Disciplinary Register 

The Disciplinary Register (Register) records disciplinary sanctions made against an individual and/or organisations who have received or are currently under a sanction issued by Gymnastics Australia (GA), Sport Integrity Australia (SIA), the National Sports Tribunal (NST) and/or the FIG Ethics Foundation.  

These sanctions may prohibit an individual or organisation/s from accessing a Gymnastics Australia affiliated club, affiliated athletes, or training/competition venue and/or from participating in endorsed activities for the duration of the sanction. 

Date

Date	Name	Disciplinary Summary	Breach	Sanction
Friday 22 April 2022	Belinda White (SA)	This disciplinary matter relates to an investigation undertaken by Sport Integrity Australia in accordance with the Supplementary Complaints Management Policy (SCMP) and subsequent sanctioned applied to Ms White by SIA regarding a complaint by a gymnast.	Breach 1: Bullying and victimisation with intent to intimidate in accordance with GA's Member Protection Policy (Version 12) - Attachment B1: Code of Ethics.	The coach's Technical Membership is suspended or a period of six (6) months, three (3) months of which is suspended pending completion of a three (3) month reintegration period. The coach is also required to provide a written apology to the Complainant.
Tuesday 31 May 2022	The coach			This case related to complaints made by a gymnast against a coach and was brought to the NST under Gymnastics Australia’s Supplementary Policy for the Management of Complaints relating to conduct covered by the 20/21 Australian Human Rights Commission Review into Gymnastics in Australia. The case was substantively settled prior to arbitration, with Disciplinary Measures imposed on the coach. The NST determined that Gymnastics Australia is permitted to publish the outcome of the matter in a limited manner as specified in the Determination.
19 January 2022	Peggy Liddick	This disciplinary matter relates to an NST appeal of sanctions applied to Ms Liddick by SIA regarding a number of complaints by a former gymnast. The NST upheld two allegations	Breach 1 – Harassment in accordance with GA’s Member Protection Policy (Version 3) - Clause 3.6. Breach 2 – Harassment and a failure to be considerate, in breach of GA’s Member Protection Policy (Version 5) - Clause 8.4 and Attachment B1: General Code of Behaviour, Items (2) and (10)	Ms Liddick’s Technical Membership is suspended for a period of four (4) months from 19 January 2022, however the suspension is wholly suspended for a period of 2 years from above date, subject to Ms Liddick not breaching any relevant Policy within that period (whether such breach is found proved during or after the end of the 2-year period).  Ms Liddick is also required to provide a written apology to the Complainant.

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