Vic: Bisexual footy trainer loses discrimination case

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-2009
Vic: Bisexual footy trainer loses discrimination case

MELBOURNE, Feb 19 AAP - A bisexual sports trainer who launched a discrimination case
against a country football league had his case kicked out by the Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal (VCAT).

VCAT senior member Noreen Megay told 42-year-old Ken Campagnolo his case against the
Benalla and District Football League and the Bonnie Doon Football Club did not have "a
scintilla of credibility".

"In my view this action is entirely misconceived and manifestly hopeless," Ms Megay
said on Thursday.

The former Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) firefighter had claimed
that publicity surrounding his accusations of bullying in the DSE because of his sexuality
led to him losing his training role at Bonnie Doon.

"It is not in dispute that the club told him he could not continue as a trainer although
it maintained it welcomed him generally," Ms Megay said.

VCAT found that Mr Campagnolo had not been employed by the league or the club but had
received a free entry pass to games and transport expenses.

It said that Mr Campagnolo, who was unrepresented in the hearing, had not been able
to prove his assertion of employment by the league or the club.

"I am satisfied that the action brought by Mr Campagnolo against the Benalla and District
Football League lacks even a scintilla of credibility," Ms Megay said.

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