producing its best results at any world championships. The female crews performed outstandingly, winning three gold in the women’s four, lightweight quad scull and lightweight double scull, and silver in the women’s eight. The men’s coxed pair finished with bronze and three other male crews narrowly missed medals with fourth place finishes.

Rugby league

The Australian team maintained its dominance in the international arena with a successful tour of Great Britain, winning the series 2–1, along with a win in the international test match against New Zealand.

Rugby union

Australia retained the Bledisloe Cup, the symbol of rugby supremacy between Australia and New Zealand, with a 16–14 victory in Wellington. The Wallabies have now retained the Cup for five successive years.

Sailing

Australian sailors continued on their winning way, gathering a total of ten world titles in Olympic and internationally recognised classes.

Shooting

Michael Diamond began the year with silver in the men’s trap at the 2002 World Shotgun Championships in Finland in July.

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Skiing

Alisa Camplin finished a sensational year as undisputed world number-one ranked aerial skier, having finished first in the 2003 World Cup standings and winning gold in aerials at the 2003 World Ski Championships in February. With Olympic gold already hers, Alisa became the first woman to simultaneously hold all three crowns. Lydia Ierodiaconou had three podium finishes in world cups, finishing second overall in the 2003 World Cup standings.

Softball

The Australian women’s team came fifth in the ISF World Championships in Canada.

Squash

Sarah Fitz-Gerald won the women’s singles at the French Open and the Qatar World Open, completing a record fifth World Open title. David Palmer and Stewart Boswell came first and second, respectively, in the US Open singles, with David going on to win the World Open final in December and Stewart the Swedish Open in February. Other outstanding performances for 2002–03 included Natalie Grinham placing second in the French Open and second in the Kuala Lumpur Open, Dianne Desira placing third in the Japan Open, Rachel Grinham winning the Credit Suisse Priviledge Open in Hong Kong and Anthony Rickets taking out the EBS Dayton Open.

At the Commonwealth Games, Sarah Fitz-Gerald won gold in the women’s singles, with Stewart Boswell and Anthony Ricketts winning silver in the men’s doubles.

Surf life saving

The Australian surf team won the Tri-nations Championship against South Africa and New Zealand in February. The team was captained by Clint Robinson.

Surfing

Layne Beachley won both the Roxy Pro and World Championships, making this her fifth World Surfing Championship. Melanie Redman–Carr came third in the world, with four Australian women in the top eight in the world for 2002–03. In the men’s competition, Joel Parkinson and Luke Egan placed second and third, respectively, in the World Championship Tour, with eight Australian men in the top ten in the world in 2002–03.

Swimming

Apart from its Commonwealth Games success, the Australian swimming team won 11 gold and a total of 28 medals at the Pan Pacific Championships in Yokohama, Japan. Some outstanding performances included: – Ian Thorpe winning five gold and one silver – Grant Hackett winning four gold and one silver – Petria Thomas winning three gold and two silver.

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Australian swimmers broke one long-course and three short-course world records over the year. Ian Thorpe broke the 400m freestyle long-course record, recording 3:40.08. Short-course world records went to the 4x100m medley relay team of Matthew Welsh, Jim Piper, Geoff Huegill and Ashley Callus (3:28.12), Grant Hackett in the 400m freestyle (3:54.58) and Matt Welsh in the 50m backstroke (0:23.31).

Taekwondo

The benchmark event for taekwondo during the reporting period was the World Cup in Japan in July. Carlo Massimino, Carmen Marton and Daniel Trenton won silver.

Tennis

In 2002, Lleyton Hewitt added the number one world ranking to his Wimbledon crown. Todd Reid won the Wimbledon Junior Title. In the Davis Cup, Australia qualified for the World Group semi finals by defeating Sweden on their home ground in the quarter finals in April. David Hall finished the number-one ranked athlete in the wheelchair tennis tour rankings as at 30 June.

Tenpin bowling

The Australian team won one gold, six silver and five bronze at the 2002 Commonwealth Championships, held at Stirling, Scotland, in August. Australia finished third behind England and India.

Touch

The Federation of International Touch World Cup, held in Japan in May, was the most successful campaign to date for the Australian Touch Association. The Association was represented in each World Cup division — open men’s, open women’s, open mixed, men’s 30s and men’s 35s — with all teams becoming World Champions. Australia is now currently ranked number one in the world in each division.

Australia also hosted and successfully defended the Trans-Tasman Test Trophy in September when it defeated New Zealand in a clean sweep of the three-test series in the men’s and women’s divisions, and for the first time in six years, won a test in the mixed division. Australia won by virtue of the men’s and women’s division victories.

Triathlon

Australian athlete Peter Robertson won silver at the 2002 World Championships in Cancun, Mexico. Excellent performances were also recorded by junior athletes with Brad Kahlefeldt winning the U23 men’s event and Mirinda Carfrae coming second in the U23 women’s event.

Water skiing

Australia won the team’s event at the Wakeboard World Championships held in Rio de Janeiro in December.

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AIS SPORTS PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

The AIS provided facilities and assistance for elite athletes, including access to world-class coaches, leading sports science support and an unrivalled career and education program. Through this approach, the AIS provided integrated support services to the AIS sport programs, which contributed to the successful achievement of Outcome 2 — excellence in sports performances by Australians — in 2002–03.

During 2002–03, the AIS conducted 35 programs in 26 sports. As of May 2003, the AIS provided 672 scholarships to athletes in these programs. As agreed with national sporting organisations, the AIS plays one of two roles in the organisation’s elite athlete pathway by conducting sports programs targeted at either:

– elite or senior international programs (20 sports programs)

– pre-elite or developmental programs (15 sports programs).

The AIS conducts residential programs, where the athletes live in one location to train under the direction of an AIS head coach. The AIS also conducts camps-based programs, where the athlete’s daily training is conducted in their home environment and the AIS brings the athletes together for training camps throughout the year.

Fourteen residential programs are based in Canberra. As of May 2003, there were 228 scholarship holders in the Canberra-based programs (34 per cent of all AIS scholarships).

The AIS also conducts six residential programs in state-based locations (Diving and Squash in Brisbane, Cricket in Adelaide, and Golf and Tennis in Melbourne). Men’s and Women’s Hockey, located in Perth, caters for both senior and development athletes for short and long-term residential periods, depending on the focus of the four-year cycle. As of May 2003, there were 108 scholarship holders in these state-based programs.

A component of the AIS U23 Road Cycling program is based in Italy for nine months of the year. As of May 2003, there were 21 scholarship holders in this program.

The AIS conducts 14 camps-based programs. The majority of the camps in these programs are held at the AIS Canberra campus. As of May 2003, there were 315 scholarship holders in these programs.

In state-based residential and camps-based programs, there are a total of 423 scholarship holders (63 per cent of all AIS scholarship holders).

Details of AIS programs’ role and structure, and a comprehensive report on AIS sport performances in 2002–03 can be found in Appendix 3.

Some of the highlights of AIS athlete and coach performances in 2002–03 follow.

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– Petria Thomas (Swimming) became one of a select group of three AIS athletes who have won the AIS Athlete of the Year Award in consecutive years. During 2002–03, Petria’s achievements included winning one gold and four silver at the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Moscow in April, and five gold, one silver and one bronze at the Commonwealth Games.

– Todd Reid (Tennis) was the 2002 AIS Junior Athlete of the Year. During the reporting period, he won the Wimbledon Junior singles title and was also a finalist in the Australian Open Junior singles tournament.

– Darren Bundock (AIS/NSWIS) and John Forbes (AIS/NSWIS) were awarded the 2002 AIS Team of the Year. Sailing won the tornado class at the 2002 World Sailing Championships for the second consecutive year.

– Martin Barras (Track Cycling) was the winner of the 2002 AIS Coach of the Year. This was a new award that recognises that athletes do not achieve success in elite sport without the support of their coaches. Martin achieved outstanding results working alongside AIS Cycling Head Coach Shayne Bannan. Martin’s riders won four gold, one silver and two bronze at the Commonwealth Games. At the 2002 World Track Cycling Championships in Copenhagen, Martin’s AIS cyclists won a total of nine medals. These results contributed significantly to Australia being ranked number-one track cycling team in the world.

– Sam McGregor (Men’s Water Polo) was awarded a 2002 AIS Education Achievement Award. He completed Year 12 in Canberra with the highest University Admissions Index score of any AIS Canberra-based school athlete and was runner-up in his college’s Caltex All-rounder Award that recognises students who perform outstandingly in both curricular and extra-curricular activities.

– Robert Newbery (Diving) was also awarded a 2002 AIS Education Achievement Award. He was enrolled in a Bachelor of Science degree at Griffith University in Brisbane. He achieved some outstanding results in 2002, including five distinctions from six subjects, while competing and training full time.

– Gill Foster (Women’s Soccer) (AIS/ACTAS) was awarded a 2002 AIS Vocational Award. During 2002 she undertook a full-time electrical apprenticeship with the Canberra firm ActewAGL. Gill was also nominated for the ACT Apprentice of the Year Award.

– Melissa Mills (Women’s Water Polo) (AIS/QAS) was also awarded a 2002 AIS Vocational Award. She worked full time as a sports program officer for the Queensland Academy of Sport, where she was able to meet all the requirements of her job and the training and competition demands of the AIS/national team program.

– David Barnes (Archery) won gold with fellow AIS scholarship holder Tim Cuddihy in the teams event at the 7th Junior Outdoor Archery World Championships. David also won silver in the individual event.

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– Nathan Deakes (Athletics) won gold in both the 20km and 50km road walks at the Commonwealth Games, with just 36 hours between the two events. This is the first time this feat has been achieved at a Commonwealth Games.

– Jana Pittman (Athletics) won the 400m hurdles gold at the Commonwealth Games and was a member of the winning women’s 4x400m relay team.

– Daniel Geale (Boxing) won gold in the welterweight division at the Commonwealth Games.

– Michael Milton (APC Alpine Skiing) won a record four gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Paralympics.

– Hollie Grima (Basketball), at the age of 18, was selected in the Australian Opals senior women’s basketball team that won bronze at the World Championships.

– Nathan Baggaley (Sprint Canoeing) (AIS/NSWIS) won the K1 500 2002 World Championship, at Seville, Spain.

– Jobie Dajka (Track Cycling) (AIS/SASI) won the men’s sprint gold at the Commonwealth Games and was also Keirin World Champion at the 2002 World Track Cycling Championships.

– Sean Eadie (Track Cycling) (AIS/NSWIS) won gold in the men’s sprint and silver in the team sprint at the World Track Cycling Championships, to follow up from winning gold in the team sprint and silver in the men’s sprint at the Commonwealth Games.

– Richard Moir (Golf) finished as the leading amateur at the 2002 Holden Australian Open. This result placed him fifteenth overall in a tournament dominated by world-class professional golfers.

– Philippe Rizzo (Gymnastics) won three gold, one silver and one bronze at the Commonwealth Games. In the final of the Gymnastics World Cup, to which only the top eight qualifiers are invited, Philippe placed second on the horizontal bars.

– Victoria Roberts (Rowing) was a member of the crews that won gold in the women’s four and silver in the women’s eight at the 2002 World Rowing Championships.

– Rebecca Sattin (Rowing) was a member of the crews that won gold in the women’s four and silver in the women’s eight at the 2002 World Rowing Championships.

– Justin Norris (Swimming) won gold in the 200m and 400m individual medley and the 200m butterfly at the Commonwealth Games.

– Mirinda Carfrae (Triathlon) (AIS/QAS) placed second in the U23 division of the Triathlon World Championships held in Cancun, Mexico.

– Brad Kahlefeldt (Triathlon) (AIS/NSWIS) was U23 division World Champion at the Triathlon World Championships held in Cancun, Mexico.

– Alisa Camplin (Aerial Skiing) (AIS/VIS) won gold in the women’s aerial skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

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THE AIS BEST OF THE BEST

The AIS was established on 26 January 1981. A number of events and activities were held during 2002 to mark the 21st anniversary of the AIS. The events included a reception in Canberra at which an announcement was made of the 21 Best of the Best athletes who had been AIS scholarship holders in the 21 years since the Institute was established. The AIS has made a significant contribution to helping each of these athletes reach the pinnacle of success in their chosen sport. The 21 AIS athletes who were named as the Best of the Best were:

Alisa Camplin — Aerial Skiing Glenn McGrath — Cricket Robert de Castella — Athletics Michael Milton — APC Alpine Skiing John Eales — Rugby Union Clint Robinson — Sprint Canoe Simon Fairweather — Archery Louise Sauvage — Athletics Neil Fuller — Athletics Kate Slatter — Rowing Bridgette Gusterson — Water Polo Zali Steggall — Snow Skiing Rechelle Hawkes — Hockey Petria Thomas — Swimming Shane Kelly — Track Cycling Mark Viduka — Soccer Michael Klim — Swimming Vicki Wilson — Netball Luc Longley — Basketball Todd Woodbridge — Tennis. Michelle Martin — Squash

The AIS Best of the Best: (from bottom left) Robert de Castella, Michael Klim, Neil Fuller, Simon Fairweather, Michael Milton, Vicki Wilson, Zali Stegall, Petria Thomas, Rechelle Hawkes, Kate Slatter, Shane Kelly, Michelle Martin and Bridgette Gusterson at AIS 21st birthday celebrations and open day, Canberra, ACT, October 2002

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OTHER AIS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

In 2002–03, the AIS’s three sections contributed to the Institute achieving its annual objectives. A summary of the activities of each of these sections in 2002–03 is set out below.

SPORT PROGRAMS PLANNING AND EVALUATION The Sport Programs Planning and Evaluation section is responsible for the implementation of the AIS Performance Enhancement Program across the 35 AIS sport programs, and the ongoing effective management of these programs. During the year, Sport Programs Planning and Evaluation:

– developed and evaluated comprehensive annual plans for 34 of the 35 AIS sport programs. All plans have been endorsed by the AIS and the relevant national sporting organisations. Each program was reviewed at both mid-year and the end of year, assessing performance against the agreed performance targets and service delivery levels

– coordinated a formal drugs education program for AIS scholarship holders, delivered by Australian Sports Drug Agency staff and AIS medical practitioners

– trialed and evaluated a social drugs education program with particular emphasis on the responsible use of alcohol

– supported the AIS Athletes’ Commission, which addresses athlete issues and provides advice to AIS management

– in conjunction with the ASC, coordinated the AIS 21st birthday activities and events.

ATHLETE AND COACH SERVICES The Athlete and Coach Services section’s major responsibility is the delivery to AIS programs of integrated support services in the areas of clinical and sports science, athlete career and education, and athlete welfare. These services were delivered during the reporting period as agreed in the AIS Performance Enhancement Program planning process.

The prioritisation of service delivery to AIS sport programs is based on a tiering system. AIS sports are categorised into two tiers. The 2002 categorisation of each AIS program is listed in Appendix 3.

In 2002–03, Athlete and Coach Services staff provided services to national teams under negotiated commercial arrangements with national sporting organisations, consistent with the adoption of the ASC policy on one-line appropriation of funding to national sporting organisations. However, AIS staff provide free services to the Australian Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games teams in sports whose national sporting organisations have quadrennium agreements with the AIS. The provision of such services is regarded as part of the ASC’s contribution to the national sporting effort.

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During the reporting period, staff in Athlete and Coach Services also conducted research to identify best practice to support elite athlete development and to provide innovations to the AIS and Australian elite sport network. A brief report on these activities is set out below.

Clinical Services – Sports Medicine — Research within the Sports Medicine department in 2002–03 focused on haematological and biochemical screening in athletes, the interpretation of blood test results in elite athletes and aspects of iron supplementation, with particular reference to the risk of infection as a consequence of the unwarranted use of such supplements.

– Strength and Conditioning — The Strength and Conditioning department continued its proactive coordination of, and quality-assurance role for, AIS sports located in the states. It also played a leadership role with state and territory institutes and academies of sport personnel in the ongoing development of national protocols for testing and exercise prescription to provide consistency for elite athlete development.

– Physical Therapies (Physiotherapy and Soft Tissue Therapy [Massage]) — The Physical Therapies department maintained a significant role in collaborative projects in a number of key areas of sport-specific injuries. A PhD position co-funded by Beiersdorf Australia Ltd and the University of Queensland commenced during the reporting period. This position investigated the aetiology of lower leg bone stress injuries, principally related to alterations in muscle contribution to shock attenuation.

– Sports Psychology — The Sports Psychology department’s main focus during the reporting period was the coordination of sports psychology service providers to the AIS Performance Enhancement Program. Research projects conducted included performance anxiety, mental toughness, learning style preferences, decision-making and anticipation training, and role model responsibilities. The department is further developing and implementing the latest techniques for the enhancement of skill/technique change.

Sports Science – Physiology — Services to AIS sports and national sporting organisations were supported by an ongoing commitment to education and research with 12 full-time PhD scholars in the Physiology department. Areas of research focus included environmental physiology (altitude hypoxia), exercise and immune status, competition analysis and methods of making weight for weight-restricted sports. The continuation of the department’s involvement in the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology resulted in the development of new devices for athlete monitoring.

– Biomechanics — The Biomechanics department has established a cutting-edge reputation in the areas of technique, competition analysis and feedback for the coach and athlete. During the reporting period, specialised biomechanical-analysis systems were developed for a range of sports.

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– Nutrition — The Nutrition department hosted a visiting expert on exercise and protein metabolism (Dr Kevin Tipton from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) in January and February to help complete a state-of-the-art review on nutrition for post-exercise recovery.

– Performance Analysis — The Performance Analysis unit supports coaches in their observations and analyses of athlete performance. Staff in the unit work with coaches to identify how innovations in information and communications technology can enhance their effectiveness as coaches. The unit works closely with colleagues in Athlete and Coach Services to develop integrated approaches to performance excellence.

– Technical Workshop — The Technical Workshop staff have provided electronic and mechanical expertise for all Clinical Services and Sports Sciences departments. Examples of ongoing research and development of equipment in conjunction with departments have been a mobile underwater video system for the Performance Analysis unit and the Swimming program, and an oscillating platform for the Physiology department and Australian Rugby Union.

– AIS Software Development — In a new initiative, in January 2003 the AIS and the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology jointly funded the establishment of a position to design and develop leading-edge software for coaches and scientists. Completed projects include video-based reaction timing systems, heart-rate telemetry for archery and course-visualisation software for cycling. Large projects in progress include rowing-data acquisition and analysis, and swimmer-tracking and performance analysis.

AIS Athlete Career and Education AIS Athlete Career and Education staff provide a high-quality and innovative career and education service, study hall program and ongoing education assistance to both residential and non-residential athletes. Services to non-Canberra based residential athletes were delivered on behalf of the AIS through the state or territory institute and academy of sport network. In 2002–03, AIS Athlete Career and Education commissioned a review into the best possible schooling options for Canberra-based AIS scholarship holders to support and ensure quality education opportunities. Work commenced towards developing research and assistance material to support scholarship holders to continue study while away from their home base. Employment opportunities reflecting the scholarship holder’s action plan have increased both in Canberra and in the states.

Residences Welfare The AIS employed five live-in houseparents and 15 athlete supervisors to ensure that athletes residing at the AIS Residence are provided with a high standard of welfare services and recreation. The AIS engaged a consultant to undertake an independent review of current services, with the report expected in August 2003.

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TECHNICAL DIRECTION The focus of the Technical Direction section is to provide leadership to Australia’s high performance sport through national programs in athlete and career education, elite sports research, talent identification and laboratory standards assistance.

National Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme The National Elite Sports Council supported the principle that national sporting organisations should only use accredited laboratories for the testing of athletes within national programs (effective from 1 January 2003). The National Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme now includes the disciplines of strength and conditioning, and biomechanics and has facilitated a number of meetings and workshops to develop, validate and implement national standards of practice in these areas. Excellent cooperation in these endeavours was provided by the state or territory institute and academy of sport scientists.

National Talent Search During 2002–03, a review was undertaken reaffirming the national commitment to, and support for, the National Talent Search program. The state and territory institute and academy of sport partners assessed 35,000 students, placing 250 athletes into 18 sport-specific programs. Research and development in the area of mature-age talent transfer was ongoing, and expansion of the program to six regional academies of sport in New South Wales and to two in Victoria was achieved. A Special Initiatives Program was successfully trialed, which has facilitated a number of talent search projects around Australia.

National Elite Sports Research Program Supported by the National Elite Sports Research Program, research at the AIS has changed from a rapid response, in-house approach to encompass a more strategic and collaborative approach with the various state and territory institutes and academies of sport. The newly established Strategic Research Committee ensures that research conducted at the AIS, and/or on behalf of the AIS, is not only of benefit to the preparation of Australia’s elite athletes but is also of the highest scientific calibre. A new initiative that provides for discretionary funding for state or territory institute and academy of sport scientists has been proposed and is currently being developed.

National Athlete Career and Education During the reporting period, National Athlete Career and Education provided advice and support to 40 national sporting organisations on the integration of athlete career and education into their high performance plans. Links with international partners were strengthened through revised agreements and the implementation of a new quality-assurance framework for the delivery of the National Athlete Career and Education program.

Research into athletes’ needs in the education sector and into tracking of athletes and their achievements in education and career development was funded during 2002–03.

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Benchmarking, Best Practice and Innovation – Benchmarking — This AIS initiative was established in 2002 to ensure world’s best practice, particularly in the areas of sports science and sports medicine. The first exercise — benchmarking AIS Sports Psychology — was completed in December. Benchmarking has since been undertaken for the Physical Therapies department. The deliberations of the benchmarking process were made available to state and territory institutes and academies of sport, and to national sporting organisations.

– Seminars and workshops — Seminars and workshops were held on difficult and contentious issues, such as risk management for clinicians in sports medicine practices and on the management of weight in athletes. The proceedings of these seminars and workshops were made available to state and territory institutes and academies of sport, and national sporting organisations.

Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology To keep Australian sports science at the world’s leading edge, the AIS is collaborating with the national Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology based in Melbourne and Brisbane. This collaboration aims to develop unique unobtrusive monitoring equipment that can be used in training or in competition. This can be achieved by drawing on the knowledge and core competencies from the Cooperative Research Centres’ other projects that aim to develop a ‘toolbox’ of micro and nano-scale techniques. Simultaneously, expertise from the AIS focuses on the acquisition and interpretation of data, and its meaningful presentation to both coaches and athletes. The project commenced in July 2001 and already prototype equipment for four sporting disciplines has been trialed, using micro-electromechanical devices with generic telemetry capability. The Cooperative Research Centres have been a catalyst to an unprecedented level of multi-centre cooperation in Australian sport sciences.

AIS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

In 2002–03, the AIS Business Development unit continued to contribute to the Government’s policy to increase the ASC’s off-budget review. Achievements during the year included:

– establishing a commercialisation strategy with the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology

– continuation of the AIS quadrennium agreements, achieving 100 per cent satisfaction with the delivery of associated services to quadrennium clients

– formalising industry and academic partnerships that augment AIS activities.

With the establishment of the Business Development section within Business Operations in the last reporting period, AIS Business Development activities were transferred to this section during the year.

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SPORTS EXCELLENCE PROGRAM

Under the Sports Excellence program, the ASC provides grants and advice to national sporting organisations based on individual strategic plans with an emphasis on high performance. The Sports Excellence program is managed by the Sport Services section of the Sport Performance and Development group.

The Sports Excellence program incorporates an integrated plan for the preparation of national teams in the Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, world championships and other benchmark events.

By adopting a whole-of-sport approach to the assessment, provision and review of grants, including assessing the role of any AIS program within sports’ high performance structure, the ASC is better positioned to assist and ensure sport is working more efficiently and effectively to meet its long-term strategic goals. The Sports Excellence program continues to build capacity in national sporting organisations to develop structures that can sustain high performance success on the world stage.

During the reporting period, the ASC further supported national sporting organisations to achieve sporting excellence through the provision of quality services and advice. Using a case-management approach, cross-ASC teams provided integrated services to sports, based on agreed needs and priorities.

The ASC continued to take a leadership and coordinating/facilitating role by assessing the relevance of issues, identifying the resources required to address them and facilitating the connection of resources to the particular issue. Examples include athlete support and welfare issues, selection issues and high performance management.

In line with the Government’s Tough on Drugs in Sport Strategy, the Sport Performance and Development group continues to work with national sporting organisations to ensure that they comply with the Strategy through the implementation of appropriate anti-doping policies and procedures.

In 2002–03, the ASC and the Australian Sports Drug Agency implemented the National Sporting Organisation Anti-doping Assessment Process. The process involves twice-yearly audits of national sporting organisations’ compliance with the ASC’s funding terms and conditions, and where appropriate, identifies strategies to assist national sporting organisations to improve performance.

The fulfilment of these anti-doping requirements is critical to the success of Australia’s anti-doping program, hence the deterrence of performance-enhancing substances.

The first round of assessments commenced in June 2002 and was completed by September. Round two of the process commenced in February 2003.

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The first round of assessments was considered to be a pilot only. A number of process improvements were identified during this round, including some amendments to the assessment form, in addition to significant changes to the scoring methodology. These improvements were made to enable the assessment process to more accurately reflect the performance of the sports and to enhance consistency of scoring. The new methodology was seen as a significant improvement on that used during round one. Direct comparisons of scores between future rounds will now be possible.

The first round of assessments was valuable for two reasons:

– it raised awareness of national sporting organisations’ anti-doping responsibilities

– the data collected enabled the ASC and the Australian Sports Drug Agency to identify where individual national sporting organisations were performing well or, conversely, areas where they may be having difficulties in meeting the anti-doping requirements.

While no sports were non-compliant, the second-round assessment results reinforced the main areas of difficulty identified in the first round:

– inconsistencies between the national sporting organisation policy and ASC requirements

– provision of adequate athlete contact information for athletes on the Australian Sports Drug Agency’s Out of Competition register

– the delivery of a comprehensive anti-doping education program.

INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICE (FORMERLY HIGH PERFORMANCE)

Innovation and Best Practice provided a range of services to enhance the high performance programs of national sporting organisations. This included a new service — High Performance Advisory Panels — that provides a detailed assessment of a national sporting organisation’s high performance program and produces an action plan outlining improvements for the program. High Performance Advisory Panels were conducted for sailing, triathlon, cycling, women’s water polo and sprint canoeing.

A Minister’s Forum was held to provide specific advice and support for 30 targeted national sporting organisations with the capacity to succeed at the 2004 Olympic Games and/or the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Action plans were developed outlining strategies to be implemented in order to meet the challenges identified for each sport.

By maintaining good working relationships with other key high performance agencies, such as the National Elite Sports Council and the Australian Commonwealth Games Association, the section further progressed work on a coordinated national approach to high performance.

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CONCLUSION

In an environment of increased international competition, Australian elite athletes continued to excel both in Australia and abroad. The delivery of integrated services to AIS sport programs, the leadership provided to sport to adopt a philosophy of continuous improvement and the fostering of a cooperative approach to enhancing the national system has ensured that Australia remains at the forefront of developing successful high performance athletes and coaches. In doing so, the ASC met its agreed outputs under Outcome 2.

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Budget

The Government appropriation to the ASC for the 2002–03 financial year was $134.3 million. In addition, the ASC generated in the order of $22.7 million in revenue from corporate sources such as sponsorship, hire of facilities and interest, from external sources such as Government departments and agencies, and from national sporting organisations.

The independent audit report and financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2003 are incorporated in Appendix 1. The disbursement of funds across the ASC is depicted below.

Through its sports grants program, the ASC provides financial assistance to around 90 sports. Details of grant allocations to sports are at Appendix 4.

FIGURE 1 DISBURSEMENT OF THE BUDGET ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION, 2002–2003

Corporate 13% AIS Sports Programs Planning and Evaluation 12%

Business Operations 9% Sports Funding and Evaluation 37%

Sport Development 13% AIS Athlete and Coach Services 13%

Facilities Management 13% AIS Technical Direction 12%

Planning and accountability framework

The ASC’s Strategic Plan 2002–2005 provides the direction to ensure ASC objectives are in keeping with the Government’s sports policy. The year 2002–03 represented the first year of the ASC’s re-aligned outcomes. These are:

– an effective national sports systems that offers improved participation in quality sports activities by Australians

– excellence in sports performance by Australians.

The operational plan for 2002–03 reflected these outcomes. The performance indicators, as identified in the Government’s Budget papers, are reported on in this Annual Report.

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Internal and external scrutiny

The Audit Committee, which is a committee of the ASC Board, develops and delivers the ASC’s financial-management and accountability framework (for more information, see ‘The Board’ [pages 16–22]). It helps the ASC to fulfil its accountability responsibilities by reviewing audits conducted by the Australian National Audit Office and internal auditors (PriceWaterhouseCoopers), and by monitoring the adequacy of the ASC’s administrative, operational and accounting controls.

There were four Audit Committee meetings in 2002–03. Attendance by Committee members was as follows:

Name Position Meetings attended

Karin Puels Chairperson/member 4

Roy Masters Chairperson/member 4

Cory Bernardi Member 2

Margot Foster Member 2

During 2002–03, the Committee considered the following reports from the Australian National Audit Office, which were specific to the ASC:

– the financial statements audit for 2001–02 (for which an unqualified appraisal was obtained)

– administration of grants (post-approval) in small to medium organisations.

In addition, the Committee was informed of the ASC’s actions against the recommendations of 14 across-agency Australian National Audit Office reports, tabled in Parliament in 2002–03.

The Committee reviewed the following internal audit reports:

– AIS Swim and Fitness Centre

– International Relations program

– contract management

– inventory management in the AIS Shop

– financial services

– asset management.

The Committee also considered reports provided on the ASC’s progress in the following areas:

– procurement strategy for internal audit services (2003–06)

– Audit Committee Charter

– 2002–03 internal audit program.

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Appendix 2

Staffing statistics

The following statistics, as at 30 June 2003, are measured in terms of full-time equivalent jobs.

TABLE 1 STAFFING BY EMPLOYMENT TYPE Total

Ongoing employment (full and part time) 307.5

Non-ongoing employment (fixed term, full/part time and casual) 145.7

Total 453.2

TABLE 2 STAFFING BY EMPLOYMENT TYPE BY GROUP Australian ASC Executive and Sport Performance Institute of Sport Business Operations and Development Total

Ongoing (full time) 88.0 146.0 46.0 280.0

Ongoing (part time) 12.7 12.3 2.5 27.5

Fixed term (full time) 74.0 16.0 11.0 101.0

Fixed term (part time) 3.3 0.4 1.0 4.7

Casual 7.8 29.6 2.6 40.0

Total 185.8 204.3 63.1 453.2

TABLE 3 STAFFING BY LOCATION Total

Australian Capital Territory 413.8

South Australia 3.1

Queensland 10.7

Victoria 13.2

Western Australia 9.2

New South Wales 3.2

Total 453.2

TABLE 4 STAFFING BY LEVEL AND GENDER Level Female Male Total

Executive 1.0 3.1 4.1

Sports Officer Grade 4 46.7 127.3 174.0

Sports Officer Grades 1–3 166.4 108.7 275.1

Total 214.1 239.1 453.2

Staff turnover

For ongoing employment, the ASC staff turnover rate in 2002–03 was 9.4 per cent.

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Appendix 3

Australian Institute of Sport scholarship program performances, 2002–2003

AIS scholarship program contribution to sporting performances of Australia’s elite and potential elite athletes and teams

Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Archery Residential program for At least 75 per cent of 100 per cent of the Australian team for the 2003 national squad and the Australian team World Championships, held in July, were current or development athletes selected for the 2003 former AIS scholarship holders World Championships Tier 2 to be current or former AIS scholarship holders

Performances in major Tim Cuddihy: 2002 Junior World Championships, international competitions Cadet Division — gold

David Barnes: 2002 Junior World Championships, Cadet Division — silver; Croatia Grand Prix Archery Tournament, Senior Division — bronze

Tim Cuddihy and David Barnes: team event, 2002 Junior World Championships, Cadet Division — gold

Australian/AIS team of David Barnes, Tim Cuddihy and Andrew Lindsay: men’s teams event, Croatia Grand Prix Archery Tournament, Senior Division — 4th

Australian Camps program for Performances of AIS Michael Milton set a new world speed record for Paralympic senior elite athletes athletes in national and skiing on one leg of 193.16km/h in France in Committee international competitionsApril 2003 Alpine Skiing Tier 2 Michael Milton was named as the World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability at the 2003 Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco. He was also named as the Australian Paralympic Committee’s Athlete of the Year for 2002

Athletics Residential program for 100 per cent of eligible 13 of 21 (62 per cent) eligible AIS athletes were senior elite athletes, athletes selected for chosen for the 2002 Commonwealth Games including athletes with national teams 11 of 17 (65 per cent) eligible AIS athletes were a disability selected for national teams in 2003 Coordinates a camps program for developing distance runners

Performances in AIS athletes won five gold, one silver and one international events bronze at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

AIS athletes won three gold, five silver and one bronze at the 2002 International Paralympic Committee World Championships

Hamish MacDonald set a world record (10.69 metres) for the F34 shot-put and won gold at the 2002 IPC World Championships

Murray Goldfinch set a world record (13.44 metres) for the F20 shot-put and won gold at the 2002 German National Championships for athletes with disabilities

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Athletics Patrick Johnson set an Australian record (continued) (9.93 seconds) for the 100m in Mito, Japan, in May 2003. In February 2003, he became the first Australian to run 100m in under 10 seconds

AIS walkers were members of the Australian team that placed fourth at the 2002 World Walking Cup — Australia’s best-ever team result at this competition

Australian Football Camps program for Level of performance in Ireland defeated Australia 2–1 in the 2003 U17 (AIS/AFL Academy) development athletes international competition International Rules Series in Ireland

Tier 2 Number of players AFL clubs drafted 19 former scholarship holders drafted to AFL clubs in the 2002 national draft

Basketball Residential program for Men development athletes Finish in top four in the Premiers in the SEABL and runners-up in the Tier 2 South East Australian national final Basketball League

90 per cent of 2002 Seven of seven (100 per cent) of 2002 graduates AIS graduates in ABA, in ABA, US NCAA colleges or NBL squads — US NCAA colleges or three to ABA; three to US colleges; one to NBL NBL squads

Women

90 per cent of 2002 AIS Nine of nine (100 per cent) of AIS 2002 graduates graduates to WNBL, US placed in WNBL or US colleges colleges or European clubs

75 per cent of 2002 Opals World Championships team — 12 of 12 Opals team to be current players (100 per cent) current or former AIS or former AIS scholarship scholarship holders holders

Boxing Residential and camps Improved international At the 2002 Commonwealth Games the Australian program for senior results team was all AIS scholarship holders. The team elite athletes produced Australia’s best-ever performance at a Commonwealth Games, winning three gold and Tier 2 one bronze

AIS boxers Daniel Geale (67kg), Justin Kane (54kg) and Paul Miller (75kg) each won gold and Ben McEachran (81kg) won bronze

Canoeing — sprint Camps program for senior National team results at Nathan Baggaley (AIS/NSWIS) (World Champion): elite athletes international regattas/ K1 500m, 2002 World Championships — gold championships Tier 2 2003 World Cup events

Nathan Baggaley (AIS/NSWIS): K1 500m and K1 1000m, World Cup Event, Duisburg, Germany — two gold

Daniel Collins, Justin Dean, Peter Scott and David Rhodes (all AIS/NSWIS): Men’s K4, World Cup Event, Pozanan, Poland — gold (the first-ever victory over the German Men’s K4)

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Canoeing — slalom Camps program for senior Number of athletes who 15 of 15 (100 per cent) of AIS scholarship holders elite athletes are members of the are members of the national team national team

Tier 2 Increased number of finals Won one gold, two silver and one bronze placings in World Cup (an increase from two bronze in 2002) events from previous year Justin Boocock (AIS/TIS): Men’s C1, Sydney World Cup — gold

Robin Bell (AIS/WAIS): Men’s C1, Sydney World Cup — silver

Mia Farrance (AIS/VIS): LK1 Sydney World Cup — silver

Australian team: Sydney World Cup — bronze

Cricket — men Short-term residential Numbers of scholarship Ten of the 24 residential scholarship holders for program for development holders progressing to 2002 have progressed to play first-class cricket athletes first-class cricket in for their state future years

Tier 2 Graduates selected to 13 of the 17-man Australian squad that won the play Test and one-day 2003 World Cup were former AIS scholarship holders international cricket Nine of the 13 players who defeated England in the for Australia Ashes Test series in 2002–03 were former AIS scholarship holders

Former AIS scholarship holders Martin Love and Michael Clarke made their international debut in 2002–03

Cricket — women Camps program for senior 90 per cent of Australian 100 per cent of the Australian team were AIS elite athletes team selected from scholarship holders during 2002–03 AIS squad

Tier 2 Performance of national Australia won all seven one-day internationals, team in international including the final in a series against England, competitions India and New Zealand

Australia won the two-match Test series against England 1–0 (1 drawn Test)

Cycling — road Residential program (Italy) Performances in Robbie McEwan (former AIS/current QAS): For women — senior elite significant international Road race, 2002 World Championships — silver For men — development events athletes (U23) 2002 Commonwealth Games

Anna Millward (former AIS/current VIS): Women’s Tier 1 time trial — silver

Stuart O’Grady (former AIS/former SASI): Men’s road race — gold

Baden Cooke (former AIS/current VIS): Men’s road race — silver

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Cycling — road Cadel Evans (former AIS/current VIS): Men’s road (continued) race — bronze; Men’s time trial — gold

Michael Rogers (former AIS/current ACTAS): Men’s time trial — silver

Nathan O’Neill (former AIS/current QAS): Men’s time trial — bronze

Cycling — track Camps program for Performances in significant senior elite athletes international events 2002 Track Cycling World Championships, Denmark

Australia’s total medal tally (from 15 events) was Tier 1 four gold, five silver and four bronze

Katherine Bates (former AIS/current NSWIS): Women’s 3000m individual pursuit — bronze

Ryan Bayley (AIS/WAIS), Jobie Dajka (AIS/SASI), Sean Eadie (AIS/NSWIS): Men’s team sprint — silver

Peter Dawson (AIS/WAIS), Brett Lancaster (AIS/VIS), Mark Renshaw (AIS/NSWIS): Men’s 4000m team pursuit — gold

Kerrie Meares (AIS/QAS): Women’s sprint — silver

Rochelle Gilmore (AIS/NSWIS): Women’s scratch race — silver

Sean Eadie (AIS/NSWIS): Men’s sprint — silver

Jobie Dajka (AIS/SASI): Men’s sprint — gold; Men’s keirin — gold

Shane Kelly (AIS/VIS): Men’s 1000m time trial — bronze

Kerrie Meares (AIS/QAS): Women’s 500m time trial — bronze

Brad McGee (former AIS, SASI/current NSWIS): Men’s 4000m individual pursuit — gold

Luke Roberts (former AIS/SASI): Men’s 4000m individual pursuit — silver

2002 Commonwealth Games

Australia’s track cyclists won eight gold, five silver and four bronze, with all winners being current or former AIS scholarship holders

Diving Residential program for Representation at World Five current AIS scholarship holders and one former senior elite athletes Championships, World AIS scholarship holder were selected in the team Cup, and Olympic and of nine for the 2002 Commonwealth Games Tier 2 Commonwealth Games in Manchester

Five current AIS scholarship holders and one former AIS scholarship holder were selected in the team of seven for the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Diving Performances at World (continued) Championships, World 2002 Commonwealth Games Cup, and Olympic and Steven Barnett: Men’s 1m springboard — bronze Commonwealth Games Robert Newbery: Men’s platform — bronze

XIII FINA Diving World Cup, Seville, Spain

Steven Barnett and Robert Newbery: Men’s 3m synchronised — silver

Mathew Helm and Robert Newbery: Men’s platform synchronised — bronze

FINA Diving Grand Prix, The Woodlands, United States

Robert Newbery: Men’s platform — gold

Steven Barnett and Robert Newbery: Men’s 3m synchronised — gold

Lynda Dackiw and Loudy Tourky (NSWIS): Women’s platform synchronised — gold

Other AIS scholarship holders won two silver and three bronze

FINA Diving Grand Prix, Zhuhai, China

Mathew Helm and Robert Newbery: Men’s platform synchronised — gold

FINA Diving Grand Prix, Australia

Mathew Helm: Men’s platform — gold

Other AIS scholarship holders won three silver and one bronze

Golf Residential program for 80 per cent of current or 80 per cent of current and former scholarship development athletes former scholarship holders were selected in state or national holders selected for state/ teams/squads Tier 2 national teams or international equivalent

Performance of current Sarah Kemp: NSW 72 Hole Championship — 2nd; and former scholarship WA 72 Hole Championship — 1st; Ladies Riversdale holders at national level Cup — 1st; Australian Strokeplay Championships — 1st; Ladies Australian Open — leading amateur

Luke Hickmott (AIS 2000–02): Northern Territory Amateur — 1st; Riversdale Cup — 2nd

Michael Sim (AIS 2002–03): Northern Territory Amateur — 2nd; Mandurah Open — 2nd

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Golf Dana Lacey (AIS 2001–03): WA 72 Hole (continued) Championships — 4th; Australian Strokeplay Championships — 2nd

Adam Bland (AIS 2001): Mandurah Open — 1st

David Lutterus (AIS 2003): Australian Junior Championships — 2nd

Kurt Barnes (AIS 2000): Riversdale Cup — 1st

James Nitties (AIS 2001–03): Riversdale Cup — 4th; New Zealand Amateur Championships — 1st

Craig Scott (AIS 2001–03): Lake Macquarie Amateur — 2nd

Richard Moir (AIS 2000–03): Welsh Strokeplay Championship — 2nd

Luke Hickmott (AIS 2000–02): NorthEast Amateur Inv (USA) — 3rd

Kurt Barnes (AIS 2000): NZ Strokeplay Championship — 1st

Richard Moir (AIS 2001–03): New Zealand Amateur Championship — 2nd

Australian representation Australian team (James Nitties, Michael Sim, Kurt at senior international Barnes, Richard Moir, Luke Hickmott): Four Nations level and results of Team Championship — 1st national team

Gymnastics Residential program for senior elite and Men development athletes Win a minimum of six AIS athletes won seven medals in total: four gold, medals at the two silver and one bronze Tier 2 Commonwealth Games

Significant international Philippe Rizzo: High bar, 2002 World Cup Final, results Stuttgart, Germany — silver; Parallel bars, 2002 French International — gold; Mixed pairs, 2002 Swiss Cup — gold

Women

Two athletes on Alexandra Croak and Jacqui Dunn selected for national team for national team at Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Australian team: Commonwealth Games — gold

Alexandra Croak: Vault, Commonwealth Games — silver

Jacqui Dunn: Beam, Commonwealth Games — bronze

Place 2–3 gymnasts in Five gymnasts selected (50 per cent) in the the national squad for national squad for the 2003 World Championships: World Championships Jacqui Dunn, Melissa Munro, Emma Parker, Hayley Tyrell and Belinda Archer

Significant Jacqui Dunn: Uneven bars, 2002 World Cup Final, international results Stuttgart, Germany — silver

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Hockey Caters for both senior and Men development athletes for To maintain annual ranking Australian team (all AIS scholarship holders): short and long-term in the top four in World Commonwealth Games — gold residential periods Cup, Champion’s Trophy, depending on the focus Junior World Cup, of the four-year cycle Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games

Tier 1 Women To maintain annual ranking Australian team (all AIS scholarship holders): in the top four in World series against the Dutch — 1st Cup, Champion’s Trophy, Australian team (all AIS scholarship holders): Junior World Cup, Champion’s Trophy, Macau, China — 4th Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games Australian team (all AIS scholarship holders): World Cup, Perth — 4th

Australia qualified for the Olympic Games via the Oceania series defeating New Zealand 3–0

Netball Residential program for 75 per cent of U21 squad 100 per cent (13) AIS scholarship holders were development athletes (U21) to be current or former Australian U21 squad members AIS players

Tier 2 Senior open team to 75 per cent (9 out of 12) of the Australian U21 comprise a minimum of team in 2002 were current or former AIS six current or former scholarship holders AIS scholarship holders 58 per cent (7 out of 12) members of the Australian senior open team were current or former AIS scholarship holders

Rowing Residential program for 75 per cent of 80 per cent (16 out of 20) scholarship holders senior elite athletes scholarship holders were selected for the national team to compete in selected to a national team the 2002 World Championships

Tier 1 Number of top eight 2002 Rowing World Championships Games and World Kristina Larsen (AIS/NSWIS), Jodi Winter placings in Olympic (former AIS), Rebecca Sattin, Victoria Roberts: Championships Women’s four — gold

Jodi Winter, Jo Lutz, Julia Wilson, Jane Robinson, Rachel Taylor (AIS/VIS), Rebecca Sattin, Victoria Roberts, Kristina Larsen (AIS/NSWIS), cox Carly Bilson: Women’s eight — silver

Other top eight results of AIS athletes

Craig Jones and Peter Hardcastle (AIS/NSWIS): Men’s double scull — 4th

Donna Martin, Dana Faletic, Sally Robbins, Amber Bradley: Women’s quad scull — 4th

Emily Martin (AIS/VIS) and Monique Heinke (AIS/NSWIS): Women’s pair — 6th

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Rowing Dan Stewart and Haimish Karrasch: Lightweight (continued) men’s double scull — 6th

Rob Douglas and Travis Johnston: Men’s eight — 7th

Rugby league Camps program for Number of athletes 15 of the 19 (79 per cent) graduating scholarship development athletes in graduating to holders were included in an NRL club program rural and regional locations NRL environment in 2003

Tier 2 Performance in International match against New Zealand in 2002 international match

Rugby union Camps program for 60 per cent of Australian 16 members of the 2002 Wallabies were former development athletes Wallabies to have been AIS scholarship holders AIS scholarship holders Tier 2 Nine scholarship holders represented Australia in the 2002 IRB World Seven’s Tournament

AIS athlete Peter Hynes represented Australia in the 2002 Commonwealth Games Seven’s Team

Seven of the 2002 AIS squad were signed by Super 12 teams for 2003

Six AIS scholarship holders were selected for the 2003 U21 World Cup team

Sailing Camps program for Performance of AIS Darren Bundock (AIS/NSWIS) and John Forbes senior elite athletes scholarship holders in (AIS/NSWIS): Tornado class, 2002 World Olympic-class world Championships — 1st Tier 1 championships

Performance of AIS Nathan Wilmot (AIS/NSWIS) and Malcolm Page scholarship holders in (AIS/NSWIS): Men’s 470 class, 2002 World significant international Championships — 5th competitions Darren Bundock (AIS/NSWIS) and John Forbes (AIS/NSWIS): Tornado class, 2003 European Championships — 1st

Nathan Wilmot (AIS/NSWIS) and Malcolm Page (AIS/NSWIS): Men’s 470 class, 2003 Kiel Week Regatta — 2nd

Colin Beashel (AIS/NSWIS) and David Giles (AIS/NSWIS): Star class, 2003 Kiel Week Regatta — 2nd

Nathan Wilmot (AIS/NSWIS) and Malcolm Page (AIS/NSWIS): Men’s 470 class, 2003 Semaine Olympique Regatta, Hyeres — 3rd

Melanie Dennison (AIS/VIS), Fiona Herbert (AIS/NSWIS) and Caroline Aders (AIS/NSWIS): Yngling class, 2003 Semaine Olympique Regatta, Hyeres — 3rd

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Soccer — men Residential program for AIS to make semi finals AIS finished minor premiers and runners-up in development athletes (U20) of National Youth League finals series

50 per cent of the Ten out of 18 (56 per cent) of athletes selected Tier 2 Australian youth team were current or former AIS scholarship holders (U20) team to be current or former AIS scholarship holders

Soccer — women Camps program for Success in international The Matildas: Australia Cup — runners-up senior elite athletes competitions The Matildas: won Oceania series to qualify for the World Cup

Tier 2 100 per cent of AIS 100 per cent of AIS scholarship holders selected scholarship holders to Matildas or young Matildas teams selected to Matildas or Young Matildas

Softball Camps program for senior Australian senior and U19 Australian senior women’s softball team currently elite athletes team world rankings ranked fifth in the world

Australian U19 team ranked fifth in the world Tier 1 Team results in annual Australian team (all AIS scholarship holders): international competition USA Cup — 3rd

Australian team (all AIS scholarship holders): Canada Cup — 5th

Australian team (all AIS scholarship holders): 2002 World Championships, Saskatoon, Canada — 5th

Australia won the Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament held in Sydney to secure a berth in the Athens Olympic tournament

Squash Residential program for AIS scholarship holders Of the ten scholarship holders, eight demonstrated senior elite and demonstrate sustained improvement and one remained the same development athletes improvement in world ranking Tier 2 The performance of current Anthony Ricketts: Super Series finals, England — and former AIS players in 4th; EBS Dayton Open, United States — 1st international squash Stewart Boswell: Australian Open — 1st; Catella Swedish Open — 1st

Natalie Grinham: March McLennan Open — 1st; made the world top eight rankings for the first time

Swimming Residential program for Representation of AIS 64 per cent of AIS squad (nine athletes) selected senior elite athletes athletes on national teams for 2002 Commonwealth Games and results of those Commonwealth Games: Petria Thomas won five athletes at major gold, Justin Norris three gold, Sarah Ryan and Adam Tier 1 international events Pine (relay heat swim) one gold. AIS athletes overall won 15 medals (ten gold, two silver, three bronze)

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Swimming 71 per cent of AIS squad (10 athletes) selected for (continued) 2002 Pan Pacific Championships

Pan Pacific Championships: Petria Thomas won three gold and two silver, Sarah Ryan and Craig Stephens won one gold. AIS athletes overall won five gold and two silver

55 per cent of AIS squad (12 athletes) selected for 2003 World Long Course Championships held in August 2003

Performances at 2003 World Long Course Championships: AIS swimmers National Long Course won a total of 21 medals (six gold, eight silver, Championships seven bronze)

75 per cent of AIS swimmers set personal bests in at least one of their identified priority events

Tennis Residential program for Improvement in ITF world 100 per cent of AIS scholarship holders improved development athletes junior rankings and/or their ITF or ATP/WTA rankings (some players were and a camps program for ATP/WTA world concentrating on ATP/WTA [senior] rankings, targeted emerging senior rankings which meant that their ITF [junior] rankings did junior athletes not improve)

Todd Reid’s ATP ranking went from 319 to 252; Tier 2 Chris Guccione’s ATP ranking went from 804 to 657; Casey Dellacqua’s WTA singles ranking moved from 746 to 305 and her doubles ranking moved from 730 to 269

Performances in Todd Reid: Wimbledon junior singles international competition championship — winner

Adriana Szili: Australian Open Junior championship — quarter finalist

Casey Dellacqua and Adriana Szilli: Australian Open Junior doubles — winners

Adam Feeney: Mitsubishi Lancer International junior event, Philippines — winner

Ryan Henry: 2002 US Open Junior singles championship — semi finalist

Chris Guccione: LTA International Junior Championships — runner-up

Shayna McDowell: Australian 16 and Under Grass Court National Title — runner-up

Shayna McDowell and Michelle Brycki (Oceania/Australian team): 2003 World Junior Teams event — winners

Triathlon Camps program for Number of scholarship 77 per cent of AIS scholarship holders selected in development athletes (U23) holders selected on the U23 and junior sprint categories at the Tier 2 national teams Triathlon World Championships, Cancun, Mexico

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Triathlon Performance in 50 per cent of the squad recorded at least (continued) international/national one top ten finish in the elite category of the competition National Series

92 per cent of the squad recorded a top five finish in the U23/Junior category of the National Series

55 per cent of athletes who have held an AIS scholarship in 2002–03 have been selected to participate in at least one ITU World Cup

Brad Kahlefeldt: 2002 Triathlon World Championships — 1st

Mirinda Carfrae: 2002 Triathlon World Championships — 2nd; 2003 Gamagori World Cup — 4th; 2003 Tongyeong World Cup — 12th

Emma Snowsill: 2003 Ishigaki World Cup — 4th

Nick Hornman: 2003 Gamagori World Cup — 2nd

Ben Buchholz: 2003 Oceania Championships — 4th

Volleyball Residential program National team selections Australian senior men’s team (all AIS scholarship for senior elite and holders) qualified for the World Championships development athletes held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in September 2002

Australian men’s youth team (10 of 12 members Tier 2 are AIS scholarship holders) qualified for the first time ever for the World Youth Championships held in Suphanburi, Thailand, in July 2003

Australian senior men’s team is currently ranked second in the Asian zone

Australian women’s team (all AIS scholarship holders) qualified for the World Championships in Leipzig, Germany, in September 2002

Water polo — men Residential program for 80 per cent of eligible 70 per cent of eligible athletes were selected to development athletes (U19) athletes selected on play for the Australian Youth Team (U17) or the national youth team Australian Junior Team (U20)

Tier 2 70 per cent of 2002 80 per cent of 2002 AIS scholarship holders scholarship athletes selected in the Australian junior team selected in national junior team

100 per cent of AIS 100 per cent of 2002 AIS scholarship holders scholarship athletes play played for a National League team in 2003 for a National League team in year immediately following scholarship

Water polo — women Camps program for To maintain and improve Senior women’s team: World Cup, Perth — 6th senior elite athletes world ranking of The senior women went undefeated in major national team tournaments in Europe in the first half of 2003. Their wins included the major trophies of the Tier 1 ZF Hungaria and Thetis Cups

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2002–03

Winter sports Camps program conducted Performance at the Alisa Camplin: Aerial skiing, 2003 World through the Olympic highest level of world- Championships — gold (with a world record score Winter Institute for senior class competitions of 207.31); three gold, one silver and two bronze elite athletes medals at World Cup events, finishing the 2002–03 season ranked world number one

Tier 1 Lydia Ierodiaconou: Aerial skiing, World Cup events — one gold and three silver, finishing the season ranked world number two

Three AIS/VIS aerial skiers finished the season ranked in the world top ten: Alisa Camplin (1st), Lydia Ierodiaconou (2nd), Liz Gardner (10th)

Three AIS mogul skiers finished in the top 12 at the 2003 World Championships: Adrian Costa (AIS/VIS) (10th), Jane Sexton (11th), Michael Robertson (12th)

Two AIS short track speed skaters finished the season ranked in the world top ten: Alex McEwan (9th) and Mark McNee (10th)

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Appendix 4

Grant allocations to sports, 2002–2003

Sport Australian Institute High Performance Sport Other* Total of Sport Program Development $ $ $$$ Archery 485,378 310,000 25,000 0 820,378 Athletics 978,219 2,370,000 135,000 385,000 3,868,219 Australian football 200,000 111,000 200,000 505,000 1,016,000 Badminton 0 155,000 25,000 0 180,000 Baseball** 0 1,190,000 135,000 0 1,325,000 Basketball 919,434 2,220,000 200,000 335,000 3,674,434 BMX 0 89,000 15,000 65,000 169,000 Bocce 0 26,000 25,000 0 51,000 Bowls 0 378,000 135,000 215,000 728,000 Boxing 275,857 105,000 5,000 12,000 397,857 Calisthenics 0 0 25,000 0 25,000 Canoeing 592,604 1,341,650 100,000 10,000 2,044,254 Cricket 478,622 361,000 190,000 585,000 1,614,622 Croquet 0 0 10,000 0 10,000 Cycling 1,126,430 2,350,000 110,000 100,000 3,686,430 Diving 422,855 370,000 25,000 0 817,855 Equestrian 0 1,240,000 80,000 20,000 1,340,000 Fencing 0 30,000 25,000 0 55,000 Golf (W) 174,590 201,000 20,000 100,000 495,590 Golf (M) 174,590 242,000 60,000 68,000 544,590 Golf (PGA) 0 0 60,000 0 60,000 Gymnastics 924,058 990,000 200,000 85,000 2,199,058 Handball 0 30,000 0 0 30,000 Hockey 901,096 3,240,000 150,000 245,000 4,536,096 Ice racing 0 65,000 5,000 2,000 72,000 Ice skating 0 52,000 10,000 0 62,000 Indoor cricket 0 219,000 15,000 0 234,000 Judo 0 385,000 15,000 0 400,000 Karate 0 158,000 25,000 0 183,000 Lacrosse (W) 0 0 25,000 0 25,000 Lacrosse (M) 0 0 25,000 0 25,000 Modern pentathlon 0 40,000 0 0 40,000 Motor sports 0 277,000 60,000 6,000 343,000 Motorcycling 0 308,000 60,000 0 368,000 Netball 507,266 726,000 170,000 325,000 1,728,266 Orienteering 0 76,000 60,000 0 136,000 Parachuting 0 38,000 0 8,000 46,000 Polocrosse 0 61,000 60,000 0 121,000 Pony clubs 0 30,000 25,000 0 55,000 Powerlifting 0 32,000 5,000 0 37,000 Roller sports 0 189,000 145,000 0 334,000 Rowing 1,132,954 3,070,000 80,000 7,500 4,290,454 Rugby league 200,000 111,000 150,000 365,000 826,000 Rugby union 200,000 111,000 170,000 365,000 846,000 Sailing 386,952 2,270,000 135,000 225,000 3,016,952

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Sport Australian Institute High Performance Sport Other* Total of Sport Program Development $ $ $$$ Shooting 0 1,160,000 70,000 30,000 1,260,000 Skiing 250,000 570,000 15,000 16,500 851,500 Soccer 947,157 1,233,000 135,000 30,000 2,345,157 Softball** 355,874 1,302,000 150,000 245,000 2,052,874 Squash 347,480 370,000 110,000 5,000 832,480 Surf lifesaving 0 270,000 150,000 90,000 510,000 Surf riders 0 380,000 80,000 190,000 650,000 Swimming 953,351 3,265,000 110,000 425,000 4,753,351 Synchronised swimming 0 60,000 0 5,000 65,000 Table tennis 0 85,000 45,000 0 130,000 Taekwondo 0 625,000 25,000 10,200 660,200 Tenpin bowling 0 283,000 80,000 0 363,000 Tennis 419,128 165,000 150,000 230,915 965,043 Touch 0 251,000 135,000 123,500 509,500 Triathlon 287,082 720,000 90,000 8,000 1,105,082 Universities 0 30,000 0 0 30,000 Volleyball 853,941 1,100,000 60,000 66,000 2,079,941 Water polo 833,376 1,435,000 40,000 0 2,308,376 Water skiing 0 331,000 20,000 0 351,000 Weightlifting 0 320,000 20,000 45,176 385,176 Wrestling 0 30,000 0 0 30,000 Other — deaf sports 0 50,000 0 0 50,000 Other — riding for the disabled 0 0 50,000 0 50,000 Total 15,328,294 39,602,650 4,730,000 5,553,791 65,214,735 (excluding Aussie Able grants) High Performance Non-Paralympic Other Total infrastructure competition allocation and camps $$$$ Australian Athletes with a Disability 180,000 0 0 180,000 Australian Blind Sport Federation 45,000 14,500 0 59,500 Riding for the Disabled 70,000 2,000 8,123 80,123 Association of Australia Disabled Wintersport Australia 45,000 0 0 45,000 AUSRAPID 50,000 39,500 0 89,500 Special Olympics Australia 45,000 59,500 0 104,500 Australian Deaf Sports Federation 60,000 8,500 0 68,500 Australian Transplant Sports Association 45,000 25,000 0 70,000 National sporting organisations 0 5,000 0 5,000 competition and camp allocations Australian Paralympic Committee 3,500,000 0 0 3,500,000 Total 4,040,000 154,000 8,123 4,202,123

* Incorporates the Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program, Indigenous Sport Program, Management Improvement Program, etc.

** The ASC invested in a joint Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program proposed by Softball Australia and the Australian Baseball Federation. Approved funds for the project are paid through Softball Australia.

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Appendix 5

Report on the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games

The outstanding performance of Australian athletes at the Manchester Commonwealth Games led to the Australian team winning 207 medals including 82 gold, 62 silver and 63 bronze, constituting Australia’s most successful result in terms of medals won and confirmed Australia as the number-one ranked Commonwealth nation.

Some achievements of note included:

– Boxing: The Australian boxing team placed first with three gold medals and one bronze medal.

– Cycling: Australian cyclists dominated the track and road competitions. The men’s 4000m team pursuit team of Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Mark Renshaw and Luke Roberts won gold in world-record time. Kerrie Meares won two gold medals in the 500m time trial and the women’s sprint.

– Shooting: Australian shooters had an outstanding event, winning 11 gold, three silver and six bronze, the best-ever result.

– Swimming: The outstanding performance of the Games was in the pool where Australians won 27 gold, 13 silver and eight bronze medals, while at the same time breaking three world records and numerous Commonwealth records. The performance of Ian Thorpe, winning six gold and one silver, was the best at the Games by an individual athlete.

– Athletics: Winning nine gold medals including the women’s 4 x 400m relay, heptathlon, women’s marathon and numerous walking victories as well as the women’s 400m hurdles, the pole vault and men’s shot-put gave athletics a much better result than first predicted.

FIGURE 2 MEDALS WON BY SPORT, COMMONWEALTH GAMES, 2002

60 Swimming 50

40 Shooting Athletics

30 Weightlifing Cycling

20 Gymnastics Squash Judo

10 Diving Boxing Table tennis Table Hockey Lawn bowls Wrestling Synchronised swimming Triathlon Netball Rugby Badminton 0

Gold Silver Bronze

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Appendix 6

Summary of compliance

This index details the page numbers on which information is provided in response to legislation and Commonwealth practices:

ASC contact officer 154

Audit Committee report 79

Auditor’s report 79

Board membership, qualifications and attendance 16–20, 79

Board committees 21–2

Certification iii

Chairman’s Review 2–3

Corporate overview 8–13

Chief Executive Officer’s Report 4–5

Commonwealth Disability Strategy 25

Enabling legislation 23

Financial statements 82– 135

Freedom of Information

Officer 154

Privacy 27

Indemnities 26

Judicial decisions 23

Occupational health and safety 26

Organisational chart 13

Reports against objectives and functions 30–75

Responsible minister 8

Review of organisational structure 9–11

Social justice and equity 25

Staffing overview 12

Statutory requirements 23, 26

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Appendix 7

Australian Institute of Sport program locations

SYDNEY Olympic Winter Institute GOLD COAST of Australia Rugby Level 1, 1–3 Cobden Street Sprint Canoe Australian Rugby Union Ltd SOUTH MELBOURNE PO Box 190 Rugby House VIC 3205 ROBINA QLD 4226 Level 7 Tel: (03) 9686 2977 Tel: (07) 5576 4386 181 Miller Street Fax: (03) 9686 2988 Fax: (07) 5535 1325 NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2060 Cricket (women) PERTH Tel: (02) 9956 3480 Women’s Cricket Australia Fax: (02) 9929 7966 Hockey 60 Jolimont Street PO Box 478 Rugby League JOLIMONT VIC 3002 COMO WA 6952 AIS/ARL Rugby League Tel: (03) 9653 9912 Tel: (08) 9458 5355 GPO Box 4415 Fax: (03) 9653 9900 Fax: (08) 9458 9747 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Golf Tel: (02) 9232 7566 Sandringham Driving Range ADELAIDE Fax: (02) 9232 7242 Wangara Road Cricket (men) Sailing CHELTENHAM VIC 3192 AIS Del Monte Yachting Australia Tel: (03) 9583 9290 PO Box 21 Locked Bag 806 Fax: (03) 9583 9246 HENLEY BEACH SA 5022 MILSONS POINT Tennis Tel: (08) 8353 5832 NSW 2061 c/- Melbourne Park Fax: (08) 8353 9745 Tel: (02) 9902 2155 Private Bag 6060 Track Cycling Fax: (02) 9906 2366 RICHMOND SOUTH VIC 3121 AIS Del Monte Slalom Canoe Tel: (03) 9286 1534 PO Box 21 Sydney International Fax: (03) 9654 6867 HENLEY BEACH SA 5022 Regatta Centre BRISBANE Tel: (08) 8353 9701 PO Box 4246 Fax: (08) 8353 9765 PENRITH NSW 2750 Diving Tel: (02) 4729 4256 PO Box 91 CANBERRA Fax: (02) 4729 4257 CARINA QLD 4152 Archery Tel: (07) 3823 1444 Water Polo (women) Athletics Fax: (07) 3823 1363 PO Box 476 Boxing SYDNEY MARKETS Softball Basketball NSW 2129 PO Box 280 Gymnastics Tel: (02) 9763 0207 WILSTON QLD 4051 Netball Fax: (02) 9763 0250 Tel: (07) 3357 1577 Triathlon Fax: (07) 3357 2081 Soccer (men and women) MELBOURNE Swimming Squash Volleyball (men and women) Australian Football Office 9, Sports House Waterpolo (men) AIS/AFL Academy Cnr Castlemaine and Box 1449N GPO Caxton Streets PO Box 176 MELBOURNE VIC 3001 MILTON QLD 4064 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Tel: (03) 9643 1973 Tel: (07) 3367 3200 Tel: (02) 6214 1111 Fax: (03) 9643 1878 Fax: (07) 3367 3320 Fax: (02) 6251 2680

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Appendix 8

Contact officers

THE CHAIRMAN/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Australian Sports Commission Leverrier Crescent BRUCE ACT 2617 or PO Box 176 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Tel: (02) 6214 1111 Fax: (02) 6251 2680

DISTRIBUTION OFFICER Corporate Communications Australian Sports Commission PO Box 176 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Tel: (02) 6214 1915 Fax: (02) 6214 1995 Email: [email protected]

ANNUAL REPORT INFORMATION CONTACT OFFICER Michaela Forster Corporate Communications Australian Sports Commission PO Box 176 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Tel: (02) 6214 1910 Fax: (02) 6214 1995

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER Nicholas West Government and Board Services Australian Sports Commission PO Box 176 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Tel: (02) 6214 1675 Fax: (02) 6214 1485

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Appendix 9

Australian Sports Commission sponsors

Accommodation Corporate partners Rydges Hotels and Resorts

Archery Program supporters BCY Bowstring Sure-Loc Archery Products Hoyt USA

Athlete Career and Education Corporate partners Australian College of Legal Education and Training Nestlé Australia Ltd Spherion Victoria University

Athlete Residences Corporate partners Dunlop Bedding

Basketball Corporate partners And 1 Australia Berri Limited (until 31 December 2002)

Beverage service Corporate partners Coca-Cola Amatil (Australia) Pty Ltd Carlton & United Breweries Nestlé Australia Ltd Canoe — slalom Program supporters Penrith Whitewater Stadium

Cricket Corporate partners Commonwealth Bank

Cycling — road Corporate partners Trek/Clarence Street Cyclery GKA Sports Distribution (Vittoria Tyres) Shimano Australia (since January 2003)

Program supporters Mapei Aqua Water Systems Bianchi Innotecs Enervit Met Santini

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Engineering Corporate partners SRI Sports Pty Ltd (formerly Astro Turf Surfaces [Pacific] Pty Ltd) Culligan Australia Pty Ltd HG Turf

Finance Corporate partners System Union Pty Ltd (SunSystems)

Food Service Corporate partners Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd Nestlé Australia Ltd

Golf Corporate partners Acushnet Company International Brands (January to June 2003) Program supporters Australian Golf Union Women’s Golf Australia

Human Resources Corporate partners Frontier Software (until January 2003)

Nutrition Corporate partners Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd Nestlé Australia Ltd Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Berri Limited (until December 2002)

Rugby Union Program supporters Canterbury Clothing

Sailing Program supporters Ronstan Australia P&O Nedlloyd Schenker Australia

Soccer Program supporters Adidas Australia Pty Ltd

Softball Program supporters Mizuno Easton Oliver

Sport Development (Street Active) Corporate partners 1800 Reverse Pty Ltd Nestlé Australia Ltd (until December 2002)

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Sport Education Corporate partners Nestlé Australia Ltd

Sports Science/Sports Medicine Corporate partners Ego Pharmaceuticals Bio Rad Laboratories (Biochemistry) (until December 2002) BOC Gases (Physiology) Bio-Mediq DPC Pty Ltd (Biochemistry) Nordstrom International Pty Ltd (Physiology) Compumedics (Physiology — until December 2002) First Aid Australia (Physiology) Carter Products (Australia) Pty Ltd (Physiotherapy) Beiersdorf Australia Ltd (Physiotherapy) United Pacific Industries (Physiotherapy) Float Tank Australia (Psychology)

Squash Program supporters Dunlop

Swimming Corporate partners Speedo Australia Ltd (until March 2003) Berri Limited (until December 2002)

Strength and Conditioning Corporate partners Therapy and Training Pty Ltd (Fitball)

Transport Corporate partners Avis Australia Pty Ltd

Triathlon Program supporters Orca New Balance Limar Rudy Project

Video Production Corporate partners Alcam Film and Video Production

Volleyball Corporate partners Gerflor Australasia Program supporters Molten

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Index

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, 38 Australian Heritage Commission, 24 Aboriginal sport, see Indigenous sport Australian Hockey, 21, 46 accidents and injuries, 26 Australian Institute of Criminology, 42 accountability and planning framework, 78 Australian Institute of Sport, 9, 13, 30–5, 64–72 accreditation database registrations, 42–3 Caretaker’s Cottage Childcare Centre Certified Active Australia Awards, 48 Agreement 2001–2003, 25 Active Australia Day, 48 grant allocation to sports, 149–50 Active Australia Provider, 41 performance measures, 55–6, 57 Active Australia Schools Network, 49 program located at, 153 Active Tiwi project, 54 Redevelopment Project, 23, 24 aerial skiing, 62, 66, 67 staff, 136 AIS Athlete Career and Education, 70, 155 see also scholarships AIS Athletes’ Commission, 68 Australian Institute of Winter Sport, 153 AIS Business Development, 72 Australian National Audit Office, 79 AIS Caretaker’s Cottage Childcare Centre Certified Australian Paralympic Committee, 51, 137 Agreement 2001–2003, 25 Australian Rugby Union, 70 AIS Redevelopment Project, 23, 24 Australian Special Olympics, 58 AIS Shop, 79 Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 reporting AIS Software Development, 70 requirements, 23 alpine skiing, 66, 67, 137 Australian Sports Drug Agency, 68, 73, 74 annual plans, 55, 57, 68 Australian Sports Foundation, 12, 22, 114–35 Annual Report Australian Swimming, 46 compliance summary, 152 information contact officer, 154 Backing Australia’s Sporting Ability: A more active annual reviews of AIS programs, 55, 57 Australia, 8, 46, 49 archery, 32, 58, 65, 67, 70 badminton, 58, 149 AIS program location, 153 baseball, 58, 149 AIS scholarship program performances, 137 basketball, 40, 52, 58, 66, 67 grant allocation, 149 AIS program location, 153 sponsors, 155 AIS scholarship program performances, 138 ASC Code of Conduct, 25 grant allocation, 149 ASC (Committed to Excellence) Certified Agreement sponsors, 155 2001–2004, 25 Basketball Australia, 46 asset management, 32, 79 basketball/netball facility, 32 Athlete and Coach Services, 68–70 Beiersdorf Australia Ltd, 69 Athlete Career and Education, 70, 71–2, 155 benchmarking projects, 56, 57, 72 Athletes’ Commission, 68 Biomechanics, 69 athletics, 39, 40, 52, 58, 66, 67 BMX, 46, 149 AIS program location, 153 Board, 16–22, 79 AIS scholarship program performances, 137–8 bocce, 149 grant allocation, 149 bowls, 149 Manchester Commonwealth Games, 151 boxing, 59, 66, 138, 151 audit, 79 AIS program location, 153 Audit Committee, 21, 79 grant allocation, 149 Ausport Awards, 48 budget, 78 Australia–Africa 2006 Sports Development Program, 54 Business Development, 30 Australia–Caribbean Community Sports Development business improvement and growth, 37, 39, 41 Program, 54 Business Operations, 9–10, 13, 30–5, 136 Australia–South Pacific 2006 Sports Development Program, 53 calisthenics, 149 Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 49 canoeing, 59, 66, 67 Australian Council of Health, Physical Education and AIS program location, 153 Recreation, 40, 49 AIS scholarship program performances, 138–9 Australian football, 39, 58 grant allocation, 149 AIS program location, 153 sponsors, 155 AIS scholarship program performances, 138 capital works projects, 32 grant allocation, 149 career and education services, 70, 71–2

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casual staff, 136 Manchester Commonwealth Games, 151 Central Queensland University, 44 sponsors, 155 certified agreements, 25 Chairman, 16, 21, 34, 79, 154 delivery networks, 38, 40, 44 review by, 2–3 Director, Australian Institute of Sport, 9 Chief Executive Officer, 154 Disability Action Plan, 25 report, 4–5 Disability Education Program, 52 childcare centre agreement, 25 disability sport, 38, 51–2, 53, 58 children, 3, 42, 51 AIS scholarship program performances, 137 see also junior sport grant allocation, 150 Clinical Services, 69 Paralympic Games teams, 68 Club Development Network, 39, 41 Distribution Officer, 154 clubs, 41 diversity, 25 awards, 48 diving, 59, 65, 140–1, 149, 153 Provider development tool, 37, 39 drug-free sport, 52–3, 68, 73–4 membership, 37, 47, 48 coaches, 37, 39, 42–3, 53, 65, 68–70 electricity supply, 24 course delivery network, 44 Elite Sports Research Program, 55 recognition, 45 Emoluments Committee, 21 street sports, 46 Employee Assistance program, 26 Coaching and Officiating unit, 40, 44 employees, see staff Code of Conduct, 25 enterprise agreements, 25 Comcare, 26 environment, 23–4, 32 Comcover, 26 factors influencing sport, 42 Commercial Operations, 30 equestrian, 60, 149 commercially funded projects, 56 equity and social justice, 25 committees, 21–2 ethical behaviour, see fair play and ethical behaviour in sport Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 excellence in sports performances, 55–75 reporting requirements, 27 Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey, 42 Commonwealth Disability Strategy, 25 external scrutiny, 79 Commonwealth Games, 57, 68, 151 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Committee Facilities Management, 32, 79 for Cooperation through Sport, 34 fair play and ethical behaviour in sport, 38, 40, 51–2 community programs and social policy, 38, 40, 48–53 Fair Go for Officials forums, 44 conferences, 50, 52 fencing, 149 on business of sport, 38 Finance, 32–3, 156 rural sport education, 44 finance and financial management, 27, 32–3, 76–135 contact officers, 154 arrangements with national sporting organisations, 69 Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical capital works program, 32 Health, 42 grant allocations to sports, 149–50 Cooperative Research Centre for MicroTechnology, 69, 70, 72 national sporting system development, 38 Corporate Communications, 31 see also purchasing corporate governance, 16–27 financial statements, 79, 82–135 Corporate Planning and Research, 10, 31–2 fixed-term staff, 136 cricket, 59, 67 freedom of information, 27 AIS program locations, 153 contact officer, 154 AIS scholarship program performances, 139 Freestyle BMX, 46 indoor, 60, 149 full-time staff, 136 grant allocation, 149 funding, see finance and financial management sponsors, 155 croquet, 149 gender of staff, 136 Customer Service Charter, 27 general managers, 10, 11 cycling, 59, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70 golf, 39, 60, 66 AIS program location, 153 AIS program location, 153 AIS scholarship program performances, 139–40 AIS scholarship program performances, 141–2 grant allocation, 149 grant allocation, 149

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Good Sport Monitor, 40, 49 location of staff, 136 governance, 16–27 national sporting organisations, 37, 39, 41 management improvement within sport, 37, 39, 41 Government and Board Services, 22 Manchester Commonwealth Games, 151 grant allocation to sports, 149–50 Media and Public Relations, 34–5 Gungahlin Drive Extension, 35 Member Protection Officers, 40, 50 gymnastics, 39, 40, 60, 66 membership of clubs, 37, 39 AIS program location, 153 men staff, 136 AIS scholarship program performances, 142 men’s basketball, 67, 138 grant allocation, 149 men’s cricket, 59, 67, 139, 153 indoor, 60 handball, 149 men’s golf, 149 harassment-free sport, see fair play and ethical men’s gymnastics, 66, 142 behaviour in sport men’s hockey, 143 health and safety, 26 men’s lacrosse, 149 heritage, 24 men’s soccer, 67, 145, 153 High Performance, 74, 149–50 men’s touch, 63 High Performance Advisory Panels, 74 men’s volleyball, 147, 153 hockey, 67, 143, 149, 153 men’s water polo, 65, 147, 153 Hockey Australia, 21, 46 Ministers, 8, 21, 27, 51 Human Resources, 33, 156 documentation and advice to, 22 see also staff Minister’s Forum, 74 mission statement, 1 ice hockey, 40 modern pentathlon, 149 ice racing, 149 motor sports, 149 ice skating, 148, 149 motorcycling, 61, 149 Indigenous sport, 38, 40, 49, 54 research, 42 National Athlete Career and Education, 71–2 Indigenous Sport unit, 40, 49 National Capital Authority, 35 indoor cricket, 60, 149 National Coaching Accreditation Scheme, 37, 39, 42–3, 44 information delivery network, 38, 40 National Coaching Scholarship Program, 43 Information Management, 33 National Elite Sports Research Program, 71 information management and support, 37, 42 National Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme, 71 Information Technology, 33–4 National Obesity Taskforce, 3 see also Internet National Officiating Accreditation Scheme, 37, 39, 42–3, 44 inline skating, 46 National Sport Information Centre, 33–4 Innovation and Best Practice, 74, 149–50 national sporting organisations, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 insurance and indemnities, 41 Board discussions with, 21 ASC, 26 career and education advice, 71–2 public liability, 2–3, 35 doping offences, 52 internal audit, 31, 79 Minister’s Forum, 74 International Relations, 34 national team services through, 69 international activities, ASC, 38, 50, 52, 53–4, 79 partnerships, 37, 39, 46, 47, 49, 52 international competitions, 57, 57, 58–63, 65–6 satisfaction with performance, 55, 56, 57 AIS scholarship program performances, 137–48 Sport Performance and Development review, 10–11 Manchester Commonwealth Games, 151 Sports Excellence program, 56, 57 international ranking, 56, 57, 58–63 Year of the Official strategies involving, 44–5 International Women and Sport Working Group, 50 National Sporting Organisation Anti-doping Assessment Internet, 41, 50 Process, 73–4 online education and training, 45 national sports system, 36–54 National Talent Search, 71 judo, 60, 149 national teams, service provision to, 56, 68 Junior Sport Framework, 40 netball, 61, 67 Junior Sport unit, 40, 48–9 AIS program location, 153 junior sport, 38, 40, 46–7, 48–9 AIS scholarship program performances, 143 grant allocation, 149 karate, 149 New South Wales Department of Sport and Recreation, 48 non-ongoing staff, 136 lacrosse, 149 Northern Territory Health and Community Services, 40, 48 lawn bowls, 149 Nutrition, 70, 156 Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme, 71 legislative compliance, 23, 152 objectives, 1 legislative reporting requirements, 23, 26, 27 occupational health and safety, 26 Leisure Australia Foundation, 48 Oceania Olympic Training Centre, 53 Local Youth Network Across Australia Using Sport, 49 Office of the Status of Women, 49–50 location of AIS programs, 153 officials, 37, 39, 42–5

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Olympic Games, 57, 68 Residences Welfare, 70 ongoing staff, 136 residential camps, 64 online services, see Internet residential programs, 64 organisational structure, 9–13 Reverse Street Active, 46, 156 Facilities Management, 32 risk assessment, environmental, 24 Information Management, 33 risk management, 27 Rugby Union program, 57 risk management resources, 41, 50 Out of School Hours Sport Program, 40, 48 road cycling, 59, 64, 139–40, 151, 155 outcomes, 36–75 roller sports, 46, 149 rowing, 61, 66, 67, 143–4, 149 Pacific region, 53 rugby league, 39, 61, 144, 149, 153 paper recycling, 24 rugby union, 57, 61, 67, 70 Papua New Guinea, 53–4 AIS program location, 153 parachuting, 149 AIS scholarship program performances, 144 Paralympic Games teams, 68 grant allocation, 149 Parliamentary questions on notice, 22 sponsors, 156 Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, 32 rural, regional and remote regions, 41 part-time staff, 136 coaches and officials, 44 participation promotion and events, 38, 45–52 junior sport, 49 research and monitoring, 37, 42 women, 49–50 Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program, 37, 39, 45–6 sailing, 21, 52, 61, 65 partnerships, 45–8, 72, 155–7 AIS program location, 153 disability sport, 51–2 AIS scholarship program performances, 144 Indigenous sport, 38, 49 grant allocation, 149 junior sport, 38, 40, 47, 48–9 sponsors, 156 national sporting organisations, 37, 39, 46, 47, 49, 52 Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Series, 47 sports education delivery, 44 scholarships, 55, 57, 64, 67, 137–48 pentathlon, 149 coaches, 43, 53 Performance Analysis, 70 school–club linkages program, 38, 40, 48–9 Performance Enhancement Program, 9, 68 seminars, see workshops and forums performance indicators, 37–40, 55–7, 137–48 Senate-estimate questions on notice, 22 performance reports, 30–75, 137–48 service charter, 27 personal injuries, 26 sex of staff, 136 Physical Therapies, 57, 69, 72 shooting, 61, 150, 151 Physiology, 69, 70 Skate Australia, 46 physiotherapy, 69 skating and skateboarding, 46 planning and accountability framework, 78 skiing, 62, 66, 67 Planning and Reporting, 11 AIS program location, 153 Policy Projects, 35 AIS scholarship program performances, 137 polocrosse, 61, 149 grant allocation, 150 pony clubs, 149 slalom canoeing, 139, 153, 155 portfolio membership, 8 snow skiing, 67 powerlifting, 149 soccer, 65, 67 privacy, 27 AIS program location, 153 programs, 36–75 AIS scholarship program performances, 145 supporters, 155–7 grant allocation, 150 Project CONNECT, 51–2 sponsor, 156 psychology, 57, 69, 72 social drugs education program, 68 public liability insurance, 2–3, 35 social justice and equity, 25 Public Works Committee, 32 softball, 40, 62 publications, 41, 42, 50 AIS program location, 153 purchasing, 24, 32, 79 AIS scholarship program performances, 145 internal audit contract, 31 grant allocation, 150 sponsors, 156 questions on notice, 22 South Australian Office for Recreation and Sport, 41 question time briefs, 22 Special Initiatives Program, 71 sponsors, 45, 47, 155–7 recycling, 24 Sport and Recreation Training Australia, 44 remuneration, ASC Board members, 21 Sport Development Grants Program, 37, 42, 149–50 reporting requirements, 23, 24, 26, 27 Sport Development Group, 11 research, 32, 37, 42, 56, 69–70, 71 sport education, 37–8, 39–40, 42–5 ethics in sport, 51 review, 22 public liability insurance, 2–3 sponsor, 157 Research unit, 42 Sport Education section, 44 Residence occupancy levels, 30 Sport Information Workshop, 34

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Sport Innovation and Best Practice section, 11, 41 AIS program location, 153 sport management and administration, 37, 39, 41, 44, AIS scholarship program performances, 140 50, 53 training camps, 64 Sport Needs More Women forum, 50 triathlon, 40, 47, 63, 66 Sport Performance and Development, 10–11, 13, 30–5, 73 AIS program location, 153 staff, 136 AIS scholarship program performances, 146–7 Sport Programs Planning and Evaluation 68 grant allocation, 150 Sport Services, 11 sponsors, 157 sporting clubs, see clubs Triathlon Australia, 47 Sports Excellence program, 56, 57, 73–4 TRYathlon Series, 47 Sports Industry Training Package, 44 turnover of staff, 136 Sports Medicine, 69, 157 sports officials, 37, 39, 42–5 University of Queensland, 48, 69 Sports Psychology, 57, 69, 72 Sports Science, 69–70, 157 VicHealth, 40, 48 sports system, 36–54 visiting delegations, 34, 50 Sports Training Facility, 30 volleyball, 147, 150, 153, 157 sprint canoeing, 59, 66, 67, 138, 153 volunteers, 53 sprint cycling, 59, 151 squash, 62, 67 water polo, 40, 65, 67 AIS program location, 153 AIS program locations, 153 AIS scholarship program performances, 145 AIS scholarship program performances, 147 grant allocation, 150 grant allocation, 150 sponsor, 157 water skiing, 63, 150 staff, 12, 33, 136 water use, 24 training and development, 25 web site, 41, 50 statutory reporting requirements, 23, 26, 27 weightlifting, 150 Strategic Plan 2002–2005, 8, 27, 78 Western Australian Department of Sport and Recreation, Strategic Planning and Evaluation, 10 34, 48 Strategic Research Committee, 71 Westfield, 47 street sports, 46, 156 Who’s Looking After the Bush? conference, 44 Strength and Conditioning, 69 winter sports, 148, 149, 150, 153 Support Your Sport, 47 see see skiing surf lifesaving, 39, 40, 62, 150 women and girls, 38, 40, 49–50 Surf Life Saving Australia, 46 women staff, 136 surfing, 62, 150 women’s basketball, 66, 138 Swim and Fitness Centre, 30, 79 women’s cricket, 59, 139, 153 swimming, 52, 62–3, 65, 66, 67, 70 indoor, 60 AIS program location, 153 women’s golf, 39, 60, 149 AIS scholarship program performances, 145–6 women’s gymnastics, 60, 142 grant allocation, 150 women’s hockey, 67, 143 Manchester Commonwealth Games, 151 women’s lacrosse, 149 sponsors, 157 women’s soccer, 65, 145, 153 synchronised swimming, 150 women’s touch, 63 women’s volleyball, 147, 153 table tennis, 150 women’s water polo, 65, 67, 147, 153 taekwondo, 63, 150 workplace agreements, 25 Talent Search, 71 workplace diversity, 25 Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program, 37, 39, workplace health and safety, 26 45–6 workshops and forums, 72 Technical Direction, 71–2 disability sport, 53 Technical Workshop, 70 fair play and ethical behaviour in sport, 38, 40, 44, 51 tennis, 40, 48, 52, 63, 65, 67 high performance planning, 56, 57 AIS program location, 153 insurance, 41 AIS scholarship program performances, 146 sport education, 44 grant allocation, 150 sports information, 34 Tennis Australia, 21 women in sport, 50 tenpin bowling, 52, 63, 150 see also conferences Thanks Coach, Thanks Official campaign, 45 World Anti-doping Code, 52, 53 Torres Strait Islander sport, see Indigenous sport World Conference on Doping in Sport, 52 touch, 63, 150 wrestling, 150 Tough on Drugs in Sports Strategy, 73 Towards Better Sport: Good practices for women and Yachting Australia, 21 girls in sport,50 Year of the Official, 44–5 track and field, see athletics young people, 42 track cycling, 65, 66, 67, 151 see also junior sport

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