Sydney, May 14 (AFP) Ten-year jail terms and the "naming and shaming" of athletes and officials are among measures Australian sports administrators said today they want to combat the illegal betting industry.
Sports Minister Mark Arbib and Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates claim match-fixing is the big new threat to the integrity of world sport, just as doping was in the 1980s and 90s.
Coates has called on Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to set up a national sports betting authority, in a similar way to the establishment of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.
Coates told the AOC annual general meeting in Sydney on Saturday he wants federal legislation to give the authority a number of measures.
These include the recording of names of offending athletes, officials, clubs and third parties of ill-repute on a public register, that is to "name and shame" them, he said.