Mr Bruce Francis, a former Test cricketer who has been campaigning for the Essendon players to be exonerated, will attempt to get his FOI claim heard before Administration Appeals Tribunal (AAT) in Brisbane today.
The Hearing is via video link with the Sports Integrity Australia (SIA) defence team comprising 3 lawyers from SIA (formerly ASADA) and another 3 from the Attorney General’s (AG) Dept. AG will be lead by Senior Executive Lawyer, Justin Davidson.
It is understood that the AFL will give evidence supporting Sport Integrity Australia, the body that replaced the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, seeking to keep the document secret.
Francis is seeking the release of the “CEO Recommendation Show Cause Pack” which was issued by the Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel, chaired by respected lawyer Hayden Opie. At the time, Hayden Opie was also a Court for Arbitration of Sport (CAS) member and arbitrator.
Francis will not be legally represented at the AAT. His support will come from his two witnesses.

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