Australian government urged to ‘step up’ on concussion in sports in landmark Senate report

Inquiry recommends national strategy and binding return-to-play rules to protect against head trauma

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The Australian government should develop a national strategy to reduce concussion in sports and protect participants from head trauma, including working with medical experts to develop binding return-to-play rules, a federal Senate committee has said.

The recommendations from a six-month inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports were tabled in the Senate on Tuesday night.