AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DRUG AGENCY 1997-1998 ANNUAL REPORT
© Commonwealth of Australia
ISSN 1037-378
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Figures iii
Tables iii
Abbreviations iv
Part 1: Executive Summary 1
Chairman's summary 1
Board of directors 3
Part 2: Organisational Overview 5
ASDA at a glance 5
Establishment 5
Role 5
Clients 5
Services 6
Goals 6
People 6
Financial and staffing outcomes for 1997-98 8
Part 3: Performance Report 9
Planning and Performance Management Framework 9
Introduction 9
Enabling strategies and performance drivers 9
Reporting style 10
Critical success factors 11
Communication 20
Client focus 25
Strategic alliances 29
Accountability 33
Staff partnerships 37
Strategic breakthrough issues 41
Enhance the credibility and affordability of our drug testing service 41
Grow the business to achieve a sustainable economic future 45
Invest in our people to build a dynamic, innovative and client focused organisation 48
Play a leading role in the development of drugs-in-sport policy in Australia 52
Part 4: Other Corporate Matters 57
Miscellaneous statutory issues 57
Client Service Charter 57
Internal and external scrutiny 57
Equal employment opportunity 57
Occupational health and safety 58
Industrial democracy 59
Discretionary grants 60
Freedom of information 60
Staffing overview 60
Compliance index 61
Part 5: Appendices 63
Appendix A 63
The objects, functions and powers of the agency as specified in the ASDA Act 63
Appendix B 65
Powers of the Minister under the ASDA Act 65
Appendix C 66
Financial statements 66
Appendix D 85
International List of Incidences 85
Appendix E 87
ASDA's drug testing for 1997-98 87
Government-funded testing 1997-98 88
User-pays testing 1997-98 89
Appendix F 90
Register of Notifiable Events 90
Entries on Register of Notifiable Events from previous years where outcomes were to be advised 92
Appendix G 93
Laboratories for doping control analyses accredited by the International Olympic Committee 93
Figures
Figure 1: ASDA's organisational structure 7
Figure 2: Athletes perceive deterrent effect from ASDA programs 13
Figure 3: Athletes believe they will be tested in next 12 months 14
Figure 4: Tests conducted versus tests planned per bimonthly plan 15
Figure 5: Annual trends in event and out-of-competition testing 16
Figure 6: Client's perception of ASDA resources and educational services 22
Figure 7: Hotline education services trends from 1991-92 to 1997-98 23
Figure 8: External client satisfaction with ASDA services 26
Figure 9: Internal client service indicators for period December 1997 to May 1998 27
Figure 10: Annual event testing agreements with international clients 31
Figure 11: Corporate costs per ASL 34
Figure 12: Organisational Self Assessment - all categories: management and staff. 35
Figure 13: Staff Satisfaction Survey 1997-98 - whole organisation 39
Figure 14: ASDA's quality approach 49
Figure 15: EEO issues from 1997-98 Staff Satisfaction Survey 58
Figure 16: Staffing numbers, classifications and genders 61
Figure 17: Staffing employment breakdown 61
Tables
Table 1: Expenditure and staffing 8
Table 2: Quality of products and services performance indicators 12
Table 3: Athlete perception of banned doping practices as cheating 18
Table 4: Communication performance indicators 21
Table 5: Client focus performance indicators 25
Table 6: Strategic alliance performance indicators 30
Table 7: Accountability performance indicators 33
Table 8: Staff partnership performance indicators 38
Table 9: Enhance the credibility and affordability of our drug testing service milestones 42
Table 10: Grow the business to achieve a sustainable economic future milestones 45
Table 11: Invest in our people to build a dynamic, innovative and client focused organisation 48
Table 12: Training identified for competency development 50
Table 13: Play a leading role in the development of drugs-in-sport policy in Australia 53
Table 14: Extract from Staff Satisfaction Survey 1997-98 59
Table 15: Extract from organisational self assessment report - February 1998 60
Table 16: Compliance index 62
