New members appointed to National Sports Tribunal

The Morrison Government has further bolstered the high-calibre membership of the nation's pre-eminent sports dispute resolution body, the National Sports Tribunal (NST).

Minister for Sport, Richard Colbeck, has appointed 41 new members to the NST, recommended by an independent selection advisory committee.

They join the NST's first 39 members who were appointed by the same committee in the first tranche of members, when the NST started in March last year.

The NST is the key element of the Government's comprehensive sports integrity strategy.

It plays a central role in ensuring the effective provision of dispute resolution services for sports participants, support personnel and sporting organisations across Australia.

"The Morrison Government is profoundly committed to making sure sport is safe, fair and inclusive for all Australians," Minister Colbeck said.

"The NST's role is to hear and resolve national-level sporting disputes in Australia."

Members are responsible for conducting arbitration, mediation, conciliation and case appraisal. They can compel witnesses to appear in person before the NST.

"As the caseload of the NST continues to grow, this second round of members - 21 men and 20 women - will broaden the skills and capability of the NST, factoring in gender, geographic coverage, experience in various dispute resolution methods, and subject matter expertise. Their appointment continues the high calibre of NST membership."

CEO of the NST, Mr John Boultbee, said the new members had a broad range of experience from administrative and sports law, to sports medicine, to experience as an athlete or as a sports administrator.

"They include specialist mediators, anti-doping experts, restorative justice practitioners, and this enables independent and qualified arbitrators and mediators to be appointed to hear and mediate the broad range of matters which come to the NST," he said.

"Athletes and sports can have confidence in the independence and quality of the members who will be allocated to their cases."

The new members are: