The National Integrity Framework is a suite of policies that sets out rules for unacceptable behaviour in kickboxing and explains the way complaints about breaches of these rules are managed.
Participation in sport should be safe for all. We are committed to ensuring that people in sport, including children, are treated with respect dignity and are protected from bullying, discrimination, harassment or abuse.
This policy highlights the important legal and governance responsiblities in relation to child safety.
WAKO Australia's Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy is available here.
WAKO Australia is committed to ensuring that everyone involved with kickboxing is treated with respect and dignity and is protected from abuse, bullying, harassment, sexual misconduct, unlawful discrimination, victimisation, and vilification.
This Policy seeks to ensure that everyone involved in kickboxing is aware of their rights and responsibilities. This Policy sets out the standards of behaviour expected of those involved in kickboxing and the behaviours that are not acceptable.
WAKO Australia's Member Protection Policy is available here.
Our Complaints, Disputes and Discipline Policy sets out the process for resolving complaints arising from a breach of an eligible policy.
Complaints relating to the Safeguarding of Children and Young People and Discrimination of adults on the basis of a Protected Characteristic (race or nationality, disability, sex, age, sexual orientation, and religion) can be reported to and investigated by SIA independently.
Complaints relating to all other Member Protection matters, Competition Manipulation and Sports Gambling matters; and Improper Use of Drugs and Medicines matters should be reported to and will be investigated by WAKO Australia's Integrity Team (integrity@wakoaustralia.org).
WAKO Australia's Complaints, Disputes and Discipline Policy is available here.
Manipulating sports competitions, commonly known as ‘match-fixing’ is when someone alters a sporting competition to remove the unpredictable nature of the competition to obtain an undue advantage, or benefit.
People are motivated to manipulate competitions for a variety of reasons such as to get a better draw in a round-robin tournament (often referred to as tanking) or to avoid relegation to a lower competition. Another reason people manipulate competitions is to profit through betting markets by underperforming intentionally.
WAKO Australia's Competition Manipulation and Sport Gambling Policy is available here.
The improper use of drugs and medicine in sport, including the use of supplements and the provision by unqualified and unauthorised people are a risk to the health of athlete and the integrity of sport.
To counter these risks, we have put in place an Improper Use of Drugs and Medicine Policy which ensures:
WAKO Australia's Improper Use of Drugs and Medicine Policy is available here.