29 April, 2016: Jon Pierik, journalist, The Age writes; Independent Victorian senator John Madigan will seek two motions in the Senate on Monday, calling for an inquiry into the handling of the Essendon drugs saga and for key documents relating to the case to be released. Madigan has previously asked for the documents to be released but the government declined. "ASADA's result against the 34 Essendon footballers might have been a 'gotcha' moment for Ben McDevitt, but it has not caught a single drug cheat," Madigan said on Friday. "What it has delivered is a junk outcome enabled by poorly written legislation that was enacted by the same Liberal Government that brought us WorkChoices". "Fair-minded footy fans deserve better. As long as I remain a senator I will not give up on this issue". "The 34 sanctioned 2012 Essendon footballers, along with salaried footballers from other codes who have been similarly caught in the ASADA net for complying with club-imposed programs, deserve to have the unfairness of their plights recognised. They deserve justice." Madigan's motions will almost certainly have the support of his fellow independent senators and the Greens, where leader Richard di Natale has also heavily scrutinised ASADA and questioned whether the WADA code suits team sports. The documents Madigan wants released include the final report of ASADA's investigation into the Bombers, dubbed Operation Cobia, the review of that operation by former Federal Court judge Garry Downs for former Sport Minister Peter Dutton, a separate review of ASADA for former Sport Minister Kate Ellis and the decision in March last year by the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal to clear the players of doping allegations. Madigan also wants the October 2013 investigators' report detailing the ASADA case against former Gold Coast footballer Nathan Bock, documents detailing the decision to not pursue Bock and any recent documents pertaining to ASADA claiming it would reopen the investigation should new information be presented. "I will not ask the Senate to order the production of the secret Project Aperio volumes because this would irresponsibly threaten the anonymity and safety of Australian Crime Commission intelligence sources," Madigan said. "The minister for sport has told me, in writing, that 'successive legal reviews' had found the ASADA investigation into the Essendon Football Club was conducted 'in accordance with Australian legislation'," Madigan said. "If the minister is right, how does she account for the absurdity of the outcome? The fact is that the 34 sanctioned 2012 Essendon footballers are the victims of a workplace safety crime, a crime found by a Victorian magistrate to have been committed by their employer". "The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, a statutory agency for which she is responsible and which was created by her party when it was last in power, has further victimised these victims of crime without one word of regret from the Australian Government." If you haven't already signed the petition, please do so and share it with your friends. If you have already signed, please continue to share this article/petition to your friends and family. Thank you for your support.