This strategic vision outlines the Australian Sports Commission’s focus areas for the next 10 years and beyond, capitalising on the build-up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is separate, but aligned, to Australia’s High Performance 2032+ Sport Strategy.

This is a defining era for Australian sport and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC). We have begun the Green and Gold decade to Brisbane 2032 and beyond, an incredible opportunity to unite, and inspire Australia through sport. The leadership we show right now has the ability to shape Australia’s long-term prosperity, well beyond sporting boundaries. A thriving Australian sport system is enormously influential to a booming Australia.

This ASC strategic vision aims to bring out the best in everyone involved in sport. Success is establishing Australia as the world’s best sporting nation.

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- WHO WE ARE AND WHAT DO WE STAND FOR -

We are the Australian Government agency responsible for supporting and investing in sport.

Our job is to increase participation in organised sport and enable continued international sporting success through leadership and development of a cohesive and effective sports sector, targeted financial support and the operation of the Australian Institute of Sport.

We exist because sport matters and that drives all we do at the ASC and our culture. We stand for respect, integrity, teamwork and excellence and these values underpin how we treat each other and our stakeholders, how we deliver and the world’s best environment we create at the ASC.

- OUR VISION FOR THE DECADE -

We want every Australian to have a connection with Sport. Sport will drive community, health and economic benefits that deliver results and makes all Australians proud. Sport matters.

WHAT WE ARE STRIVING FOR

It’s two years on but people are still talking about it – ‘how good was Brisbane 2032, the best Games ever!’ The 2032 Games have showcased the very best of Australia and sport is still riding high.

Our Aussie athletes have succeeded, not just by claiming medals but also by winning over a new generation of kids who’ve been inspired to give sport a go. The talented young athletes on the pathway to international representation are more encouraged than ever, knowing sport will support them to be successful in competition and life beyond.

Community sport is thriving. Australians are provided with choices regarding how, when and where they engage and connect with sport. Sport is able to cater for rapidly increasing participation thanks to inclusive policies, accessible facilities and the millions of volunteers, still growing and by far the biggest cohort in the country.

Australia is the envy of the world. Rival sporting nations are looking towards us for our high performance strategies, coaching methods, research and innovation, trying to keep pace. Tourists have seen on their screens what Australia has to offer too, attracted to the world’s best sporting nation.

But the greatest triumph of Brisbane 2032 is that, two years on, there are ongoing signs of growth for Australian sport. Brisbane was a great moment in time, a milestone along the way, but it wasn’t an end point by any means. Australian sport has built this momentum on a foundation of sustainable success, forged by the preceding green and gold decade.

In this decade Australian sport has come together closer than ever before, bound by a common purpose. This collaboration has helped the system rise together. All parties across the system are confident of the role they play in connecting Australians to sport. The system works together to remove barriers and solve problems that benefit all sport participants and athletes. Solutions have come through deeper relationships with existing and new partners who bring the best thinking, technology, ideas and innovation to the table.

Sport is helping build the nation. Governments at all levels recognise the value of sport and leverage it to drive community, health and economic outcomes.

Australians talk about sport in their homes, their teams, their workplaces and in schoolyards with a renewed sense of pride, passion and lived experience.

Sport in Australia is the world’s best.

- WHERE WE WILL FOCUS -

LEAD AND ENABLE the world’s best sport system

CHAMPION sport and its positive influence on a thriving Australia

ENHANCE opportunities for participation and success in sport

- PRIORITY OBJECTIVES -

OBJECTIVE 1

The ASC strengthens the capability of Australian sport and its people

We succeed by:

• Strategically investing in sports to advance and grow.
• Delivering expert advice and guidance to sport, empowering them to continually improve and achieve sustainable success.
• Developing people in sport, including initiatives that progress athletes, volunteers, coaches, officials, administrators and staff at all levels.

OBJECTIVE 2

The ASC is the greatest advocate for Australian sport

We succeed by:

• Being the leading and authoritative voice for issues of significance that matter to Australian sport.
• Establishing new engagement channels to build a stronger and positive connection between Australians and sport.
• Expanding our networks of influence to show how sport delivers valuable outcomes for Australians.

OBJECTIVE 3

The ASC creates and upholds positive sporting environments and experiences

We succeed by:

• Building more opportunities for inclusion and diversity so sport is a genuine and positive representation of Australian society.
• Setting national standards and expectations for behaviour, governance and safety and being the exemplar for these standards.
• Supporting Australian high performance athletes to be successful in sport and life, including a focus on wellbeing and the holistic athlete journey.

OBJECTIVE 4

The ASC invigorates thought leadership and drives innovation, inspiring world’s best practices

We succeed by:

• Collecting ethical and evidence-based data and insights that inform our solutions.
• Increasing our science, medicine, and technology research agenda.
• Forging strategic partnerships with other world-leading industries, engaging in complex and sophisticated problem solving for the benefit for sport.
• Commercialising solutions which benefit the Australian sport sector and broader community.

OBJECTIVE 5

The ASC optimises its facilities to advance sport and inspire community

We succeed by:

• Offering modern, unique Hubs that attract world’s best expertise.
• Providing performance solutions for athletes and sports to unlock their potential.
• Using these solutions to also play our part and positively contribute to societal challenges (eg reducing our carbon footprint).
• Activating and opening facilities to the broader public, showcasing Australian sport at its best.