Sport Governance Resources
For guidance, or to discuss how your organisation may best implement good practice in this area, please contact your state or territory agency for sport and recreation. For NSOs, email your query to SportsGovernance@ausport.gov.au and a consultant will contact you.
- AICD-Directorship-Advertisement.pdf(PDF • 81.0 kb)
- Annual Board Planner - Template(DOCX • 30.4 kb)
- Board Charter (abridged) - Template(DOCX • 27.0 kb)
- Board Charter (comprehensive) - Template(DOCX • 58.9 kb)
- Board-Director-Nominations-Guide-v2022-web.docx(DOCX • 48.0 kb)
- Board Director Remuneration - Guidance Sheet(PDF • 196.2 kb)
- Board Document Checklist - Template(DOCX • 27.3 kb)
- Board Induction Pack - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 36.3 kb)
- Board Induction Program - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 67.4 kb)
- Board Meeting Agenda - Template(DOCX • 25.0 kb)
- Board Minutes - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 66.9 kb)
- Board Papers - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 61.7 kb)
- Board Skills Matrix - Template(XLSX • 50.1 kb)
- Board-Stakeholder-Engagement-Plan-Template.docx(DOCX • 81.1 kb)
- Board Sub-Committee Charter - Template(DOCX • 32.3 kb)
- Board v Management Functions - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 67.8 kb)
- By-laws and Policies - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 58.7 kb)
- CEO Performance Review - Template(DOCX • 39.4 kb)
- Chair-Success-Summary-Sheet.pdf(PDF • 188.3 kb)
- Code of Conduct (General) - Template(DOCX • 60.7 kb)
- Committee Guide Book - Template(DOCX • 98.7 kb)
- Common Board Dysfunctions (assessment) - Template(DOCX • 39.3 kb)
- Company Limited by Guarantee - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 79.1 kb)
- Conflict of Interest Policy - Template(DOCX • 33.2 kb)
- Conflicts of Interest - Guidance Sheet(PDF • 41.4 kb)
- Director-Education-The-Start-Line-Resources.pdf(PDF • 251.4 kb)
- Director Independence - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 57.5 kb)
- Director Performance Evaluation - Template(DOC • 145.0 kb)
- Director-Success-Summary-Sheet.pdf(PDF • 186.7 kb)
- Directors Code of Conduct - Template(DOCX • 44.3 kb)
- Finance, Audit and Risk Committee Charter - Template(DOCX • 32.5 kb)
- Gender Strategy Toolkit (Australian Government), opens in a new tab
- Governance Committee Charter - Template(DOCX • 36.3 kb)
- Nominations Committee - Charter Template(DOCX • 40.7 kb)
- Nominations Committee - Checklist(DOCX • 114.7 kb)
- Nominations Committee - Guide(PDF • 83.0 kb)
- Nominations Committee – Assessing the Eligibility and Suitability of Candidates - Guidance Sheet(PDF • 227.4 kb)
- Not for Profit Template (DOCX • 22.7 kb)
- One Sailing(PDF • 1011.8 kb)
- One Sailing Quantification Analysis(PDF • 658.9 kb)
- Operational Planning Grid - Template(DOCX • 46.1 kb)
- Position Description (Committee Member) - Template(DOCX • 60.7 kb)
- Position Description (President) - Template(DOCX • 61.1 kb)
- Position Description (Secretary) - Template(DOCX • 59.4 kb)
- Position Description (Treasurer) - Template(DOCX • 48.0 kb)
- Purpose Statement - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 53.3 kb)
- Recruitment-and-Talent-Sourcing-Strategy-TEMPLATE-FINAL.docx(DOCX • 36.2 kb)
- Risk Management - Implementation Guide(PDF • 518.9 kb)
- Role of Directors - Guidance Sheet(PDF • 151.1 kb)
- Role of Directors - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 69.1 kb)
- Sport-Governance-Framework.pdf(PDF • 1.1 mb)
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- 90574e29-9179-459f-8dd0-c2ba2104418b(PDF • 366.2 kb)
- e70d89b4-1a0b-4a6c-a737-2fd1834ce5a0(PDF • 831.4 kb)
- SportAUS Draft Delegations Policy (DOCX • 84.1 kb)
- Strategic Plan Monitoring and Review - Template(DOCX • 34.9 kb)
- Strategic Plan one-pager - Template(DOCX • 72.3 kb)
- Strategic Planning - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 579.1 kb)
- Value Statement - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 53.0 kb)
- Vision Statement - Guidance Sheet(DOCX • 59.3 kb)
Useful weblinks
Commonwealth legislation:
- Corporations Act 2001, opens in a new tab
- Sport Integrity Australia Act 2020, opens in a new tab
- Sport Integrity Australia Regulations 2020, opens in a new tab
- National Sports Tribunal Act 2019, opens in a new tab
- Australian child protection legislation, opens in a new tab
Associations Incorporations Acts for each jurisdiction:
- Australian Capital Territory - Associations Incorporation Act 1991, opens in a new tab
- New South Wales -Associations Incorporation Act 2009, opens in a new tab
- Northern Territory - Associations Act 2003, opens in a new tab
- Queensland - Associations Incorporation Act 1981, opens in a new tab (as at 19 May 2017)
- South Australia - Associations Incorporation Act 1985, opens in a new tab
- Tasmania - Associations Incorporation Act 1964, opens in a new tab
- Victoria - Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012, opens in a new tab
- Western Australia - Associations Incorporation Act 2015, opens in a new tab
Sports controlling body
Resources and Templates
- Code of conduct, opens in a new tab
- Child safe sport, opens in a new tab
- Member protection, opens in a new tab
- Anti-doping, opens in a new tab
- Illicit drugs policy, opens in a new tab
- National match-fixing policy, opens in a new tab
- Anti-match-fixing policy template, opens in a new tab
Guides
- AIS sports science sports medicine best practice principles
- AIS sports science medicine practitioners minimum standards
- Inclusive Sport
- Trans_and_Gender_Diverse_Guidelines_2019.pdf
- Integrity guidelines, opens in a new tab
- Play by the rules, opens in a new tab
- Complaints handling, opens in a new tab
For more information or assistance regarding sport integrity, please visit the Sport Integrity Australia website or contact engagement@sportintegrity.gov.au.
Case Studies
Golf Australia
Golf Australia has recently been working through the adoption of ‘One Golf’, a One Management model specific to the sport of Golf.
Stephen Pitt, CEO of Golf Australia, was kind enough to recently sit down and share some insights into the One Golf journey, the benefits it has delivered for the sport, and why it’s important for sports to consider an enhanced operating model like One Management.
Paddle Australia and the State Paddle Associations Collaborate to Implement the United Paddling Management Project
In June 2019, with the support of Sport Australia, Paddle Australia and its six State Paddle Associations committed to pursuing the ‘United Paddling Management’ (UPM) project. The purpose for undertaking the UPM project was to introduce consistent whole of sport processes, procedures and systems that reduce duplication and improve efficiency across the workstreams of strategy, finance and workforce. It was agreed that by reducing duplication and improving efficiency across the sport, a greater focus could be placed on delivering strategically aligned initiatives, in the areas of participation, sport development, marketing and promotion and advocacy.