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Michael Warner is an award-winning investigative journalist with Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper, and also CODE Sports, and author of the best-selling book, The Boys’ Club, the inside story behind the power and politics of the Australian Football League. In 2022, he won the Walkley Award for sports reporting, the Melbourne Press Club Gold Quill and was named the Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year.

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AFL

AFL Round 12. 10/06/2019. Big Freeze 5. Collingwood vs Melbourne at the MCG. Brad Green claps his sons Oliver and Wilba as they lead the demons onto the MCG in honour of their mother Anna who passed recently . Pic: Michael Klein

New Dees president dragged into ugly courtroom board stoush

Melbourne’s newly-installed president Brad Green has been named in fresh Federal Court proceedings launched against the club by Glen Bartlett.

AFL

MELBOURNE. 23/06/2022.. AFL Round 15 . Melbourne vs Brisbane at the MCG. Melbourne CEO Gary Pert after tonights match . Photo by Michael Klein

Warner: Why ‘external’ review can’t solve Dees’ woes

Melbourne fans welcomed news this week the club would be conducting a full review of the club, but MICHAEL WARNER unpacks why it’s unlikely to find the source of the Dees’ problems.

AFL News

Family tragedy behind the man who almost ran football

Still one of the most influential figures in football, Brian Cook has opened up on the family tragedy which shaped him and how close he came to landing the AFL’s top job.

AFL

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: Gary Pert and Kate Roffey look dejected after a loss during the 2022 AFL Second Semi Final match between the Melbourne Demons and the Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 9, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Warner: Tainted Roffey presidency arrives at moment of reckoning

Amid a backdrop of crisis and backstabbing in April 2021, Kate Roffey took over the Demons. But Thursday’s trainwreck display showed how inept the club’s leadership is, writes Michael Warner.

Melbourne

‘Rebuild our club’: Dees board hopeful calls for full-scale review

After an underwhelming season, the Dees now face the prospect of one of their greatest ever players walking out the door, leading to a Melbourne board challenger demanding an independent review.

AFL News

Hawthorn v Sydney Swans. MCG. Cyril Rioli shares a laugh with Carl Peterson after the game.

‘Tell her to terminate’: Court docs reveal full alleged Clarkson threat

Almost two years after the Hawthorn racism scandal broke, allegations against multiple former club chiefs have been formalised in an 89-page statement of claim in Federal Court.

ExclusiveVictoria

Mark Cleaver, head of First Nations strategy and programs Picture: Supplied

Pies’ staffer wanted $250k to drop racism lawsuit

Collingwood’s former head of First Nations strategy demanded at least $250,000 to drop a wrongful dismissal claim against the club, after accusing its chief executive of a series of racial slurs and physical attacks.

AFL News

MELBOURNE . 17/02/2023. AFL . Collingwood intra club practise match at Olympic Park. Collingwood president Jeff Browne and CEO Craig Kelly . Pic: Michael Klein

Indigenous service dumps Pies as racism saga deepens

An Indigenous family violence service has severed ties with Collingwood as the club prepares to fight allegations of racism against CEO Craig Kelly.

ExclusiveVictoria

Racism scandal twist: Pies staffer sacked after turning whistleblower

Mark Cleaver’s move to reach out to two senior footy reporters to blow the whistle on the alleged racist behaviour of chief executive Craig Kelly cost him his job at Collingwood.

UpdatedVictoria

Jeff Browne the President of Collingwood holds a press conference at the club. Wednesday, July 31. 2024. Picture: David Crosling

‘Totally and absolutely’: Pies president backs CEO amid racism row

Collingwood president Jeff Browne has thrown his support behind Craig Kelly amid bombshell racism claims, saying the chief executive wouldn’t “disrespect any other person”.

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