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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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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - September 21, 2023. AFL . Collingwood CEO Craig Kelly during Collingwood training session at Olympic Park, Melbourne. Photo by Michael Klein.

Collingwood CEO in bombshell new racism scandal

Collingwood’s chief executive Craig Kelly has been accused of joking about putting a live possum in a special room for Indigenous players and sending a Jewish colleague a “free Palestine” photo.

AFL

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA - MAY 16: Cyril Rioli is seen during the 2024 AFL Round 10 match between The Gold Coast SUNS and The Geelong Cats at TIO Stadium on May 16, 2024 in Darwin, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Rioli the lead applicant in Federal Court racism claim against Hawks

The lawyers representing First Nations players and partners alleging racism at Hawthorn Football Club have lodged documents in the Federal Court.

News

Daniel Andrews fails to produce phone records in teen crash case

The father of a teenage cyclist struck by Daniel Andrews’ family SUV has accused the former premier of “acting like a coward” for his failure to hand over a single document in relation to the crash.

AFL

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - June 26, 2024: Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group led by Andrew Wilkie MP hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

War of words erupts between AFL and Wilkie over ‘blackmail’ claims

Federal MP Andrew Wilkie has slammed the AFL for “alarming arrogance” over its ‘medical model’ drugs policy after the league denied Sports Integrity Australia was aware of explosive claims that a former player was ‘blackmailed’ by crime gangs.

AFL

The parents of a former AFL footballer have revealed they were “blackmailed” by a crime gang after their son became addicted to drugs while in the league’s controversial “medical model”.

‘Blackmail’ bombshell: Former AFL player in alleged drugs extortion

The parents of a former player have revealed they were “blackmailed” by a crime gang over their son’s unpaid drug debts while he was in the AFL’s “medical model”.

Victoria

Dan hands over phone records in sensational backflip

Daniel Andrews has backed down and agreed to surrender his mobile phone records from the day of a near-fatal Blairgowrie car crash with a teen cyclist in 2013.

Police & Courts

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Departing Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews leaves Victorian Parliament house followin the Labor caucus meeting on September 27, 2023 in at Victorian Parliament House Melbourne, Australia. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday announced his resignation following a nine year stint as Premier. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Dan calls in one of Australia’s most expensive silks in crash case

Daniel Andrews is attempting to fight a Supreme Court subpoena in a bid to keep secret his phone records from the day of a near-fatal crash with a teenage cyclist.

AFL News

Michael Warner on the AFL's drugs problem

Warner: Where blame lies in footy’s dirty drugs problem

By going soft on footballers who took drugs, the AFL has opened the door to criminal infiltration and corruption, writes Michael Warner. So, who’s to blame? And where’s the solution?

AFL News

The AFL’s ‘crossroad’: Shock drugs report reveals crime gang fears

The boss of Australia’s anti-doping agency has warned that the AFL – and Australian sport more widely – is at a “crossroad” regarding drug use by players.

ExclusivePolice & Courts

Former Premier Dan Andrews and wife Catherine at the 2023 NGV Gala Red Carpet arrivals, welcomes the opening of NGV Triennial 2023. Picture: David Caird

‘Inappropriate’: Dan skips hard questions on crash day phone records

Daniel Andrews refused to be drawn on why he is resisting a Supreme Court order to hand over his mobile phone records from the day of a near-fatal 2013 car crash with a teenage cyclist.

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