Bombers unjustly treated: Shorten

Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten feels the dozen current Essendon players banned for the 2016 AFL season for doping have been unfairly treated.

Federal Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten

Bill Shorten believes the AFL players banned for anti-doping offences have been "very hard done by". (AAP)

Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten believes the AFL players banned for anti-doping offences have been "very hard done by".

Mr Shorten said being scrubbed out from 2016 was not a fair outcome for 12 current Essendon players, when all they did was trust their club and administration.

"I feel that the players have been unjustly treated. I feel that the fans have been unjustly treated," he told reporters in Melbourne on Tuesday.


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