A series of meetings between Federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck and key stakeholders will help shape the future of the AIS.
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It could also finally bring some certainty to the future of Canberra's stadium dilemma.
Sport Australia developed a business case study with a raft of options for the AIS campus, including an option to sell facilities - including Canberra Stadium - to the ACT government.
But first former sports minister Bridget McKenzie, who has since fallen victim to the "sports rorts" saga, and now Colbeck have been sitting on the case study since before last year's federal election.
Colbeck's already had one meeting with AIS users, with another planned this week, to gain feedback about the campus.
The AIS and Sport Australia have been under fire recently over their funding of athletes.
That funding comes from Scott Morrison's government and is distributed by the AIS on its behalf.
The AIS received $119 million at the start of the decade, but it's remained largely stagnant since the 2010-11 financial year.
It's remained roughly between $110-$120 million since, although there has been a couple of added payments of the the past few years.
There was an additional $10 million in 2017-18 for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, along with another $50 million for Tokyo over the past two financial years.
There's no guarantee those additional injections will continue beyond this year's Olympics.
Without that $50 million injection, there would have been a drop in funding of 12.6 per cent in real terms.
Olympic sports need funding because they need international competition to remain competitive.
Under the current funding model being implemented by Sport Australia, if they don't remain competitive then they risk having their funding cut.
That's the prospect facing the world No.2-ranked Hockeyroos if they fail to perform in Tokyo.
There's been reports they could lose 60 per cent of their government funding if they don't win a medal this year.
Hockey Australia chief executive Matt Favier said every Olympic sport faced the prospect of funding cuts after every Olympic cycle.
He was thankful for the government support and said they wouldn't be able to compete on the world stage without it.
Favier will meet with Colbeck this week and expected they would discuss the future make-up of the AIS.
The ACT government is keen to buy Canberra Stadium, along with several other AIS assets, but is waiting for the federal government to decide what they want to do.
If they bought Canberra Stadium, the ACT government could redevelop the site to fund the construction of a new stadium in Civic.
Favier said Hockey Australia, which is based in Perth, largely used the AIS for training camps and felt that was how they would get most use out of it going forward.
"There's some fundamental questions around the role of the campus ... [and] questions around whether or not the AIS in its previous form is still the right format and model," Favier said.
"Which I think is the bit to really investigate.
"I think there's a bit of work to be done there and I suppose that's what the conversation is about with the minister coming up."
Favier was comfortable with the current model for sport funding, which provides more funds to successful sports.
But he felt if the overall levels of funding didn't increase - as they have in countries around the world - then sports would struggle to compete.
He said the sale of AIS assets, such as Canberra Stadium, could be used to boost funding to sports, but that would be a short-term solution.
Colbeck said the government had increased funding to athletes, as well as invested an additional $54 million pathways.
But he didn't say what the government's plans were for the AIS and its infrastructure.
"High performance funding made directly to athletes remains at a record high of $148 million in this Olympic year, up from $115 million when the Coalition came to office," Colbeck said.
"In the 2019-20 budget the government also invested $54.1 million to substantially improve development opportunities for talented young athletes around the country.
"It will also fund enhanced athlete well-being and personal development initiatives, and improved means-tested financial support for athletes."