Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority

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{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority

| type = authority

| logo = File:Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority logo.png

| formed = {{Start date|df=yes|2006|03|13}}

| dissolved = 30 June 2020

| superseding1 = Sport Integrity Australia

| jurisdiction = Australia

| headquarters = Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

| minister1_name = Richard Colbeck

| minister1_pfo = Minister for Sport

| keydocument1 = Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority Act 2006

| website = {{URL|www.sportintegrity.gov.au}}

}}

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The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) was a government statutory authority tasked to protect Australia's sporting integrity through the elimination of doping.{{cite web |date=26 May 2020 |title=Anti-Doping {{!}} Sport Integrity Australia |url=https://www.sportintegrity.gov.au/what-we-do/anti-doping |access-date=1 Jul 2020 |website=Sport Integrity Australia }} The authority was part of the Department of Health's portfolio and was established on 13 March 2006 under the Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority Act 2006. On 1 July 2020, it became part of Sport Integrity Australia.{{Cite news|last=Holmes|first=Tracey|author-link=Tracey Holmes|date=3 May 2020|title=Anti-doping boss David Sharpe handed more power, promoted to head up new sport integrity agency|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-03/anti-doping-boss-heads-new-sporting-integrity-agency/12209624|access-date=3 June 2020}}

The ASADA drug tested Australian athletes who competed at state and national levels. ASADA also tested international athletes if they were competing in events held in Australia. It was also ASADA's role to inform the sporting community of drugs and related safety issues. The ASADA Advisory Group was relied upon by the Chief Executive Officer, David Sharpe, as a consultative forum on matters related to the agency's purpose.{{cite web|url=http://www.asada.gov.au/about/advisory.html |title=Governance |publisher=Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority |access-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213075757/http://www.asada.gov.au/about/advisory.html |archive-date=13 February 2013 |df=dmy }}