Eugénie Buckley, chief executive of Swimming Australia, told insidethegames that the governing body would be scouring the country to find possible locations for a new national base.

Swimming Australia’s head office is situated in Melbourne, while most of its high-performance hubs are located in Brisbane which has produced the majority of the country’s Olympic swimming medallists.

Buckley revealed that Swimming Australia was planning to step up talks with State Governments in a bid to achieve its "dream" of a new home where the country's top athletes, coaches and officials can come together.

"One of the things that we want is a dedicated home of swimming," said Buckley.

"We talk about our success in the pool, but we don’t really have a home.

"We have high-performance centres in Brisbane, a corporate office in Melbourne and a lot of staff in Sydney so that is something we are starting to talk to the Governments about.

"Can we get a dedicated, world-class home of swimming?

"We were in Hungary for the World Aquatics Championships this year and the Duna Aréna is great.

"We would love to have a physical legacy from hosting an Olympics and Paralympics in 2032 as well as a people legacy."

Buckley said Swimming Australia had a "national footprint but a Queensland focus", however she said the organisation was keen to look at all areas of the country for a new home.

"It is going to be a 2023 project for us as this year has been focused on international events," said Buckley during the World Swimming Championships (25m) which is being held in Melbourne.

"We will do it properly next year so we will get our specifications together and go to tender and go around Australia.

"We are Queensland focused from a high-performance perspective with 70 per cent of our medals coming from that state and we have three performance hubs there as well.

"We have a national footprint but a Queensland focus.

"Obviously we are talking to the Queensland Government."

Swimming Australia revealed its 10-year strategy at the end of last year in a bid to provide a roadmap for Brisbane 2023.

"It’s a unique opportunity as we have got 10 years to prepare for the Olympics and Paralympics, normally it is seven, so we have got this extra period of time, but it is all about now,” said Buckley.

"It’s not about sitting back, thinking we have got 10 years so we can worry about thaT later.

"It’s about now.

"Within our strategic plan, we have got three horizons so every day we have got an eye on 2032, but our team has got to focus on Paris 2024 and today.

"I think it is critical to be very clear on what your strategic direction is, particularly with a 10-year runway.

"We have gone to all of our members and all of our stakeholders, so we have got everyone’s buy-in.

"Swimming gets 50 per cent of Australia’s medals in the Olympics and Paralympics and we want to leverage that.

"We want to get better financial outcomes, so we are trying to commercialise which is why we have launched a new brand and a new website.

"We have also launched the hall of fame so we have started to engage with our alumni like Grant Hackett and you will see a whole lot of them supporting the swimmers in Melbourne this week."