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Motorcycling Australia- National Integrity Framework

Maintaining the integrity of motorcycling in Australia is of the utmost importance to MA. The Sport’s integrity is founded on its culture of competing clean and “doing your best”.

With the clear purpose of fortifying our Sport’s culture, MA has adopted and implemented a updated National Integrity Framework (NIF). This framework has been driven by Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) and Sport Australia as part of a range of reforms that seek to promote:

  1.  Participation in our Sport free of performance enhancing substances and methods;
  2.  Genuine contests, free of race-fixing and illegal betting.
  3.  Our Sport as open to and welcoming of anyone wishing to participate in it, and enjoy a Sport which is free from harassment, intimidation or other behaviours which fail to respect their rights as a member of our motorcycling community.

The values that inform and underpin MA’s Integrity Framework are:

  1.  Health: Participation, regardless of age or ability, in a manner that promotes health and wellbeing, free from artificial performance enhancing substances or methods.
  2.  Enjoyment: Having fun free from unfairness, harassment or intimidation.
  3.  Belonging: Having a sense of belonging in our Sport which is inclusive, welcoming and supportive of lifelong involvement.
  4.  Achievement: Promoting opportunity to achieve to whatever level they aspire within our Sport – as a rider, official, coach or administrator.
  5.  Respect: Treating each other with respect, participating and adjudicating fairly and honestly, acknowledging differences in ability, and encouraging differences of opinion.

The National Integrity Framework applies to everyone who is involved in our Sport. 

In June 2022, the completion of the National Integrity Framework resulted in some new, changed and updated policies. Some older policies were re-written to reflect the current state of play, some were absorbed into parent policies. The following list outlines the policies that will remain or replace many existing Integrity Framework policies and those absorbed by new parent policies:

Integrity Framework Policies- the updated, absorbed and unchanged list

National Integrity Framework Policy List

Document Name and link Summary
Motorcycling Aus – NIF National Integrity Framework .pdf This document introduces the framework itself, and outlines how the NIF applies to all activities organised or authorised by MA, the SCBs or affiliated clubs / promoters  including that it must be adopted in full by each such organisation.
Motorcycling Aus – NIF Child Safeguarding Policy .pdf MA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in motorcycling by providing an inclusive environment and by ensuring that everyone involved in motorcycling is educated and informed of their responsibilities to protect and look after children.

MA believes that all children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, harm, and neglect, and to take part in sport in a positive, and enjoyable environment.
Motorcycling Aus – NIF Child Safeguarding Policy_SA Addendum – Final.pdf This document amends the Child Safeguarding Policy  to reflect the differing legislative requirements in South Australia.
Motorcycling Aus – NIF Competition Manipulation and Sports Wagering Policy .pdf The manipulation of sporting competitions undermines the integrity of our sport and may  be a crime punishable by law.

This Policy prescribes prohibited conduct which constitutes a breach, and offences which must be reported to MA, and the information sharing and monitoring obligations of wagering service providers.
Motorcycling Aus – NIF Improper Use of Drugs and Medicine Policy.pdf By this policy, MA  committs to ensuring that where science and medicine services are provided to national and international athletes it is done so by appropriately qualified and supervised staff that are subject to the NIF.

The policy otherwise provides a framework to address and deter the use and distribution of illegal drugs and to ensure injections are only administered as part of an appropriate medical treatment.
Motorcycling Aus – NIF Complaints Disputes and Discipline Policy.pdf The Complaints, Disputes and Discipline Policy (CDDP) provides the mechanism by which complaints arising under the NIF are dealt with.

Complaints in relation to eligibility and selection, competition-related rules, personal grievances, code of conduct or governance matters are dealt with separately under the MA non-NIF Dispute and Complaint Resolution Policy .
Complaints under the CDDP are made to and managed by SIA.
Motorcycling Aus – NIF Member Protection Policy.pdf This Policy seeks to ensure that everyone involved in our sport is aware of their rights and responsibilities by setting out the expected standards of behaviour and the behaviours that are not acceptable.

Drug and Alcohol Policies

Non-NIF Integrity and Dispute Resolution Policies

Environmental Policies

Other MA Policies

GOVERNANCE

The Board of MA (Board) is responsible for the development, maintenance and implementation of this policy framework.

The framework will be managed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with support from key executive staff and the Board’s Risk Audit & Integrity Committee (RAIC).

Information Provision (Whistleblowing) Arrangements

MA encourages Members and the general public to provide information which assists in the application of the integrity framework.  Information about potential policy breaches can be provided on an entirely confidential basis to the CEO by calling 03 9684 0510 (in Australia) or +61 396 840 510 (from overseas), or by sending an email to ceo@ma.org.au.

If the information to be disclosed relates to potential doping activity which has occurred in the previous eight years, SIA Stamp Out Doping Hotline 13 000 27232 provides a confidential and anonymous service.

If you are in a dilemma about whether to report the information of which you are aware, you may wish to discuss your dilemma with a trained ethical advisor at the St James Ethics Centre. The free Ethi-call service will provide guidance to work through your dilemma from an ethical perspective assistance in untangling the ‘knot’ that is causing concern or distress. Ethi-call can be accessed by calling 1800 672 303.

PURE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM

The Pure Performance component of the framework consists of three sub-elements:

  1. Anti-Doping Testing
  2. Anti-Doping Education
  3. Promotion of Pure Performance in motorcycling.

The MA Anti-Doping Policy is the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy effective from 1 January 2021, and found here on the Sport Integrity Australia website. All members, participants and non-participants in the sport of Motorcycling are bound by these rules.

Anti-Doping Testing 

Event testing

MA will liaise with promoters and clubs, and SIA, about the appropriate level and type of testing undertaken at events.

MA will also liaise with the FIM and SIA to increase the effectiveness of the event test program, possibly by introducing an EPO screen to a selected number of urine tests and by introducing a peptide screen (or other screen as new analysis techniques become available) on selected blood serum samples.

Out of Competition Testing

MA will maintain a list of athletes to be included in MA’s international and national Registered Testing Pools (RTP).  Athletes included in the international and national RTP are required to adhere to strict whereabouts information, including the provision of locations for daily training, competition and overnight place of residence.  The purpose of the detailed whereabouts information is to ensure that they can be tested on a “no notice”, unannounced basis at any time of the day.

MA will also advise SIA on athletes to be included in a Domestic Testing Pool (DTP).  These are athletes who are not required to complete full whereabouts information, but for whom MA provides residential addresses and camp information to ensure that out of competition testing can occur.

Approved Testing Providers

MA has approved the following providers to conduct Saliva and Urine Drug and Alcohol Testing:

Contact details can be obtained by clicking on the name above or contacting your State Controlling Body.

SIA Website

Therapeutic Use Exemption

Download the Therapeutic use exemption of a prohibited substance/and or Prohibited Method form from the ASDMAC website

Reduce your risk of testing positive by downloading the SIA Clean Sport App

  • Find a low-risk supplement which has been batch tested for banned substances
  • Check if a medication is banned in sport
  • Report doping or suspicious activity
  • Give feedback on a testing mission
  • Download the SIA Clean Sport app- free to download from Google Play or Apple stores.

Check Your Substances

The Prohibited List – view here

FIM Licensing Requirements: Anti-Doping Education

From 1 November 2019, all competitors who wish to apply for an FIM license will be required to complete the On-Line Anti-Doping Education Program (ALPHA). A certificate of completion will be required to be submitted with all FIM license applications.

To complete the course, please visit adel.wada-ama.org.

Anti-Doping Education

For current Sport Integrity Australia Courses please click here

Coaches

A module on doping issues and MA’s Pure Performance program will be included in the curriculum and course requirements for the following motorcycling coach education programs:

  1.   Club Coach (Level 0 Accreditation)
  2.   Development Coach (Level 1 Accreditation)
  3.   Advanced Development Coach (Level 2 Accreditation)

The module will also include a requirement to achieve a competent level on the SIA e-learning Clean Sport 101 Course. Accreditation for Advanced Development Coaches will also require them to achieve a competent level on the SIA e-learning Level 1 Anti-Doping course.

Promotion of pure performance in motorcycling

MA is proud of motorcycling’s record as a clean, healthy sport.  To promote the message that we support a culture of pure performance, and in collaboration with SIA, the Pure Performance logo as used by SIA will be displayed on the MA and SCB websites.  It will also be incorporated into event signage and other promotional material.

The logo will be presented as follows:

motorcycling is proud to be a sport which values and rewards the pure performance of our athletes

Illicit Drugs

MA acknowledges that the use of illicit drugs is harmful to athletes and can bring the Sport into disrepute and sets a poor example for other members of our community who view athletes as role models.

MA wishes to prevent the use of Illicit Drugs in motorcycling through increased education for athletes and members in relation to the potential harms of the use of Illicit Drugs.

MA’s Drug & Alcohol Policy is designed to help prevent the uptake of illicit drug use and reduce the drug-related harm to individuals, families and stakeholders of MA and the broader community.

The policy provides a management approach which focuses on education and counselling in addressing the use of illicit drugs in an out-of-competition context.

 

Match Fixing

MA is acting to protect the integrity our sport from illegal betting and match-fixing.  We recognise that fraudulent betting on sport and the associated match-fixing is an emerging and critical issue globally, for sport, the betting industry and governments.

Although the prevailing conditions of our sport make it a difficult target for illegal betting operators or for athletes and officials to collude in race fixing activities, it is important for MA to state clearly its position about these issues and the potential disciplinary consequences.

As of June 1, 2022, the Competition Manipulation and Sports Wagering Policy is in place.

Member and Child Welfare

The welfare of our Members is of paramount importance to MA.  To this end, our Member Protection Policy and Child Safeguarding Policy promote our core values and the Sport’s good reputation, and it promotes positive behaviours and attitudes so that those involved in our Sport, and especially children, are treated with respect and dignity and protected from abuse.