After World War II, the two organisations controlling cycling were the Australian Cycling Council and the Amateur Cyclists’ Association of Australia. In 1963, the UCI gave Australia "approximately 12 months to form one controlling body, to be recognised as the Australian Cycling Federation". It took more than 30 years for that to happen. Under the direction of
Charlie Walsh at the
Australian Institute of Sport and national cycling coach from 1980 to 2001, Australia's international cycling performance ranking moved from between 20 and 30 in
track cycling in the world, to the number one ranked nation in 1993 and 1994, and placed third at the
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The national coaching team of Shayne Bannan, Martin Barras, Ian McKenzie and Neil Stephens built on this foundation to take Australia to the leading nation in track cycling at the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In late 2011, federal Sports Minister
Kate Lundy called for an investigation into Cycling Australia. A review by Justice
James Wood produced a 95-page report which described the organisation's set-up as outdated and complicated. The federation suffered financial problems in the early 2010s, after the approval of a strategy in 2010, which attempted to increase Cycling Australia's revenue through a programme of events organisation, led to the organisation making significant losses, compounded by lower than expected sponsorship revenue. Under the subsequent short-term presidency of
Orica–GreenEDGE team owner Gerry Ryan, the federation's involvement in events organisation reduced, a new board was appointed and a A$2 million loan package was agreed with the
Australian Sports Commission, state affiliates and Mountain Bike Australia. In November 2020, Cycling Australia was amalgamated with two other national cycling bodies BMX Australia and
Mountain Bike Australia to form
AusCycling the national sporting organisation representing all cycling disciplines in Australia. == Departments ==