AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 2016–17 OVERVIEW AND HIGHLIGHTS We are focused on sustained performance: getting more Australians on the podium more often. We work with sports to achieve sustainable and ethical international success through leadership, partnerships, leveraging our expertise, world class service delivery and research and investment. We want more Australians — particularly young Australians — participating in sport more often. We aim to better understand what is happening in sport, support the network that supplies sport — our sporting organisations — and help drive lifelong participation in sport with a focus on our high-quality national participation program — Sporting Schools. Our priorities INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS MORE PARTICIPATION 18