It is responsible for organizing and managing the association's representative teams including Capital Darters, who compete in the Australian Netball Championships and The Capital Spirit, who compete in Netball NSW Premier League.

Its headquarters are based at the SolarHub ACT Netball Centre in Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory.

While netball was played earlier than this in the Australian Capital Territory, mainly between school teams, this was the first formal association.

It was initially affiliated to the New South Wales Women's Basketball Association.

This move was supported by Netball New South Wales and required a change to the national governing body's constitution, allowing territories to be admitted.