It remains unclear whether the five players at the centre of the claims will take part in the investigation
, as they were concerned that any panel established by the AFL could not be truly independent. Leon Zwier, who represents four of the players and is considered the contact person for the fifth, was not available for comment.
Quinn will be joined on the panel by Jacqualyn Turfrey, who practises in commercial, family and criminal law, and is a Palawa woman; Tim Goodwin, a Yuin man who practises in commercial and public law, and is on the board of the Human Rights Law Centre; and Julie Buxton, a former human rights and youth justice adviser to Victoria’s commissioner for Aboriginal children and young people who also worked with the United Nations Serious Crimes Unit in Timor-Leste.
Dillon said the investigation would specifically look at the period covering 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2016 inclusive and would run independently of the AFL.Dillon said it was important that the terms confirmed that there was an opportunity for mediation and the projected end date of the investigation.
“Beyond this immediate investigation, we are open to listening to all the ideas that are being suggested however importantly for the short term we need to run a proper independent process on these allegations, and we believe this investigation will help inform whatever we do next as an industry,” Dillon said.
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