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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nino Bucci

Partner of former Hawthorn player won’t take part in ‘culturally unsafe’ AFL racism review

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A First Nations woman who says the Hawthorn football club pressured her to terminate a pregnancy will not take part in the AFL investigation of the claims. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP

The partner of a former Hawthorn player who says the football club demanded that she terminate a pregnancy says she will not take part in an AFL investigation into the claims.

The Gunditjmara and Bunitj woman, known as Amy, released a statement on Wednesday morning saying that the investigation announced into claims made by First Nations players and their partners was founded on an “unsafe process”.

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