How and when are athletes told whether they have been selected, and is support offered?

Netball Australia's Athlete Selection Policy (HP003, effective 1 April 2025) says successful and unsuccessful athletes may be told the outcome before the public announcement, no earlier than 24 hours before it, and subject to strict confidentiality obligations so that each player can receive wellbeing support. It also says wellbeing support will be made available to all squad athletes by Netball Australia as required.

The policy says the number of Pathway squad, team and camp selections is decided from year to year at the discretion of the Netball Australia "EGM Netball" (the person holding that position at Netball Australia).