Netball Australia is the main governing body for

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. It is affiliated to

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. It is responsible for organising and administrating the

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, Suncorp Super Netball and the

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. It previously organised and administrated the

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, the ANZ Championship, the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league and the

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. Netball Australia was originally founded in 1927 as the All Australia Women's Basket Ball Association. In 1970, after "women's basket ball" became known as

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, the organisation changed its name to the All Australia Netball Association. It adopted its current name in 1993.

History

Netball Australia was founded on 26/27 August 1927 as the All Australia Women's Basket Ball Association during an interstate women's basketball carnival. Its founding members included the Sydney City Girls' Amateur Sports Association (

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), the Australian Ladies Basket Ball Association (

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), the South Australian Women's Basket Ball Association (

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), the Melbourne Girls Basket Ball Association ( Victoria) and the Basket Ball Association of Perth (

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began competing in national tournaments in 1933. The

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and

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joined in 1975 and 1977 respectively. In 1970, after "women's basket ball" became known as

, the organisation changed its name to the All Australia Netball Association. It adopted its current name in 1993. Amid a funding crisis where Netball Australia lost 7 million over two COVID-impacted years, in 2022 the organisation announced that it had secured Hancock Prospecting as high performance program partner from 2022 to 2025, with an investment of 15 million over four years. Netball Australia announced that Hancock would invest directly in the Diamonds’ athletes and coaches, and provide funding support for training camps and competitions. The Diamonds team was photographed in uniform bearing the Hancock Prospecting logo. It was later revealed that some players did not support Hancock Prospecting as a sponsor due to historical comments made by the company's founder, Lang Hancock on indigenous issues and the company's record on environmental issues. The controversy led to the resignation of Netball Australia Chair, Marina Go, citing personal reasons; and the Diamonds refused to wear the sports uniform with Hancock Prospecting logo. Within a month of announcing the sponsorship deal, Hancock Prospecting withdrew their offer, saying it did not wish to add to netball's “disunity problems”. Hancock offered Netball Australia short-term funding until such time as a more permanent arrangement could be secured.

Competitions

Current

Former

Australian Netball Awards

Netball Australia hosts the annual the Australian Netball Awards. Current and recent awards include: *

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Joyce Brown Coach of the Year The following is a list of notable netball coaches in Australia. National team head coaches The following is a list of head coaches of the Australia national netball team. Premiership winning coaches The following is a list of head coache ...

Suncorp Super Netball Team of the Year The Suncorp Super Netball Team of the Year is an All-Star team consisting of the best players from the Suncorp Super Netball competition in Australia. The inaugural team was selected in 2017, at the conclusion of the season. Teams 2017-22 R ...

* Suncorp Super Netball Player of the Year Award * Suncorp Super Netball Young Star Award Former awards include: * Australian ANZ Championship Coach of the Year *

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Member organisations

Netball Australian Capital Territory Netball Australian Capital Territory is the governing body for netball in the Australian Capital Territory. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the association's representative teams including Capi ...

Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales is the governing body for netball in New South Wales. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing two elite level teams, New South Wales Swifts and Giants Netball, who compete in ...

Netball Northern Territory Netball Northern Territory is the governing body for netball in the Northern Territory. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing Territory Storm who have competed in the Australian Netball League. It i ...

Netball Queensland Netball Queensland is the governing body for netball in Queensland. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing Queensland Firebirds who compete in Suncorp Super Netball. It is also responsible for organiz ...

Netball South Australia Netball South Australia is the governing body for netball in South Australia. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing the Netball South Australia Premier League as well as numerous other leagues and co ...

* Netball Tasmania *

Netball Victoria Netball Victoria is the governing body for netball in Victoria, Australia. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organising and managing the elite level team, Melbourne Vixens, who compete in the Suncorp Super Netball. It i ...

Netball Western Australia Netball Western Australia is the governing body for netball in Western Australia. It is affiliated to Netball Australia. It is responsible for organizing and managing West Coast Fever who compete in Suncorp Super Netball. It is also responsible f ...

Board

Presidents

Chief Executive Officers

Notable directors

Notable people

* Nadine Cohen, Deputy CEO

References

External links

Official site
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