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Hawks racism report author accused of stealing $779k

Phillip Egan is facing court accused of defrauding the Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

A former AFL player who wrote Hawthorn's dramatic racism report is accused of stealing almost $800,000 from the Indigenous organisation he worked for. 

Phil Egan was contracted by the Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative, near Mildura, between 2010 and 2015, working as chief executive and chairman. 

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