AOC Appoints Independent Commission On Bullying Scandal

(ATR) The three-person panel to make determination by June 1 on complaint against AOC media boss Mike Tancred.

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(ATR) The Australian Olympic Committee Executive Board has appointed an independent committee to rule on the accusations of bullying and threatening behavior made by former CEO Fiona de Jong against AOC media boss Mike Tancred.

Two former Justices of the High Court of Australia and a former Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales will serve on the independent committee, according to an AOC statement.

The AOC says that the committee has "sole and absolute discretion" in determining the complaint and has requested that a determination be made on or before June 1.

The AOC executive board met in emergency session on Wednesday and announced afterward that Tancred had stepped down from his position pending the investigation.

Tancred’s departure and the decision to launch a probe into the bullying scandal - which has tainted the image of the AOC and president John Coates – comes as Coates faces a tough reelection bid.

Olympic hockey gold medalist Danni Roche is standing against him in the May 6 ballot.

Coates has labeled the bullying allegations at the AOC as a "vindictive campaign to damage me personally, and to tarnish all that has been achieved at the AOC".

Written by Gerard Farek

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