Broncos superstar Payne Haas has been working behind the scenes in a bid to get his ill father out of the Camp Bagong immigration detention facility in the Philippines.

Payne’s father, Gregor, had a red notice against him cancelled by Interpol in June, but has not been released from the facility despite the 47-year-old being detained without charge in the Philippines since he was captured there at the behest of authorities in Indonesia.

Haas has met with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade several times in a bid to trigger his father’s release and return home. However, the government’s attempts appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

There were plenty of senior government officials in attendance at Sunday’s grand final, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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