Watchdog launches new probe into Hawthorn

Hawthorn is being investigated by Victoria's workplace information watchdog after a taste information reappraisal included allegations First Nations players were subjected to racism and controlling behaviour.

According to The Age, investigators person contacted the nine and held respective virtual meetings, up of an in-person sojourn connected Monday astatine the club's Waverley Park Stadium headquarters.

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"WorkSafe is urging anyone who experienced oregon witnessed wellness and information concerns astatine Hawthorn Football Club to interaction WorkSafe to marque a statement," WorkSafe's enforcement manager of wellness and safety, Dr Narelle Beer, said successful a statement.

(L-R) Cyril Rioli, Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Jarryd Roughead, Grant Birchall and Luke Hodge of the Hawks observe winnings the 2015 AFL Grand Final (Getty)

"WorkSafe takes allegations of workplace bullying and favoritism precise earnestly and tin instrumentality enforcement enactment erstwhile employers neglect to support the intelligence wellness of those successful their workplace.

"Every Victorian worker, nary substance their taste background, has the close to a steadfast and harmless workplace."

The taste reappraisal recovered allegations erstwhile players and their partners were forced to abstracted from each different arsenic different indigenous subordinate alleged helium was told that his spouse had to terminate her pregnancy.

Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett said helium hoped the contented could beryllium "resolved rapidly by each parties involved" portion criticising the leaking of the report.

Alastair Clarkson pictured during his clip arsenic Hawthorn Hawks manager (Getty)

"It was a storytelling wherever those telling the stories asked for confidentiality. We respected that. Sadly, they made a determination to speech to the press, and successful talking to the property they named radical with whom they had precise existent issues. That was unfair to those people," helium said.

"So, therefore, we request to person this resolved. But, please, I don't spot this arsenic a crisis. I cognize this club, I cognize its past and I cognize its strength. We volition woody with this and assistance successful immoderate mode we can."

Two of the men facing accusations of racism from their clip astatine Hawthorn, erstwhile Hawks manager Alastair Clarkson and erstwhile shot manager Chris Fagan, person denied immoderate wrongdoing and person taken a permission of lack from their existent roles.

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