Articles

Fair Play Online

July 2018

Social media has become a powerful tool for people to engage, connect, communicate, learn and grow. To help achieve this aim for Australian women, the eSafety Office recently launched a pilot program: Women Influencing Tech Spaces (WITS).

Practical steps to supporting diversity in junior sport

March 2018

Junior sport is an important setting for promoting diversity and social inclusion because it is where many children and young people learn about social norms and develop attitudes towards people with diverse backgrounds and abilities.

Support girls to 'play up' against boys

May 2018

Australian women’s cricket captain Meg Lanning and BMX world champion Caroline Buchanan are among many elite female athletes who had to “mix it up with the boys” in their formative years because there was no girls’ competition in their respective sports.

Would they still have reached elite levels if clubs had turned them away?

Collecting member information brings protection obligations

November 2018

Collecting the personal information of participants registering to join a club, competition or event has become standard practice across sport. But that practice could get you into hot water if you don’t comply with the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 (Act) which governs the way you must handle the information you collect, and report any privacy breaches. 

Keeping sport safe, fair and inclusive

October 2018

There’s a lot of great things happening to keep sport safe, fair and inclusive. The annual Play by the Rules Award provides a snapshot of what issues are a priority for sports and gives us an insight into the approaches being taken by organisations across the country. 

Intersex people: not invisible in sport but inadvertently excluded

September 2018

There are many misconceptions and generalisations about intersex people in sport.  Often these are based on assumptions that intersex people are a homogeneous group, and an identity group, a sexual orientation or a gender identity. The reality is different, both more complex and more mundane. 

Fraud in sports clubs is an international concern

December 2019

Globally, we regularly read news headlines reporting about occupational fraud in sport clubs. Why does fraud happen and what can we do about it?

NEW Mini-Course: A Parents' Guide to Clean Sport

April 2019

A new mini-course A Parents Guide to Clean Sport is designed to help you enhance your children’s knowledge of how to protect themselves against performance enhancing drugs and drug use.

Characteristics of, risk factors for and strategies to address child sexual abuse in sport and recreation

January 2019

When the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released its Final Report into sport and recreation it marked a significant milestone in our collective awareness and understanding of child abuse in sport. In this article we will focus on simple strategies you can put in place to help prevent abuse occurring in your sport.

Crossing the line: Appropriate or inappropriate behavior?

June 2019

Sport is often characterised by close relationships between coaches and players, whereby coaches are in positions of trust and able to assert authority and power over players. The proper use of this power is vitally important in all coach and player relationships - the line between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour is often a matter of intent, perception and context.

Including people with diverse religious beliefs in your sport

March 2019

Just as sports adapt their practices for people with disabilities, younger people, older people, and same sex people, sports must also consider religious beliefs in the administration of their programs.

Managing conflict at your club - part 2

May 2019

Part 2 of 'managing conflict at your club' looks at the practical steps your club can take to deal with complaints.  

Managing conflict at your club

February 2019

People behaving badly is a world-wide problem. Whether it’s road rage, internet trolling, incendiary criticism of someone with different views or refusing to follow the direction of a parent etc. It is not surprising, therefore, that sports administrators, including board and committee members, are at their wits’ end dealing with conflict. So what to do with a subject that takes up way too much time and energy, and sometimes money, for everyone involved? 

Women's sport is on a roll, and we can all play a part

November 2019

We now understand the benefits of inclusivity in sport. Suddenly we are creating opportunities for women - and those women are becoming more visible. How, then, do we use this momentum to make further systemic change?

Sporting organisations can take easy, practical steps to create a healthy online culture.

October 2019

Here are  four key actions that sporting leaders can undertake to help ensure your club or team operates a healthy, safe and empowering online environment...

NEW: Inclusive Coaching online course

July 2019

Inclusion and diversity are on trend in Australian sport. There’s been huge advancements across all aspects of sport in recent years. It seems we are beginning to understand the importance and benefits of inclusion and diversity and accepting that sports should reflect the communities they are in.