Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for the question and some advice as to the general topic of the question. Ten years is currently regarded as the general acceptable minimum period for board membership under the principles dictated by Sport Australia; however, it is up to individual sports to determine if a shorter period would be more appropriate. Sport Australia's mandatory governance principles, first released in March 2013, then updated in June 2015 and currently online, are that national sporting organisations should have a staggered rotation system for board members, with a maximum term in office of 10 years. There are no constitutional changes proposed by Sport Australia for eight years at this point in time. I do note, however, that, since April 2019, Sport Australia has been leading a process to review and co-create evolved governance principles. The process has included consultation with state offices of sport, all state sport federations, national sporting organisations, SSOs and academic experts. The term of board members is one of the many principles being considered under this work.