Analysis of Australian Public Policies: A Management Report

This report provides a comparative analysis of seven major policy areas within Australia, including elite sport and sport pathways, sport participation and junior sport, sport betting, sport broadcasting, drugs in sport, and stadia and events. The analysis examines the challenges, relevant policies, and their scopes, as well as the impact on various stakeholders. Each section identifies key skills and resources necessary for effective policy implementation, referencing policy implementation models and best practices. The report highlights the complexities of each policy area, from managing elite athlete development to addressing the challenges of gambling and drug use in sports, and the need for strategic planning, resource allocation, and community engagement to ensure effective outcomes. The report emphasizes the importance of adapting to technological advancements and the need to balance revenue generation with community welfare and consumer protection.

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The public policy in the country of Australia is generally formulated by the government
for the effective communication and the delivery of the strategic intent. The report will high
seven of the major policy areas for a comparative analysis regarding the targeted polices of
those areas as per the regulations of the Australian government.
Elite sport & Sport Pathways
Within the pinnacle of the pathway of the athletes of the sports, the sports organization in
Australia strive towards the improvement of the conversion rates from the representation in the
national basis towards the podium, and the sustained success rate. The main issue or the
challenge of the policy in this area is the effective distinguish among the elite and the non elite
athletes in the field of the sports pathways and the talent development in Australia.
The relevant policy regrading the context of the elite sports and the sports pathways is the
Australian FTEM framework policy. This policy has been developed by the AIS towards the
foundations, the talent, elite and the mastery of the framework for the effective capturing of the
different pathways of sports.
The scope of the Australian Policy is to fully understand and the expertise the
characteristics of the athletes towards their development (Stewart et al., 2004). The policy affects
mainly the athletes and also the national and the state sports organization. From the view of the
policy community that contributed towards the policy that addresses the issues and the
challenges of the policy, some of the skills and the relevant resources This is because the elite
performances within the FTEM framework is being published for the representation by the clear
performances and the achievable outcomes of planning (Elite - FTEM framework, 2019). Skills
and the resources like the characteristics of the elite performances are basically dependent over

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whether the athlete is engaged in the professional sport and Olympic sport. Some of the best
practices that the policy targets includes the effective deliberate programming that includes the
guidance, the competitive strategies that includes the scenario planning , the media training and
the support management fir the career. According to the stage 4 of the 6 stage policy
implementation model , the policy implementation includes the resources, skills like the
optimized and individualized athlete case managements through the means of effective
interdisciplinary services.
Sport Participation & Junior Sport
It is essential for the young people towards the participation in the sports for playing and
for staying active for their physical and mental health and the wellbeing through their life. The
statement of the problem of the policy lies over the violation of the principle of the equity of
participation and the promotion of the early specializations and the diversity in the sports that
impacts the future elite performances and the long-term participation on the Australian sport.
The relevant policy regarding the context of the junior sports and the sports participation
is the Junior Sport Framework by ASC on the year 2003 (Law and sport Junior sport policy,
2019). The policy aimed to addressed the needs of the young people in sports including the long-
term involvement, physical growth and mal-nutrition, forming links, sport pathways, safe sports
and law within the sports.
The scope of the policy problem lies on the formation of the positive behavioral
activities, the development of the lifelong skills, the development of the life long skills, the
physical literacy and the social and cognitive function (Collins, 2011). The policy problems
affects a wide range of people including the parents, the administrators and the national sports

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association since the discrimination and the diversity in the tender age tends to affects the future
participation of the athletes. From the community of the policy that contributed towards the
policy for addressing the issues and the challenges of policy some of the skills and the resources
that will be essential are as follows. The ASC experts of the sports participation and the
development of the athlete structures should tale in consideration of the number of the core
principles and the junior sport policies and the program, development (Nicholson, Hoye &
Houlihan, 2011). According to the 6 step model regrading the policy implementation, some of
the skills are the resources includes the recognition of the motivation of the participants that are
based on the enjoyment, the flexibility regrading the design of the program in account for the
variability towards the rate of the maturation among the children, recognition of the
psychological and the physical developmental capabilities and the stages together with the
inclusion of the principles allowing numerous of physical and sports activity chances and
opportunities for the children and their protection.
Sport Betting
The policy for the gambling policy has always been the responsibility of the states and
not that of the commonwealth. The territory and the state government provide and regulated the
gambling services and tends to rely majorly over the ensuring part of the revenue (Hoye,
Nicholson & Houlihan, 2010). The brief statement of the policy includes the rapid adoption of
the new communicative technologies by the industry of gambling towards the commonwealth
interest. The development and the rise of the online context of gambling has some of the
significant implications for some of the regular mechanism. The revenue collection and the
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The current governmental policy that can be supported in the context of the sports
gambling is the International Gambling Act of 2001 and the 1999 statement by the prime
minister of the country for the national approach regarding the challenges of gambling
(Gambling Policy and Regulation – Parliament of Australia, 2019). The scope of the policy
problem is to highlight the context of the online betting in the country which is legal in Australia
with numerous of the state licensed sportsbook within the operation (Forrest & Simmons, 2003).
The problems of the policy tends to affect mostly the administrators, the bureaucrats and the
organizations like the national sports organization and the state sports association towards the
negative effects of the gambling within the sports in Australia.
According to Gambling Policy and Regulation – Parliament of Australia (2019) as per the
6 stage policy implementation model, the resources and the skills of the policy includes the
establishment of the council of the state, common wealth and the territory ministry regrading the
stopping of the further expansion of the gambling in Australia, focus over the impact of the
issues or the problem of gambling over the communities and the families, the Internet gambling
and the consumer protection.
Sport Broadcasting
The statement regrading the policy statement includes the possible economic, social,
economic and technical ramifications of the introduction regarding the subscription and cable
television in the country that argued that the siphoning or the broadcasting of the sports has been
the inevitable consequences of the environment of the pay television while this would have some
of the major considerable social costs of the audiences.

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One of the current governmental policy in support for the implementation for addressing
of the policy problem is the broadcasting services amendment anti siphoning bill of 2012. The
scope of the problem of the policy includes the transmission, broadcasting of the content towards
the dispersed audiences via the electronic mass communications technologies which tends to
have a very string impact via the electronic mass communication technologies and the
development of the sport sector specifically the professionalized sports. The problem of the
policy affects a wide range of people specifically the athletes, the administrators and the
organization such as the NSO and the SSO (Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti-siphoning)
Bill 2012 – Parliament of Australia, 2019). According to the policy implementation regime
regarding the policy addressing towards the policy problems some of the resources and the skills
are very much necessary fort the implementation of the policy includes successful harnessing of
the value of the sports leading towards some of the significant benefits like the increased
exposure of the public, the higher level of the recognition of brand and the marketing
opportunities (CONSULTATION PHASE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL
SPORT PLAN, 2018). The resources needed furthermore includes acquiring rights towards the
televise lists and the prohibition of the commercial free to air broadcasts regarding the population
of Australia.
Drugs in Sport
There has been multiple instances of the use of the drugs including the anabolic steroids,
hormone regarding the human growth, diuretics and the androstenedione for influencing and
enhancing the activities in the sports. The major issues that revolves around the context of drug
in the sports includes the using of the drugs for cheating the sports or winning at any cost. The
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rugs and the substances during the sport that affects the long-term health of athletes together with
his or her career in sports.
The example of the relevant piece of policy within the context of Australia regarding the
context of the drugs in Sports includes the Anti doping policy adopted and implemented by the
ASC with the accordance with the Australia’s responsibilities under the Code of the World Anti
Doping and the Australian Sports Ant Doping Authority Act of the year 2006. The statement of
the policy that the policy aims to address includes the rues at governs the condition under which
the activities or the sports in being played. This policy affects the wide variety of individuals
including the athletes , the authority , the representatives of the sports community together with
the national and the stet level organization of the Australian Sports. According to the step 4, the
policy implementation structure by the 6 step model, the government of Australia aims towards
the implementation of the policy with the help of the skills and the resources targeting to abolish
the se of the illegal use of the drugs and the drug related substances within the sports activities of
Australia.
According to Sport Australia's Integrity Policies and Programs -Anti-doping Policy
(2019) the Anti Doping Policy of the Country seek towards the preservation of the intrinsically
valuable plethora of sports and its activities. The government aims to implement the policy in the
essence of the olympism together with the reflection of the values and the strength through out
the activities of sports. The policy will target the ethics and the fair play rule within the sports
with honesty, It will furthermore be implemented throughout the all the rage of sports variation
irrespective of age and gender subdivisions (Sport Australia Sports 2030 Plan - Australasian
College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, 2019). The implementation process includes the
identification of proper health, excellence in the performances. Joy and fun in sports, dedication

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and the commitment towards the community and solidarity. The implementation of the policy
process will include proper health check up and blood test of all the players before and after the
sports activities to ensure fair decision regarding the sports victory in Australia.
Stadia & Events
The country of Australia has immense love for sports but the issue related to the above
context of the stadia and events includes the fact that the investments towards the new venues is
a mater of challenge. The issue or the challenges targeted in the context of events and stadia
includes the lack of proper facilities and venues for the development and the growth of the
Australian sports so that it gets its desired recognition within the world.
The relevant government policy for this issue or the highlighted challenge is the stadia
strategy of the year 2012 in the accordance with the NSW 2021 State Plan and the Stadia
strategy Steering Group of Australia. The statement of the purpose of the policy is towards the
development of the infrastructure of the sports authority in Australia. According to the country
needs more of the modern facilities and stadia together with the eves of various sizes with the
provision of the sporting and the some of the major events with the facilitated options of venue
for meeting various or several events (Hoye et al., 2012). The policy will affect the athletes, the
sports association authority, the representatives and the whole national and state sports
organization in Australia. In the context of the stage 4 of the 6 step model, the process of the
policy implementation includes the resources and the skills that will influence towards the
development of the sports of the country. The implementation includes the following measures
(Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti-siphoning) Bill 2012 – Parliament of Australia, 2019).
These are construction of the stadium in Sydney with the capacity of lot number of seats and the

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replacement of the existing Parramatta stadium. Furthermore construction or the development of
the indoor sporting arena for the indoor sports like basketball, netball and tennis.
Harassment & Discrimination
Sexual misconduct and discrimination in sports and the participation in the sports of
Australia is nor new. There has been several of evidences regarding the gender violence and
discrimination among the sports activities not only in the category of age but physical status.
Discrimination related to the gender and the disability has been one of the major topic of debate
within the sports of the Australia.
The example of the public policy targeting the gender harassment and discrimination in
Australian sports include the Harassment Free Sports Strategy developed initially in the year
1996 by the Australian Sports Commission. The statement of purpose of the sports policy
includes response towards the increased litigation and the attention of media regarding the
discrimination, harassment and the abuse in case of the sports (Sport Australia's Integrity
Policies and Programs - Sexual Misconduct, 2019). The policy tends to affect the population of
the athletes, the representatives and the organizations like the national and the state level sports
authority of Australia. According to the 6 step model, the implementation of the policy targets
the factors such as all the participants within the recreation and the sports activities have their
right towards the participation in the safe and the effective environment and the organizations
generally have the duty of the car for the ensuring of the existence of the environment. The
policy implementation plan includes the strategy that evolves the responses of the legislative
requirements and the development of the new and the innovative issues (Westerbeek et al.,
2004). These are the workshops and the training courses, the protection of the information

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regarding the members, the resources and the policies and the summarization of the link towards
the research regarding the discrimination and harassment. Furthermore information and data
related to the free and the online training module of the mandatory requirement of the Australian
Government towards the implementation of the policy.
Conclusion
A policy can be defined as the set of the plans or the ideas that is generally used as the
platform for the development and making of the decisions specifically in the context of the
economics, the politics and the business (). Sports policy is the legislative statement that ensure
that the people have access to a wide range of the activities related to the spots whether organizes
independently or membership based clubs.
The above discussion and analysis of the public sports policy of Australia addresses sever
major sections of the challenges ad the issues of the policy statements in the Australian Sports
policy. These incudes the elite sport and the sport pathways, the participation of sports and the
junior sports, the betting in sports, broadcasting of sports, the use of drugs in Australian sports,
the events and the stadia and finally the harassment and discrimination within the sports in
Australia. Each of the areas identified has the policy problem which has been illustrated by the
issues and the challenges faced by the government in the stage of the policy implementation
process. These issues and problems are some of the essential factors that is forbidding the
Australian sports to growth and get recognition in international platform. According to personal
opinion, the harassments and the discrimination in the sport is the most essential factor that needs
to be addressed. This is because the other factors like the stadia, drugs, betting and elite in the
sports can be controlled by progressive legalized structures and actions , not the issues of the

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human rights targeting and challenging discrimination. The implementation of thee policy
regarding the harassments and discrimination in sports policy in Australia is thus meets certain
complexity since these are deep rooted nature of human which cannot be changed by any of the
regulations and legislations.
The report highlights the concept of incremental change and the transformative change in
regards to the issues and the challenges of the sports policy in Australia. The incremental
changes regarding the sports policy of Australia includes the alteration in the area of the elite
sports and sport broadcasting. The transformative change includes the change in the policy in the
context of harassment and discrimination, drug use in sports and the development of the stadia
regarding the Australian sports.

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