Australian Sports Commission Annual Report 2003–2004

AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION

ANNUAL REPORT 2 0 0 3 – 2 0 0 4

ISSN 0186-3448

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

I am pleased to submit the twentieth Annual Report for the Australian Sports Commission covering the period 2003–04. The report has been prepared to meet the requirements of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 as required 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 9 September 2004 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 5 October 2004

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 Australian Sports Foundation 13 Stafﬁng 13 Organisational chart 14

Corporate governance 15 The Australian Sports Commission Board 16 Legislative reporting requirements 23 Environment and heritage 23 Enterprise agreements 24 Social justice and equity 24 Disability Action Plan 25 Occupational health and safety 25 Indemnities and insurance for ofﬁcers 25 Freedom of information 26 Privacy 26 Formal reporting requirements under the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 26 Fraud control 26

Performance reports 27 Business operations 28 Outcome 1 An effective national sports system that offers improved participation in quality sports activities by Australians 35 Outcome 2 Excellence in sports performance by Australians 53

© Australian Sports Commission 2004, Annual Report 2003–2004, www.ausport.gov.au/publications Financial accountability 75 Budget 76 Planning and accountability framework 76 Internal and external scrutiny 77

Appendixes 79

1 Financial report 80 Australian Sports Commission 80 – Independent audit report 80 – Financial statements 82

Australian Sports Foundation 117 – Independent audit report 117 – Financial statements 119

2 Stafﬁng statistics 137

3 Australian Institute of Sport scholarship program performances, 2003–2004 139

4 Grant allocations to sports, 2003–2004 149

5 Summary of compliance 151

6 Australian Institute of Sport program locations 152

7 Contact ofﬁcers 153

8 Australian Sports Commission corporate partners 154

Errata 156

Index 157

Mission statement

To enrich the lives of all Australians through sport

Australian Sports Commission 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 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 rates of participation in quality and diverse 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 a disability

◗ 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 accreditation of people within the sports sector

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

◗ continued 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.

Chairman’s review

I am constantly reminded of the strength and depth of the Australian sports system and its resilience in addressing challenges and managing issues while maintaining focus on the delivery of high-quality programs across sport. The 2003–04 year produced its share of unexpected challenges, but also delivered the lengthy list of achievements documented in this report.

As Chairman of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), I am proud to report that the Commission has again provided strong leadership and momentum to Australian sport through a comprehensive range of programs and initiatives. With unprecedented levels of support from the Australian Government, we have enhanced the operation of a national sports system that remains a world leader in developing high performance and community sport.

The year under review has seen further strengthening of the cooperative approach in the delivery of our national sports system, particularly in the area of high performance athlete development. The national network of institutes and academies of sport, including our own Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), is working to deliver quality programs to all elite and potential elite athletes. The AIS remains at the forefront of sports science, innovation and cutting-edge technology, through initiatives such as our participation in the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology and information delivery. The advantages gained from developments in these areas can mean the difference between success and disappointment.

At the other end of the participation scale, community sport and the volunteers that largely deliver it remain the foundation of our national system. Initiatives such as the projects funded through the Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program and the exciting Active After-school Communities program announced by the Prime Minister on 29 June 2004 proactively seek to grow the number of people participating in sport at the community level. Contrary to the perceptions of some, this area is a key focus of the work of the ASC.

The ASC remains at the forefront of ensuring the integrity of sport remains in place. Australia has long been a staunch advocate for the removal of performance-enhancing substances and practices from sport, and played an integral role in the establishment of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Working jointly with the Australian Sports Drug Agency as Australia’s two nominated national anti-doping organisations, during the year the ASC has progressed the adoption and implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code within Australian sport. Australian athletes will beneﬁt greatly from the development and implementation of the Code as they compete on the international stage. The ASC is committed to the Government’s zero tolerance policy, and will continue to lead the ﬁght against the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport.

There are no easy answers to some of the issues and problems we encounter in sport. The actions and failures of a few can taint the whole sports sector, and sadly it is these that gain the attention of the media, rather than the many ‘good news’ stories that abound in sport. In the year under review, we have seen widespread coverage of behavioural problems in some of our professional sports, and allegations of misconduct by individuals involved in sport. I have conﬁdence in the processes and procedures by which these matters are investigated and dealt with by sport.

Indeed, I ﬁnd it extremely reassuring the way our sports, our athletes and others associated with sport respond to pressure and negativity to reinforce the strength of the sports system. The Australian spirit and determination underpins many of our successful onﬁeld sporting performances. For example, the men’s under-21 basketball team and the men’s team pursuit cycling team both won World Championships during the year, the latter doing so twice. Our women waterskiers performed admirably in winning three separate World Championships, and what can be said about Layne Beachley, six-time World Champion and winner of the 2004 Laureus World Alternative Sportsperson of the Year? These are but some of the outstanding performances reported elsewhere in this publication, and highlight the diversity of our international success.

Congratulations to everyone involved with sport, including players, coaches, ofﬁcials and administrators at all levels. You are to be commended for your participation, dedication and achievements, particularly the more than 1 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.

As we turn our attention to the future, our athletes are in the ﬁnal stages of their preparations for the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Athens. I wish our teams every success and I am reassured that they have been given all possible support during their preparation. Planning and training for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne is well underway, and soon our focus will be on the Beijing 2008 Games. The ASC supports athletes, coaches and other support staff on an ongoing basis as they prepare for major competitions and championships. The behind-the-scenes preparation and support is often of equal importance to athlete preparation, and I acknowledge the leadership role the ASC plays in this regard.

I am grateful for the support and commitment of the ASC Board of Commissioners who have ensured sound governance and effective operation of the organisation. I appreciate their positive response to the additional calls on their time, and individually and collectively they bring considerable expertise and experience to the organisation.

The professionalism and commitment of the staff of the ASC is greatly appreciated by the members of the Board. Many of you receive little recognition, but your contribution makes the ASC an outstanding organisation, one that I am proud to be associated with.

PETER T BARTELS Chairman Australian Sports Commission

Chief Executive Ofﬁcer’s report

In the last 18 months, Australian athletes and teams have won world championships or major events in 18 sports at either senior or junior level, with 60 individuals or teams standing on the gold-medal podium. The sports range from well-known ones such as swimming, rowing, cricket and cycling to lesser-known or publicised sports such as bodyboarding, weight-lifting and archery.

For many athletes and teams, it was a year focused on qualifying and preparing for the 2004 Athens Olympic and Paralympic Games. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Sports Commission’s (ASC’s) ongoing support of the high performance programs in Olympic sports has contributed to the qualiﬁcation of Australia’s largest-ever off-shore Olympic team and good prospects for Australia’s most successful away-from-home Paralympic Games. Recognising our athletes’ need for support to allow them to adequately prepare for Athens, the Australian Government provided $1 million in additional funding for direct athlete support, assisting 201 Olympic and 21 Paralympic athletes with their preparation.

During the reporting period, allegations concerning inappropriate attitudes and behaviour within sport, such as sexual misconduct by coaches and athletes, and incidents of spectator violence and disrespect, gained substantial media coverage. In response, the ASC convened a forum for leaders in the sports industry in April 2004 to consider a consolidated approach to dealing with such issues. The ASC remains committed to ensuring sport maintains its strong integrity base, and is working with sports on strategies to support the positive values and beneﬁts that sport brings to the community.

Overall, 2003–04 was a year of achievement for the ASC across a range of program areas. For me, the highlight was on 29 June 2004 when the Prime Minister announced the Building a Healthy, Active Australia initiative to address the growing crisis in childhood obesity. The ASC has been given carriage of the main component of the initiative — the Active After-school Communities program — which will provide more opportunities for children to become physically active in the after-school hours timeslot. This initiative was the result of the ASC taking leadership across government, and I thank staff for their substantial efforts in its development. Active After-school Communities represents an exciting step for the ASC and will strengthen our links with state and territory agencies, sporting organisations and local communities.

Improved governance within sport remains a key focus for the ASC. Following the Report of the Independent Soccer Review Committee into the Structure, Governance and Management of Soccer in Australia (the ‘Crawford Report’) in September 2003, the Government offered ﬁnancial assistance for the restructuring of soccer in Australia. Implementation of the recommendations made by the Crawford Report continued during the year. In March 2004, Athletics Australia invited the ASC to undertake a review to develop strategies to deal with the acknowledged problems in the sport. It is expected that the review will be completed by the end of 2004.

During the year, signiﬁcant work was undertaken towards making the ASC and national sporting organisations compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency Code. The ASC anti-doping template was revised and released for adoption by national sporting organisations.

Sport-speciﬁc advice was provided to more than 30 national sporting organisations to enable them to comply with the ASC’s core anti-doping provisions. In conjunction with the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts and the Australian Sports Drug Agency, support was also given to state and territory government agencies and sporting bodies to implement the World Anti-Doping Agency Code at all levels of government. The ASC has a zero tolerance policy on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport and continues to work with athletes, coaches, staff and national sporting organisations to ensure that Australian sport remains a leader in the world-wide ﬁght against the use of drugs in sport.

While the Athens 2004 Olympic Games loom large on the horizon at the end of the reporting period, work has begun on planning for Australia’s participation in future major international events. The ASC brought together all state and territory institutes and academies of sport and major national sporting organisations to discuss a nationally coordinated approach to high performance planning for the 2005–09 period. This quadrennial planning process will maximise returns on the investment in excellence in sports performance, in order to enhance our performance in future international competition. Discussions have also begun with Chinese sporting representatives to plan the 2008 Olympic campaign.

As an organisation that promotes excellence in management, the ASC attained a number of achievements in its own management during the year. The ASC Code of Conduct was revised, and a new staff certiﬁed agreement struck. By the end of the reporting period, the revision of the ASC’s Anti-Doping Policy to become World Anti-Doping Agency Code compliant was also nearing completion.

I would like to publicly record my thanks to all staff for their expertise, commitment and enthusiasm in working within the Australian sports sector to ensure that not only is the ASC a leader in Australian sport, but that the Australian sports system continues to be a world leader.

To the Chairman of the ASC, Mr Peter Bartels, and other Board members I extend my personal thanks for your dedication, leadership and support throughout a productive year.

On behalf of the Australian Government, the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp, has been a strong advocate for Australian sport and the ASC, and I am grateful for his ongoing support.

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 culture in the sporting industry in Australia and on contributing to the development of sport both here and, via speciﬁc programs, abroad. It also offers a range of services that enhance the contribution of sport to the health and social wellbeing of the Australian community. The ASC delivers its responsibilities through three groups — 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. Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.

Every four years, the ASC prepares and distributes 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 setting out the direction and major strategies for the organisation for the four years to 2005.

Main Administration Building, Australian Sports Commission, Canberra.

Organisational structure

Australian Institute of Sport

During 2003–04, the 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 for AIS programs, the Institute provided integrated services in clinical and sports sciences, and career, education and welfare for AIS sports 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. However, 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 (23 sports programs in 2003–04)

◗ pre-elite or developmental programs (12 sports programs in 2003–04).

The AIS also continued to provide sports science and sports medicine services to 22 national teams on a commercial basis. It also provided 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 physical therapies and recovery. The AIS is 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.

During the reporting period, the AIS, as a program of the ASC, was extensively involved in the ASC quadrennial planning process for 2005–09 with national sporting organisations. The focus of this planning process was to ensure that sports have an effective elite athlete pathway. This includes an agreed speciﬁc role for an AIS program that complements and adds to the role that state and territory institutes and academies of sport and other partners play in the sport’s overall elite athlete pathway.

AIS staff provided signiﬁcant input into the AIS Redevelopment Project, particularly the aquatic testing and training centre, AIS service centre, and athlete residence and welfare facilities. This development will signiﬁcantly improve training, testing and accommodation facilities available to Australia’s elite athletes attending the AIS Canberra campus.

Director Michael Scott headed the AIS during the reporting period.

Business Operations

Business Operations provides corporate support to the ASC in order to meet Government obligations, provide general services to sports, improve the national sports information network, manage communication and marketing requirements, and manage the signiﬁcant commercial businesses of the ASC. The programs within Business Operations are:

◗ Business Development

◗ Commercial Operations

◗ Corporate Communications

◗ Corporate Planning and Research

◗ Facilities Services

◗ Finance

◗ Human Resources

◗ Information Management

◗ International Relations.

During the reporting period Business Operations consolidated plans for the $65 million redevelopment of the AIS Canberra campus to ensure state-of-the-art facilities for the future. It has upgraded the existing information technology infrastructure to safeguard ASC intellectual property and to meet emerging needs such as a digital video repository and the development and implementation of an electronic records management system.

An AIS athlete guides members of the public on a tour of the AIS site in Canberra, 2004.

Commercial Operations manages the AIS Canberra visitors centre, its sporting and conference facilities, and the residential accommodation complex. It promotes the use of the AIS Canberra facilities on a commercial basis to local, national and international sporting groups and the general public. The business activities areas of the section generate signiﬁcant off-budget revenue for the ASC.

Business Operations also increased off-budget revenue through involvement with the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology, negotiating commercial contracts with overseas countries, receiving further funding to deliver community development projects for Government departments such as AusAID and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and increasing sponsorship.

In 2003–04, responsibility for the Australian Sports Foundation was transferred from Sport Performance and Development to Business Operations.

Also during the reporting period, a review of the Media and Public Relations section was undertaken. The decision was subsequently made to incorporate the newly named Media Liaison unit into the Corporate Communications section. Corporate Communications now incorporates publications, distribution, marketing, sponsorship, event management and media liaison.

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

Sport Performance and Development

During 2003–04, Sport Performance and Development provided integrated and targeted funding and services to national sporting organisations in order to support all aspects of their operations. Through standard Funding and Service Level Agreements between the ASC and national sporting organisations, administered by Sport Performance and Development, the ASC allocated funding and services against sports’ strategic plans. Each agreement was negotiated, agreed and planned based on each national sporting organisation’s needs and priorities, and its ability to contribute to the ASC’s outcomes.

Over the year, Sport Performance and Development worked to ensure that sports were accountable and transparent, and provided opportunities for people of all ages and capacities to compete. Through the provision of ﬁnancial resources and key services and support, Sport Performance and Development helped to prepare national sporting organisations to meet their obligations and objectives in the areas of anti-doping, member protection, risk management, corporate governance, ﬁnancial management, participation and high performance success. Australian sports are being challenged to adopt a national approach to the implementation of policy and programs across the range of sport development and high performance activities.

During 2003–04, Sport Performance and Development assumed a lead role in ensuring that existing national coordinating bodies, such as the Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport and its sub-committee, the National Elite Sports Council, were better integrated. Further opportunities for integration emerged through the recently established sport development sub-committee of the Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport.

Sport Performance and Development also played a key role in delivering national high performance outcomes, both as the primary funding agent for national sporting organisation high performance programs, and as the coordinator of the national high performance planning process. For the ﬁrst time, a national approach to the planning of high performance sport for the quadrennium funding cycle (2005–09) was implemented with a view to applying the collective resources of the ASC, the AIS, and the state and territory institutes and academies of sport in a coordinated fashion. The objective of this approach was to enhance Australia’s performance in international competition.

ASC funding is carefully structured and applied to develop sport from the grassroots through to the elite levels. The notion of both social and elite pathways for athletes, coaches, ofﬁcials and administrators lies at the heart of a sport’s effective planning processes. The ASC, through Sport Performance and Development, directs its funding to ensure these pathways are in place and are effective in delivering increased participation and continued international sporting success.

During the reporting period, Sport Performance and Development continued to:

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

◗ provide national leadership on key issues and challenges within the sports industry

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

Sport Performance and Development was headed by Brent Espeland, General Manager, during the reporting period.

Soccer coach Fred Agius leads a soccer ball drill activity at Mt Isa as part of the Indigenous Sport Program, 2004.

Australian Sports Foundation

The Australian Sports Foundation 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 Australian Sports Foundation 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 Australian Sports Foundation to offer tax deductions to donors for contributions of $2 or more. Since its inception, the Australian Sports Foundation has helped raise over $80 million for the beneﬁt of sport in Australia.

Following the release of the Australian Government’s national sports policy, Backing Australia’s Sporting Ability: A More Active Australia, the Australian Sports Foundation relocated from Sydney to Canberra in August 2001, and was reintegrated within the administration of the ASC.

The Australian Sports Foundation continues to build awareness in the sports sector of the importance of partnerships involving sport, business and the broader community. Through contact with sporting clubs, associations, national bodies and schools, and through establishing links with local government and community bodies, it has worked to promote understanding of the beneﬁts of its tax-deductible services and to develop a ‘self-determinant’ culture within organisations. A focus of the Australian Sports Foundation has been raising awareness of its services in regional and rural Australia.

As required by legislation, the Australian Sports Foundation’s annual ﬁnancial statements and related audit opinion for 2003–04 are at Appendix 1.

Stafﬁng

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

Staff are employed in full-time or part-time positions, either on an ongoing or non-ongoing basis (ﬁxed-term or casual employment).

Substantial increases in the demand for services to national sporting organisations and ASC programs in the lead-up to the Athens Olympic Games led to an increase in staff during 2003–04. This demand was managed efﬁciently with a relatively small overall increase in jobs, achieved in part through a nett reduction in casual employment.

Detailed ASC stafﬁng data can be found at Appendix 2.

Organisational chart Australian Sports Commission

Minister

Board

Chief Executive Officer

Government and Board Services

Australian Institute of Sport Business Operations Sport Performance and Development

Director General Manager General Manager

Sport Programs Planning and Evaluation Australian Sports Foundation National Junior Sport

Athlete and Coach Services Business Development Sport Services

Technical Direction Commercial Operations Planning and Reporting

Corporate Communications Sport Innovation and Best Practice

Corporate Planning and Research Sport Programs

Facilities Services

Finance

Human Resources

Information Management

International Relations

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The Australian Sports Commission Board

The ASC is governed by a Board of 12 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 2004 follow.

Mr Peter Bartels AO (Chairman) FAISM, FRS

Peter was formerly a Chief Executive Ofﬁcer and Managing Director of a number of leading public companies. He is currently the Chairman of Starpharma Ltd and Central City Studios Ltd.

He is the immediate past Chairman of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Committee for Cooperation through Sport, was Chairman of the Royal Women’s and Royal Children’s hospitals, and was formerly a Director of the Melbourne Business School (Melbourne University).

Peter is Patron of Cycling Australia, a Director of the organising committee for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Pty Ltd and a Director of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation.

In his youth, Peter was an outstanding cyclist, an Australian team member for many years and a Commonwealth Games cycling gold medallist at Perth in 1962.

He attended all seven 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 AO (Deputy Chairman) BA, AEd (QLD), SDES (OXON)

Alan is a well-known breakfast broadcaster on Macquarie Radio 2GB and can be heard nationally on the Nine Network each day on 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 a former coach of Balmain and South Sydney in the New South Wales rugby league competition.

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

Alan attended four of the seven scheduled Board meetings during the year and was an ex-ofﬁcio member of the ASC committees.

Appointed to 7 November 2005

Mr Cory Bernardi

Cory is an Equity Portfolio Manager for a major Australian ﬁnancial planning and investment ﬁrm. He 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 seven of the Board meetings during the past year. Cory chaired the Australian Sports Foundation Board throughout the year and was reappointed to the ASC Audit Committee in May 2004 after deputising for Ms Puels between October and January during her leave of absence. He continued his association with the Indigenous Sport Program by representing it at various functions and meetings. Cory was also a member of the judging panel for the 2003 ASC Media Awards.

Appointed to 7 November 2004

Mr John Eales AM

John is an Executive of the BT Financial Group and is a Director of both STW Sport and Events, and Mettle. He was appointed to the ASC Board in November 2002 for a period of three years and has served as a member of the Emoluments Committee during the past year.

John attended ﬁve of the seven scheduled meetings during 2003–04.

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 the National Olympic Committee services. Previously, Michelle was a consultant on the Olympic campaign bids for Sydney (2000), Brisbane (1992) and Melbourne (1996). She spent a number of years in Switzerland as a director of sport and a manager of a sports science unit at the University and Polytechnic College of Lausanne. In 2003, Michelle was a Director of Swimming Australia and continues to work as a consultant to the sports industry.

Michelle served as a member of the Anti-Doping Committee and the Australian Sports Foundation Board throughout the year. She attended all seven of the ASC Board meetings held during the year.

Appointed to 7 November 2004

Ms Margot Foster BA, LLB

Margot has an established legal practice in Melbourne where she combines her skills and experience as a practising lawyer with her considerable involvement in sports administration. Margot was a successful athlete, winning bronze in the women’s coxed four at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984 and gold in the women’s eights at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

Margot has served on numerous boards and committees since she ended her competitive career in the late 1980s, including membership of the Australian Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ and Education Commissions, Melbourne’s 1996 Olympic Bid Committee and Secretary General of Rowing Australia. Currently she serves on the Boards of Gymnastics Australia, World Gymnastics Melbourne 2005 Ltd and the Melbourne University Sports Association, and has recently been appointed to the Board of the Australian National Bobsleigh Association Inc.

Margot attended all Board meetings held during 2003–04 and served on the Audit Committee throughout the year. Margot’s legal expertise was instrumental in her appointment to act as Chair of the Anti-Doping Committee to oversee the inquiry into Doping Allegations within the AIS Track Sprint Cycling Program (the ‘Anderson Report’).

Appointed to 7 November 2004

Mr Roy Masters BA, M LITT, DIP Ed

Roy is a journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald. He was ﬁrst appointed to the ASC 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 as a coach of a leading rugby league team.

He attended six of the seven scheduled Board meetings during 2003–04.

Appointed to 7 November 2005

Mr Kieren Perkins OAM

Kieren went to his first international swimming meet at the Auckland 1990 Commonwealth Games as a 16-year-old. He was the first swimmer in history to hold Olympic, world, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific 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 Swimming Australia in December 2002. His sporting achievements were acknowledged and honoured through his appointment as an Executive Board member of the World Olympians Association in December 2003. Kieren is also a Board member of the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Kieren attended six of the seven scheduled Board meetings and served on the Emoluments and Anti-Doping Committees throughout the year.

Appointed to 7 November 2005

Mr Charles ‘Chilla’ Porter

Chilla has a strong afﬁliation with track and ﬁeld, and was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Western Australian Athletics Commission (trading as AthleticA) late in 2003. He has previously been a Board member and Chairman of the Western Australian 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 six of the seven scheduled meetings during 2003–04 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 worked extensively with sporting organisations through her former role as Chief Executive Ofﬁcer of the South Australian Health Promotion Foundation, the largest sponsor of sport in South Australia. She is currently a producer of a global media project and works in business development ventures in Australia and offshore.

She attended ﬁve of the seven scheduled Board meetings during the year and was granted a leave of absence for the other two in deference to her work commitments overseas. Karin continued in her role as a member of the Audit Committee and served on the Australian Sports Foundation Board throughout the year.

Appointed to 7 November 2004

Ms 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.

Pamela attended six of the seven Board meetings held during 2003–04. She was a member of the Anti-Doping Committee and chaired the Emoluments Committee meetings. Pamela has served on the Australian Sports Foundation Board since her appointment in May 2002.

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 six of the seven scheduled Board meetings during the year.

Appointed in January 2002

Board activities

The Board met on seven occasions during 2003–04 in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. Minister Kemp met with the Board on three occasions to discuss its operational agenda and objectives. The Board was appreciative of his leadership and accessibility.

In conjunction with its interstate meetings, the Board took the opportunity to meet informally with coaches and technical staff from the AIS sports programs in Adelaide, Melbourne and Canberra.

In December, the Board held a joint meeting with the Australian Sports Drug Agency Board to discuss their respective roles in adopting and promoting the World Anti-Doping Agency Code in Australia. The ASC and the Australian Sports Drug Agency have both been recognised as national anti-doping organisations but have independent and separate roles, which are complementary and supportive of each other.

During the year, the Board addressed a range of issues including the development of new strategic directions for the ASC and the AIS post-Athens, a policy for genetic research and the use of genetic information in sport, and the development of strategies to encourage a higher involvement of women in all areas of sport. It also took a lead role in addressing the issue of abusive and other unacceptable behaviour in sport.

A major focus of the Board over the past 12 months was the development of a strategy to re-establish sport and physical activity within the school environment. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman held pivotal discussions with the Ministers for Sport, Health, Education, and Children and Youth Affairs to develop a strategy to address obesity and declining activity levels in school-aged children. In June 2004, the Prime Minister, the Hon. John Howard MP , announced the Australian Government’s new initiative — Building a Healthy, Active Australia — to address these issues. The ASC was given a leadership role to implement this new strategy.

The Remuneration Tribunal determines the annual fee for members of the Board and following a review of Commissioners’ responsibilities and workloads, approved an increase to their remuneration in October 2003. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman declined to have their annual fees increased. Within this review, the Tribunal also determined that members of the ASC’s Audit Committee would be paid an additional annual fee for their services from October 2003.

Committees

In consideration of the increased activity and responsibilities associated with the implementation of the World Anti-Doping Agency Code, the Chairman determined in February 2004 that an Anti-Doping Committee would be formed to assist in a review of the ASC’s anti-doping model and to look at furthering the Government’s Tough on Drugs in Sport strategy. Ms Tye chaired the committee, with the assistance of Mr Perkins and Ms Ford–Eriksson. The committee has met on three occasions since it was established.

Mr Masters continued as Chair of the ASC Audit Committee, with assistance from Ms Puels and Ms Foster. Mr Bernardi deputised for Ms Puels during her three-month leave of absence from October to January. In May 2004, the Board agreed to appoint a fourth member to the committee to assist with its increased workload and Mr Bernardi joined the committee as a full-time member. The committee met on four occasions during the year and a report on its activities is included in the ‘Financial accountability’ section (page 77).

Ms Tye chaired the three meetings of the ASC Emoluments Committee that were held during the year. Mr Perkins and Mr Eales were the other members of this committee, which monitors the terms of employment for senior executive staff.

The Australian Sports Foundation Board

Mr Bernardi (Chair), Mr Porter, Ms Puels, Ms Tye and Ms Ford–Eriksson continued their appointments as members of the Australian Sports Foundation Board. The Australian Sports Foundation Board meets in conjunction with, but separate from, the ASC Board and met on seven occasions during the year. A report on the Australian Sports Foundation’s activities is included in Appendix 1.

Government and Board Services

The Government and Board Services section oversees the maintenance of the integrity and reputation of the ASC among its stakeholders, Government and the general public through the coordination of timely and quality contributions to the business of Government, the ASC Board and the broader sports sector. This includes the provision of advice to the Minister and the Government on policy issues affecting the development of sport in Australia.

The section also provides high-level policy analysis and advice, together with support services, to the Chief Executive Ofﬁcer and the Executive of the ASC. Government and Board Services also provides secretariat services for the ASC Board and its committees, and manages the ASC’s involvement with the Sport and Recreation Ministers’ Council and the Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport.

In 2003–04, the section processed the following documentation and advice to the Minister:

◗ 531 replies to ministerial correspondence

◗ 266 brieﬁng submissions

◗ 167 Question Time briefs

◗ 48 Senate Estimates questions on notice

◗ seven Parliamentary questions on notice.

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 2003–04 ﬁnancial year:

◗ No signiﬁcant acquisitions or disposals of real property occurred. Del Monte, an AIS facility in Adelaide, was offered for sale by tender in May 2004 with tenders closing on 24 June 2004.

◗ The ASC invested a total of $3.5 million in capital works projects in 2003–04. The most signiﬁcant of these projects was the extension to the existing rowing facilities, completed in September 2003 at an approximate cost of $0.65 million. A total of $1.1 million was spent on the AIS Redevelopment Project during the reporting period.

◗ Judicial decisions — no complaints were ﬁled.

Environment and heritage

Legislative compliance

Implementation of the environmental-management system for the AIS Canberra site continued during the reporting period. The directory of legal obligations, which is part of the environmental-management system and assists the ASC to comply with Commonwealth and territory environmental legislation, was reviewed.

Environmental policy

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

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 year.

Environmental aspects and effects

In the ﬁrst half of 2004, the ASC joined the Greenhouse Challenge. The Greenhouse Challenge commits the ASC to a program of environmental performance improvements covering energy use, waste minimisation and recycling to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

During the reporting period, the ASC continued a 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 Australian Greenhouse Ofﬁce for inclusion in its annual report, Energy Use in the Australian Government’s Operations.

Environmentally sustainable design

The AIS Redevelopment Project engaged the services of an environment sustainability design consultant. This consultant is responsible for providing advice to the designers on environmentally sustainable design issues.

Heritage

No heritage issues arose during the reporting period.

Enterprise agreements

During the year, the new Australian Sports Commission (Committed to Excellence) Certiﬁed Agreement 2004–2007, incorporating employment for staff in the AIS Caretaker’s Cottage Childcare Centre, was ﬁnalised for commencement from July 2004.

Social justice and equity

The ASC recognises the importance and value of workplace diversity. Strategies aimed to ensure the ASC maintains a culture that values diversity include:

◗ development and training of staff in the new ASC Code of Conduct, and its promotion by management at all levels

◗ providing access and equity for people with a disability

◗ provision of induction training for all new staff including a focus on staff expectations and the prevention of workplace harassment

◗ promotion of the ASC’s Employee Assistance Program for all staff

◗ raising the awareness of the need to balance work and family responsibilities.

A training program promoting standards of behaviour in compliance with the Code of Conduct and its application within ASC workplaces commenced in April 2004.

Disability Action Plan

Ongoing consultation occurred regarding maintaining and improving a Disability Action Plan to meet requirements, including the changes required as a result of the refurbishment of the AIS Canberra site over the next two years. Information is also provided to employees regarding their responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

Occupational health and safety

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

◗ the ongoing operations of the ASC WorkSafe Committee

◗ the delivery of training to over 120 ASC staff in the identiﬁcation of hazards and risks

◗ the delivery of occupational health and safety awareness training to the ASC Executive and senior managers

◗ ongoing training of all occupational health and safety support groups across the ASC (these groups include first aid officers, fire wardens [including bomb threat and building evacuation training], health and safety representatives, and workplace harassment contact officers).

The ASC’s Employee Assistance Program has been widely promoted and provides a free and conﬁdential counselling service to staff and their families 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 One serious personal injury was reported

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 requirements associated with reporting to Comcover.

Freedom of information

The Freedom of Information Act 1982 gives the general public the right of access to documents held by the ASC. Freedom of information statistics for 2003–04 are as follows:

◗ Requests on hand at 30 June 2004 3

◗ Requests received during 2003–04 13

◗ Requests granted in full 1

◗ Requests granted in part 7

◗ Requests refused 1

◗ Requests transferred 1

◗ Requests for internal review 1

◗ Appeals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal 1

Information regarding accessing ASC information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 can be found at Appendix 7.

Privacy

The ASC’s privacy statement can be found on its web site (www.ausport.gov.au). The statement is in accordance with guidelines issued by the Privacy Commissioner. In 2002–03, the ASC was notiﬁed it had breached the disclosure provisions of the Privacy Act 1988. Settlement is yet to be reached on the matter. The ASC provides in-house training on issues pertaining to privacy as part of its induction program. In-house awareness sessions are run periodically by the ASC for staff.

Formal reporting requirements under the CAC Act 1997

The ASC has not received any notiﬁcations under Section 28 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997.

Fraud control

The ASC is committed to the minimisation of fraud through effective fraud management and control. Its current fraud control plan, while effective in its detection and prevention strategies, will be revised within the next 12 months. This will ensure that the ASC’s obligations under the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines 2002 continue to be met.

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Business Operations

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

Business Development

Business Development plays an essential role in the management, protection and commercial development of the ASC’s intellectual property assets. It also promotes the ASC’s commercial consulting capabilities, 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 across the ASC to identify and develop commercial opportunities.

Achievements over the past year include:

◗ establishment of SportZCo Pty Ltd, a joint venture with the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology to market new sports-monitoring products

◗ delivery of a range of international commercial consultancies

◗ management of a series of commercially funded residential training placements at the AIS for visiting coaches and sports scientists from the Nigerian Institute for Sports.

Commercial Operations

The business activities areas of the section generate signiﬁcant 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. Commercial Operations also manages a childcare centre on a commercial basis.

During the reporting period, 410,603 people used ASC commercial programs at the AIS Canberra site, with 123,779 of these taking a guided tour of the AIS. Commercial Operations managed:

◗ 323 sporting and commercial camps involving 8719 people

◗ 31 sporting carnivals involving 27, 349 participants

◗ 33 functions in the AIS Arena for 37, 017 people

◗ 21 conferences for 4699 people.

The remainder of the visits were through the Swim and Fitness Centre and the AIS Swimming Pool turnstile.

Commercial Operations also hosted a number of major events that were conducted on the site including the Hoopfest basketball tournament, the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Series, and various Australian Masters Games events.

Concert activity in the AIS Arena was down on the previous year, reflecting a general trend Australia-wide. The Swim and Fitness Centre’s level of profit was adversely affected by the opening of the Canberra International Sports and Aquatic Centre, although not to the degree originally anticipated. The AIS Residence occupancy has been at record levels over the last 18 months and increased by 4.2 per cent in 2003–04 over the previous year. Profits for the AIS Residence, tours and commercial camps exceeded budget due to the higher than anticipated level of activity on site.

During the reporting period, a process commenced to re-tender for site services as the current contract expires in March 2005. A decision was taken to tender separately for cleaning and catering services. The tender for site-cleaning services was let in May and submissions were being evaluated at year’s end. Speciﬁcations for the catering-services tender were being drawn up at the end of the reporting period.

Corporate Communications

Corporate Communications has multiple objectives that are designed to build the public proﬁle of the ASC, its roles and responsibilities, and the role of the Australian Government in supporting and developing Australian sport. It plays a central coordinating role across all areas of the ASC to deliver consistent and strong positioning of the ASC and its activities.

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

Following an internal review in June 2004 of what was the Media and Public Relations section, the Media Liaison unit was established and incorporated into Corporate Communications. The Media Liaison unit concentrates on securing quality media coverage of the ASC’s programs and initiatives. The unit works closely with the media, national sporting organisations and other sporting bodies to protect and enhance the reputation of the ASC and national sporting organisations.

Speciﬁc achievements for Corporate Communications during the reporting period include:

◗ further strengthening of the ASC brands through the development and stringent application of guidelines on logo use

◗ the production of approximately 600 publications and resources to support ASC programs

◗ further strategic and effective marketing of ASC commercial activities and programs

◗ the implementation of a partnerships policy and sales strategy

◗ successful delivery of events including 1800 Reverse Street Active, Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Series, Ausport Awards, ASC Media Awards and the AIS Athlete and Coach Awards

◗ effectively managing media enquiries and monitoring media reporting of the ASC and its programs

◗ providing strategic media advice to the programs of the ASC and national sporting organisations.

Corporate Planning and Research

Corporate Planning and Research has two primary functions:

◗ management of the ASC’s annual reporting and performance monitoring against key organisational performance goals. The program develops and reﬁnes the policies, practices and procedures that underpin the ASC’s governance and risk-management framework. This is critical in ensuring the ASC meets its statutory requirements as well as reducing risk in its day-to-day activities

◗ management of the ASC’s social research agenda to ensure the organisation undertakes reliable and relevant research in areas that contribute to the growth and strength of the Australian sports industry. This also enables better decision-making and effective sports program development and implementation. Corporate Planning and Research provides the ASC with research and evaluation services together with management of program evaluations to identify the impact of projects and recommend improvement strategies.

Speciﬁc achievements of Corporate Planning and Research during the reporting period include:

◗ the adoption of a ﬁve-year strategic approach for social sports research. The priority areas identiﬁed were: – children and adult participation, trends and behaviour – capacity building – sports environment – stakeholder satisfaction

◗ convening the ASC Social Research Panel comprised of eminent Australian sports researchers to inform the development and direction of this strategic approach. The Panel also acts as an important component of the ASC’s research quality assurance. It met on two occasions during the reporting period

◗ ﬁnalising discussions regarding a partnership arrangement between the ASC, Sport England and UK Sport for the Value of Sport Monitor project. This project involves the collection of sport and physical activity-related data from several countries, providing the ASC access to a rich source of data to inform and direct its future objectives and programs

◗ the ongoing management of the Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey — a large-scale, nationwide survey that the ASC manages on behalf of the Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport. The Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey annual report for 2003 was published. The Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport agreed to extend the survey and following a comprehensive procurement process, a contract was awarded to continue the survey until 2006

◗ the redevelopment of the Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport web site on behalf of the state and territory departments of sport and recreation

◗ establishing and developing the ASC’s online corporate social research register. This enables the ASC to better manage current research knowledge and identify research gaps

◗ revision of the ASC’s business planning and risk-management documentation as part of ongoing corporate process improvements.

The program was also responsible for a number of ad hoc projects that involved the provision of advice to ASC programs in the areas of business planning education, client satisfaction surveys, research procurement and program evaluation frameworks.

Facilities Services

Facilities Services provides engineering, maintenance, asset and other property management, general services and facilities operations for the ASC.

Key activities during the reporting period include:

◗ completion of the extension to the AIS rowing facility at Yarralumla

◗ construction of a clothing store

◗ replacement of skylights in the AIS swimming complex

◗ replacement of the sheeting on the Sports Science Sports Medicine Biomechanics Dome

◗ refurbishment of the Theatrette in the Sports Training Facility building

◗ development and implementation of a contract register as part of the ASC’s contract-management function.

Parliament approved the AIS Redevelopment Project at an estimated cost of $65.4 million on 21 August 2003. Since then, design consultants for all major elements have been engaged and conceptual designs have been prepared. This includes the aquatic testing and training centre, AIS service centre, athlete residence and welfare facilities, sports development and education centre, and site-wide engineering and air-conditioning services. A shortlist of contractors for the construction phase has been completed after expressions of interest were called for in early 2004.

In June 2004, a security review and risk assessment of the AIS Canberra campus was carried out and a report prepared. Its recommendations are currently being considered.

During the reporting period, the ASC’s Facilities Operations function was transferred to Facilities Services from Commercial Operations. This function comprises the Security unit and the day-to-day operations of facilities, excluding the AIS Arena.

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 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 2003–04 include:

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

◗ meeting the Government’s external budgetary and reporting requirements

◗ preparing the ASC’s annual ﬁnancial statements

◗ the management of insurance issues

◗ the management of travel issues.

Human Resources

Human Resources manages the employment framework and work arrangements for all ASC staff. Its services encompass remuneration management including payroll and salary packaging, recruitment, development and updating of human resources policies and advice, occupational health and safety, staff development, induction and workplace relations.

Signiﬁcant initiatives during the reporting period include:

◗ development and implementation of an induction program

◗ ﬁnalisation and distribution of the new Code of Conduct to all staff

◗ provision of occupational health and safety training for approximately 100 staff in hazard and risk identiﬁcation

◗ upgrade of the human resources information system

◗ development of a new certiﬁed agreement for the ASC workforce.

Information Management

Information Management encompasses Information Technology and the National Sport Information Centre. An Information Management Strategic Plan was developed in early 2003 and the following projects were consequently undertaken during the reporting period:

◗ improved remote access for coaches, AIS programs and staff by providing secure web email for national and international access

◗ a high-level analysis to improve the athlete and sport database

◗ re-design and development of the ASC web site and intranet to improve information access and service delivery to sports

◗ development of a sport client contact system to improve service delivery to sports following an intensive requirement-analysis process

◗ upgrading and piloting the ASC’s electronic document-management system. In addition, a project piloting a collaboration and portal tool recently commenced.

Information Technology

Information Technology provides technology services to the ASC, including developing and supporting applications and all computing and communications infrastructure.

During 2003–04, Information Technology developed and enhanced a range of application systems, including a psychology session notes system, archery tracking system, high performance tracking system and reporting module for Project CONNECT (a national joint venture between the ASC and the Australian Paralympic Committee to create opportunities for people with a disability to participate in sport).

Information Technology also implemented a range of improvements to the ASC’s technical infrastructure, including:

◗ signiﬁcant upgrades to the local area network at the AIS Canberra campus

◗ infrastructure work for the Hockey program, including the installation of new network equipment

◗ design, development and implementation of a new network for the Golf program

◗ server replacement for the Softball program

◗ completion of Microsoft Exchange (email) upgrade

◗ building of new SQL cluster for applications

◗ evaluation of broadband network access technologies

◗ purchasing, building and installing over 140 new PCs and laptops.

National Sport Information Centre

The National Sport Information Centre provides a gateway to sport-related information and services. It enables access to electronic resources and a world-class collection of sports books, videos and journals, and provides regular updating services. The National Sport Information Centre is also responsible for the ASC’s records management, web services and audiovisual services.

The National Sport Information Centre continues to develop its use of digital delivery and storage to provide access to, and to preserve, sports information. The ASC Image Library is now searchable via both the intranet and ASC web site. Images can be ordered online by staff and commercial clients. The National Sport Information Centre provides a range of digital video services supporting AIS performance-analysis activities.

The National Sport Information Centre service statistics for the reporting period were:

◗ door count (number of visitors) 58,803

◗ reference queries answered 8,923

◗ articles copied for clients 5,402

◗ books loaned to other libraries 3,325

◗ video units dubbed 1,817

◗ inter-library loans for ASC staff 1,628

◗ personal National Sport Information Centre tours 550

◗ Image Library orders 473

◗ photography tasks 163

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 51–2).

During 2003–04, International Relations hosted 17 visiting delegations from 13 countries representing various international governments and institutions.

In December 2003, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, leaders agreed to disband the Committee for Cooperation through Sport, which ASC Chairman Peter Bartels had chaired. Recognising, however, the important role sport plays in development, leaders agreed to establish a Commonwealth advisory body on sport, which will report through the Commonwealth Secretary General to Ministers of Sport. Its inaugural meeting is scheduled to be held soon after the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Outcome 1

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

TOTAL PRICE: $34,586,000

The Australian Government envisions a national sports system that is robust and self-sustaining, backed by a dynamic sports industry that plays a vital role in the development of sport in Australia at all levels. The ASC plays a central leadership role in developing a holistic sports delivery system.

The ASC works with other sports delivery agencies, including grassroots sporting clubs, to assist their management to offer improved participation in quality sport for all Australians, while ensuring that Australia’s elite teams are provided with the opportunity to excel in competition on the world stage.

The ASC also plays a vital role in fostering cooperation in sport between Australia and other countries by providing resources, services and facilities related to sport.

The table on page 36 presents the ASC’s performance against the measures associated with Outcome 1.

Participants in the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids Triathlon, Brisbane, 2004.

Table 1 Outcome 1: National sport system development

Cost to Government: $28,619,000

Activity Quantity/ Target Result Variance Notes quality (%)

Activity 1.1: Programs and services and national leadership

Leadership Quantity 70 Funding and Service Level Agreements, including high 70 0 and performance and service commitments, jointly agreed to partnership by funded national sporting organisations

Quantity Eight Funding and Service Level Agreements, including 7 –12.5 1 service commitments, jointly agreed to by funded state/ territory departments and/or stakeholders

Quantity 70 funded national sporting organisations to implement 55 –21.4 2 or partially implement member protection policies, 71 1.4 3 risk-management frameworks and the Junior Sport 22 –68.6 4 Framework/policy

Quantity Ten signiﬁcant targeted interventions and/or initiatives 12 20.0 5 to assist funded national sporting organisations improve their business practices, such as strategic planning, governance and structural change

Quantity Six workshops to improve high performance planning and 1 –83.3 6 implementation

Quantity Two speciﬁc sector leadership forums for the sports 2 0 industry

Quantity 70 funded national sporting organisations to implement 69 –1.4 7 World Anti-Doping Agency and Australian Government- compliant anti-doping policies in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s speciﬁed timeframe

Quantity Assist ten of the smaller national sporting organisations 10 0 to support their administrative arrangements to enable capacity building

Quality Conduct Year of the Ofﬁcial, Project CONNECT, Indigenous 5 0 Sport Program Athlete Development, and Coaching and Ofﬁciating Scholarship programs

Quality Sport Performance and Development programs, such as – 8 Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program, Indigenous Sport, Project CONNECT, Coaching and Ofﬁciating, and Junior Sport, achieve rural and regional reach in conjunction with funded national sporting organisations and other funded stakeholders

Quality Work with select national sporting organisations – to support a national initiative to improve sporting experiences and skills of primary school-aged children

Participation Quantity 23 funded national sporting organisations accessing 23 0 numerous program initiatives across the Sport Performance and Development program areas, including coaching and ofﬁciating, Indigenous, disability, junior, women, club development, Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program and high performance

Quantity Club membership through ASC programs signiﬁcantly – 9 increased (target: 1 million additional members over four years, 2001–02 to 2004–05)

Quality Adapt the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme and – 10 the National Ofﬁciating Accreditation Scheme to adjust to the changing needs of the funded national sporting organisations and other stakeholders

Activity Quantity/ Target Result Variance Notes quality (%)

Quality Four major partnerships with the Aboriginal and Torres 4 0 Strait Islander Commission, Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, VicHealth and the Australian Paralympic Committee to support initiatives in sports programs

Activity 1.2: Systems improvement

Quality 80 per cent of funded national sporting organisations 91% 11.0 satisﬁed with Sport Performance and Development program performance and service delivery

Activity 1.3: Research

Quality Review of data collection systems to improve Completed 0 understanding of sport involvement by young people and sporting club membership

Quality Review of data linking sport with social, health and Completed 0 economic outcomes

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

Activity 1.4: Commercial activities

Quantity Generate and manage three new off-budget commercial 9 200.0 11 initiatives

Activity 1.5: International development assistance

Quality Maintain and strengthen the management of four 4 0 international sports-development assistance programs

Variance from targets

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

1 Negotiations have taken place with the eighth state (Queensland) for joint delivery of programs outside the Funding and Service Level Agreement. As a result, the ASC worked with Queensland on Year of the Ofﬁcial and harassment-free sport projects during the year.

2 Fifty-ﬁve national sporting organisations are at various stages of developing or implementing a member protection policy nationally. It is anticipated that the remainder of the national sporting organisations will have a member protection policy and procedures in place by June 2005.

3 Seventy-one national sporting organisations have commenced or continued implementation of the risk-management framework (weight-lifting is yet to address risk management). An assessment against the risk-management framework revealed that 45 sports have signiﬁcantly progressed their risk-management processes.

4 As part of their Funding and Service Level Agreement, all Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program national sporting organisations were required to attend a workshop to provide feedback on the draft Junior Sport Framework and formulate an action plan for the development of their respective junior sport policies. Twenty-two of the 23 national sporting organisations attended and drafted action plans. The ASC has identiﬁed nine pilot sports for the Junior Sport Framework (basketball, volleyball, swimming, hockey,

netball, tennis, soccer, wrestling and golf). All sports have submitted proposals on their development and implementation process. Three sports have draft policies. The process undertaken by these sports will be documented and shared with all other national sporting organisations. A re-assessment of the junior sport policy mandatory requirement under the Funding and Service Level Agreements now means only those national sporting organisations that identify junior sport as a priority in their strategic plan will be required to develop a junior sport policy.

5 Management-improvement activities with national sporting organisations were above those forecast due in part to a focus on the implementation of the ASC sport governance principles by the ASC Board.

6 Following completion of the ﬁrst generic workshop to assist sports with high performance planning, the quadrennial planning process was implemented. This was a more direct approach to assisting national sporting organisations to improve high performance planning and implementation, and replaced the previous workshop approach.

7 The ASC worked with all ASC-funded national sporting organisations in the development of World Anti-Doping Agency Code-compliant anti-doping policies. Sixty-nine national sporting organisations have agreed to adopt speciﬁc anti-doping policies, rules and programs that conform with the Australian Government’s anti-doping strategy, World Anti-Doping Agency and the relevant international federation. Cricket and rugby league anti-doping policies have variations to the standard World Anti-Doping Agency component, however reference to Australian Government core principles relating to the World Anti-Doping Agency have been incorporated.

8 Six national sporting organisations utilise ASC sport development funding to implement speciﬁc rural and regional strategies.

Of the Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program sports that could report on their rural and regional/metropolitan status, 60 per cent of programs were conducted in metropolitan areas and 40 per cent were conducted in regional and rural areas.

Of the 4703 members of the Club Development Network, 2081 (44 per cent) are from rural and regional areas.

In early February 2004, the ABC Heywire forum was held with 38 young people from rural and regional Australia participating. The ASC Junior Sport unit ran a workshop session as part of the program.

All state out-of-school-hours sports program pilots have involved participation by rural, regional and urban communities.

The Active Australia Schools Network has 1080 members that comprise representatives from metropolitan, regional and rural locations.

All coaching courses associated with the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme and all ofﬁciating courses associated with the National Ofﬁciating Accreditation Scheme are required to abide by the course design guidelines regarding access and equity, including catering for those in rural and regional areas. The Regional Sport Education Centre in

Warrnambool, Victoria, has commenced a series of generic education programs for local sporting associations and clubs. Level 2 Coaching Principles are provided online to cater for the rural and regional population.

9 Overall, 17 sports are 1.7 per cent above targeted participation to date. The reported result is from the 17 sports that have completed and reported on year one or year two of their programs. The remaining sports are either yet to report on year one or are only part way through their ﬁrst year.

10 All national sporting organisations have been advised, through seminars, conferences and correspondence, of the capacity to vary their frameworks. Many national sporting organisations are currently assessing their frameworks and some have already made modiﬁcations to better suit their needs.

11 Commercial activity opportunities were stronger than anticipated due to an increase in approaches and a better than expected conversion rate on international visit initiatives.

Programs

Planning and Reporting

Funding and Service Level Agreements

In 2003–04, Funding and Service Level Agreements were developed to bring together all grant arrangements across the ASC Sport Performance and Development group into a single agreement between the ASC and each national sporting organisation. Previously, the ASC could have had up to seven separate agreements with one national sporting organisation. The development of a single integrated agreement with each national sporting organisation was seen as central to improving Sport Performance and Development’s service delivery.

The planning documentation of national sporting organisations was used to deﬁne an agreed set of performance measures that were included in each sport’s Funding and Service Level Agreement. Satisfactory progress against these measures is a condition of continued ASC funding.

As part of the Funding and Service Level Agreement approach, a revised monitoring program has been implemented that focuses on the activities of national sporting organisations in three priority areas:

◗ ASC operational plan strategies

◗ accountability for ASC funds

◗ formal and informal performance reporting against the strategies and performance measures agreed and listed in each sport’s Funding and Service Level Agreement.

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. The agreements covered activities in the areas of coaching and ofﬁciating

(including Year of the Ofﬁcial), junior sport, disability sport, organisational development, club development and harassment-free sport. Discussions with Queensland resulted in work on Year of the Ofﬁcial and harassment-free sport projects being undertaken outside of the sport development service agreement.

Anti-doping

Funding and Service Level Agreements with national sporting organisations for 2003–04 contained seven mandatory anti-doping performance measures and strategies. The ASC worked with national sporting organisations to ensure they developed, implemented and enforced anti-doping policies that complied with the ASC’s core anti-doping provisions.

During the reporting period, the ASC also:

◗ revised and released the ASC anti-doping template for national sporting organisations in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Agency program

◗ actively participated in domestic and international anti-doping forums

◗ worked with the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts and the Australian Sports Drug Agency to harmonise and implement the Code at all levels of government

◗ provided sport-speciﬁc advice and assistance to more than 30 national sporting organisations.

Harassment-free sport

Ongoing publicity surrounding allegations of sexual misconduct by coaches and athletes, and incidences of spectator violence and disrespect have raised concerns about whether sport is engendering or tolerating violent and other inappropriate attitudes and actions. The ASC convened a meeting of leaders in the sports industry in April 2004 to discuss an industry- wide approach to dealing with issues of inappropriate attitudes and behaviours in sport. The ASC, in consultation with the sports industry, is progressing with the following key areas:

◗ developing national guiding ethical principles for the sports industry

◗ conducting comprehensive research to determine what attitudes and behaviours exist in Australian sporting culture and what strategies may be effective in achieving any necessary cultural change

◗ educating members and training role models to develop and promote positive and appropriate attitudes and behaviours

◗ identifying and sharing good practice strategies.

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

◗ commissioning a major review and evaluation of the ASC’s harassment-free sport strategy to determine if changes were required to ensure the strategy remains an effective risk-management tool that meets best-practice standards and the needs of the sports industry

◗ assisting over 20 national sporting organisations with the development of member protection policies and related strategies

◗ increasing the number of people trained as member protection ofﬁcers by 40 per cent (a network now totalling over 580 people across 78 sports, local and state government agencies, and community groups)

◗ educating coaches, ofﬁcials and administrators on their rights and responsibilities in relation to child-protection and anti-discrimination legislation

◗ developing a new comprehensive ethics in sport web site that provides guidelines, templates, information, resources, contacts, research and relevant links to other sites (www.ausport.gov.au/ethics)

◗ assisting with revision of the national Play by the Rules web site, including the addition of online information and training modules on child-protection issues in sport (www.playbytherules.net.au).

Direct Athlete Support

The Australian Government allocated $1 million in its 2003–04 budget to provide direct funds to targeted elite athletes, selected on the basis of medal potential and individual need, to assist in their daily living and training environment while they prepared for the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Direct Athlete Support allocations were made to 201 Olympic and 21 Paralympic athletes from 18 sports.

Sport Innovation and Best Practice

During the reporting period the ASC, through Sport Innovation and Best Practice, provided consultancy services and advice to 12 national sporting organisations 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. This included the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Independent Soccer Review into the Structure, Governance and Management of Soccer in Australia (the ‘Crawford Report’), and completed governance reform projects in equestrian, triathlon and cycling.

Sport Innovation and Best Practice also worked on a number of other initiatives including:

◗ two pilot projects to assess the capacity of online learning to increase access for athletes, coaches and administrators to risk-management and athlete personal development courses

◗ an organisational development conference and teleconferences with state departments of sport and recreation to coordinate national approaches to issues including governance reform, club development and risk management

◗ the development of a performance improvement process to support national sporting organisation development based on the strategic priorities identiﬁed in planning documentation and broader sports industry requirements. The initial stage of the project included identifying the characteristics of a benchmark organisation to facilitate the comparison of national sporting organisation performance against industry and organisational standards. The project is now focused on bringing the performance improvement component together with strategic planning guidelines, the new ASC funding model (to be implemented in 2005–06) and a revised service delivery model to enable the ASC to better support national sporting organisations to achieve their strategic objectives and meet ASC outcomes

◗ investigations into making ‘high-speed sport’ available to a wider audience, including:

– use of a high-speed network to deliver video to coaches

– the establishment of a corporate digital repository that will allow users from a range of areas both inside and outside the ASC to access digital resources

– a performance tracking system that will provide current international performance snapshots as well as providing a tool for analysis and prediction.

Business Support Centre

The ASC Business Support Centre has completed the second year of a three-year pilot. The Business Support Centre’s key objective is to provide leadership, advice and support to selected national sporting organisations with a view to improving their operational capacity and business practices to ensure their continued viability. The Business Support Centre undertook an interim review of its activities in February 2004. The review provided overwhelming support for the program with a number of speciﬁc references to the quality and range of services provided.

There are ten national sporting organisations currently supported by the Business Support Centre. It has been recognised that increasing the participation rates within these sports is critical to their continued viability. The success of these participation initiatives is strongly linked to the sports’ capacity to self-manage their affairs so they are better able to support their growth strategies. The following sports are currently developing participation programs as a direct result of their relationship with the Business Support Centre: polocrosse/pony club, handball, modern pentathlon, table tennis (athletes with a disability), wrestling and badminton.

Sport Programs

Disability Sport

Project CONNECT (Creating Opportunities Nationally through Networks in Education, Classiﬁcation and Training) is a national joint venture between the ASC and the Australian Paralympic Committee that aims to create more opportunities for people with a disability to participate in sport. During 2003–04, Athletics Australia, Swimming Australia, Tennis Australia, Tenpin Bowling Australia, Yachting Australia and Basketball Australia worked with the ASC to develop and reﬁne their disability action plans, which not only meet their legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, but also provide the 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 their sport.

The sports measured their progress against a set of broad industry benchmarks. These are set at the bronze, silver and gold levels. ASC funding supported the sports in achieving their targets at bronze and silver levels, while the attainment of gold level indicates that the sport has successfully embedded these standards at all levels of their organisation. By 30 June 2004, all six Project CONNECT sports had their disability action plans registered with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.

The Disability Education Program, a national initiative operating since 1994, assisted the national sporting organisations involved in Project CONNECT by providing the vehicle for them to educate and train coaches, administrators, volunteers and ofﬁcials to appropriately include people with a disability. The Disability Education Program courses are delivered by a network of specialist agencies throughout Australia and are tailored to meet the needs of sports.

Disability Education Program courses continued to provide practical and theoretical information to a range of sport and physical activity providers across Australia. Over 4800 attendances were recorded at Disability Education Program courses in 2003–04.

During 2003–04, the ASC’s Disability Sport unit proposed an inclusive games program called Sports Ability, as part of a program of initiatives to maximise national beneﬁts and legacies arising from the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 2006. This proposal was accepted and will enable the ASC to provide increased opportunities for young people with a disability in special education over the next three years.

Coaching and Ofﬁciating

The National Coaching Accreditation Scheme and the National Officiating Accreditation Scheme are the industry-standard quality-assurance programs for coach and official education programs. National sporting organisations that have their training programs registered with the schemes and adhere to the standards set by them provide approved education and training for their coaches or officials in accordance with the guidelines. Coaches or officials who are duly assessed as meeting the standard set by the sport are registered on the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme/National Officiating Accreditation Scheme database, maintained by the ASC.

The increased ﬂexibility that has been provided by modifying the framework of the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme in 2003–04 has been embraced by national sporting organisations. Sports are no longer required to adhere to a Level 1 to 3 structure, but are free to determine the number, name and level of accreditation that best suits that sport. This has led to many national sporting organisations revising their accreditation structures to better meet the individual needs of the sport.

The numbers of coaches and officials recorded on the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme/National Officiating Accreditation Scheme database is constantly changing as new coaches and officials are accredited and others allow their accreditation (normally four years’ duration) to lapse.

National Coaching Accreditation Scheme

A total of 75,226 coaches were registered as being accredited at 30 June 2004. This is a reduction of 7983 (9.6 per cent) compared to 30 June 2003 and is consistent with the trend reﬂected in the broader Australian Bureau of Statistics coaching data.

◗ Total new accreditations for 2003–04 12,433

◗ Total re-accreditations for 2003–04 10,452

National Ofﬁciating Accreditation Scheme

A total of 8788 officials were registered as being accredited at 30 June 2004. This represents an increase of 876 compared to 30 June 2003, and is attributable to more sports seeking to formalise officiating structures and recognising the value of the National Officiating Accreditation Scheme in this process.

◗ Total new accreditations for 2003–04 1140

◗ Total re-accreditations for 2003–04 91

National coaching and ofﬁciating scholarships

Twenty coaching 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. A review of the National Coaching Scholarship Program identified that 95 per cent of previous scholarship holders who responded to the survey (72 per cent response rate) have since been employed in sport, with 75 per cent of those in coaching positions. The review, together with feedback gained through the quadrennial planning process, High Performance Advisory Panels and the Coaching and Officiating ’03 conference, identified that one of the major issues for sports in this area is providing comprehensive coach development pathways. This pointed to the need for the ASC to consider the future direction of the National Coaching Scholarship Program, especially with respect to increased flexibility in its implementation. This will be a focus area over the next reporting period.

Seven officiating scholarships were provided under the 2004 National Officiating Scholarship Program. The National Officiating Scholarship Program provides potential high performance officials with an intense learning program. The program is flexible in order to meet the individual needs of the sport and can vary from four to 52 weeks’ duration. Officials were required to participate in hands-on officiating as well as to undertake professional development courses and update/upgrade their National Officiating Accreditation Scheme level.

Sport education delivery networks

State delivery networks were maintained during the reporting period, with the ASC providing ﬁnancial assistance, through annual Sport Programs and Organisational Development funding, to sport education centres located within each state and territory department of sport and recreation.

During 2003–04, a total of 142 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. This number was down from the previous year as most national sporting organisations now integrate these courses into their sport-speciﬁc training programs.

In 2003–04, ASC staff held a series of meetings with representatives from the Australian National Training Authority and Sport and Recreation Training Australia to clarify the position of those national sporting organisations that are presently within the Sports Industry Training Package. The ASC will continue to work closely with national sporting organisations to ensure that their interests are met when dealing with the vocational education and training sector.

The ASC 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 within the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme and National Ofﬁciating Accreditation Scheme frameworks.

Year of the Ofﬁcial

The Year of the Official program was initiated to redress the significant decline in the number of officials participating in sport in recent years and was conducted for the duration of 2003.

Administrator education workshops were conducted throughout Australia and targeted the decision-making sports administrators at state, territory and local association levels. In excess of 600 sports administrators participated in the workshops. Grants to some 21 state sporting organisations were provided as an extension of the workshops to assist them to implement projects to address the behaviour and competency issues within their sports.

A community awareness media campaign was undertaken to implement the strategies. The major components of this campaign were the national launch, radio and television commercials, posters and an intensive media servicing program.

The success of the Year of the Ofﬁcial initiative has enabled the ASC to commit to maintaining a focus on the issues of ofﬁciating beyond 2003–04.

Coaching and Ofﬁciating ’03: investing in the future

Over 300 delegates representing a range of organisations including national and state sporting organisations, local sporting clubs, state departments of sport and recreation, and peak industry groups attended Coaching and Ofﬁciating ’03: investing in the future. The conference provided an opportunity for increased knowledge sharing, which is vital if the ongoing issues surrounding coaching and ofﬁciating are to be addressed effectively within the Australian sporting system.

ASC CEO Mark Peters, Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp and AIS Swimming Head Coach, Pierre Lafontaine at the opening of the Coaching and Ofﬁciating ’03 conference, AIS, Canberra, November 2003.

Coaching and Officiating ’03: investing in the future provided heightened recognition of the role that the ASC can play in working with national sporting organisations to build better structures and provide guidance in the development of coaching and officiating. The need for the ASC to provide leadership in this area led to an internal review by the ASC of the issues affecting coaching and officiating in Australia.

Indigenous Sport

During the reporting period, the Indigenous Sport Program underwent a major independent review that was jointly funded by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and the ASC. The review ﬁndings were very positive overall with only minor amendments requested. The review’s central ﬁnding was that a new memorandum of understanding between the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and the ASC be developed.

The Australian Government subsequently abolished the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and devolved its programs and services to other Government departments. As a result, funding previously provided to the ASC from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission to conduct the Indigenous Sport Program has been transferred to the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. A new memorandum of understanding between the Department and the ASC to continue the Indigenous Sport Program has been agreed for 2004–05, which incorporates the ﬁndings of the independent review.

The ASC has consolidated its work with 16 national sporting organisations to enhance links with the national network of Indigenous sport development ofﬁcers. This approach has resulted in approximately 300 programs speciﬁcally for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people being conducted during 2003–04. The majority of these programs have resulted in the development of regular organised competition and sound club structures that provide pathways and opportunities for Indigenous Australians.

The ASC continues to receive recognition and support from the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. During 2003–04 through the assistance provided by Laureus, the Australian Soccer Association launched a program to provide equipment and uniforms for remote Indigenous communities. The program was launched in Dajarra, Queensland, and was promoted through the attendance of Frank Farina (Australian Socceroos coach), Fred Agius (Australian under-23 Olympic squad member) and Belinda Dawney (Matildas squad member).

The ASC Indigenous Athlete Development Program continued with the allocation of 100 Indigenous Sporting Excellence Scholarships to athletes, coaches and ofﬁcials competing in 18 sports.

Women and Sport

The Women and Sport unit worked to develop and implement a leadership program for national sporting organisations to increase the involvement of women and girls in identiﬁed areas within sport. The pilot of the program was undertaken with women in Bowls Australia in March 2004. Completion of the Women and Sport Analysis Framework and Performance Report Card tools is expected by November 2004.

The ASC continued to develop partnerships with other agencies. The Sport Leadership Grants for Women in Rural and Remote Communities program was funded by the Ofﬁce of the Status of Women and managed in collaboration with the ASC. A sum of $200,000 was made available in four key areas: Indigenous women, women in disability sport, women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and women in general sports leadership. The funds were distributed throughout the states and territories to meet the needs of women in rural and remote communities. Funds were allocated to 62 projects in 2003–04.

Membership Growth and Club Development

The Club Development Network is a free web-based program aimed at supporting the development and management capacity of sporting clubs. Network membership increased during 2003–04 from 3142 to 4703 (up 50 per cent). Rural and regional clubs are well represented in the Network, with 44 per cent of the 4703 members coming from rural and regional areas.

Twenty-seven national sporting organisations were involved in the Club Development Network workshops organised by the ASC. These national sporting organisations have actively promoted the Club Development Network on their web sites and newsletters, as well as at national forums and seminars.

During the year, a short DVD was produced that outlined the operational aspects and beneﬁts of the Club Development Network. The DVD was distributed to all recognised national sporting organisations and additional copies were provided to a number of sports for use by their state-based development ofﬁcers. In partnership with Swimming Australia, a copy of the DVD was sent to every swimming club in Australia as part of their club development strategy.

Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program

The Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program provides a number of sports with support to expand active memberships 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 continuing growth and participation.

During 2003–04, the ASC Board approved investment in one program of $235,000 over three years. This brought the total number of approved Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program sports to 21, and total funding to $11.53 million for the period of the program. Two further sports secured sponsorship for their programs, bringing total sponsorship funding to more than $11 million, which is marginally below the ASC investment of $11.53 million for the 21 sports.

Seventeen sports completed either year one or year two of the program during 2003–04. Reports show that for those sports, participation targets have, on average, been exceeded by 1.7 per cent.

During the year, successful program launches were held in conjunction with cricket, cycling, lawn bowls, rugby league, sailing and surﬁng.

The Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program has resulted in many other tangible beneﬁts to sports including bringing stakeholders at all levels of the sport together to work towards common objectives, improving communication within the sport and challenging traditional strategies for delivering sport development programs.

National Junior Sport

On 29 June 2004, Prime Minister John Howard announced the Building a Healthy, Active Australia initiative to address the growing crisis in childhood obesity. This package has four components:

◗ Active After-school Communities

◗ Healthy School Curriculum

◗ Healthy School Communities

◗ Healthy Eating and Regular Physical Activity: information for Australian families.

The ASC has carriage of the Active After-school Communities component, a program aimed at providing more opportunities for children to become physically active in the after-school hours environment. The Australian Government has allocated $90 million to this program to be administered by the ASC over a four-year period beginning 1 July 2004 with the delivery framework of the program to span three school years beginning in Term 2 of 2005.

With the close relationship between Active After-school Communities and the ASC’s Junior Sport activities, these two functions were combined under one program called National Junior Sport.

Junior Sport

Through Junior Sport initiatives, the ASC aims to enhance sporting opportunities and experiences for all young people from grassroots to elite-level sport. The ASC 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 ASC continued to provide leadership in these areas by supporting national sporting organisations in adopting the Junior Sport Framework and building sport-speciﬁc policies. The University of Queensland completed the ﬁnal draft of the Junior Sport Framework. A key part of the development phase included workshops held in conjunction with state and territory departments of sport and recreation and national sporting organisations to gather feedback on the draft. The ASC also held a workshop with 21 national sporting organisations to assist in the drafting of action plans for the development process of their junior sport policies.

During the reporting period, the ASC also implemented the following:

◗ Out of School Hours Sports Program — 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, the ASC has been involved in piloting out of school hours sports programs in their respective states. Following on from the success of these pilot programs, the ASC developed a proposal for a national after-school hours structured physical activity program.

This proposal was adopted by the Australian Government and the Active After-school Communities program development will begin in 2004–05.

◗ Active Australia Schools Network — The ASC continued its partnership with the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation to assist the development of school–club links. The Active Australia Schools Network has 1080 member schools.

◗ Good Sport Monitor — The Good Sport Monitor program supports safe, fun and nurturing junior sport environments by making resources and strategies available to sporting clubs and organisations that can be modiﬁed and implemented to address ‘ugly’ issues. These resources and strategies are being piloted with four sports within the Australian Capital Territory before a ﬁnal review and national roll-out. Examples of strategies being piloted include the establishment of player/parent/coach/spectator contracts, stakeholder education, and the red and yellow card penalty system.

Active After-school Communities

Approximately 20–25 per cent of Australian children are overweight or obese and this statistic is increasing, particularly since the mid-1980s — a trend that reﬂects international patterns. At the same time, the aerobic ﬁtness of children has taken a sharp downward turn since 1970–80. Around 40 per cent of Australian children do not participate in organised sport outside of school hours. With this translating to an estimated 1.5 million young people under the age of 18 being overweight or obese, there is a large proportion of the population that may be at risk of preventable chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke.

In launching the Building a Healthy, Active Australia package, Prime Minister John Howard stressed his hope that the program would represent a watershed in the process of encouraging Australians of all ages to undertake more physical activity and to embrace more healthy eating habits.

The Active After-school Communities program, part of the Building a Healthy, Active Australia initiative, is one of the most signiﬁcant undertakings of the ASC in recent years. It is a practical means of improving the health and wellbeing of Australian children, recognising that a balanced approach to nutrition and physical activity is necessary to promote healthy habits for life. Active After-school Communities will help address the growing crisis in childhood obesity and has the additional focus of unsupervised activity during the 3.00–5.30pm timeslot and declining motor skill development in children.

Commencing in 2004–05, the Active After-school Communities program will be a free after-school hours structured physical activity and health program. It will be offered to all Australian primary schools and approved out of school hours care services and will cater for at least 3250 schools and approved after-school hours care centres, involving a minimum of 150,000 children.

1800 Reverse Street Active

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, Kewday, Roces and Mongoose).

1800 Reverse Street Active attracted 2910 participants in 2003–04. Every participant also became a paying national sporting organisation member. Targeted at 6 to 14-year-olds, coaching sessions and competitions were conducted by Australia’s ﬁrst-ever accredited coaches in street sports. The focus of the program in 2004 has been to ensure a cost-effective structure is in place so the two national sporting organisations involved are able to effectively implement their own street sports programs.

The ﬁrst two of seven events conducted in 2004 attracted 1357 participants. Of these, 808 are now paying members of Skate Australia and 453 are paying members of Freestyle BMX. The remaining 96 consisted of paying national sporting organisation members who participated in more than one session (that is, repeat visitors). This initiative continues to encourage the formation of membership pathways for street sports. Through newly formulated coaching programs and competitions, these pathways will provide participants with coordinated skills-based opportunities for development.

Skate Australia and Freestyle BMX (part of Bicycle Motocross Australia) have implemented management structures to support each of the new disciplines.

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

Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Series

In its third and ﬁnal year, the 2003–04 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 increased junior club memberships.

Year three of the TRYathlon Series has achieved the goal of signiﬁcantly increased participant numbers on year two, with a total of 9102 children registering for the seven TRYathlon events. This represented a 16 per cent increase on year two results and an increase of 54 per cent from year one.

Events were held in both metropolitan and regional areas across Australia between November 2003 and April 2004 and the series was the largest-ever series of triathlon events for children in Australia.

International Relations

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 Sports Program (this includes the successful Oceania Olympic Training Centre)

◗ Australia–Papua New Guinea Silver Jubilee Sports 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 include:

◗ Australia–South Paciﬁc Sports Program:

– completion of the Paciﬁc Sporting Needs Assessment (a comprehensive review conducted with each of the 14 participating countries to identify means of better focusing development activities over the next three years)

– coordination of 19 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

– continuation of the development of an innovative sport education course for sports administrators.

◗ Australia–Papua New Guinea Silver Jubilee Sports Program:

– the delivery of an interactive sports administration program

– the development of an event-management program

– a major drive to develop Papua New Guinea 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 Sports 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 restructure of the program in 2003–04, with local in-region management and delivery under ASC supervision, was particularly successful. This is best illustrated by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s decision to second two ofﬁcers on full pay to assist with program delivery throughout the region. Gains were made in regional coordination of development assistance. The major initiatives of the year were a regional disability sports program providing skills training for coaches and teachers, and promoting participation in sport and physical activity for people with a disability. The focus continues on developing local skills and expertise of people working in the areas of sport for people with a disability, youth at risk, sports administration and school-sector programs such as curriculum development.

◗ Australia–Africa 2006 Community 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 program was also reviewed during the year with a view to moving towards a similar management model as the Caribbean program. Additional funding for the ﬁnal two years of the program was announced by the Prime Minister. The results of the research program designed to measure the impact of the project on the pilot communities was published.

Conclusion

Sport is an integral part of Australian society. However, Australia’s national sports system continues to be challenged, whether it is in maintaining participation rates, addressing issues of integrity and poor behaviour, or ensuring Australians perform at the level the nation expects. The ASC has continued to be innovative in the development and delivery of targeted programs to improve the health of the national system so that sport can continue to deliver beneﬁts for all Australians across the full spectrum of participation from the grassroots to elite levels.

Outcome 2

Excellence in sports performance by Australians

TOTAL PRICE: $113,363,000

Maintaining Australia’s level of success in international sport remains a challenge. The ASC is committed to strengthening Australia’s high performance sports system and backing Australia’s sporting ability to enable Australian athletes to excel in international competition.

Each AIS program has a unique role in the international elite sport pathway with programs focused at either the elite senior or developmental level. Through the AIS, the ASC provides a world-class training environment to support AIS athletes and coaches, including services such as planning and evaluation, athlete and coach support and technical direction.

The Sports Excellence Program, delivered through the ASC, underpins the sustained success of Australian athletes through continued international competition and the support of world-class coaches. The Sports Excellence Program provides essential funding to national sporting organisations based on individual strategic plans with an emphasis on high performance.

The table on page 54 provides information on, and an assessment against, the agreed strategies chosen to deliver Outcome 2. Australian Sports Commission/Getty Images Commission/Getty Sports Australian

Petria Thomas competes at the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships, Sydney, 2003.

Table 2 Output 2.1: National elite athlete development

Cost to Government: $96,973,000

Quantity/ Target Results Variance from Notes quality target (%)

Activity 2.1: AIS programs and services, and national leadership

Quantity AIS scholarship programs in 26 sports. 35 sport programs’ 35 0 annual plans, including service commitments, jointly agreed to by national sporting organisations and the AIS

Quantity Conduct four national programs: Athlete Career and 4 0 Education, Talent Search, Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme and Elite Sports Research

Quantity Conduct two technical benchmarking projects 2 0

Quantity Conduct 20 approved applied research projects 31 55

Quantity Provide service provision to a maximum of 20 national teams 22 10 on a commercial basis

Quantity Conduct at least three commercially funded projects 0 –3 1

Quality 60 per cent of eligible AIS athletes annually chosen to 74% 14 2 represent Australia in international competition

Quality Annual reviews conducted for all AIS programs 35 0

Quality 80 per cent of national sporting organisation and AIS Athletes: 93% 13 3 satisfaction with sport program performance and service AIS/NSO: 85% 5 4 delivery effectiveness

Quality 80 per cent of national sporting organisation and AIS 100% 20 satisfaction with national team service delivery effectiveness

Activity 2.2: Sports Excellence Program

Quantity One major initiative to facilitate a nationally coordinated 1 0 approach to high performance planning for the 2005–09 quadrennium

Quantity Six sport-speciﬁc workshops to improve high performance 3 –50 5 planning and implementation

Quantity 70 national sporting organisations beneﬁting from high 70 0 performance grants

Quantity One major initiative to assist funded national sporting 1 0 organisations in implementing drug-free sport policies and understanding their ‘drugs in sport’ responsibilities

Quantity Conduct two anti-doping assessment processes against the 2 0 ASC’s Funding and Service Level Agreements for all funded national sporting organisations (in conjunction with the Australian Sports Drug Agency)

Variance from targets

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

1 Following a restructure of the ASC Commercial Operations area, this speciﬁc AIS function was incorporated into the overall ASC structure and is reported on in Outcome 1.

2 Of the 718 athletes who held an AIS scholarship during 2003–04 who were eligible to represent Australia, 529 (74 per cent) were selected to represent Australia in international competition.

3 Ninety-three per cent (445) of the 477 AIS athletes who completed the AIS athlete survey indicated that they were either meeting the expectations (292 athletes) or were above the expectations (150 athletes) of their AIS scholarship.

4 At the May/June 2004 Performance Enhancement Program review meetings, the AIS and national sporting organisations agreed that 30 of the 35 programs (85 per cent) reviewed were meeting or exceeding agreed expectations in terms of program performance and service delivery effectiveness.

5 High Performance Advisory Panel workshops were conducted for athletics, bowls and skiing. The analysis process was completed for rugby union before the sport decided not to proceed to the workshop stage of the process. Work on the remaining two sports has commenced.

National sports performance highlights

Archery

David Barnes won bronze in the 2003 World Target Championships. Tim Cuddihy finished fourth at the same event and is the newly crowned 2004 World Junior Champion. The Australian Olympic team finished first at the European Grand Prix in Germany in June 2004, beating the world number-one ranked team, Korea. A total of six archers qualified for the Athens 2004 Olympics.

Athletics

Jana Pittman continued her climb up the international standings with a memorable win in the 400-metres hurdles at the Paris World Championships, beating the world-record holder from Russia.

Australian football

Australia defeated Ireland on aggregate in the 2003 Foster’s International Rules Series.

Australian University Sport

Australia had its best-ever World University Summer Games in Daegu, Korea, in August 2003 with an unprecedented 12 medals — two gold, ﬁve silver and ﬁve bronze.

Baseball

Australia won the Oceania Championships in January–February 2004, qualifying the team to play South Africa in the Africa/Oceania play-off. Australia won this best of ﬁve series 3–0 to qualify for the Athens 2004 Olympics. In 2003, Australian baseball had experienced a 30 per cent increase in the number of Australians signing professional contracts with major league baseball clubs in the United States. Australia now has 103 signed professional players with US major league baseball clubs.

Basketball

Australia had another strong year in basketball, winning the men’s under-21 World Championship, with Australian Andrew Bogut winning the Most Valuable Player award for the tournament. Lauren Jackson became the ﬁrst non-American to win the US Women’s National Basketball Association’s Most Valuable Player award.

BMX

The 2003 BMX World Championships were held in Perth in July. Australia emerged as the second-ranked nation in the world following the championships.

Boxing

The Australian boxing team competed in the World Championships in Thailand followed by the Commonwealth Cup held in Malaysia. Good performances by Australian boxers culminated in three gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Of the 11 weight divisions at the Athens Olympics, Australia was eligible to contest nine following wins in the Oceania qualifying tournament in Tonga.

Bowls

The Australian combined men’s and women’s team took out the Trans Tasman Test Series against New Zealand in February. The men’s team won the home series against England in April, Scotland in May and Wales in June. The men’s team also won the Centenary Quadrangular Tournament in South Africa in June. The women’s team won the Test Series against Scotland in February and the Four Nations Series in April.

Canoeing

◗ Flat water — Nathan Baggaley is the current World Champion in the K1 500 and ﬁnished third in the K1 1000 at the 2003 World Championships in Atlanta. At the same championships, the women’s K4 1000 won a bronze medal and Vince Fehervari won silver in the K1 200. A total of 11 Australian athletes qualiﬁed for the Athens 2004 Olympics.

◗ Slalom — Five Australian athletes qualified in four classes of slalom events for the Athens 2004 Olympics. Australia qualified for the men’s C1 event at the Slalom Racing World Championships in July 2003 and qualified for a further three Olympic events (men’s C2 and K1, and women’s K1) at the World Cup in Athens in April 2004. Robin Bell finished the 2003–04 season in third position in overall World Cup standings.

Cricket

The Australian men’s cricket team maintained its number-one ranking on the International Cricket Council Test Championship table following another productive season. The highlight was the enthralling test series against India, which tied at 1–1, and Australia’s successful VB One-day Series victory, also against India, 2–0.

The Australian women’s team — the Southern Stars — won the 2003–04 One-day Rose Bowl Series against New Zealand with a convincing 5–1 victory.

Cycling

The strong performances of Australian cyclists continued in 2003–04 with Michael Rogers coming second in the men’s time trial at the World Road Championships in Hamilton, Canada. The International Cycling Union subsequently awarded the gold medal to Rogers after the winner confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs at the time of the victory. In the Tour de France, Brad McGee held the leader’s yellow jersey while Baden Cooke held off fellow Australian Robbie McEwan to win the green jersey for sprinters.

Australia’s performance on the track continued to be exceptional, with the men’s team pursuit winning the World Championships and setting a new world record in August in Stuttgart, Germany, and then successfully defending its title at the World Championships in Melbourne in May. Anna Meares also won gold in Melbourne in the 500-metres time trial.

Sam Hill and Lisa Mathison also won gold medals at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Switzerland. Australian Sports Commission/Getty Images Commission/Getty Sports Australian

Anna Meares (right) competes at the Track Cycling World Championships, Melbourne, May 2004.

Diving

Australia kept at the forefront of world diving with a strong performance at the 2003 World Championships. In all, the Australians won four medals. Mathew Helm and Robert Newbery won gold in the men’s ten-metre synchronised platform as did Irina Lashko in the one-metre women’s springboard. Silver medals went to Loudy Tourky and Lynda Dackiw in the women’s ten-metre synchronised platform and Mathew Helm in the men’s ten-metre platform. Australia also picked up seven medals in the 14th FINA World Cup and another ﬁve at the 7th FINA Diving Grand Prix Super Final.

Equestrian

Australia qualified with five riders/horses for the inaugural World Cup eventing final in Pau, France. The best performance was by Olympic gold medallist Matt Ryan (on Bonza Puzzle) who finished eighth in the three-day event. Australia was represented in the World Cup dressage final in Düsseldorf, Germany, with Kristy Oatley–Nist (on Quando–Quando) achieving the best-ever result in a World Cup grand prix, placing 13th out of 18 riders.

Golf

Australian professional and amateur golfers figured in no less than 80 top-three finishes in golf tours around the world. Particular mention should be made of Nick Flanagan’s win in the US Amateur Championship, the first time an Australian has achieved this honour in 100 years. The Australian amateur men’s team also took out the Asia-Pacific Teams Championship and the Four Nation’s Team Championship. In the strong US professional tours, Stuart Appleby, Adam Scott, Craig Parry and Karrie Webb won tournaments.

Gymnastics

Australia’s leading gymnasts built on their growing international reputations, highlighted by the women’s artistic gymnastics team finishing third at the World Championships in 2003 behind the United States and Romania to record Australia’s first-ever women’s gymnastics medal. Philippe Rizzo had consistent strong performances on the World Cup circuit, which led to a fourth place in the high bar apparatus final at the World Championships. Both Philippe Rizzo and the women’s team, along with Penelope Blackmore (rhythmic gymnastics) and Lesley Daly (trampoline), all qualified for the Athens Olympics. Lauren Farry also recorded consistent outstanding performances on the sport aerobics international circuit, resulting in three individual gold medals. The trio of Tara Busbridge, Veronica Gravolin and Jessica Stamenovic received Australia’s first sports acrobatics silver medal at the 2004 World Championships. Kieran Gorman (individual junior male division) won gold at the 2004 Sport Aerobics World Age Games.

Hockey

The Australian women’s hockey team — the Hockeyroos — recaptured the type of form that had seen them dominate international hockey leading up to the Sydney Olympics, when they won the 2003 Champions Trophy in Sydney in December, defeating China 3–2 in the final. The men’s team had to be satisfied with silver when they were beaten by the Netherlands 4–2 in the final of the men’s Champion Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands.

Judo

Maria Pekli (57 kilograms) beat the gold medallist from the Sydney Olympics to achieve ﬁfth place at the 2003 Judo World Championships in Osaka, Japan, which automatically qualiﬁed her for the Athens Olympics. Maria also won gold at the US Open, as did Semir Pepic (+100 kilograms). Australia also achieved three bronze medals at this event. As a result of good performances at the Oceania Championships held in April, along with Maria Pekli’s previous performances, Australia was eligible to contest 12 of the 14 available weight divisions at the Athens Olympics.

Netball

New Zealand defeated Australia 49–47 at the World Championships in Jamaica, avenging defeats from the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 1999 World Championships.

Rowing

The Australian team competed at the 2003 World Championships in Milan, Italy. The men’s pair of James Tomkins and Drew Ginn ﬁnished with a gold medal, as did the women’s quad scull. The team also won two gold, two silver and two bronze medals in adaptive events at the Championships.

Rugby league

The Australian Kangaroos maintained their dominance in the international arena, playing two tests against New Zealand as well as internationals against a French XIII and Wales, and then overcame a ﬁerce British challenge to record a 3–0 series win to retain the Ashes Trophy.

Rugby union

After its stunning 22–10 win over the New Zealand All Blacks in the semiﬁnal of the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Sydney, the Wallabies narrowly lost to England in the ﬁnal.

Sailing

Australian sailors again stamped their authority on the sport with no fewer than 15 world championship titles contributing to more than 30 top-three ﬁnishes. The sailors won titles across the full spectrum of the sport including senior and youth women, senior and youth men, masters and sailors with a disability.

Shooting

Australia qualiﬁed 29 Olympic shooting places across all riﬂe, shotgun, running target and pistol events at the Oceania Championships in Auckland in November 2003.

Soccer

During the reporting period, the Socceroos participated in a number of international matches. They also qualified after the Oceania Football Confederation Nations Cup to play Solomon Islands in a two-match series in October for the right to represent Oceania at the FIFA Confederations Cup in Germany in June 2005. Both the men’s and women’s teams qualified for the Athens Olympics after winning at Oceania qualification tournaments. The women’s team participated in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in the United States in September.

Softball

The Australian women’s team ﬁnished second in the ﬁnal of the 2003 Canada Cup. The Australian men’s team won the bronze medal at the 2004 International Softball Federation Men’s Softball World Championships, held in Christchurch, New Zealand, in February.

Squash

The year 2003–04 proved to be another great year for Australian squash on the world stage. The senior men’s team won the World Championship, defeating France 3–0 in the ﬁnal. The Australian 2006 Commonwealth Games squash squad commenced its preparation for the Games with a doubles test match against England in Manchester. Australia won the test match 12–3.

In individual competition, Australian athletes achieved notable victories during the reporting period. Australians won both the women’s and men’s British Opens (the sport’s most established titles), with Rachael Grinham and David Palmer winning, respectively.

Surf lifesaving

Two Australian development squads were selected in 2003–04. The Australian development team selected to compete at the inaugural DHL Asia-Paciﬁc Lifesaving Challenge won the championship, while the team contesting the German Cup ﬁnished second.

Surﬁng

It was another outstanding year for Surfing Australia and its Association of Surfing Professionals Australasia division. International results saw Australians in five of the top-ten women’s places for 2003, with Layne Beachley taking the Association of Surfing Professionals world crown. In the men’s division, six of the top-ten places for 2003 were Australians, with Taj Burrow (third) Australia’s top performer.

AIS squash scholarship holders, AIS Squash Training Centre, Brisbane, May 2004.

In International Surfing Association events, Australia took out first place team honours at the World Surfing Games in Ecuador, with individual world championships going to Kira Llewellyn (women’s bodyboard) and Andrew Lester (men’s bodyboard).

On the Association of Surﬁng Professionals competition schedule, Australia held four of the top-ten world qualifying series ﬁnal ratings for both men and women for 2003. The top place men’s position went to Trent Munro (second), and women’s to Chelsea Georgeson (third).

Swimming

The Australian swimming team won 22 medals at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Eighteen of these medals were in Olympic events. Overall, the Australians, with six gold, ten silver and six bronze, finished second on the medal tally behind the United States. Australians also broke two world records at the championships — Matt Welsh broke the 50-metres butterfly record, clocking 0:23.43, and Leisel Jones broke the existing world record in the 100-metres breaststroke, recording 1:06.37. Along the way, Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win the same event three times, winning the 400-metres freestyle gold medal. A few days later, Grant Hackett equalled Ian’s feat by winning the 1500-metres freestyle title for the third time. In winning the race, Hackett extended his unbeaten run in the 1500 metres to five years. By the end of the championships, Ian Thorpe had won three gold, a silver and a bronze to stretch his record number of world championship titles to 11, three more than his nearest rival, East German Kornelia Ender who swam in the 1970s. Throughout the year, Australian swimmers broke a total of three world and 15 Commonwealth records. In addition to the two records mentioned above, Lisbeth Lenton became the world’s fastest female over 100-metres freestyle in clocking 0:53.66 at the Telstra Australian Championships and Olympic trials in Sydney in March.

In January, the Australian team competed in the 2004 International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability World Swimming Championships in Hong Kong, winning 16 gold, eight silver and eight bronze medals. Siobhan Paton completed another exceptional meet, winning a total of 17 medals, 14 of them gold.

Tennis

At Wimbledon in July, Mark Philippoussis achieved another career highlight finishing runner-up in the men’s singles final, while Todd Woodbridge partnered with Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) in a winning performance in the men’s doubles. Todd Woodbridge continued his form with another win in the men’s doubles at the US Open. In the Davis Cup, the Australian team of Lleyton Hewitt, Mark Philippoussis, Wayne Arthurs and Todd Woodbridge defeated Spain 3–1 to win the final in November.

Triathlon

Australia recorded its best-ever result at the 2003 World Championships in Queenstown, New Zealand, with gold medals in senior competition to Peter Robertson and Emma Snowsill. Australia won eight of the 18 medals on offer to dominate the event.

At the 2004 World Championships in Portugal, Loretta Harrop came second in the senior women’s event.

Volleyball

The senior men’s volleyball team qualified for the Athens Olympics, securing the single berth available for Asia. The youth boy’s volleyball team finished eighth at the 2003 Youth World Championships. In beach volleyball, Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson finished third at the 2003 World Championships and secured fourth place on the 2003 World Tour.

Water polo

The Australian women’s and men’s water polo teams both ﬁnished seventh at the World Championships in Barcelona.

Water skiing

In the open women’s division of the Wakeboard World Championships, Amber Wing came ﬁrst and Hayley Smith came third. Australia won the overall team result.

At the Tournament Skiing World Championships, Emma Sheers came ﬁrst in the women’s slalom and jump events. In addition, Joel Wing placed third in the men’s tricks and Curtis Sheers third in the men’s jump. Australia placed second in the overall team result.

At the Barefoot Skiing World Championships, Gizella Halasz won the senior women’s tricks event and Australia placed third overall in the team result.

Weight-lifting

Sergo Chakhoyan placed third at the World Championships in the 85-kilograms category.

Australian Institute of Sport sports performance highlights

During the reporting period, 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 sports programs, which contributed to the successful achievement of Outcome 2 — excellence in sports performance by Australians — in 2003–04.

During 2003–04, the AIS conducted 35 programs in 26 sports. As of May 2004, the AIS provided 684 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 (23 sports programs)

◗ pre-elite or developmental programs (12 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.

As of May 2004:

◗ Fourteen residential programs were based in Canberra. There were 210 scholarship holders in the Canberra-based programs (31 per cent of all AIS scholarships).

◗ Seven residential programs were based in state locations. Diving and Squash were based in Brisbane, and Golf and Tennis were based in Melbourne. Hockey (men’s and women’s) was located in Perth. During the reporting period, Men’s Cricket relocated from Adelaide to Brisbane. The AIS Cricket program is a component of the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence and caters for athletes for up to two months annually. There were 120 scholarship holders in these state-based programs.

◗ A component of the AIS under-23 Road Cycling program is based in Italy for nine months of the year. There were 12 scholarship holders in this program.

◗ There were 342 scholarship holders in the 13 camps-based programs.

◗ There was a total of 462 scholarship holders (67 per cent of all AIS scholarship holders) who were in either state-based or camps-based programs.

Details of AIS programs’ role and structure, and a comprehensive report on AIS sport performances in 2003–04 can be found at Appendix 3.

Some of the highlights of AIS athlete and coach performances in 2003–04 follow.

2003 AIS Athlete and Coach Awards

◗ Nathan Baggaley (AIS/NSWIS) (Sprint Canoe) won the 2003 AIS Athlete of the Year Award. Nathan won the 2003 K1 500 and ﬁnished third in the K1 1000 at the 2003 world championships. In the 2003 Men’s World Cup, Nathan was ranked number two.

Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp and AIS Athlete of the Year, Nathan Baggaley, AIS Athlete and Coach Awards, March 2004.

◗ David Barnes (Archery) won the 2003 AIS Junior Athlete of the Year Award. David won the bronze medal in the men’s individual event at the senior 2003 World Target Archery Championships and a bronze medal at the Croatia Grand Prix.

◗ Amber Bradley, Dana Faletic, Kerry Hore and Jane Robinson (AIS/ACTAS) (Rowing) won the 2003 AIS Team of the Year Award. The Australian women’s quad scull crew won the world championships in Milan, Italy, in August 2003. This achievement marks the ﬁrst time an Australian crew has won the event and only the second time an Australian crew has won a medal in the event. It also ended the German’s 13-year domination of the event.

◗ Lyall McCarthy (Rowing) was the winner of the 2003 AIS Coach of the Year Award. Lyall guided the all-AIS Australian women’s quad scull crew to the gold medal at the world championships in Milan, Italy. Lyall has now coached ﬁve crews to gold medals in four separate world championships.

◗ The Diving program won the 2003 AIS Program of the Year Award. This new award recognises the role a sport program plays in establishing an environment conducive to individual and team success and the pursuit of excellence. The results achieved by the AIS divers at the FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, in 2003 contributed signiﬁcantly to the Australian team’s best-ever diving performance at a world championship, with two gold and two silver medals.

2003 AIS Education Achievement and Vocation Achievement Awards

◗ Adam Pine (Swimming) was awarded a 2003 AIS Vocation Achievement Award. Adam works as a sports consultant in the Membership Growth and Club Development unit of the ASC and primarily looks after the Club Development Network, a free web-based program that supports the development and management capacity of sporting clubs. Since moving into the club development area, Adam has helped increase membership of the Club Development Network from 2700 members to over 4000 members nationally.

◗ Mark Hickman (Hockey) was also awarded a 2003 AIS Vocation Achievement Award. Mark has demonstrated outstanding achievements in his studies and sporting career, having qualiﬁed as an accountant in 2000. A scholarship holder since 1995, he has diligently worked at developing his career.

◗ Travis Moran (Volleyball) was awarded a 2003 AIS Education Achievement Award. Travis graduated from Lake Ginninderra College with a Universities Admission Index score of 81. During his ﬁnal year at school, he was a member of the Student Representative Committee and a member of the senior national volleyball squad. Travis has been an exemplary student and positive role model for other AIS athletes.

◗ Rachel Imison (Hockey) was also awarded a 2003 AIS Education Achievement Award. Rachel is a full-time student at La Trobe University. She achieved outstanding results in 2003 as dux of the year with a straight-A average.

2003 Australian Institute of Sport memorial scholarship winners

◗ Michael Sim (Golf) was awarded the Ross Herbert Memorial Scholarship.

◗ Andrew Richards (Swimming) was awarded the Brent Harding Memorial Scholarship.

◗ Mathew Helm (Diving) was awarded the Nathan Meade Memorial Scholarship.

◗ Aaron Kemps (AIS/QAS) (Road Cycling) was awarded the Darren Smith Memorial Scholarship.

◗ Tobby Sutherland (Athletics) was awarded the Gary Knoke Memorial Scholarship.

Other signiﬁcant performances by Australian Institute of Sport athletes

◗ Annabel Luxford (Triathlon) won a gold medal at the 2004 International Triathlon Union Championships in the under-23 age group.

◗ Felicity Abram (AIS/QAS) (Triathlon) at age 17 won the 2003 World Junior Triathlon Championship for athletes aged 16–19. She also won the 2003 Australian Championships — Sprint Distance for 16–19-year-olds and the 2003 Cup in Germany.

◗ Nikki Egyed (AIS/QAS) (Triathlon) won the 2003 Under 23 World Triathlon Championship. She was also a member of the Australian team that won the women’s event at the inaugural Triathlon World Teams Championships.

◗ Belinda Archer and Jacqui Dunn (Gymnastics) were members of the Australian women’s team that placed third at the 2003 World Gymnastics Championships. This was a historic ﬁrst-ever team medal in a world championship for Australia.

◗ Andrew Bogut (Basketball) was voted the Most Valuable Player at the 2003 World Junior Championships, won by Australia. He was also selected in the Australian Basketball Association All Star 5 and won the Most Valuable Player and Youth Player of the Year awards in the Australian Basketball Association East Conference.

◗ Jobie Dajka (AIS/SASI) (Cycling) won a silver medal in the men’s sprint and the men’s keirin at the 2003 World Track Championships.

◗ Peter Dawson (AIS/WAIS), Luke Roberts (AIS/SASI) and Stephen Wooldridge (AIS/ NSWIS) (Cycling) won the 4000-metres team pursuit at the 2003 World Track Cycling Championships. Their gold medal-winning ride also broke the world record. Luke Roberts also won a silver medal in the 4000-metres individual pursuit.

◗ Shane Kelly (AIS/VIS) (Cycling) won a silver medal in the one-kilometre time trial at the 2003 World Track Cycling Championships.

◗ Oenone Wood (Road Cycling), during the 2004 World Cup Series, became the ﬁrst Australian to win the time trial title.

◗ Henry Gundry (Rowing) won a gold medal in the men’s quad scull at the Under 23 World Rowing Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2003.

◗ Mathew Helm and Robert Newbery (Diving) won the men’s platform synchronised diving gold medal at the world championships. This was Australia’s ﬁrst gold medal in men’s diving in the 30-year history of the world championships. Mathew Helm also won a silver medal in the men’s individual platform event at the world championship. At the 2004 FINA Diving Grand Prix Super Final, Mathew and Robert won gold in the men’s platform synchronised event.

◗ Linda MacKenzie (Swimming) became the ﬁrst swimmer since Anna McVann in 1984 to win the 200, 400 and 800-metres freestyle treble at the 2004 Telstra Olympic Team Swimming Trials.

◗ Michael McBryde (Rowing) won a silver medal in the men’s lightweight quad scull at the 2003 World Rowing Championships and a gold medal in the lightweight quad scull at the Lucerne World Cup.

◗ Malcolm Page (AIS/NSWIS) and Nathan Wilmot (Sailing) won a silver medal in Spain in the men’s Olympic 470 class at the 2003 World Championships. At the 2004 World Championships, they also won a gold medal.

◗ Darren Bundock (AIS/NSWIS) and John Forbes (AIS/NSWIS) (Sailing) won their third consecutive world championship. This was John’s sixth world championship title and Darren’s fourth. The pair also won a gold medal at the 2003 Tornado Class European Championships.

◗ Grant Schubert (Hockey) was named World Young Player of the Year in men’s hockey and won a silver medal with the Australian senior team in the 2003 Champions Trophy.

◗ Michael Milton (AIS/NSWIS) (APC Skiing) in 2003 broke the world speed-skiing record for a skier on one leg and outriggers, with a speed of 193.16 kilometres per hour at the Pro Mondial Event in France. At the 2004 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, he won two gold and two silver medals.

◗ Alisa Camplin (AIS/VIS), Lydia Ierodiaconou (AIS/VIS) and Liz Gardner (AIS/VIS) (Aerial Skiing) in the 2003–04 World Cup season won more medals for Australia than ever before. They won a total of 19 medals and the Australian team (all AIS scholarship holders) retained their world number-one ranking. Leading the charge, Alisa Camplin and Lydia Ierodiaconou ﬁnished the season retaining their ﬁrst and second World Cup rankings.

Alisa Camplin in action.

Other Australian Institute of Sport programs and activities

In 2003–04, the AIS’s three sections contributed to the Institute achieving its annual objectives. A summary of the activities of each of these sections in 2003–04 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 reporting period, Sport Programs Planning and Evaluation:

◗ coordinated all planning and reporting functions across the AIS

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

◗ coordinated AIS input into the ASC quadrennial planning process for 2005–09 with national sporting organisations

◗ completed the annual performance planning review of AIS-employed coaching staff

◗ coordinated the selection and annual presentation of the 2003 AIS Athlete and Coach Awards

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

◗ coordinated a social drugs education program with particular emphasis on the responsible use of alcohol, delivered by AIS nutritionists and drug and alcohol educators

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

Twenty-eight AIS coaches and one administrative staff member were appointed as Australian coaches and management staff for the Australian team for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Athlete and Coach Services

The major responsibility of Athlete and Coach Services is the delivery of integrated support services in the areas of clinical and sports science, athlete career and education, and athlete welfare to AIS sport programs. These services were delivered during the reporting period as agreed between the coach and the service provider in the AIS Performance Enhancement Program planning process.

In 2003–04, 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. The AIS agreed to second 20 AIS-employed Athlete and Coach Services staff to the Australian Olympic Committee to provide services to the Australian Olympic team.

The provision of such services is regarded as part of the ASC’s contribution to the national sporting effort.

During the reporting period, staff in Athlete and Coach Services also conducted considerable 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 Sports Medicine in 2003–04 focused on haematological and biochemical screening of athletes, the interpretation of blood test results in elite athletes, tendon injuries and osteitis pubis. The department also commenced a PhD program in association with the University of Western Sydney. PhD research focused on the effects of a range of alternative therapies on muscle soreness and inﬂammation.

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning continued its proactive coordination of, and quality-assurance role for, AIS sports located in the states and Canberra. 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

An Olympic year brings special challenges for Physical Therapies. In the ﬁrst six months of 2004, the combined time away for staff providing training and competition support was approximately 54 weeks. Ongoing involvement with research continued. The Beiersdorf PhD Fellow presented some of his research ﬁndings regarding the differences between cyclists and triathletes in electromyographic patterns of the lower limb during cycling at both national and international conferences. Physical Therapies also created a further PhD scholarship position, which will be examining the relationship between bicycle set-up and performance and injury.

Performance Psychology

As a result of the AIS Benchmarking Report, Performance Psychology revised the type of services it is delivering to coaches and athletes by placing a greater emphasis on practical activities with measurable outcomes. The use of online delivery of mental skills training is also starting to provide a ﬂexible learning approach for athletes around Australia. The Skill Acquisition team achieved signiﬁcant research outcomes, particularly in basketball and netball, where they have used video-based decision-making training.

Sports Science

Physiology

Physiology services to AIS sports and national sporting organisations were supported by further development in the areas of fatigue and recovery management and neuromuscular physiology, and by the continuation of Physiology’s involvement in the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology. New devices for athlete monitoring in rowing and swimming were developed and are now being trialled by AIS coaches and athletes. Education and research activities were extensively pursued through the pilot Sport-based PhD Scheme with ten full-time PhD scholars now carrying out their PhD studies in Physiology.

Major areas of research included environmental physiology (altitude hypoxia and cooling strategies), exercise immunology, strength/power development and competition analysis. The technical area of Physiology embarked on signiﬁcant technical advances, such as the development of new technologies to ‘water proof’ Australian rowing boats for the Athens Olympics and, in partnership with RMIT University in Melbourne, the development of a new cooling jacket that utilises molecular technology for cooling the body.

Biomechanics

Biomechanics has continued its cutting-edge reputation in the areas of technique enhancement, competition analysis and specialised feedback procedures for the coach and athlete in a variety of AIS sports. Biomechanics is organised into six streams with each stream focusing on servicing a particular sport (track and ﬁeld, canoe/kayak, cricket [signiﬁcantly funded by Cricket Australia], cycling, rowing and swimming). In addition to focusing on these sports, Biomechanics provided access to all other AIS sports for biomechanics services as required. There was also a considerable number of service requests for commercial work with national sporting organisations and private-sector organisations. Much of the development and research in the area of equipment and technology was developed and produced in-house. During the reporting period, Biomechanics had six postgraduate scholars, each for a 12-month period, and two staff completing their PhDs.

Nutrition

During the reporting period, Nutrition released its third book in the successful Survival cookbook series — Survival Around the World. This book contains a diverse range of recipes from around the world, which is important given AIS athletes spend considerable time travelling domestically and internationally. Nutrition further developed the Nutrition Recovery Bar program to assist athletes maximise their exercise performance and facilitate recovery following training and competition. The Nutrition Recovery Bar is part of the AIS Supplement Program, which is now in its fourth year. The Nestlé Fellowship program continued, and opportunities for mentorship within Nutrition increased with the commencement of the Gatorade Fellowship position as part of the new sponsorship arrangement between the AIS and Gatorade.

Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis supports coaches in their observations and analyses of athlete performance. Staff work with coaches to identify how innovations in information and communication technologies can improve their effectiveness as coaches. Staff also work closely with colleagues in Athlete and Coach Services to develop integrated approaches to performance excellence. In the last year, Performance Analysis worked with a variety of programs to prepare for the Athens Olympics. Performance Analysis was also involved in developing an internet-based approach to sharing video and other information among coaches.

Technical Workshop

The Technical Workshop staff provide electronic and mechanical expertise for all Clinical Services and Sports Science departments within the Athlete and Coach Services section. In 2003–04, considerable support was provided to develop new equipment and technologies. This includes the fabrication of a vibration plate for the Australian Wallabies, a throwing chair for Athens Paralympians, new prosthetic technology, and the construction and the installation of a wireless networked three-dimensional camera-analysis system for basketball and boxing.

AIS Software Development

In January 2003, the AIS and the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology jointly funded a position to design and develop leading-edge software for coaches and scientists. Successful projects include the integration of sensor and timing data with video in a number of areas including cycling, rowing and archery, a hand-held system to measure netball player performance indicators during a game, and an athlete self-monitoring tool based on personal digital assistants. Two new initiatives commenced during the reporting period — a project to automatically track swimmers in the pool during competition, and the integration of three-dimensional video into a computer-based skill-testing system.

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 and territory institute and academy of sport network. The AIS Athlete Career and Education program commissioned a review into developing research and assistance material to support scholarship holders to continue with their career and education action plan while away from their home base. Employment opportunities reﬂecting the scholarship holder’s action plan have increased both in Canberra and in the states, complemented by a partnership with the Coles Myer group.

Residences Welfare

The AIS Residence provides a homely environment for 160 live-in athletes. There are six live-in houseparents and 15 block supervisors providing a high standard of welfare, services, recreation and supervision. During the reporting period, the Residential Athlete Committee was formed. The aim of this committee is to address any concerns and ideas relating to life in the AIS Residence.

Technical Direction

The focus of Technical Direction is to provide leadership to Australia’s high performance sport through national programs in athlete career and education, elite sports research, talent identiﬁcation and laboratory standards, in addition to providing benchmarking of services and facilitating discussion on topics of current interest. Technical Direction also enables international partnerships with elite training institutions and universities.

Cooperative Agreements

Technical Direction has established working partnerships with the Institut National du Sport et de l’Education Physique in Paris, the University of Birmingham, Loughborough University in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, and Free University of Brussels. Agreements have also been initiated with centres in Spain and the University of North Carolina in the United States.

National Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme

The AIS and two state institutes and academies of sport — South Australian Sports Institute and Queensland Academy of Sport — renewed accreditation with the Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme for the third quadrennial period. Interest in the Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme exercise physiology accreditation program was also forthcoming from a number of organisations outside the state and territory institute and academy of sport network. During the reporting period, progress was made towards implementing a national accreditation model (facilities and individual accreditation) in strength and conditioning as a discipline. The Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme also held a workshop to assist the development and implementation of national standards of best practice in biomechanics. In addition, workshops were held to address and discuss issues of interest to sports scientists such as interpretation of results and data from testing of elite athletes, and quantiﬁcation of training and competition loads.

National Talent Search

Throughout 2003–04, the National Talent Search program continued to fund and support six of the state and territory institute and academy of sport partners. Six regional academies of sport within New South Wales have supported a pilot scheme. Additional funding was also made available through a competitive tendering process to a range of stakeholders wishing to pursue novel science-based talent identiﬁcation programs. Talent Search athletes performed impressively at national and international competition. During the reporting period, 30 athletes competed for, or were selected to represent, Australia with gold, silver and bronze medals won at junior world championships and a gold medal won at a senior world championship. One hundred and thirty-two junior and 81 senior medals were also won at national championships. Research was undertaken to describe the development pathways and processes of elite Australian athletes, and a consultancy was commissioned to assess the viability of a national system of talent transfer in high performance athletes from sport to sport.

National Elite Sports Research Program

During 2003–04, the National Elite Sports Research Program conducted a workshop to determine research directions leading up to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Along with coaches and scientists from the AIS, representatives of the various state and territory institutes and academies of sport participated in the workshop to ensure that research continues to have a targeted and practical approach.

AIS research through the National Elite Sports Research Program and the AIS/National Elite Sports Council’s discretionary research program continued to deliver research outcomes that are recognised for their contribution to the body of scientiﬁc knowledge and their practical application to the preparation of Australia’s elite athletes. The AIS Research Publications Database at www.ais.org.au/research provides information on research outcomes presented at conferences and/or published by AIS researchers.

National Athlete Career and Education

During the reporting period, National Athlete Career and Education provided advice and support to 32 national sporting organisations on the integration of athlete career and education programs into their high performance plans. Links with international partners were strengthened through the establishment of an International Athlete Services Steering Committee, which the National Athlete Career and Education Manager chairs. Following on from research into athletes’ needs in the education sector, partnerships were explored with tertiary institutions to establish a national network of ‘athlete-friendly’ universities.

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. During 2003–04, Benchmarking was undertaken for the Physical Therapies department and Recovery as a discipline. The deliberations of this 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 strategic directions for research in high performance, and diagnosing and managing fatigue in athletes. The proceedings of these seminars and workshops were made available to state and territory institutes and academies of sport and to 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. This collaboration aims to develop unique and unobtrusive monitoring equipment that can be used in training and/or competition. The project commenced in July 2001 and in the lead-up to the Athens Olympics, all AIS and Olympic rowing crews used world-class prototype equipment co-developed with the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology. Concurrently, the Australian swimming squad conducted initial trials with another prototype that incorporates

micro-electromechanical components. A joint spin-off company, SportZCo Pty Ltd, has been formed between the ASC and the Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology to investigate commercial opportunities that may emanate from these devices. Commercialisation will be prudently controlled to ensure that a competitive advantage for AIS and Australian athletes is not compromised.

Other activities

Technical Direction staff also provided technical advice to the Australian Olympic Committee to assist athlete performance at the Athens Olympics. Areas covered include recovery, intravenous rehydration, weight-making strategies and nutrition.

Sports Excellence Program

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

Approximately one quarter of the ASC’s 2003–04 budget was directly invested in the high performance programs of national sporting organisations (excluding funds that were spent directly on AIS programs). The ASC’s principal point of contact for national sporting organisations with respect to this funding was the Sport Services section. The nature of this relationship was integral in strengthening national sporting structures so that Australian athletes and coaches had the support systems and programs to sustain and build international sporting success.

Through the provision of strategic advice and assistance, the ASC challenged national sporting organisations to strive to achieve higher organisational, participation and athlete performance targets. With an in-depth knowledge of each of their sport’s high performance programs, Sport Services consultants administered the provision of ASC funding and services in a coordinated way such that sports achieved improved efﬁciency and effectiveness. Through the combined efforts of Sport Services and the quality-assurance role provided by the Planning and Reporting section, the ASC also monitored agreed national sporting organisation high performance targets and outcomes.

The contractual vehicle with national sporting organisations for this was the Funding and Service Level Agreement that was negotiated and agreed between the ASC and each sport. The Funding and Service Level Agreement ensured an emphasis on the application of ASC high performance funding and services against sports’ strategic plans.

The ASC also educated national sporting organisations and other stakeholders on their requirements and obligations in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code, the Australian Government’s Tough on Drugs in Sport Strategy and ASC funding terms and conditions via information workshops, email bulletins, published articles and information on the internet. Two national sporting organisation anti-doping assessment processes were undertaken to assist with these activities, and to monitor the progress of national sporting organisations in meeting their anti-doping obligations.

The ASC worked closely with the National Elite Sports Council to implement a nationally coordinated approach to high performance planning for the 2005–09 funding period. This approach applied the coordinated collective resources of the ASC, AIS and state and territory institutes and academies of sport in order to achieve the maximum return in terms of elite performance across a range of sports, with the overall objective of enhancing Australia’s performance in international competition.

During the reporting period, the ASC conducted High Performance Advisory Panels to provide a detailed assessment of a national sporting organisation’s high performance program and produced an action plan for improving it. Advisory panels were conducted for athletics, bowls and alpine skiing.

Results of Australian performances in international events were also tracked. An analysis of results was performed to meet a range of requirements, including Olympic medal predictions.

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 develop and implement 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 Australian Government appropriation to the ASC for the 2003–04 ﬁnancial year was $125.592 million. In addition, the ASC generated in the order of $22.357 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 2004 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 75 sports. Details of grant allocations to sports are at Appendix 4.

Figure 1 Disbursement of the budget across the Australian Sports Commission, 2003–2004

Corporate 2% Infrastructure depreciation 5% AIS sport programs 15% Facilities management 5%

Business Operations 8% AIS Athlete and Coach Services 7%

AIS Technical Direction 2% Sport Development 10%

Sports funding services 46%

Planning and accountability framework

The ASC has in place a planning and accountability framework that is based on the Government’s outcomes and outputs framework. The framework is designed to ensure the ASC meets its legislative responsibilities as described in the Australian Sports Commission Act (1989) and effectively meets its objectives, which are:

◗ to secure an effective national sports system that offers improved participation in quality sports activities by Australians

◗ to secure excellence in sports performance by Australians.

The Operational Plan 2003–2004 stems from the Strategic Plan 2002–2005, and reﬂects these outcomes to ensure consistent reporting on performance measures identiﬁed in the Government’s budget papers.

The planning and accountability framework is continually being reviewed and reﬁned to take account of emerging needs and better-practice approaches.

Internal and external scrutiny

The Audit Committee, which is a standing committee of the ASC Board, develops and delivers the ASC’s financial-management and accountability framework (for more information see ‘The Australian Sports Commission 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 (KPMG), and by monitoring the adequacy of the ASC’s administrative, operational and accounting controls.

There were four Audit Committee meetings in 2003–04. Attendance by committee members was as follows:

Name Position Meetings attended

Karin Puels Chairperson/member 2

Roy Masters Chairperson/member 3

Cory Bernardi Member 2

Margot Foster Member 4

During 2003–04, the Audit Committee considered the report from the Australian National Audit Office on the financial statements audit for 2002–03 (for which an unqualified appraisal was obtained).

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 2003–04.

The committee reviewed the following internal audit reports:

◗ record keeping

◗ publications inventory management

◗ fringe beneﬁts tax

◗ salary packaging

◗ review of costing analysis and overhead allocation (Swim School).

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

◗ 2003–06 strategic internal audit plan

◗ 2003–04 internal audit program

◗ tendering of cleaning and catering services

◗ end of ﬁnancial year treatment of grant payments owed.

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Appendix 2

Stafﬁng statistics

The following statistics, as at 30 June 2004, are measured in terms of full-time equivalent jobs.

Table 1 Jobs by employment type

Ongoing employment — full time and part time 309.2

Non-ongoing employment — ﬁxed term (full time and part time) and casual 148.8

Total 458.0

Table 2 Jobs by employment type by group

Australian Institute ASC Executive Sport Performance Total of Sport and Business and Development Operations

Ongoing (full time) 87.0 145.0 49.0 281.0

Ongoing (part time) 12.9 13.5 1.8 28.2

Fixed term (full time) 78.0 20.0 11.0 109.0

Fixed term (part time) 5.6 0.0 1.0 6.6

Casual 4.0 27.7 1.5 33.2

Total 187.5 206.2 64.3 458.0

Table 3 Jobs by location

Australian Capital Territory 431.7

New South Wales 3.0

Queensland 8.3

Victoria 7.0

South Australia 6.0

Western Australia 2.0

Total 458.0

Table 4 Stafﬁng by level and gender (excluding casual employment)

Female Male Total

Executive 1.0 3.0 4.0

Sports Ofﬁcer Grade 4 49.2 120.7 169.9

Sports Ofﬁcer Grades 1–3 165.5 84.3 249.8

Staff separation rate

The total separation rate for the ASC in 2003–04 was 13 per cent. This comprises employee and employer-initiated separations and separations due to contract expiration, but excludes casual employment.

Appendix 3

Australian Institute of Sport scholarship program performances, 2003–2004

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

Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Archery Residential program At least 80 per cent of the 100 per cent of the Australian recurve team for the for national squad Australian recurve team 2003 World Championships, held in July, were current and development selected for the 2003 World or former AIS scholarship holders athletes Championships to be current or former AIS scholarship holders

At least 80 per cent of archers 100 per cent of the Australian recurve team for the selected in the national recurve 2004 Junior World Championships, to be held in July, team for the World Junior are current AIS scholarship holders Championships to be current or former AIS scholarship holders 100 per cent of the selected Australian Olympic archery team are current AIS scholarship holders

Performances in major David Barnes: World Championships — bronze; international competitions Athens Test Event — bronze; European GP, Wyhl, Germany — 7th

Tim Cuddihy: 2003 World Championships — 4th

Jade Beatty: 2003 World Championships — 28th

Men’s team (Tim Cuddihy, David Barnes and Simon Fairweather): European GP, Wyhl, Germany — gold

Australian/AIS team (David Barnes, Tim Cuddihy and Andrew Lindsay): men’s teams event, senior division, Croatia Grand Prix Archery Tournament — 4th

Australian Camps-based 2004 World Championships Michael Milton (AIS/NSWIS): giant slalom — gold; Paralympic program for senior results slalom — gold; super G — silver; downhill — silver Committee elite athletes Alpine Cameron Rahles–Rahbula (AIS/VIS): downhill — gold; Skiing super G — gold; slalom — silver

Toby Kane: super G — bronze

Michael Milton (AIS/NSWIS) broke his own world speed record for skiing on one leg when he achieved 198.68 km/h at the 2004 World Speed Skiing Championships

Australian Camps-based 2004 Paralympic Games 21 AIS/APC scholarship holders were selected for the Paralympic program for senior selection 2004 Paralympic swimming team, comprising Committee elite athletes 72 per cent of the team Swimming

Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Athletics Residential program International results 2003 IAAF World Championships for senior elite athletes and Luke Adams: 20-kilometre walk — 5th camps-based program for junior Stuart Rendell: hammer throw — 10th distance runners 2003 IBSA World Marathon Championship

Roy Daniel — silver

Heath Francis set a new world best time of 48.88 seconds in the T46 400 metres (arm amputee)

Four to six athletes selected for 2004 Olympic selection the 2004 Olympic team Nathan Deakes: 20-kilometre walk and 50-kilometre walk

Luke Adams: 20-kilometre walk

Sisay Bezebah: marathon

Stuart Rendell: hammer throw

Patrick Johnson: 4x100-metres relay

Four to six athletes selected for 2004 Paralympic selection the 2004 Paralympic team Roy Daniel: marathon

Heath Francis: 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 4x400-metres relay and 4x100-metres relay

Amanda Fraser: discus, shot put and 100 metres

Hamish MacDonald: discus and shot put

Lisa MacIntosh: 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres

Amy Winters: 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump

80 per cent of scholarship 15 out of 17 eligible athletes (88 per cent) achieved holders to ﬁnish in the top top-three results three at the 2004 National Championships

Australian Camps-based Level of performance in Ireland defeated Australia 2–1 in the 2004 U17 Football program for international competition International Rules Series in Australia (AIS/AFL development athletes Academy) Number of players drafted to AFL clubs drafted 25 former scholarship holders in the AFL clubs 2003 national draft

Basketball Residential program Men for development Ten AIS athletes selected for 11 AIS athletes out of 12 positions selected athletes the 2003 Australian junior for the Australian junior men’s team for the men’s team for the World World Championships Championships

Top-ﬁve ﬁnish in the 2003 Junior 1st — World Championships Men’s World Championships

Women 91 per cent (ten AIS athletes out of 11 positions) 80 per cent of current AIS selected for the Australian young women’s team for athletes to make up the 2003 the World Championships Australian young women’s team for the World Championships

75 per cent of the 2003 Opals 90 per cent (nine AIS athletes out of ten positions) team to compete in the Olympic current or former AIS scholarship holders selected for qualifying series to be current or the Olympic qualifying series former AIS scholarship holders

Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Boxing Residential and Improved international results Jarrod Fletcher: 69kg, 2003 Commonwealth camps-based Championships, Malaysia — gold program for senior elite athletes Adam Forsyth: 91kg, 2003 Commonwealth Championships, Malaysia — gold

Todd Kidd: 64kg, 2003 Commonwealth Championships, Malaysia — bronze

AIS boxers also won medals at the 2004 Oceania Championships in Tonga, the 2004 Olympic Test Event in Greece, the 2004 Chemistry Cup in Germany and the 2004 Grand Prix in the Czech Republic

Canoeing Camps-based World Championship results and 2003 World Championships — sprint program for senior boats qualiﬁed for Olympics elite athletes Nathan Baggaley (AIS/NSWIS): K1 500 — gold; K1 1000 — bronze

Olympic qualiﬁcations (as at 30 June 2004)

Nathan Baggaley (AIS/NSWIS): K1 500, K1 1000

Nathan Baggaley (AIS/NSWIS) and Clint Robinson (AIS/QAS): K2 500

Daniel Collins (AIS/NSWIS) and David Rhodes (AIS/NSWIS): K2 1000

Amanda Rankin (AIS/QAS), Chantal Meek (AIS/ NSWIS), Lisa Oldenhof (AIS/WAIS) and Kate Barclay (AIS/SASI): LK4

Canoeing Camps-based World Championship results and 2003 World Championships — slalom program for senior boats qualiﬁed for Olympics elite athletes Kynan Maley (AIS/WAIS): C1 class — 9th

2004 Olympic qualiﬁcations

Robin Bell (AIS/WAIS): C1

Warwick Draper (AIS/VIS): K1

Louise Natoli (AIS/NSWIS): LK1

Lachlan Milne (AIS/NSWIS) and Mark Belloﬁore (AIS/NSWIS): C2

Cricket Short-term residential Number of scholarship holders 12 of the 25 residential scholarship holders for — men program for progressing to ﬁrst-class cricket 2003 have progressed to play ﬁrst-class cricket for development their state athletes Graduates selected to play test Nine of the 13 players who played in the and one-day international cricket Australian team in the test series against India in the for Australia Australian summer of 2003–04 were former AIS scholarship holders

11 of the 15 players who played in the Australian team in the international one-day series in the Australian summer of 2003–04 were former AIS scholarship holders

Former AIS scholarship holder Mike Hussey made his one-day international debut and Nathan Bracken and Andrew Symons made their test debut in 2003–04

Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Cricket Camps-based 90 per cent of the Australian 92 per cent of the Australian team were current or — women program for senior team selected from AIS squad former AIS scholarship holders during 2003–04 elite athletes Performance of the national team Australia won ﬁve out of six one-day internationals in international competitions against New Zealand

Cycling Residential program Performances in signiﬁcant Michael Rogers (former AIS/current ACTAS): time trial, — road (Italy) international events 2003 Road World Championships, Canada — 2nd For women — Baden Cooke (former AIS/current VIS): Tour de France senior elite — stage win; Tour de France — green jersey For men — development Brad McGee (former AIS/current NSWIS): time trial athletes (under 23) stage, Tour de France — 1st; 1st time trial stage, Tour of Italy — yellow jersey; 1st Route du Sud — pink jersey

Robbie McEwen (former AIS/current QAS): Tour of Italy — stage win; Tour of Swiss — two stage wins

Oenone Wood (AIS/ACTAS): World Cup — one win; Australian Road Title — 1st; Australian Time Trial Title — 1st

Gene Bates (AIS/SASI): Giro due Province, Italy — 1st; GP Linz, Austria (U23 World Cup Race) — 1st

Aaron Kemps (AIS/QAS): Citta di Asti, Italy (U23 World Cup Race) — 1st

Olivia Gollan (AIS/NSWIS): two top-three places in World Cup events

Sara Carrigan (AIS/QAS): three top-three places in World Cup events

Australian Road Nations Ranking — Men 5th, Women 3rd

Cycling Camps-based Performances in signiﬁcant 2003 Track Cycling World Championships — track program for senior international events elite athletes Luke Roberts (AIS/SASI), Stephen Wooldridge (AIS/ NSWIS), Brett Lancaster (former AIS/VIS), Graeme Brown (former AIS/NSWIS) and Peter Dawson (AIS/ WAIS): men’s 4000-metres team pursuit — 1st

Luke Roberts (AIS/SASI): men’s 4000-metres individual pursuit — 2nd

Jobie Dajka (AIS/SASI): men’s sprint — 2nd; men’s keirin — 2nd

Shane Kelly (AIS/VIS): men’s 1000-metres time trial — 2nd

Katie Mactier (AIS/VIS): women’s 3000-metres individual pursuit — 2nd

Rochelle Gilmore (AIS/NSWIS): women’s scratch race — 2nd

Anna Meares (AIS/QAS): women’s keirin — 2nd

Australia’s medal tally was one gold and seven silver

Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Cycling 2004 Track Cycling World Championships — track (continued) Peter Dawson (AIS/WAIS), Ashley Hutchinson (AIS/QAS), Luke Roberts (AIS/SASI) and Stephen Wooldridge (AIS/NSWIS): men’s 4000-metres team pursuit — 1st

Anna Meares (AIS/QAS): women’s 500-metres time trial — 1st; women’s sprint — 2nd

Katie Mactier (AIS/VIS): women’s three-kilometre individual pursuit — 2nd

Ryan Bayley (AIS/WAIS): men’s sprint — 3rd

Australia’s medal tally was two gold, two silver and one bronze

Diving Residential program Performance at World 2003 FINA World Championships for senior elite Championships, World Cup and athletes Olympic Games Mathew Helm and Robert Newbery: men’s platform synchronised — gold

Mathew Helm: men’s platform — silver

Linda Dackiw (with Loudy Tourky, NSWIS): women’s platform synchronised — silver

Five AIS divers were selected for the Australian World Championships team

2004 FINA World Cup

Steven Barnett and Robert Newbery: men’s three- metre synchronised — silver

Loudy Tourky (AIS/NSWIS): women’s platform — silver

2004 Olympic qualiﬁcation

Chantelle Newbery

Linda Dackiw

Steven Barnett

Robert Newbery

Mathew Helm

Loudy Tourky (AIS/NSWIS)

2004 FINA Diving Grand Prix Super Final

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

Steven Barnett and Robert Newbery: men’s three- metre synchronised — silver

Loudy Tourky (AIS/NSWIS): women’s platform — silver

Chantelle Newbery: women’s platform — bronze; women’s three-metre synchronised — bronze

Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Golf Residential program 80 per cent of AIS players 86 per cent of AIS players were selected for state or for development selected for state or national national teams athletes teams

National and international Men performances Andrew Martin: 2004 Australian Amateur Championships — 1st

James Nitties: 2004 International Amateur Championships — 2nd; 2004 Mandurah Easter Open — 1st

Michael Sim: 2004 Riversdale Cup — 1st

Luke Hickmott: 2004 Mandurah Easter Open — 5th

Women Dana Lacey: 2004 Lake Macquarie Women’s Championship — 3rd; 2004 New Zealand Stroke Play — 2nd; 2004 Victorian Stroke Play — 3rd

Sarah Kemp: 2004 Australian Strokeplay Championship — 3rd; 2004 Australian Amateur Championship — 2nd; 2004 Victorian Stroke Play — 2nd; 2004 WA Stroke Play — 1st

Bree Turnbull: 2004 Victorian Stroke Play — 1st; 2004 WA Stroke Play — 2nd

Emma Bennett: 2004 Victorian Stroke Play — 5th

Michelle Williams: 2004 Victorian Stroke Play — 7th

Gymnastics Residential program Men for senior elite and One gymnast in 2003 World Philippe Rizzo: high bar — 4th development athletes Championships ﬁnals Philippe Rizzo qualiﬁed for the Olympics with the IGF wildcard entry

Women Two current AIS athletes Belinda Archer and Jacqui Dunn selected for the World selected for the 2003 Women’s Championships team Artistic Gymnastics World Championships team Australia — bronze medal (ﬁrst-ever Women’s Artistic Gymnastics World Championship medal for an Australian team)

Australian Championships, Australian Championships, National Juniors — three National Juniors — one gymnast AIS gymnasts in top-three all round and on each in top three in all round and on apparatus (Victoria Williams, Hollie Dykes and Melody each apparatus Hernandez)

Hockey Caters for both senior Men and development Top-three finish at 2003 Australia (all AIS scholarship holders) finished 2nd to athletes for short and Champions Trophy the Netherlands long-term residential periods depending Qualify for the Olympic Games Australia (all AIS scholarship holders) qualified for the on the focus of the Olympics with a 3–0 series win over New Zealand four-year cycle Women Top-three finish at 2003 Australia (all AIS scholarship holders) finished 1st Champions Trophy defeating China

Qualify for the Olympic Games Australia (all AIS scholarship holders) qualiﬁed for the Olympics with a 3–0 series win over New Zealand

Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Netball Residential program Nine out of 12 current AIS Ten out of 12 AIS scholarship holders selected for for development scholarship holders to be Australian 21 and under team athletes (under 21) selected for Australian 21 and under team

Six out of 12 former AIS Seven out of 12 former AIS scholarship holders were scholarship holders to be selected for Australian Open team to compete at selected for Australian Open World Championships team to compete at World Championships

Rowing Residential program 70–75 per cent of 80 per cent (16 out of 20) scholarship holders were for senior elite scholarship holders selected for selected for the national team to compete in the athletes a national team 2003 World Championships

Number of top-eight places 2003 Rowing World Championships in Olympic Games and World Championships Amber Bradley, Kerry Hore, Dana Faletic and Jane Robinson (AIS/ACTAS): women’s quad scull — gold

Craig Jones, Mitchell Punch, Shaun Coulton and Brendan Long (AIS/TIS): men’s quad scull — 4th

Michael McBryde: member of the men’s lightweight quad scull — silver

Sally Robbins and Rebecca Sattin: members of the women’s eight — 4th

Under 23 World Championships

Henry Gundry: men’s quad scull — gold

George Jelbart: men’s lightweight single scull — silver

Rugby Camps-based Number of athletes graduating Of the 19 players who graduated from the AIS program League program for to National Rugby League in December 2003, 16 (84 per cent) were recruited development athletes environment by National Rugby League clubs in rural and regional locations

Rugby Camps-based Graduation to elite programs 77 per cent of players who graduated in November Union program for 2003 were recruited into Provincial Academy or Super development athletes 12 squads

15 members of the 2004 Wallabies were graduates of the AIS program

18 members of the 2003 World Cup Squad were former AIS scholarship holders

Sailing Camps-based Performance of AIS scholarship Top-three ﬁnishes at World Championships program for senior holders in Olympic-class world elite athletes championships Darren Bundock (AIS/NSWIS) and John Forbes (AIS/NSWIS): tornado class, 2003 World Championships — 1st; 2004 World Championships — 3rd

Nathan Wilmot (AIS/NSWIS) and Malcolm Page (AIS/NSWIS): men’s 470 class, 2003 World Championships — 2nd; 2004 World Championships — 1st

Michael Blackburn (AIS/NSWIS): laser class, 2004 World Championships — 3rd

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Sailing Performance of AIS scholarship Top-three finishes at significant international events (continued) holders in significant international competitions Jenny Armstrong (AIS/NSWIS) and Belinda Stowell (AIS/WAIS): women’s 470 class, 2004 Kiel Week Regatta — 1st

Darren Bundock (AIS/NSWIS) and John Forbes (AIS/NSWIS): tornado class, 2003 European Championships — 1st; 2004 European Championships — 1st

Nathan Wilmot (AIS/NSWIS) and Malcolm Page (AIS/NSWIS): men’s 470 class, 2004 Kiel Week Regatta — 2nd

Alison Shreeve (AIS/NSWIS): women’s mistral class, 2004 Kiel Week Regatta — 2nd

Colin Beashel (AIS/NSWIS) and David Giles (AIS/ NSWIS): star class, 2003 European Championships — 3rd

Sarah Blanck (AIS/NSWIS): Europe class: 2004 Kiel Week Regatta — 3rd

Soccer Residential program 50–70 per cent of current or 72 per cent (13 out of 18) current or former AIS — men for development former AIS scholarship holders to scholarship holders were selected for Australian youth athletes (under 20) be selected for Australian youth team (under 20s) team (under 20) to compete at the World Youth Cup

AIS Men’s Soccer team to make AIS Men’s Soccer team were National Youth League the semiﬁnals of the National minor premiers and runners-up in ﬁnals series Youth League

Soccer Camps-based Qualify for the Olympic Games The Matildas (all AIS scholarship holders) qualiﬁed for — women program for senior the Olympics through the Oceania Zone Qualiﬁer elite athletes

Softball Camps-based Australian senior and under-19 Australian senior women’s softball team is currently program for senior team world rankings ranked ﬁfth in the world elite athletes Team results in annual Australian team (all AIS scholarship holders) results international competition Canada Cup — 2nd

Japan Tour — 9 wins, 2 losses

Hobart International Tournament — 2nd

Blacktown International Challenge — 1st

Squash Residential program 75 per cent of current or former 100 per cent of current or former AIS scholarship for senior elite and AIS scholarship holders to be holders were selected for the Australian men’s team. development athletes selected for the Australian men’s Australia ﬁnished 1st without dropping a set in the team to compete at the World competition Men’s Team Championships

AIS scholarship holders Of the ten scholarship holders, eight demonstrated demonstrate sustained improvement and one remained the same improvement in world ranking

Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Swimming Residential program Representation of AIS athletes Ten athletes (45 per cent of the AIS squad) selected for senior elite on national teams and results for the Australian 2004 Olympic team athletes of those athletes at major international events AIS athletes won a total of 27 medals (9 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze)

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

Linda MacKenzie won the 200, 400 and 800-metres freestyle treble at the 2004 Telstra Olympic Team Swimming Trials

Performances at 2004 National 12 athletes (55 per cent of the AIS squad) selected Long Course Championships for the Australian team for the World Long Course Championship

Craig Stevens and Antony Matkovitch: 200-metres freestyle relay — gold medal

Linda MacKenzie and Heidi Crawford: 200-metres freestyle relay — silver

Tennis Residential program Improvement in ITF world junior 100 per cent of AIS scholarship holders improved for development rankings and/or ATP/WTA world their ITF or ATP/WTA rankings athletes and a senior rankings camps-based Todd Reid’s ATP ranking went from 252 to 127 program for targeted emerging junior Chris Guccione’s ATP ranking went from 657 to 312 athletes David Jeﬂea’s ITF ranking went from 262 to 91

Natalie Tanevska’s ITF ranking went from 141 to 105

Performances in international Todd Reid: won two 2004 Australian Futures events; competition member, Australian Davis Cup-winning squad 2003; 2004 Australian Open — 3rd round

Chris Guccione: 2003 Wimbledon junior singles and doubles events — ﬁnalist

Raphael Durek: 2004 Queensland Satellite event — winner; 2004 Munakata Futures event, Japan — semiﬁnalist

Adam Feeney: 2003 Wimbledon junior doubles — ﬁnalist

David Jeﬂea: 2004 Australian Open junior doubles — ﬁnalist

Triathlon Camps-based Percentage of AIS scholarship 13 out of 15 (87 per cent) AIS scholarship holders program for holders selected on were selected for national teams development athletes national teams (under 23) From 1 May 2004, Performance in international and 2003 ITU World Championships the program changed national competition to focus on the senior Felicity Abram: junior women — gold elite team Nikki Egyed: under 23 women — gold

Mirinda Carfrae: under 23 women — silver

Nick Hornman: under 23 men — silver

Emma Snowsill (former AIS): elite women — gold

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Sport Program description Performance indicator Achievements during 2003–04

Triathlon 2004 ITU World Championships (continued) Annabel Luxford: under 23 women — gold

2004 Olympic qualiﬁcation

Simon Thompson

Peter Robertson

Brad Kahlefeldt (reserve)

Volleyball Residential program Performances in national and The Australian senior men’s team (all AIS scholarship for senior elite men international competition holders) qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games — the and women first time an Australian volleyball team has achieved Olympic qualification

The Australian men’s youth team ﬁnished 8th in the 2003 World Youth Championships — the best result ever achieved by an Australian youth volleyball team

The AIS men’s team won the 2003 Australian Volleyball League

The AIS women’s team was 2004 Australian Volleyball League runners-up

Water polo Residential program National team selections 83 per cent of squad selected for national teams — men for development athletes (under 19) Current scholarship holder Mitchal Ainsworth selected for the Australian senior squad

15 out of 17 (88 per cent) of the Australian senior squad are current or former AIS scholarship holders

Water polo Camps-based Performances in international The Australian senior team (all AIS scholarship — women program for senior competition holders) ﬁnished 7th at the 2003 World elite athletes Championships

The Australian team qualiﬁed for 2004 Olympics

Winter Camps-based Performances in international The Australian aerials team maintained its number- sports program for senior competition one world ranking in 2004 after winning 19 medals in elite athletes World Cup competition in 2003–04

Alisa Camplin (AIS/VIS): ranked number one in the world; achieved ten top-three performances in World Cup events

Lydia Ierodiaconou (AIS/VIS): ranked number two in the world; achieved seven top-three performances in World Cup events

Liz Gardner (AIS/VIS): ranked number eight in the world

The Australian half-pipe snowboard team achieved nine top-ten performances in World Cup competition

The Australian mogul ski team achieved ﬁve top-ten performances in World Cup competition

Appendix 4

Grant allocations to sports, 2003–2004

Sport Australian Institute High Performance Sport Other* Total of Sport Program Development $ $ $ $ $ Archery 546,702 318,300 25,000 – 890,002 Athletics 1,077,157 2,692,000 135,000 235,000 4,139,157 Australian football 200,000 111,000 200,000 275,000 786,000 Badminton – 155,000 25,000 0 180,000 Baseball ** – 1,206,000 135,000 15,000 1,356,000 Basketball 1,067,512 2,238,000 200,000 267,000 3,772,512 BMX – 89,000 97,500 5,000 191,500 Bocce – 26,000 25,000 0 51,000 Bowls – 378,000 135,000 106,000 619,000 Boxing 309,221 105,000 5,000 5,000 424,221 Calisthenics – 0 25,000 0 25,000 Canoeing 680,569 1,303,000 100,000 20,000 2,103,569 Cricket 481,111 361,000 190,000 310,000 1,342,111 Croquet – 0 10,000 0 10,000 Cycling 1,196,797 2,352,800 110,000 73,500 3,733,097 Diving 442,454 470,000 25,000 0 937,454 Equestrian – 1,249,950 80,000 10,000 1,339,950 Fencing 0 70,600 25,000 0 95,600 Golf (W) 180,217 201,000 20,000 55,000 456,217 Golf (M) 180,217 242,000 60,000 172,000 654,217 Golf (PGA) – – 60,000 0 60,000 Gymnastics 1,029,422 1,008,000 200,000 109,667 2,347,089 Handball 0 30,000 0 3,000 33,000 Hockey 957,954 3,270,500 150,000 117,667 4,496,121 Ice racing – 65,000 5,000 0 70,000 Ice skating – 52,000 10,000 0 62,000 Indoor cricket – 219,000 15,000 0 234,000 Judo – 393,680 15,000 0 408,680 Karate – 158,000 25,000 0 183,000 Lacrosse (M) – 0 25,000 0 25,000 Lacrosse (W) – 0 25,000 0 25,000 Modern pentathlon – 40,000 – 3,000 43,000 Motor sports – 277,000 60,000 0 337,000 Motorcycling – 308,000 60,000 0 368,000 Netball 561,796 726,000 170,000 194,138 1,651,934 Orienteering – 76,000 60,000 0 136,000 Parachuting – 38,000 – 0 38,000 Polocrosse – 61,000 60,000 0 121,000 Pony clubs – 30,000 25,000 0 55,000 Powerlifting – 32,000 5,000 0 37,000 Roller sports – 189,000 195,000 0 384,000 Rowing 1,310,664 3,048,120 80,000 0 4,438,784 Rugby league 200,000 111,000 150,000 200,000 661,000 Rugby union 200,000 111,000 170,000 251,000 732,000 Sailing 386,340 2,356,600 135,000 265,000 3,142,940

Sport Australian Institute High Performance Sport Other* Total of Sport Program Development $ $ $ $ $ Shooting, association – 1,166,721 35,000 10,000 1,211,721 Skiing 370,000 570,000 15,000 0 955,000 Soccer 1,042,992 1,233,000 135,000 3,066,667 5,477,659 Softball** 370,393 1,315,000 150,000 185,000 2,020,393 Squash 355,189 370,000 110,000 16,000 851,189 Surf lifesaving – 270,000 150,000 120,000 540,000 Surf riders – 380,000 80,000 195,000 655,000 Swimming 1,082,168 3,355,000 110,000 187,000 4,734,168 Synchronised swimming – 60,000 – 0 60,000 Table tennis – 85,000 45,000 0 130,000 Taekwondo – 644,100 25,000 0 669,100 Tenpin bowling – 283,000 80,000 40,000 403,000 Tennis 430,625 305,000 150,000 212,000 1,097,625 Touch – 251,000 135,000 125,666 511,666 Triathlon 294,258 840,000 90,000 325,000 1,549,258 Universities – 210,000 – 0 210,000 Volleyball 990,988 1,162,000 60,000 80,000 2,292,988 Water polo 945,783 1,452,000 40,000 0 2,437,783 Water skiing – 331,000 20,000 6,000 357,000 Weight-lifting – 325,129 20,000 0 345,129 Wrestling – 33,500 – 8,000 41,500 Total 16,890,528 40,810,000 4,777,500 7,268,305 69,746,334

(excluding Aussie Able grants)

High performance Non-Paralympic Other Total infrastructure international allocation competition and camps $ $ $ $ Australian Athletes with a Disability 180,000 0 0 180,000 Australian Blind Sports Federation 45,000 22,500 0 67,500 Riding for the Disabled 70,000 0 0 70,000 Disabled Winter Sports 45,000 0 0 45,000 AUSRAPID 50,000 32,000 0 82,000 Special Olympics Australia 45,000 0 0 45,000 Australian Deaf Sports Federation 60,000 45,000 25,000 130,000 Australian Transplant Sports Association 45,000 48,500 0 93,500 Australian Paralympic Committee 3,750,000 0 50,000 3,800,000 Total 4,290,000 148,000 75,000 4,513,000

* Incorporates the Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program, Indigenous Sport Program, soccer restructuring grant, 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.

Appendix 5

Summary of compliance

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

ASC contact ofﬁcer 153

Audit Committee report 77

Auditor’s report 77

Board membership, qualiﬁcations and attendance 16–20, 77

Board committees 21–2

Certiﬁcation iii

Chairman’s Review 2

Corporate overview 8–14

Chief Executive Ofﬁcer’s Report 4

Commonwealth Disability Strategy 25

Enabling legislation 23

Financial statements 80–136

Freedom of Information

Ofﬁcer 153

Privacy 26

Indemnities 25

Judicial decisions 23

Occupational health and safety 25

Organisational chart and senior executive staff 14

Reports against objectives and functions 28–74

Responsible minister 8

Review of organisational structure 9–12

Social justice and equity 24

Stafﬁng overview 13

Statutory requirements 23, 25

Appendix 6

Australian Institute of Sport program locations

Sydney Olympic Winter Institute Squash of Australia Ofﬁce 9, Sports House Rugby Union Level 1 Cnr Castlemaine and Australian Rugby Union Ltd 1–3 Cobden Street Caxton Streets Rugby House SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC 3205 MILTON QLD 4064 Level 7 Tel: (03) 9686 2977 Tel: (07) 3367 3200 181 Miller Street Fax: (03) 9686 2988 Fax: (07) 3367 3320 NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2060 Tel: (02) 9956 3480 Cricket (women) Gold Coast Fax: (02) 9929 7966 Women’s Cricket Australia 60 Jolimont Street Sprint Canoe Rugby League JOLIMONT VIC 3002 PO Box 190 AIS/ARL Rugby League Tel: (03) 9653 9912 ROBINA QLD 4226 GPO Box 4415 Fax: (03) 9653 9900 Tel: (07) 5576 4386 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Fax: (07) 5535 1325 Tel: (02) 9232 7566 Golf Fax: (02) 9232 7242 Moonah Links Golf Course Perth Peter Thomson Drive Sailing Hockey FINGAL VIC 3939 Yachting Australia PO Box 478 Tel: (03) 9588 5520 Locked Bag 806 COMO WA 6952 Fax: (03) 9588 5521 MILSONS POINT NSW 2061 Tel: (08) 9458 5355 Tel: (02) 9902 2155 Tennis Fax: (08) 9458 9747 Fax: (02) 9906 2366 c/- Melbourne Park Private Bag 6060 Adelaide Slalom Canoe RICHMOND SOUTH VIC 3121 Sydney International Track Cycling Tel: (03) 9286 1534 Regatta Centre PO Box 646 Fax: (03) 9654 6867 PO Box 4246 ENFIELD PLAZA SA 5085 PENRITH NSW 2750 Brisbane Tel: (08) 8360 5888 Tel: (02) 4729 4256 Fax: (08) 8360 5800 Diving Fax: (02) 4729 4257 PO Box 91 Canberra Water Polo (women) CARINA QLD 4152 Archery PO Box 476 Tel: (07) 3823 1444 Athletics SYDNEY MARKETS NSW 2129 Fax: (07) 3823 1363 Boxing Tel: (02) 9763 0207 Softball Basketball Fax: (02) 9763 0250 PO Box 280 Gymnastics Melbourne WILSTON QLD 4051 Netball Tel: (07) 3357 1577 Triathlon Australian Football Fax: (07) 3357 2081 Soccer (men and women) AIS/AFL Academy Swimming Box 1449N GPO Cricket (men) Volleyball (men and women) MELBOURNE VIC 3001 1 Bogan Street Waterpolo (men) Tel: (03) 9643 1973 BREAKFAST CREEK QLD 4010 PO Box 176 Fax: (03) 9643 1878 Tel: (07) 3624 8300 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Fax: (07) 3624 8310 Tel: (02) 6214 1111 Fax: (02) 6251 2680

Appendix 7

Contact ofﬁcers

The Chairman/ Freedom of Information Ofﬁcer

Chief Executive Officer Nicholas West Australian Sports Commission Government and Board Services Leverrier Crescent Australian Sports Commission BRUCE ACT 2617 PO Box 176 or BELCONNEN ACT 2616 PO Box 176 Tel: (02) 6214 1675 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Fax: (02) 6214 1485 Tel: (02) 6214 1111 Members of the public may make requests Fax: (02) 6251 2680 in writing to the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp, or to Distribution Officer officers of the ASC regarding a range of policy and other matters. Shirley Jones Corporate Communications Enquiries for access to documents under the Australian Sports Commission Freedom of Information Act can be made to: PO Box 176 Freedom of Information Officer BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Australian Sports Commission Tel: (02) 6214 1795 PO Box 176 Fax: (02) 6214 1995 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Email: [email protected] Alternatively, the Freedom of Information Officer can be contacted at Annual Report Information FOI_Offi[email protected]. Contact Officer Each request must be in writing, must Michaela Forster specify an address for return mail to be sent Corporate Communications and be accompanied by a $30 application Australian Sports Commission fee. The ASC’s policy on charges and fees is PO Box 176 that they should be imposed for processing BELCONNEN ACT 2616 requests. Fees and charges may be remitted Tel: (02) 6214 1910 in circumstances as defined by the Freedom Fax: (02) 6214 1995 of Information Act.

Documents that are available free of charge can be found on the ASC web site at www.ausport.gov.au.

Appendix 8

Australian Sports Commission corporate partners

Accommodation Corporate partner Rydges Hotels and Resorts

Athlete Career and Education Corporate partner Australian College of Legal Education and Training Nestlé Australia Ltd Computer Power (formerly Spherion Group Ltd) Victoria University

Basketball Corporate partner And 1 Australia

Beverage Service Corporate partners Coca-Cola Amatil (Australia) Pty Ltd Capital Chilled Foods (since January 2004) Carlton & United Breweries Gatorade Australia Pty Ltd (since October 2003) Nestlé Australia Ltd

Boxing Corporate partner Signature Mouthguards Pty Ltd

Business Operations Corporate Partners — Media Awards 2003 ACNielsen Australia Minter Ellison Lawyers Qantas Airways Limited Staging Connections

Cricket Corporate partner Commonwealth Bank

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

Engineering Corporate partners SRI Sports Pty Ltd Culligan Australia Pty Ltd HG Turf

Finance Corporate partner System Union Pty Ltd (SunSystems)

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

Golf Corporate partner Acushnet Company

Human Resources Corporate partner Frontier Software (since April 2004)

Nutrition Corporate partners Gatorade Australia Pty Ltd (since October 2003) Kellogg (Aust) Pty Ltd Nestlé Australia Ltd Wyeth Consumer Healthcare

Sport Development (Street Active) Corporate partner 1800 Reverse Pty Ltd

Sport Education Corporate partner Nestlé Australia Ltd

Sports Science/Sports Medicine Corporate partners Ego Pharmaceuticals (Medicine) BOC Gases (Physiology) Bio-Mediq DPC Pty Ltd (Biochemistry) Nordstrom International Pty Ltd (Physiology) Ambulance Service Australia (Physiology) Carter Products (Australia) Pty Ltd (Physiotherapy) Beiersdorf Australia Ltd (Physiotherapy) United Paciﬁc Industries (Physiotherapy) Float Tank Australia (Psychology)

Swimming Corporate partner Speedo Australia Ltd (for Swim Meet 2004)

Strength and Conditioning Corporate partner Fitball Therapy and Training Pty Ltd

Transport Corporate partner Avis Australia Pty Ltd

Video Production Corporate partner Alcam Film and Video Production

Volleyball Corporate partner Gerﬂor Australasia

Errata

Figure 1 (Disbursement of the budget across the Australian Sports Commission, 2002–2003) on page 78 of the Australian Sports Commission Annual Report 2002–2003 should read:

Corporate 3% Infrastructure depreciation 5% AIS sport programs 15% Facilities management 5%

Business Operations 7% AIS Athlete and Coach Services 6%

AIS Technical Direction 2%

Sport Development 14%

Sports funding services 43%

In Figure 2 (Medals won by sport, Commonwealth Games, 2002) on page 151 of the Australian Sports Commission Annual Report 2002–2003, the sport of netball won gold, not bronze as indicated.

Index accounting policy, 89, 96 bowls, 56, 149 Active After-school Communities, 4, 49–50 boxing, 56, 141, 149 Active Australia Schools Network, 49 budget, 76 AIS Athlete and Coach Awards, 63–5 see also finance alpine skiing, 139 Business Operations, 10–11, 28–34 annual report information, 153 Business Support Centre, 42 anti-doping, 4, 5, 40, 73 appropriations, 113 calisthenics, 149 archery, 55, 139, 149 camps-based programs, 139–48 assets, 103 canoeing, 56, 141, 149 Athens Olympics, 73 Caretaker’s Cottage Childcare Centre, 24 see also Olympic Games cash flows, 85 Athlete and Coach Services, 67–8 see also finance Athlete Career and Education, 9, 70, 72 Chairman’s review, 2–3 Athletics Australia, 4 Chief Executive Officer’s report, 4–5 athletics, 55, 149 childcare centre, 24 audit, 77, 80–2 childhood obesity, 4–5 AusAid, 11 clinical services, 68 AUSRAPID, 150 Club Development Network, 47 Australian Athletes with a Disability, 150 coaching, 67–8 Australian Blind Sports Federation, 150 coaching and officiating, 43–6 Australian College of Sport Education Trust, 115 Code of Conduct, 5 Australian Deaf Sports Federation, 150 Comcover, 94 Australian Institute of Sport, 9, 10, 11 Commercial Operations, 28 program locations, 152 commissioners’ remuneration, 108 scholarship program, 139–48 Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Australian Olympic Committee, 73 Act 1997, 26 Australian Paralympic Committee, 150 compliance, 151 skiing, 139 contact officers, 153 Australian Sports Commission, role, 8 contingencies, financial, 87 Australian Sports Foundation, 13, 22 cooperative agreements, 71 Directors’ Report, 119–36 Cooperative Research Centres for MicroTechnology, Australian Transplant Sports Association, 150 9, 11, 72–3 Australian University Sport, 55 Corporate Communications, 11, 29–30 awards, 63–5 corporate governance, 15–26 corporate partners, 154–55 badminton, 149 Corporate Planning and Research, 30–1 baseball, 56, 149 Crawford Report, 4 basketball, 56, 140, 149 cricket, 57, 141, 142, 149 benchmarking, 72–3 indoor, 149 best practice, 72–3 croquet, 149 biomechanics, 69 cycling, 57, 149 Blind Sports Federation, Australian, 150 road, 142 BMX, 50, 56, 149 track, 142–43 Board, 16–22, 108 bocce, 149

Deaf Sports Federation, 150 Gymnastics Federation, Australian, 109 delivery networks, 44–5 gymnastics, 58, 144, 149 depreciation and amortisation, 93, 99 Direct Athlete Support, 41 handball, 149 Disability Action Plan, 25 harassment-free sport, 40–1 disability grants, 150 health and safety, 25 Disability Sport, 42–3 hockey, 58, 109, 144 Disabled, Riding for the, 150 ice, 149 Disabled Winter Sports, 150 Human Resources, 32 distance runners, 140 diving, 58, 143, 149 ice hockey, 149 donations, 109 ice racing, 149 drugs in sport, 4, 5, 40, 73 indemnities and insurance, 25 see also anti-doping Independent Audit Report, 80–2, 117–18 Indigenous Sport Program, 12, 46 Education Achievement Award, 64 indoor cricket, 149 Elite Sports Research Program, 9, 72 Information Management, 33 employee benefits, 90 infrastructure, 92, 102 employment innovation, 72–3 see staffing insurance, 25, 94 enterprise agreements, 24 International Relations, 34, 51–2 environment and heritage, 23–4 equestrian, 58, 149 judo, 59, 149 junior distance runners, 140 Facilities Services, 31 junior sport, 48–50 fencing, 149 finance, 32 karate, 149 accountability, 75–8 cash flows, 85 Laboratory Standards Assistance Scheme, 9 commitments, 86 lacrosse, 149 instruments, 111–12 legislative reporting requirements, 23 performance, 83 position, 84 Media and Public Relations, 11 reports, 80–116 medicine, 68 football, 55, 140, 149 membership growth, 47 freedom of information, 26, 153 memorial scholarships, 64–5 Freestyle BMX, 50 mission statement, 1 see also BMX modern pentathlon, 149 motor sports, 149 Gary Knoke Memorial Scholarship Trust, 114 motorcycling, 149 Gatorade fellowship, 69 see also sponsors National Athlete Career and Education, 72 golf, 58, 144, 149 National Coaching Accreditation Scheme, 43 Good Sport Monitor, 49 National Elite Sports Research Program, 72 Government and Board Services, 22 national events grants, 91, 99 see performance allocations, 149–50 National Junior Sport, 48–50 sporting agencies, 109 National Laboratory Standards Assistance see also scholarships Scheme, 71

National Library of Australia, 109 redevelopment project, 9 National Officiating Accreditation Scheme, 44 remuneration National Sport Information Centre, 34 auditors, 110 national sporting agencies, grants, 109 commissioners’, 108 National Talent Search, 71 officers, 108, 110 netball, 59, 145, 149 Residences Welfare, 70 networks, 44–5 residential programs, 139–48 nutrition, 69 revenues, 98 Riding for the Disabled, 150 obesity, 4–5 roller sports, 149 objectives, 1 rowing, 59, 145, 149 occupational health and safety, 25 rugby league, 59, 145 officers, contact, 153 rugby union, 59, 145, 149 Olympic Games, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146 running, 140 Olympics Australia, Special, 150 safety, 25 operating expenses and revenues, 98 sailing, 59, 145–6, 149 see also finance Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon Series, 51 organisation, 7–14 scholarships, 44, 64–5, 114 structure, 9–12 AIS, 139–48 chart, 13 scrutiny orienteering, 149 audit, 77, 80–2 Out of School Hours Sports Program, 48–9 see also finance Outcome 1, 35 seminars and workshops, 72 Outcome 2, 53–74 shooting, 59, 150 Skate Australia, 50 parachuting, 149 skiing, 139, 150 Paralympic Committee, 139, 150 soccer, 59, 146 Paralympic team, 140 social justice and equity, 24 partners, corporate, 154–5 softball, 60, 146 pentathlon, 149 Special Olympics Australia, 150 performance, 74 sponsors, 154–5 AIS scholarship program, 139–48 Sport Innovation and Best Practice, 41–2 highlights, 62–6 Sport Performance and Development, 11–13 reports, 27–74 Sport Programs, 42–8 Performance Analysis, 70 Sport Programs Planning and Evaluation, 67 physiology, 69 Sports Excellence Program, 53, 54, 73–4 planning sports performance highlights, 62–6 accountability, 76 Sports Science, 69–71 reporting, 39–41 squash, 60, 146, 150 polocrosse, 149 staffing, 13, 137 pony clubs, 149 Strategic Plan 2002–2005, 1 powerlifting, 149 Street Active, 50 privacy, 26 surf lifesaving, 60, 150 programs, 39–41 surf riders, 150 locations, 152 surfing, 60–1 property, 92, 101 swimming, 61, 109, 147, 150 psychology, 68 synchronised swimming, 150

table tennis, 150 taekwondo, 150 Talent Search, 9, 71 Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program, 47–8 Technical Direction, 71–3 technical workshop, 70 tennis, 61, 147, 150 tenpin bowling, 150 therapies, 68 touch, 150 Track Cycling World Championships, 142–3 Transplant Sports Association, Australian, 150 triathlon, 61, 147–8, 150 trust funds, 114–15 universities, 150 university sport, 55

Vocation Achievement Award, 64 volleyball, 62, 148, 150 water polo, 62, 148, 150 water skiing, 62 weight-lifting, 62, 150 winter sports, 148 disabled, 150 Women and Sport, 46–7 women cricket, 142 soccer, 146 water polo, 148 World Anti-Doping Agency Code, 4, 5 World Championships, 139–48 see also performance World Cup diving, 143 wrestling, 150

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