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Stephen Drill

Stephen Drill covers organised crime, business and the politics of sport. His investigative podcasts include Mafia’s Web, Bikie’s Inc. and Faith On Trial. Drill was Europe correspondent for the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail and Adelaide Advertiser from 2019 to 2021. The Walkley Award winner has also worked at The Wall Street Journal in New York and The Sun in London.

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GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 12: Dustin Martin of the Tigers celebrates during the 2017 AFL round 21 match between the Geelong Cats and the Richmond Tigers at Simonds Stadium on August 12, 2017 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)

Monday looms as Dusty D-Day

RICHMOND is under pressure to increase its offer to Dustin Martin, with the gun midfielder to decide his football future as early as Monday.

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14/07/2017: Simon Lethlean leaves his home in Melbourne. Picture: Stuart McEvoy for the Australian.

AFL affair fallout lingers for Lethlean

THE fallout from an AFL sex scandal is lingering as it was confirmed Simon Lethlean will step down as director of a sporting statistics company after admitting to an ‘inappropriate’ affair.

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Richard Simkiss AFL  general manager of commercial

Sleazy AFL list ranked women by looks

THE AFL affairs scandal has deepened amid revelations some men at the league’s headquarters created a “Top 10” list of ­female staff they wanted to have sex with.

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Richard Simkiss AFL  general manager of commercial

Simkiss gossip trickle turns to flood

THE drinks were flowing, spirits were high and then it all started to come crashing down into a Christmas party hangover that cost high-flying AFL executive Richard Simkiss his job.

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Gillon McLachlan Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Football League media conference on the resignation of AFL executives at AFL House.    Picture: David Caird

AFL execs may get ‘another chance’

UPDATE: AFL chief Gillon McLachlan has said Simon Lethlean and Richard Simkiss may get “another chance” in the “forgiving” football industry following their bombshell resignations.

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