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

I understand tickets are very, very highly sought after! But you'll be like the rest of us; we'll all enjoy the game on the television. It is great to see sport recommencing around the country both at a community level, importantly, and on our television screens. It's been very difficult being the Minister for Sport without any sport happening.

The fight against doping in sport continues to get tougher. The key factor in addressing doping across the world is the unrelenting commitment of the international sporting movement and governments to work together to implement harmonised programs that are robust, effective and fair. Australia continues to be at the front of the fight against doping in sport. To ensure that we remain there, Australia's antidoping capability needs to be enhanced. We need to streamline the antidoping violation rule process and reinvest those efficiencies back into ASADA and sporting organisations to enhance intelligence, investigations capability and, importantly, educational resources to support athletes across all sports and at all levels.

This bill amends the ASADA Act to enable key measures to be implemented so that Australia meets its obligations to contribute to a safe and fair sporting environment, safeguard athlete health and continue to protect the fundamental values of sport. I indicate at this point in time that we will be supporting the amendments proposed by the opposition that will be proposed during the committee stage. I again thank all senators for their contributions to the debate on this piece of legislation and commend the bill to the Senate.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a second time.