We believe these players were denied:

The presumption of innocence

The right to an independent Hearing

The right to remain silent

The right to privacy and confidentiality

The right not to be tried twice for the same offence

The right to be dealt with promptly and not subject to unnecessary delays

The right for an appeal to be heard in an Australian Court

We believe:

None of the sporting or governing bodies involved in the investigation, interim reports, and prosecution of these players have given the appearance of objectivity in the selection of evidence. None of the sporting or governing bodies involved in the investigation, interim reports, and prosecution of players, perhaps with the exception of the AFL Tribunal, have given any regard to whether evidence could be regarded as expert or scientific. In fact, some supporting evidence needed to be discounted on the grounds of relevance. The sporting and governing bodies involved in the investigation, interim reports, and prosecution of the players ran their own agenda in order to achieve a preconceived outcome. As a result, the outcome that was reached contains numerous factual errors and is based on suppositions which in many cases are unsupported. As a consequence of 1, 2, and 3, we believe the prosecution of the case was built on inexact proofs, indefinite testimony, and indirect inferences that do not reach the standard of ‘comfortable satisfaction' and therefore has no place in Australian sport.



Innocent or guilty, we want the players to receive a fair go. That’s the Australian way.

Therefore, this petition requests a Senate Inquiry in order to: