Sport integrity

Ensuring the integrity of sport is essential to maintain its positive impact. Sport is deeply ingrained in the Australian way of life, uniting people across diverse backgrounds and providing social and physical benefits.

Integrity threats include:

  • illicit drug use
  • doping
  • competition manipulation
  • discrimination
  • abuse
  • behaviours that reduce sport’s positive impact.

Integrity in sport ensures that athletes, supporters, and fans can engage confidently in a safe, fair, and inclusive environment.

The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) takes a proactive stance in safeguarding the integrity of sport, particularly within its supported athletes' daily training environments. This commitment extends to providing a safe, fair, and trustworthy environment for all QAS-supported athletes across various sports. Collaboration with national and state sporting organisations, as well as Sport Integrity Australia, strengthens these efforts.

Report a safeguarding concern

  • If there is an emergency or immediate danger to a QAS-supported athlete, individuals are urged to contact emergency services.

    Non-emergency sport integrity including safeguarding concerns, can be reported to the QAS through the QAS Sport Integrity Report Form.

    Athletes, coaches, and staff members can reach out to the QAS Sport Integrity Manager for assistance:

    Rhiannon Fraser
    0475 373 077
    QAS.safeguarding@sport.qld.gov.au

  • Athletes have the option to report integrity concerns to their respective national sporting organisations. These organisations are dedicated to upholding the integrity of their sports and can address a wide range of integrity issues.

    Find a National Sporting Organisations or National Sporting Organisations for People with Disability contact.

  • Sport Integrity Australia can receive reports that relate to doping, child safeguarding or discrimination in sport. Use the Confidential Reporting Scheme form to submit information anonymously to Sport Integrity Australia.

Areas of sport integrity

  • Safeguarding is about creating a safe, fair and inclusive environment for everyone involved in sport, especially athletes who are children or young people, that is free from abuse, discrimination or harassment. Safeguarding is focused on changing the culture of sport, stopping poor behaviour and providing avenues for people to raise and report their concerns.

    View the full QAS Athlete Safeguarding Commitment Statement

    Ensuring athletes and staff education on safeguarding is crucial. The QAS provides education resources and may require completion of Sport Integrity Australia's safeguarding online courses. These courses offer comprehensive education on safeguarding practices and are easily accessible.

    Visit the Sport Integrity Australia website for further information on the safeguarding education they offer.

  • The QAS Anti-Doping Policy (2021) (PDF, 322KB) aligns with international standards set by WADA and is enforced to maintain fair competition. Sport Integrity Australia collaborates with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), to strengthen anti-doping practices globally. Athletes are encouraged to stay informed about anti-doping requirements and can access educational resources through Sport Integrity Australia's e-learning hub or  via the Sport Integrity Australia app .

    Anti-Doping resources

  • Competition manipulation is a deliberate act to influence or alter the outcome of a sporting event or competition for a specific benefit. This practice threatens the fairness and integrity of sports and awareness among athletes, staff, and officials is essential.

    If someone tries to manipulate the course of result in sport by removing its uncertainty, they are manipulating sport to gain advantage for themselves or someone else. Competition manipulation can include:

    • fixing the result or outcome
    • an athlete under-performing
    • interference with the playing or performance surface
    • placing a bet using inside information.

    Sport Integrity Australia’s elearning hub is an online portal offering quality competition manipulation and sports gambling education for all members of the Australian sporting community. It is free and easy to use and can be accessed anywhere at any time.

    Visit the Sport Integrity Australia website for further information on the competition manipulation and sports gambling education they offer.

  • This policy helps sports address the threat of drug misuse and is separate from the World Anti-Doping Code and the National Anti-Doping (NAD) scheme.

    The policy aims to:

    • ensure qualified personnel provide science and medicine services to athletes
    • ensure injections are administered to athletes only as part of proper medical treatment.
    • ensure medications are used lawfully and appropriately.
    • establish a best practice approach for the use of supplements, focusing on safety and evidence-based use, since supplements may contain substances on the Prohibited List.
    • address and deter the unlawful distribution and use of illegal drugs in sports.
    • reduce the harm caused by illegal drugs to athletes and the community.

    Some sports already have illicit drug policies and conduct testing for illicit drug use. This policy is separate from Sport Integrity Australia’s anti-doping testing programme and is implemented by each sport.

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Last updated: 01 Oct 2025

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