An Australian tribunal has imposed a lifetime ban on netball coach Tracy Wallace after finding she bullied, humiliated and abused multiple young players over several years while coaching at the Westside Saints club in Melbourne. The case has drawn wider attention because Wallace's long-term coaching partner, Darren Adam Abela, has separately admitted to child sex offences, raising fresh questions about oversight and safeguarding within the club and the sport more broadly.

The tribunal reportedly found Wallace kept a so-called "dirt file" on players and their parents, forced girls to change in front of their peers and shamed them over their weight, allegations that were previously unable to be reported. The findings and Abela's admissions have sent shockwaves through Melbourne's netball community, prompting scrutiny of how such conduct went unchecked for years.