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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.

Split from Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport · 2012
- 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.

Merged into Sport Integrity Australia · 1 July 2020
- 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.

Lineage

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Sources

Government records and websites

Report of the Review of Australia's Sports Integrity Arrangements (Wood Review, Department of Health 2018; hosted by the Office of Impact Analysis, PM&C)

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