David Leyonhjelm (NSW, Liberal Democratic Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, representing the Minister for Sport, Senator Nash. At the recent Senate estimates, ASADA noted that sporting organisations have their own strong incentives to be dope-free. ASADA noted that, around the world, sporting organisations can run their own anti-doping organisations. They do not need to be run by government. ASADA noted that, in Australia, if a sporting organisation wanted to opt out of the ASADA regime, there would be a potential loss of government funding from the Australian Sports Commission. So I have two questions. Shouldn't sporting organisations be free to manage anti-doping themselves?Is it the policy of the government to use taxpayer funding of sports to prevent this?