COVID Safe Sport
Practical resources that focus on giving sporting organisations a roadmap for the safest return to sport at all levels.
Sport Australia, in partnership with the State and Territory Agencies for Sport and Recreation have compiled a list of websites with the most up to date information to help sporting organisations undertake competitions and programs in a safe, responsible, and low risk manner.
Important note:
State and Territory governments and their public health authorities are responsible for decisions about sporting activities in each jurisdiction, both at the professional and community sport level. These may be updated from time to time as further guidance material from governments and public health authorities is provided.
Four elements of COVID safe sport
Plan
Implementing plans, processes and systems to meet government and health requirements, and provide safe sport environments.
Prepare
Ensuring safe facility and participant practices, like hygiene practices, attendance registers at training and limiting shared equipment as much as possible.
Respond
Being prepared for management of a COVID-19 outbreak, noting things can change quickly in your local area.
Recover
Consideration of protocols to optimise good public and participant health into the future.
COVID safe sport information
Below provides the most up to date information for each Australian jurisdiction.
- ACT Government - General territory wide COVID information from the ACT Government, opens in a new tab
- ACT Sport and Recreation - Relevant COVID information for the ACT sport and recreation sector, opens in a new tab
- NSW Government - General state wide COVID information from the NSW Government, opens in a new tab
- NSW Health - General state wide COVID information from the NSW Health, opens in a new tab
- NSW Office of Sport - Relevant COVID information for the NSW sport and recreation sector, opens in a new tab
- COVID safe plan - Community sport and recreation COVID safe plans, opens in a new tab
- COVID resource library - COVID sport and active recreation sector resources library to help support sporting organisations., opens in a new tab
- QLD Government - General state wide COVID information from the Queensland Government, opens in a new tab
- QLD return to play framework - COVID-19 restrictions for sport, recreation and fitness activities, opens in a new tab
- Travel - Advice for traveling to and from interstate and international events, opens in a new tab
- SA Government - General state wide COVID information from the South Australian Government, opens in a new tab
- SA Health - General state wide COVID information from SA Health, opens in a new tab
- Office of Recreation, Sport and Racing - Relevant COVID information for the South Australian sport and recreation sector, opens in a new tab
- COVID guidance - Restrictions and responsibilities within South Australia, opens in a new tab
- TAS Government - General state wide COVID information from the Tasmanian Government, opens in a new tab
- TAS Sport and Recreation - Relevant COVID information for the Tasmanian sport and recreation sector, opens in a new tab
- COVID safe events framework - Helping event organisers to identify and manage the risk of COVID-19 for a range of events and activities, opens in a new tab
- COVID safe workplace - Safe workplace guidelines for the sport and recreation industry, opens in a new tab
- COVID resource library - COVID sport and active recreation sector resources and links to help support sporting organisations, opens in a new tab
- COVID e-newsletter - Regular update email for the Tasmanian sport and recreation sector, opens in a new tab
VIC Government - General state wide COVID information from the Victorian Government, opens in a new tab
VIC Health and Human Services - General state wide COVID information from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, opens in a new tab
Vicsport - Relevant COVID information for the Victorian sport and recreation sector, opens in a new tab
COVID guidance - Guidance for sport, exercise and physical recreation businesses within Victoria, opens in a new tab
COVID safe plan - Community sport and recreation COVID safe plan, opens in a new tab
- WA Government - General state wide COVID information from the Western Australian Government, opens in a new tab
- WA Health - General state wide COVID information from the Western Australian Department of Health, opens in a new tab
- Sport West - Relevant COVID information for the WA sport and recreation sector, opens in a new tab
- COVID safety guidelines - Safety plans and guidelines for WA sport and recreation, opens in a new tab
- COVID recovery framework - The recovery framework provides guidance for sport and recreation organisations, opens in a new tab
- Travel - Advice for traveling to and from interstate and international events, opens in a new tab