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Protecting the Integrity of Our Sport

Everyone involved in athletics, athletes, parents, coaches, support personnel, administrators, and supporters, play a vital role in safeguarding the integrity of our sport.

If you have any questions or concerns related to integrity matters, including issues around conduct, fairness, or child safety, please follow the process outlined below:

Step 1: Contact Your Club or Centre  
In the first instance, please raise your concern with your Club or Centre’s Member Protection Information Officer (MPIO). They are trained to provide advice and support in handling member protection and integrity-related matters.

Step 2: Escalate to NSW Athletics (if required)
If you do not receive a satisfactory response, or if the matter requires further escalation, you are encouraged to contact the NSW Athletics Development Officer (NSW Athletics MPIO) [link to contacts page] by submitting your concern through this secure online form:
Click here to report a concern

All complaints will be assessed and managed appropriately, either by NSW Athletics, or where relevant, referred to Australian Athletics, Sport Integrity Australia (SIA), or another external agency.

Working with Sport Integrity Australia
NSW Athletics works in close partnership with Sport Integrity Australia, the national coordination agency for safeguarding integrity in Australian sport. To learn more about their role and the support they provide, visit the Sport Integrity Australia website.

Click here to make a complaint or to seek more information from NSW Athletics

Click here to make a Doping, Child Safeguarding or Discrimination complaint, or to seek more information from Australian Athletics

 

Knowledge of, or concerns regarding integrity-related matters can be reported to:

  • Club - Please contact your Club MPIO, details should be found on your Club website.
  • NSW Athletics - In addition to the form above, if you would like to discuss an issue or seek some advice, contact the NSW Athletics Development Officer in your region and/or submit a complaint via the form below.
  • Athletics Australia - To discuss an issue or seek some advice, contact the General Manager of Integrity, Briar Sefo at integrity@athletics.org.au or submit a enquiry via the form above. Our complaints process is outlined in the Complaints, Disputes & Discipline Policy.
  • Sport Integrity Australia - Anything that may constitute prohibited conduct under (a) the Child Safeguarding Policy, (b) discrimination, based on a protected characteristic matters under the Member Protection Policy, or (c) doping. A complaint can be submitted by the following methods:
  • eSafety Commissioner - abusive or inappropriate online content online can be reported to the eSafety Commisioner for action. eSafety can investigate cyberbullying of children, adult cyber abuse, image abuse (sharing or threatening to share intimate images without consent) and illegal content. Report online harm HERE.
  • Paralympics Australia (Intentional Misrepresentation) Paralympics Australia is the body that manages national level IM. IM is a serious offence that undermines the integrity of classification and Para-Sport. You can report via any of Paralympic Australia’s three channels:
  • 1800 Safe Sport line - The 1800 number (1800 161 361) has been created by SIA for members to share their story about issues they have experienced in athletics.