Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Youth and Sport has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question

Explanatory Note

Question 1 (a)

The number of anti-doping tests carried out by ASADA on Australian sports participants is reflected in the table below.

Question 1 (b)

The number of anti-doping tests carried out by ASADA on Australian sports participants that returned a positive result is reflected in the table below.

*Number of positive results does not include positive results where the athlete had obtained a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for the banned substance.

Question 1 (c)

Banned substances identified in anti-doping tests conducted are reflected in the table below.

Explanatory Notes

Question 1 (d)

The cost to ASADA for conducting anti-doping tests is reflected below.

Explanatory Notes

Expenditure by Financial Year

$5.900m in 2014-15

$5.351m in 2015-16

$5.262m in 2016-17

$6.705m in 2017-18

$4.215m in 2018-19

Question 1 (e)

The penalties applied were as follows.

Explanatory Notes

Publicly announced anti-doping rule violations in 2014–15

Publicly announced anti-doping rule violations in 2015–16

Anti-doping rule violations publicly announced in 2016–17

Anti-Doping Rule Violations Publicly Announced In 2017–18

Anti-Doping Rule Violations Publicly Announced In 2018–19

Question 2

ASADA's testing program combines government-funded and user-pays arrangements. Anti-doping tests carried out by ASADA are paid for by either:

Question 3

Sport Australia is responsible for administering the National Sporting Organisation Recognition program. Sporting organisations are required to apply and meet the criteria as established by Sport Australia to obtain recognition as a National Sporting Organisation. There are currently nine criteria that must be met to be recognised by Sport Australia, this includes the requirement for the organisation to have a current ASADA approved Anti-Doping Policy.

All recognised National Sporting Organisations are subject to ASADA oversight and can be found on the Sport Australia website https://www.sportaus.gov.au/australian_sports_directory

1 Parent compound refers to the substance which would have been used

2 Metabolite is formed by the body following use of the related prohibited substance

3 This entry represents the disclosure of 17 Cronulla–Sutherland Sharks Football Club players following the finalisation of outstanding cases resulting from the Operation Cobia investigation.

4 This entry represents the disclosure of 34 past and present Essendon Football Club players following the Swiss Federal Tribunal's dismissal of the players' final appeal.

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