Membership bolstered for Australia's National Sports Tribunal

Australia’s sports dispute resolution body - the National Sports Tribunal – has had its membership bolstered by the Federal Government with Federal Minister for Sport, Richard Colbeck having appointed 41 new members to the NST - recommended by an independent selection advisory committee.

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

Minister Colbeck noted that the Federal Government is committed to “making sure sport is safe, fair and inclusive for all Australians. 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.

Minister Colbeck added “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.”

NST Chief Executive, John Boultbee highlighted 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 and added “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.

“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:
A Prof, Dr Lise BARRY, NSW

Ms Elizabeth BENNETT, ACT

Ms Eugenie BUCKLEY, QLD

Mr Sean CARROLL, VIC

Prof Andrew CHRISTIE, VIC

Mr Philip CORBETT QC, VIC

Dr Maria DUDYCZ, VIC

Mr Scott ELLIS, WA

Mr Christopher EMZIN, QLD

Mr Jonathan ERBACHER, QLD

Mr David FLYNN, NSW

Dr Kenneth GRAHAM, NSW

Ms Jennifer HALBERT, NSW

Prof David HANDELSMAN, NSW

Prof Deborah HEALEY, NSW

Mr Robert HEATH QC, VIC

Mr Anthony JARVIS, NT

Mr Anthony KEANE, VIC

Miss Bronwen KNOX, QLD

Mr Andrzej KUDRA, NT

Ms Caroline MANNING, VIC

Mrs Claire MCLEAN, WA

Dist Prof Jenni MILLBANK, NSW

Mr Michael MITCHELL, VIC

Ms Alison MURPHY, VIC

Ms Bridie NOLAN, NSW

Dr Catherine ORDWAY, ACT

Mr Nicholas PANE QC, VIC

Mr Salvatore PERNA AM, VIC

Mr Richard REDMAN, VIC

Ms Christine RONALDS AO SC, NSW

Mr Martin ROSS, VIC

Ms Michelle ROYAL-HEBBLEWHITE, VIC

Ms Tracey SCOTT, NSW

Mr Andrew SINCLAIR, SA

Dr June SMITH, VIC

The Hon Justice Steven STRICKLAND QC, SA

Mrs Renee TOY, ACT

Ms Ann WEST, VIC

Mr Ian WHITE SM, SA

Dr Rebecca WILSON, VIC