World Aquatics threatened to force the country’s governing body to push through reform. But squabbling Australian swimming organisations have voted through the necessary change.
The prospect of Swimming Australia being taken over by World Aquatics has been avoided after voting members agreed to adopt a new constitution, bringing the sport in line with modern governance standards demanded by the global governing body.
It wasn’t smooth sailing, with the voting members rejecting the first iteration of a proposed constitution which, among other things, would have changed the structure of the nine-person board, which has seven elected directors and two appointed – or independent – directors. The new SAL board structure will feature an 11-person board, with five elected directors, four independents, an athlete director and the Australian member of AQUA.The restructure dilutes the power of the states – as AQUA and the Australian Sports Commission have sought, and as other major sports in Australia have undertaken – but a two-year sit-out clause for state board members to join the SAL board was scrapped. The plan to increase the voting members from nine to 21 was not amended.
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