2025
A Bill
for
An Act to establish the Queensland Academy of Sport, and to
amend this Act and the Public Sector Act 2022 for particular
purposes
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Queensland Academy of Sport
Act 2025.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on 1 July 2025.
3 Main purpose of Act
The main purpose of this Act is to establish the Queensland
Academy of Sport—
(a) to assist emerging and elite Queensland athletes to
achieve success at the Olympic Games and the
Paralympic Games; and
(b) to identify, and foster the development of,
Queenslanders who demonstrate the talent to develop
into future elite athletes; and
(c) to collaborate with institutes of sport, and national and
Queensland sporting organisations, to maximise the
success of Australian athletes at the Olympic Games
and the Paralympic Games.
4 Definitions
The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in
this Act.
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Part 2 Queensland Academy of Sport
Part 2 Queensland Academy of Sport
Division 1 Establishment
5 Establishment
The Queensland Academy of Sport is established.
6 Legal status
The academy—
(a) is a body corporate; and
(b) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
7 Academy represents the State
(1) The academy represents the State.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the academy has the
privileges and immunities of the State.
8 Application of other Acts
The academy is—
(a) a statutory body under the Financial Accountability Act
2009; and
(b) a statutory body under the Statutory Bodies Financial
Arrangements Act 1982; and
Note—
The Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982, part 2B
sets out the way that Act affects the academy’s powers.
(c) a unit of public administration under the Crime and
Corruption Act 2001.
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Part 2 Queensland Academy of Sport
Division 2 Functions and powers
9 Functions
(1) The academy has the following functions—
(a) to provide programs for the development of emerging
and elite Queensland athletes who have the potential to
excel in relevant sports at the Olympic Games or
Paralympic Games, including—
(i) providing the support of a multi-disciplinary team
with specialist skills relevant to the performance of
elite athletes; and
Examples of specialist skills relevant to the performance of
elite athletes—
coaching, strength and conditioning training, sports
science and sports medicine
(ii) supporting the wellbeing of athletes while they
undertake the programs and on their retirement
from high-performance sport;
Examples of support for the wellbeing of athletes—
• supporting the personal development of athletes
• supporting the career and educational goals of
athletes
(b) to provide programs for identifying, and providing
targeted development activities for, Queenslanders who
demonstrate the talent to develop into future elite
athletes, including providing programs in partnership
with national and Queensland sporting organisations;
(c) to provide scholarships to support Queensland athletes
who have the potential to excel in relevant sports at the
Olympic Games or Paralympic Games;
(d) to provide programs for the development of persons
who have the potential to excel as coaches in
high-performance sport at an international senior level;
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(e) to provide, or provide access to, high-performance
training facilities for the purpose of performing the
academy’s functions;
(f) to develop partnerships and collaborate with institutes of
sport, and national and Queensland sporting
organisations, to do the following—
(i) ensure programs provided by the academy
maximise the performance and wellbeing of
athletes;
(ii) maximise the effectiveness and success of
Australian high-performance sport;
(g) to undertake, or collaborate with other entities that are
undertaking, research relating to sports science, sports
medicine and sports technology.
(2) For this section, if the board decides under section 13(1)(a) to
support a sport in a particular way, the sport is a relevant sport
for the provision of support by the academy in that way.
10 Powers
(1) The academy has all the powers of an individual and may do
anything necessary or convenient to be done in the
performance of its functions.
(2) Also, the academy has the powers given to it under this Act or
another Act.
11 Particular powers
Without limiting section 10(1), the academy may—
(a) for the purpose of fostering cooperation in Australian
high-performance sport, give persons from other States
access to the academy’s resources or to services or
facilities provided by the academy; and
(b) conduct sporting competitions; and
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(c) enter into commercial or other arrangements, including
arrangements for the sponsorship or marketing of the
academy; and
(d) accept gifts, devises or bequests, and agree to the
conditions on which a gift, devise or bequest is made;
and
Note—
See section 48 in relation to the requirement for the academy to
report on gifts, devises or bequests accepted by the academy.
(e) charge fees, or impose other charges, for goods or
services provided by the academy, including, for
example, programs provided by the academy, access to
the academy’s facilities and admission to events
conducted by the academy.
Part 3 Board
Division 1 Establishment, functions and
powers
12 Establishment
The board is established as the governing body of the
academy.
13 Functions
(1) The board has the following functions—
(a) to decide, having regard to the main purpose of this
Act—
(i) the sports to be supported by the academy from
time to time; and
(ii) the way the sports are to be supported;
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Examples of ways the academy may support a particular sport—
• providing a program for the development of athletes in the
sport
• providing a program for the development of coaches for the
sport
• providing a scholarship to an athlete in the sport
(b) to ensure the academy creates a safe, fair and healthy
sporting environment that is consistent with all relevant
integrity standards;
(c) to ensure the academy performs its functions in a proper,
effective and efficient way;
(d) any other function given to the board under this Act or
another Act.
(2) In this section—
relevant integrity standard means a standard or policy,
however described, developed by Sport Integrity Australia,
and published on its website, about any of the following
matters—
(a) anti-doping;
(b) competition manipulation;
(c) improper use of drugs and medicine;
(d) participant welfare, including athlete safeguarding;
(e) another matter, prescribed by regulation, that relates to
integrity in sport.
Sport Integrity Australia means Sport Integrity Australia
established under the Sport Integrity Australia Act 2020
(Cwlth), section 20A.
14 Powers
(1) The board has all the powers to do anything necessary or
convenient to be done in the performance of its functions.
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(2) Anything done in the name of, or for, the academy by the
board, or with the authority of the board, is taken to have been
done by the academy.
Division 2 Composition
15 Composition
(1) The board consists of at least 5, but not more than 8, persons
(each a board member).
(2) A board member is appointed by the Governor in Council on
the recommendation of the Minister.
(3) The Minister may recommend a person for appointment as a
board member only if satisfied the person has qualifications,
skills or experience in at least 1 of the following areas—
(a) business or financial management;
(b) corporate governance;
(c) high-performance sport;
(d) law;
(e) Olympic or Paralympic sport;
(f) another area the Minister considers relevant or
necessary to support the board’s functions.
(4) For subsection (3)(e), a person has experience in Olympic or
Paralympic sport if the person—
(a) has competed at the Olympic Games or the Paralympic
Games; or
(b) has been a coach, administrator or member of the
support team for athletes competing at the Olympic
Games or the Paralympic Games.
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16 Term of appointment
(1) A board member holds office for the term stated in the
member’s instrument of appointment.
(2) The stated term must be not longer than 3 years.
(3) A board member may be reappointed.
17 Conditions of appointment
(1) A board member is to be paid the remuneration and
allowances decided by the Governor in Council.
(2) A board member holds office on the terms and conditions, not
provided for by this Act, that are decided by the Governor in
Council.
18 Chairperson and deputy chairperson
(1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the
Minister—
(a) appoint a board member to be the chairperson of the
board; and
(b) appoint another board member to be the deputy
chairperson of the board.
(2) A person may be appointed as the chairperson or deputy
chairperson at the same time as the person is appointed as a
board member.
(3) The chairperson or deputy chairperson holds office for the
term stated in the person’s instrument of appointment as
chairperson or deputy chairperson.
(4) The stated term must end not later than the person’s term of
appointment as a board member.
(5) However, the person’s appointment as chairperson or deputy
chairperson ends if the person—
(a) resigns office as chairperson or deputy chairperson
under section 21; or
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