REPORT2001–2002 ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION ASC AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 2001–2002 BOG 0008-06/02 Ann Report 16/10/02 4:06 PM Page i ASC AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION ANNUALREPORT 2001 – 2002 BOG 0008-06/02 Ann Report 16/10/02 4:06 PM Page ii © Australian Sport Commission 2002 ISSN 0816–3448 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from the Australian Sports Commission. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction should be directed to: Publications Australian Sports Commission PO Box 176 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 [email protected] For general inquiries concerning the Australian Sports Commission: Tel: (02) 6214 1111 Fax: (02) 6251 2680 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.ausport.gov.au Unless otherwise stated, all images are from the Australian Sports Commission Collection. Cover image of freestyle skier (top left): Getty Images Produced by Australian Sports Commission Publications staff Printed by Goanna Print, Canberra BOG 0008-06/02 Ann Report 16/10/02 4:06 PM Page iii 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 eighteenth Annual Report for the Australian Sports Commission, covering the period 2001–02. The report has been prepared to conform with the requirements of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (CAC Act) as required under Section 48 of the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989. The Commissioners of the Board are responsible, under Section 9 of the CAC Act, 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 22 August 2002 as a true and concise portrayal of the year’s activities. This report provides an assessment of our performance against the accountability framework agreed with Government, and highlights the success of the programs of the Australian Sports Commission, including the Australian Institute of Sport, and the Sport Development Group. I commend this report to you as a record of our achievements. Yours sincerely Peter T Bartels Chairman Australian Sports Commission 30 September 2002 BOG 0008-06/02 Ann Report 16/10/02 4:06 PM 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 7 Introduction 8 Organisational structure 9 The Australian Sports Foundation 11 Staffing 11 Organisational chart 12 Corporate governance 13 The Board 14 Legislative reporting requirements 20 Enterprise agreements 20 Social justice and equity 20 Disability Action Plan 21 Occupational health and safety 21 Indemnities and insurance for officers 22 Customer Service Charter 22 Freedom of information 22 Privacy 23 CONTENTS v BOG 0008-06/02 Ann Report 16/10/02 4:06 PM Page vi Performance reports 25 Corporate operations 26 Outcome 1 An effective national sports system that offers improved participation in quality sports activities by Australians 33 Outcome 2 Excellence in sports performance by Australians 49 Financial accountability 65 Budget 66 Planning and accountability framework 67 Internal and external scrutiny 68 Appendixes 1 Financial report 72 Australian Sports Commission 72 – Independent audit report 72 – Financial statements 74 Australian Sports Foundation 101 – Independent audit report 101 – Financial statements 103 2 Staffing statistics 124 3 AIS scholarship program performances, 2001–2002 126 4 Grant allocations to sports, 2001–2002 137 5 Report on the 2002 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games 139 6 Summary of compliance 142 7 AIS program locations 143 8 Contact officers 144 9 Sponsors 145 10 Acronyms 148 Index 149 vi AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 2001–2002 BOG 0008-06/02 Ann Report 16/10/02 4:06 PM Page 1 MISSION STATEMENT To enrich the lives of all Australians through sport OBJECTIVES The Australian Sports Commission’s (ASC’s) new Strategic Plan 2002–2005 sets the direction, strategies and broad framework that will allow 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 sports 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 grass-roots sports participation, particularly by youth, 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 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 environment. MISSION STATEMENT 1 BOG 0008-06/02 Ann Report 16/10/02 4:06 PM Page 2 CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW The past 12 months have been a period of consolidation for Australian sport, as we face the many challenges confronting sport in the millennium. It has been the first full year in which the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) has bedded down many of the initiatives arising from the Government’s sports policy, Backing Australia’s Sporting Ability: A More Active Australia. Providing particular focus to our work has been the conscious need to enhance support for the participation end of the sports spectrum. There are worrying statistics and trends in participation data, showing declines in the number of participants in organised sporting activities. Of similar concern is the declining trend in volunteerism that, while not limited to the sport sector, is being felt strongly at the community sport level. Local sporting clubs and associations are having difficulty in attracting volunteer administrators, coaches and officials. There are no easy solutions to these trends and so, together with our partners in the sport industry, we must be proactive and lateral in our thinking and program development to address these issues. The Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program is a major initiative aimed at getting more people involved in active sports participation. The particularly pleasing aspect of this Program is that it links the corporate sector with the targeted sports and the ASC in a three-way relationship that will assist in sustaining the participation growth programs. This initiative is still in its early stages, but as it rolls out through the 23 targeted sports around the country, we look forward to the provision of improved sports participation opportunities in communities around the nation. For me, one of the most exciting initiatives launched during the last year has been the Street Active program through which, for the first time, the ASC will encourage the development of membership pathways for street sports. Skateboarding, inline skating and freestyle BMX have become increasingly popular, rivalling traditional games among our young people. Clinics are being held by Australia’s first ever accredited street sports coaches and our best street athletes, showcasing street sports in a fun, organised and safe environment. These initiatives highlight the importance of the ASC working with national sporting organisations, the states and territories, and other stakeholders to ensure a strong national sports system and the delivery of effective sports programs. Key elements of this system are school sport and community sporting clubs, which both play leading roles in junior sport in this country. The ASC is working closely with sports to build their capacity to sustain the sports system at all levels, and support from state and territory governments is vital to achieve this, especially in the school sport sector. As work continues on the development of a new national junior sport framework, this cooperation will be central to an effective delivery system. Winter sports received strong public interest during the year, culminating in the wonderful performances by Australian athletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Salt Lake City. Congratulations to Steven Bradbury and Alisa Camplin, who won our first ever gold medals at the Winter Olympics, and to Michael Milton and Bart Bunting who won four and two gold medals, respectively, at the Winter Paralympics. Both Games were the most successful ever for an Australian team. The benefits and impacts of the Olympic Winter Institute, supported by the ASC along with the winter sports, are now starting to come to the fore. Together with the unprecedented levels of support for sport previously demonstrated by the Federal Government, in May 2002 the Government 2 AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 2001–2002 BOG 0008-06/02 Ann Report 16/10/02 4:06 PM Page 3 announced a capital injection of $41 million to maintain the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) as a world-class centre of excellence. The project, costing in total $65.4 million, will re-instate the AIS’s place at the forefront of world sport, and represents a perfect twenty-first birthday present for the Institute. I congratulate the Government on its foresight and ongoing commitment to this organisation in making this funding available. Keeping our current status in world sport is not easy, and it will remain as a major challenge for our national sport system in the future. Other nations have imitated some of our programs and structures in an endeavour to copy the secrets of our success.