The AFL’s illicit drug policy is under fire but the bigger issue is that not all sports have one
- Written by Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
In March, Australian MP Andrew Wilkie used parliamentary privilege to allege the Australian Football League (AFL) was operating an “off the books” illicit drug testing regime that is at odds with its obligations under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code.
This prompted an investigation by Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) and, after...















