e-Safety in Athletics

Athletics Tasmania considers the online and digital safety and integrity of the sport as paramount as in-person or physical, and encourages everyone to be respectful, safe, and positive in the way they engage in online activity relating to Athletics, or those in the Athletics community.

The e-Safety Commission has been created to help support the online safety of all Australians, and as a sporting body, we encourage the implementation and engagement of the e-Safety Commission in the promotion and facilitation of positive experiences, culture and environment for all of our Athletics community.

It’s important to be aware that abuse such as bullying, harassment, racism and sexism can happen online as well as in-person at sport, following people at all times of the day and night wherever they go. That’s because people are online every day as part of their sport. Coaches record videos for training, team managers use apps to organise players, squads are on group chats, clubs manage member data and players share photos on social media.

Online abuse in sport can seriously impact mental and physical wellbeing, so it’s important to know how to recognise it and deal with it quickly. Online abuse can affect anyone in sport, including competitors, coaches, volunteers, officials, supporters or the public. Any of these groups can be the target of online abuse, or responsible for it. Online abuse is never OK.