The Australian Rugby Union will reopen contract negotiations with Kurtley Beale after completing a second integrity unit investigation into the controversial playmaker’s off-field conduct this year.

The ARU on Friday fined Beale $3000 over his in-flight verbal altercation with members of the Wallabies management team while en route to Argentina last month.

The sanction follows the $45,000 fine an ARU code-of-conduct tribunal imposed on Beale last week for his text message scandal.

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The latest integrity unit investigation determined that the playmaker committed a “moderate” breach of team protocols during the Wallabies’ journey from Cape Town to South America.

He was found guilty of inappropriate public behaviour by being rude and disrespectful of Wallaby management, including Di Patston, in public.

The investigation was initially put on hold until the tribunal dealt with the issue of Beale’s inadvertent distribution of an offensive text message.

Patston, who was also a central figure in the mid-air row, has since resigned as Wallabies business and logistics manager, citing stress, as has then-Test coach Ewen McKenzie.

ARU boss Bill Pulver on Friday said Beale – who has a lengthy rap sheet – remained available for Wallabies selection and that the governing body would now re-open negotiations with the midfielder, who is off contract at the end of 2014.

“Before this incident, we were in discussions with Beale’s manager about a continuation of his contract,” Pulver said.

“Those discussions were put on hold through the conduct tribunal and now we are at liberty to restart those negotiations.

“So they’re conversations we plan to have at some point between now and the end of the year.”

Pulver hoped Beale would continue being a “a wonderful asset to our game”, but made it clear that he was on last chance.

“The Kurtley Beale I want in Australian rugby is the one who has excited rugby fans for many years, just a great indigenous rugby player and important part of the fabric of our game,” he said.

“But most importantly one that constantly adheres to the behaviours consistent to the core values of the game and I am pretty confident that’s what we’re going to see from Kurtley from here on.

“He’s had a lot of chances and I’m pretty certain Kurtley is going to be very focused on behaviours that are consistent with our core values.”