The following article was written by Allan Hird, and printed in The Australian on the weekend of July 1, 2017: "How can Dean Robinson be allowed to work in elite sport again? This week the Herald Sun had two articles about NRL team the Sydney Roosters recruiting the coach’s brother to help with player fitness. Why would a Melbourne newspaper be reporting on a Sydney NRL club? The Roosters’ new fitness guru is one Dean Robinson, that’s why. Robinson was Steven Dank’s boss at Essendon in 2012 when the Essendon players, according to ASADA and WADA, were administered the banned substance Thymosin Beta 4. Dank was banned for life while Robinson has had a charmed life. At the start, things looked bleak for Robinson. Essendon stood him down immediately the substance allegations surfaced and his career seemed over. But when he gave testimony to ASADA, his fortunes changed. The AFL media began to present him in a different light. So much so that in July 2013, Channel 7 had him tell his story in a prime-time interview. Robinson was paid for his story and was provided with a platform to trash the reputation of Essendon coach James Hird. The allegations Robinson threw around about Hird were largely untested by the interviewer and in my view were wrong. He said the Australian Federal Police had raided Hird’s house looking for drugs. But as The Age’s John Silvester reported on August 1, 2013, the AFP denied it had ever raided Hird’s house. Robinson’s interview was one of the many unfounded attacks on Hird’s character in the Melbourne media leading up to Hird being suspended by the AFL in August 2013. It helped create the environment the AFL needed to get Hird. Subsequently, things fell into place for Robinson. Essendon, no questions asked, gave him a reported $1 million payout after he issued Supreme Court subpoenas against the AFL and Essendon. He landed a job with KPMG, who at the time were the AFL’s auditors. ASADA has been kind to Robinson, too. Dank was charged by ASADA and has been banned for life. But not so Robinson, despite his admitted involvement with banned substances while at the Gold Coast Suns. The Herald Sun this week said of Robinson: “(He) told ASADA investigators that (Gold Coast Sun Nathan) Bock visited his Gold Coast home where he gave him the banned substance CJC-1295 ... late in 2010.” Robinson claimed Dank had told him the drug was not banned and Dank has since confessed to giving CJC-1295 to Bock. ASADA has not charged Bock or Robinson. As reported, ASADA has an “understanding’’ with Robinson. Is that the way for a government agency to behave? When asked about Robinson’s job with the Roosters, ASADA said: “The decision to register Dean Robinson is ... entirely up to the Sydney Roosters and NRL.” ASADA, if its Act means anything, should have pursued Robinson after he admitted he gave Bock a banned substance. But it didn’t. Here’s a question for Sport Minister Greg Hunt: What purpose does ASADA serve when it allows an admitted supplier of banned substances to resume his career with athletes? " Allan Hird is the father of former Essendon coach James Hird. Kindly support a Senate Inquiry into this whole sordid affair by adding your name/details this petition, and then ask others to support it. If you have already supported the petition, take positive action by sending an email to the decision makers. It takes just one click or you can create your own email - go here to take postive action: https://www.change.org/p/senator-richard-di-natale-senator-nick-xenophon-senator-the-hon-george-brandis-qc-inquiry-into-ethics-practices-of-asada-afl-wada-anti-doping-case-against-the-34-essendon-football-club-players/u/19400777 Social media sharing tips: Use the main links (on the RHS of webpage) to share the original petition. Use the links below this update to share this update. 

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