Australia's Competitive Advantage
Australia’s Competitive Advantage (ACA) is the Australian high performance sport system’s collective plan to maximise the once-in-a-generation opportunity presented by Brisbane 2032.
As a Horizon 2 priority of the Win Well Strategy, ACA is focused on identifying and delivering the opportunities that will have the greatest impact on Australian performance through alignment, coordination and purposeful action across the entire sport system.
ACA is bringing sport, government, industry and Games partners together behind a shared national mission. Guided by evidence, the project is focused on four key areas of competitive advantage: leveraging the benefits of a home Games, preparing and strengthening our people, accelerating innovation and problem-solving, and creating a united national effort in support of athlete success.
ACA recognises that Australia's competitive advantage will not come from any one organisation or initiative, but from our ability to work together, identify the opportunities that matter most, and execute them with discipline. It is about finding the critical one-percent gains that could ultimately shape Australia's performance at Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032, while creating a lasting legacy for the nation.
Key Enablers
Home Ground
Ensuring athletes and performance teams are better prepared than competitors for the unique Brisbane 2032 environment, while leveraging qualification and competition opportunities to strengthen readiness, execution and medal potential.Games Ready People
The unique opportunity of a home Games to retain world-class athletes and coaches longer, accelerate high-potential athletes onto podium trajectories, and undertakes targeted capability uplift activities to prepare our multi-medal performance teams.Innovation
Unique opportunity of being the competitive differentiator to accelerate innovation, technology development, learning and performance knowledge across the high-performance system.National Mission
All HPSS, B32 delivery ecosystem organisations, and all Governments are aligned and committed to the shared national mission to deliver the Best Games Ever at Brisbane 2032.
Frequently Asked Questions
Australia's Competitive Advantage (ACA) is a national initiative designed to help Australia maximise the opportunity presented by the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It aims to ensure that decisions made between now and 2032 support athlete preparation, performance and long-term success.
Hosting a home Games presents significant opportunities, but success is not guaranteed simply because the Games are being held in Australia. ACA provides a nationally coordinated approach to ensure Australia's athletes, coaches and sporting system are positioned to take full advantage of competing on home soil.
ACA aims to strengthen Australia's high performance sporting system, increase medal potential at Brisbane 2032, and create lasting benefits for Australian sport beyond the Games.
ACA is led by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and has been developed in consultation with National Sporting Organisations, the National Institute Network, the Australian Olympic Committee, Paralympics Australia, the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee, the Office for Sport, and Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments.
For more information, please contact B32CompetitiveAdvantage@ausport.gov.au
