The structure has generally represented the areas of high performance sport, sports participation, sport management and corporate/commercial services. The AIS has been an elite sport flagship program of the ASC since its merger in 1989. Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is the best known division of the ASC. In 2011, Minister for Sport Mark Arbib announced the AIS would take responsibility for the strategic direction of high performance sport in Australia. In November 2012, the ASC released "Australia's Winning Edge 2012–2022", a high performance sport plan, which highlighted a new role for the AIS particularly in terms of developing coaches and talent identification but not directly managing national sports organisations elite athlete programs as it had done since 1981. See also Australian Institute of Sport Australian Sports Commission Media Awards List of Australian Ministers for Sport References External links Sports funding: federal balancing act - detailed summary of Australian Government funding and policies related to sport Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia 1981 establishments in Australia Sports organizations established in 1981