Andrew Wilkie accuses Melbourne Demons players of evading drug tests with AFL help under parliamentary privilege.

Federal MP Andrew Wilkie reported to parliament that allegations of illegal drug testing conducted in secret to help AFL players avoid detection on game days have been revealed by a doctor who has come forward with information.

Wilkie forwarded the allegations to the House of Representatives from a former president of a football team and Melbourne Demons physician.

He described the charges as accurate, credible, and backed by signed statements he was given that made it clear where the documents had been obtained.League CEO Andrew Dillon has defended the "clinical intervention model" that the AFL uses, saying it has always been a part of the AFL's illegal drug policy. Under this model, players are tested for illegal drugs under the supervision of club physicians.

The allegations were made by former Melbourne president Glen Bartlett, ex-club doctor Zeeshan Arain, and former player Shaun Smith, father of current Demon Joel, who is provisionally suspended after a SIA match-day test for cocaine. Smith could be suspended for four years under the World Anti-Doping Authority Code for testing positive on game day for a non-specified substance. Click here for the AFL statement on Illicit Drug Policy

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