Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | Hansard source

There has been extensive consultation with the sports and, in fact, sports have led the charge in this policy. We have worked closely with the AOC, the Australian Olympic Committee, and John Coates. We have also worked with the COMPS organisation led by Malcolm Speed and all the major professional codes because they understand the threat to their own sports if these issues are not tackled.

There will also be, in cooperation with the sports, codes of conduct and anti-corruption policies to ensure that integrity processes are in place for all sports. Finally, the policy will see the establishment of a national integrity of sport unit to oversee the national arrange­ments and to provide education. There will also be capacity-building arrangements for the smaller sports.

We have also received support from betting agencies themselves who have become part of the push. Betting agencies also understand the threat to sport in the long term and to the domestic and international processes they have in place.