Criminal Code Amendment (National Sport Integrity Offences) Bill 2026

Summary

This amendment creates new criminal offences specifically targeting people who try to manipulate or fix sporting competitions through illegal means — like bribing athletes, match-fixing, or doping schemes. It modifies the Criminal Code to establish dedicated national offences for sport integrity breaches, giving law enforcement clearer tools to prosecute corruption in Australian sports rather than relying on general fraud or corruption laws. This matters because it signals that sport manipulation is serious criminal conduct deserving its own legal framework, helps protect the integrity of competitions that millions of Australians watch and participate in, and gives federal authorities a streamlined way to tackle organized attempts to corrupt sporting events.

What happens at this stage

The final vote in this chamber on the bill as a whole, after all amendments have been considered. If it passes, the bill moves to the other chamber to go through the same process. If both chambers have already agreed to identical text, the bill proceeds directly to Royal Assent.

Next: The other chamber, which runs the same process from First Reading, or Royal Assent if both chambers have already agreed