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National Integrity of Sport Unit
NISU
2012 – 1 July 2020
Unit within the sport portfolio department that coordinated national policy and responses on match-fixing, illicit drugs and other threats to the integrity of Australian sport.
How it came into existence
Set up in 2012 within the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, which then held the sport functions, to implement the national policy on match-fixing agreed by sports ministers in 2011.
- Sport integrity policy
Changes during its life
- 18 September 2013Moved with the sport functions to the Department of Health when the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport was abolished.
How it ended
Merged on 1 July 2020 with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and the integrity functions of the Australian Sports Commission to form Sport Integrity Australia.
- Match-fixing and sports wagering integrity policy
- Coordination with law enforcement on sport integrity
Main functions
- national policy on match-fixing and sports wagering
- coordination with law enforcement and sporting bodies on integrity threats
- integrity education and advice for sports
- integrity policy advice to the Commonwealth Government
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Health.
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Sources
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