The Australian Human Rights Commission has terminated a claim against Hawthorn by First Nations ex-players and their partners after the parties failed to come to a deal.
The AHRC’s decision – based on the commission’s view that the parties were too far apart – leaves the players and partners, including former champion Cyril Rioli and his partner Shannyn, with 60 days to file and take the matter to the Federal Court.
It is still open for the parties to reach a deal outside of the human rights commission, but the players can also file in the Federal Court and make their claim in that arena, which would be public. Hawthorn faced a difficult task to satisfy both the First Nations players and partners who had the grievance and the former officials, who had strongly opposed any hint that they acted in a way that was racist.“As we have always said, we would like to see this matter resolved fairly and quickly for everyone involved,” Hawthorn president Andy Gowers said.
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