DownloadOverview: Organisation overview
Snapshot for 2006-07
Vision
Australia's driving force for Pure Performance in sport.
Mission
To protect Australia's sporting integrity through the elimination of doping.
Values
Complementing the Australian Public Service values set out in Section 10 of the APS Act, ASADA places emphasis on:
- integrity
- respect
- courage, and
- accountability.
Legislative basis
ASADA is an Australian Government body corporate within the Communications and Information Technology and the Arts portfolio. ASADA operates under the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006 (the ASADA Act) and Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Regulations 2006 (the ASADA Regulations).
ASADA is a prescribed agency for the purposes of the FMA Act and the APS Act.
Minister
ASADA reports to the Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator the Hon. George Brandis SC. Senator Brandis was appointed on 30 January 2007. Between 1 July 2006 and 29 January 2007, the Minister for the Arts and Sport was Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp.
The powers of the responsible minister, as specified under the ASADA Act,
are outlined
in Appendix D.
Role and functions
Sport is a powerful cultural force in Australia and it is ASADA's role to
preserve
and protect its value - not only for athletes, their support personnel and sporting organisations - but for all
Australians.
Our primary functions are:
- doping control
- education
- investigation of potential anti-doping rule violations
- presentation of cases at hearings, and
- monitoring Australian sport anti-doping policies.
The functions, powers and delegations of ASADA (in accordance with the ASADA
Act)
are explained in Appendix E.
Organisational structure
ASADA's head office is located in Canberra, with another four offices operating
in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.
The full-time Chair of ASADA operates as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
for the purposes of the FMA Act and the APS Act.
ASADA is structured into four organisational pillars, with a Group Director heading each pillar:
- Deterrence
- Detection
- Enforcement, and
- Support.
ASADA formally moved to this structure in May 2006. The organisational structure
for ASADA at 30 June 2007 is on page 10.
Outcome and output structure
There were no changes to the outcome and output structure in 2006-07. The 2007 Federal Budget provided the following outcomes and outputs for ASADA in 2006-07.