The Play by the Rules magazine is a free online magazine for people interested in safe, fair and inclusive sport issues. The magazine comes in three different formats - a Flip Book with embedded media, a PDF version with links and a plain text version. The Flip Book version of each magazine is only available for 12 months following publication.

Latest Issue
  • Issue 35: December 2020

    Feature articles include:

    • Winners of the 2020 Play by the Rules Awards
    • Lessons learned in 2020
    • Serving notices in the digital age
  • Issue 34: September 2020

    Feature articles include:

    • Community sport fights back!
    • Looking after our mental health
    • Legal liability and your COVID-19 Safety Coordinator
  • Issue 33: June 2020

    Feature articles include:

    • How do we keep the inclusion of LGBTQ+ people on the agenda?
    • We are all in the rehabilitation group
    • Guidelines for the inclusion of transgender and gender diverse people in sport - the section 42 exception
  • Issue 32: March 2020

    Feature articles include:

    • Child sexual abuse in sport: Insights from a survivor/ally research team
    • How safe are the outdoor adventure activities you participate in?
    • Paralympians set to educate Australian schools
  • Issue 31: December 2019

    Feature articles include:

    • Recreational athletes and the WADA Code in 2020
    • Remember the 'good news' stories
    • Play by the Rules year in review
  • Issue 30: September 2019

    Special feature articles include a research synopsis on:

    • Safe sport
    • Fair sport
    • Inclusive sport
    • When sport mirrors society
  • Issue 29: June 2019

    Feature articles include:

    • Implementing your policies and codes: A practical checklist
    • Workforce diversity breaks down cultural barriers
    • Regulating sport-related concussion: Taking steps toward a public-private partnership
    • Winning isn't everything
  • Issue 28: March 2019

    Feature articles include:

    • Keeping children safe in sport: A summary of the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
    • Transparency and privacy in sport
    • Maccabi Australia's commitment to Member Protection
  • Issue 27: December 2018

    Feature articles include:

    • Winner of the 2018 Play by the Rules Award - GingerCloud Foundation's Modified Rugby Program
    • The year that was - innumerable reasons to be positive
    • Member Protection and the importance of confidentiality
  • Issue 26: September 2018

    Feature articles include:

    • Standing up and speaking out about racism in sport
    • An uncomfortable truth
    • Racial discrimination: Moving beyond legal compliance to inclusion