Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 27 March 2014, pp 743-744.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, 27 August 2014, p. 1313.

Chapter 2 - Background

[1]        Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Report of the DLA Piper Review and the government's response, June 2013, pp 5-24.

[2]        Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Duntroon: Marking Time, Four Corners, 2 May 1970, available at: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2011/08/08/3288457.htm (accessed 20 May 2013).

[3]        Department of Defence, Report of Review into Policies and Practices to Deal with Sexual Harassment and Sexual Offences at the Australian Defence Force Academy, June 1998, p. xi.

[4]        For example, Ian McPhedran, 'Defence sex scandal: Cadet secretly filmed liaison with colleague', Adelaide Advertiser, 6 April 2011, p. 17.

[5]        Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, 'Interview with David Speers SKY News PM Agenda', Transcript, 6 April 2011.

[6]        Commodore Kafer was reinstated as Commandant of ADFA following the inquiry by Mr Andrew Kirkham QC.

[7]        Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, 'Sex Discrimination Commissioner to lead review of the Australian Defence Force Academy and the Australian Defence Force', Media Release, 11 April 2011, pp. 1-2.

[8]        Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, 'Sex Discrimination Commissioner to lead review of the Australian Defence Force Academy and the Australian Defence Force', Media Release, 11 April 2011, p. 2.

[9]        Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, 'Outcomes of the Kirkham Inquiry', Media Release, 7 March 2011.

[10]      Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, 'Outcomes of the Kirkham Inquiry', Media Release, 7 March 2011.

[11]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force Academy, Phase 1 Report, October 2011, pp. 99-100.

[12]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force, Phase 2 Report, August 2012, p. 36.

[13]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force, Phase 2 Report, August 2012, p. 37.

[14]      Department of Defence, 'Beyond Compliance: Professionalism, Trust and Capability in the Australian Profession of Arms', Report of the ADF Personal Conduct Review, August 2011, pp. 43–44.

[15]      Department of Defence, The Use of Alcohol in the Australian Defence Force, Report of the Independent Advisory Panel on Alcohol, August 2011, p. 15. 

[16]      Department of Defence, Review of Social Media and Defence, August 2011, p. ix.

[17]      Department of Defence, Review of Social Media and Defence, August 2011, p. ix.

[18]      Department of Defence, Review of the management of Incidents and Complaints in Defence including Civil and Military Jurisdiction – A report by the Inspector General Australian Defence Force, September 2011.

[19]      DLA Piper Review, Report of the Review of allegations of sexual and other abuse in Defence: Facing the problems of the past, Volume 1 – General findings and recommendations, October 2011, p. xxi (Volume 1).

[20]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 1.

[21]      DLA Piper Review, 'DLA Piper Review responds to concerns raised about conduct of Review of Allegations of Sexual and Other Abuse (and Related Matters) in Defence', News Release, 21 June 2011, p. 3.

[22]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, Appendix 7, pp. 275–276.

[23]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 4.

[24]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 4.

[25]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Culture of Silence, Four Corners, 13 June 2011, available at: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2011/s3239681.htm (accessed 29 October 2012); DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 108.

[26]      DLA Piper Review, Report of the Review of allegations of sexual and other abuse in Defence: Facing the problems of the past, Volume 1 – General findings and recommendations, Supplement to Volume 1, April 2012, p. ix (Supplement to Volume 1). The Supplement to Volume 1 was prepared only by Dr Rumble and Ms McKean, as Professor Pearce had withdrawn from the Review due to ill-health.

[27]      Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, 'Release of Volume 1 of the DLA Piper Report: Allegations of sexual and other abuse in Defence', Media Release, 10 July 2012, p. 1.

[28]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates, Committee Hansard, 28 May 2012, p. 51.

[29]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Supplementary Estimates, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2012, p. 31.

[30]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Budget Estimates, Committee Hansard, 3 June 2013, p. 16.

[31]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, pp. 199–200.

[32]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 115.

[33]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 121, Issue 3.

[34]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 121, Issue 4.

[35]      Further information on the Defence Pathway to Change cultural reform strategy is detailed below.

[36]      DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, p. 17.

[37]      DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, p. 59.

[38]      DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, p. 3 and Appendix 1.

[39]      DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, p. 3.

[40]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 108.

[41]      DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, Attachment 7, p. 1.

[42]      DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, Attachment 8, p. 1.

[43]      Department of Defence, Pathway to Change: Evolving Defence Culture—A Strategy for Cultural Change and Reinforcement, March 2012, p. 31.

[44]      Department of Defence, Pathway to Change: Evolving Defence Culture—A Strategy for Cultural Change and Reinforcement, March 2012, p. 7.

[45]      DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, p. vii.

[46]      The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence, 'DLA Piper report', Media Release, 11 October 2011.

[47]      The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence, 'Release of the Executive Summary of Volume 1 of the DLA Piper Report: Allegations of sexual and other abuse in Defence', Media Release, 14 June 2012, p. 3.

[48]      The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence, Press Conference, 26 November 2012.

[49]      The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence, 'Treatment of Women in the ADF', Media Release, 26 November 2012.

[50]      The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence, 'Implementation of Defence cultural reform—Pathway to Change', Media Release, 26 November 2012.

[51]      Department of Defence, 'Statement from General David Hurley, Chief of the Defence Force', Transcript, 26 November 2012, http://news.defence.gov.au/2012/11/26/statement-from-general-david-hurley-chief-of-the-defence-force/ (accessed 5 August 2014).

[52]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, 'Taskforce releases Terms of Reference', Media Release, 21 January 2013.

[53]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, First Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 5.

[54]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, First Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 5.

[55]      The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence, 'Response to allegations of abuse in Defence', Media release, 14 March 2013, http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2013/03/14/minister-for-defence-response-to-allegations-of-abuse-in-defence (accessed 20 May 2013).

[56]      The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence, 'Paper presented on the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce', 20 June 2013.

[57]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Second Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, June 2013, p. iii.

[58]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Third Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, September 2013, p. 4.

[59]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, 'Taskforce Extended to 30 November', Media Release, 19 March 2014.

[60]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Sixth Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, June 2014, p. 6.

[61]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Fifth Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, March 2014, p. 11.

[62]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Fifth Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, March 2014, p. 11.

[63]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Seventh Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, September 2014, p. 30.

[64]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Seventh Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, September 2014, p. 4.

[65]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[66]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Seventh Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, September 2014, pp 1-2.

[67]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Report on abuse at HMAS Leeuwin, 2014, available at: https://www.defenceabusetaskforce.gov.au/HMAS-Leeuwin/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 1 August 2014).

[68]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Report on abuse at HMAS Leeuwin, 2014, pp 90-92.

[69]      Department of Defence, 'Report on Stage A (Research and Analysis stage)', Re-thinking systems of inquiry, investigation, review and audit in Defence, 1 August 2012, p. 5.

[70]      Submission 17, p. 7.

[71]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 'Minister explains abuse Royal Commission decision', 7.30 Report, 12 November 2012, available at: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3631175.htm (accessed 13 November 2012).

[72]      Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 'Letters Patent', http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/LettersPatent/Pages/default.aspx (accessed 20 May 2013).

[73]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Second Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, June 2013, p. 44.

[74]      Journals of the Senate, 10 October 2012, p. 3106.

[75]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Report of the DLA Piper Review and the government's response, June 2013, p. 81.

[76]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Report of the DLA Piper Review and the government's response, June 2013, pp xi-xii.

[77]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Report of the DLA Piper Review and the government's response, June 2013, p. 70.

[78]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Report of the DLA Piper Review and the government's response, June 2013, p. 86.

Chapter 3 - Defence Abuse Response Taskforce processes

[1]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, responses to question on notice from hearing on 26 September 2014, pp 1-2.

[2]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, responses to question on notice from hearing on 26 September 2014, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 1, p. 1.

[4]        Submission 4, p. 1.

[5]        Submission 12, p. 2.

[6]        Submission 14, p. 1.

[7]        Submission 14, p. 21.

[8]        Submission 21, p. 2.

[9]        Submission 8, Part 1, p. 3.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 7.

[11]      Submission 21, p. 2. Also see Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 35.

[12]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 35.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 31.

[14]      Submission 17, p. 2.

[15]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Sixth Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, June 2014, p. 6.

[16]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Third Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, September 2013, p. 3.

[17]      For example, Ms Rachael James, Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 1.

[18]      Submission 12, p. 3.

[19]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[20]      Submission 14, p 37.

[21]      Submission 21, p. 2.

[22]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 32.

[23]      Correspondence to the committee from the Hon Len Roberts-Smith, Chair, Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, 20 October 2014.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 29.

[25]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[26]      Submission 14, supplementary submission, p. 10.

[27]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[28]      Submission 21, p. 2.

[29]      Submission 21, pp 2-3.

[30]      The Hon Len Roberts-Smith QC, 'Restorative Engagement – Beyond the Horizon', Speech, Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia Conference, 3 May 2014, p. 8.

[31]      Submission 21, p. 5.

[32]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[33]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[34]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 19.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 20.

[37]      Submission 11, p. 3.

[38]      Submission 11, p. 3.

[39]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 22.

[40]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, responses to question on notice from hearing on 26 September 2014, p.1

[41]      'Key statistics' tabled by Defence Abuse Response Taskforce at public hearing on 26 September 2014, pp 1-2; Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, responses to questions on notice from hearing 26 September 2014, p. 2.  

[42]      Submission 15, p.1.

[43]      Submission 15, p. 2.

[44]      Submission 15, p. 3.

[45]      Submission 15, pp 4-5.

[46]      Submission 21, p. 4.

[47]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, responses to questions on notice from hearing on 26 September 2014, p. 6.

[48]      Submission 21, p. 4.

[49]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, responses to questions on notice from the hearing on 26 September 2014, p. 4.

[50]      Submission 21, p. 6.

[51]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 51.

[52]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[53]      Submission 8, Part 1, p. 3.

[54]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Seventh Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, September 2014, p. 13.

[55]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 37.

[56]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 37.

[57]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 51.

[58]      Submission 14, p. 39.

[59]      'Key statistics' tabled by the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce at the public hearing on 26 September 2014, p. 1. 

[60]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 21.

[61]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Seventh Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, September 2014, p. 13.

[62]      Submission 14, p. 25.

[63]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 31.

[64]      'Key Statistics' tabled by the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce at public hearing on 26 September 2014, p. 1.

[65]      Submission 11, pp 3-4.

[66]      Submission 23, p. 3.

[67]      Submission 14, p. 31.

[68]      Submission 22, p. 3.

[69]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[70]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 32.

[71]      Submission 23, p. 2.

[72]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 5.

[73]      Submission 12, p. 4.

[74]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 32.

[75]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 35.

[76]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Seventh Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, September 2014, p. 32.

[77]      Submission 8, Part 1, p. 7.

[78]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 12.

[79]      Submission 21, p. 4.

Chapter 4 - Defence response

[1]        Submission 17, p. 2.

[2]        Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 51.

[3]        Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Report of the DLA Piper Review and the government's response, June 2013, pp. 27-28.

[4]        Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 20, p. 1.

[5]        Submission 8, Part 2, Annexure 1, p. 29.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 10.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 61.

[8]        Australian Human Rights Commission, Review of the Treatment of Women in the ADF - Audit report, March 2014, p. 28.

[9]        Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 5, p. 2.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 20.

[11]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 14, p. 1.

[12]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 11, p. 1.

[13]      For example, Mr Adair Donaldson, Shine Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 5.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 29.

[15]      Submission 8, Part 2, p. 3.

[16]      Dr Gary Rumble, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 12.

[17]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 15.

[18]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[19]      Submission 12, pp 5-6.

[20]      Submission 23, p. 1.

[21]      Submission 17, pp 2-3.

[22]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[23]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[24]      Submission 17, p. 3.

[25]      Submission 17, p. 2.

[26]      Submission 17, p. 5-6.

[27]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, 3 June 2014, p. 18.

[28]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 9, Attachment, p. 3.

[29]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[30]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 19, p. 1.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 17.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 57.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 30.

[34]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 12, p. 2.

[35]      Defence Instructions (General) PERS 35-4 Reporting and management of sexual misconduct including sexual offences, 19 August 2014, p. 6.

[36]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 12, p. 2.

[37]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review of Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force, Phase 2 report, 2012, p. 37.

[38]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 58.

[39]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review of Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force, Phase 2 report, 2012, p. 37.

[40]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review of the Treatment of Women in the ADF - Audit report, March 2014, p. 176.

[41]      Submission 17, p. 7.

[42]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 9, Attachment, p. 1.

[43]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 9, Attachment, p. 2.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 22.

[45]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Sixth interim report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, June 2014, Appendix D, p. 41.

[46]      Submission 21, p. 5.

[47]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force, Phase 2 report, 2012, pp 36-37.

[48]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[49]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 17, p. 1.

[50]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 55.

[51]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 55.

[52]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 13, p. 1.

[53]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 3.

[54]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 17.

[55]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review of the Treatment of Women in the ADF - Audit report, March 2014, p. 15.

[56]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[57]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 22, p. 1.

[58]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 22, p. 1.

[59]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 21, p. 1.

[60]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 22, p. 1.

[61]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 15, p. 1.

[62]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 12.

[63]      Submission 8, Part 2, pp 5-6.

[64]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 11.

[65]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 59.

[66]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 60.

[67]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 16, p. 1.

[68]      Submission 7, p. 1.

[69]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 19.

[70]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review of the Treatment of Women in the ADF - Audit report, March 2014, p. 2.

[71]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Review of the Treatment of Women in the ADF - Audit report, March 2014, p. 173.

[72]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[73]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 56.

Chapter 5 - Other matters

[1]        Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 40.

[2]        Department of Veterans' Affairs, responses to questions on notice from hearing 13 August 2014, pp 5-6.

[3]        Submission 11, p. 2.

[4]        Submission 11, p. 2.

[5]        Submission 14, pp 12-14.

[6]        Submission 14, covering letter, p. 2.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 5.

[8]        Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 2.

[9]        Submission 8, Part 1, p. 9.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 15.

[11]      Submission 8, Part 1, p. 9.

[12]      Submission 23, p. 4. 

[13]      Submission 11, p. 2.

[14]      DVA, responses to questions on notice from hearing 13 August 2014, p. 6.

[15]      Submission 11, p. 3.

[16]      Submission 11, p. 3.

[17]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 14.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 10.

[19]      Submission 11, p. 2.

[20]      Submission 21, p. 3.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 31.

[22]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 30.

[23]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 26.

[24]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, responses to questions on notice from hearing 13 August 2014, p. 7.

[25]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, responses to questions on notice from hearing 13 August 2014, p. 8.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 41.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 47.

[28]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 10, pp 1-2.

[29]      Submission 11, pp 3-4.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 42.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 40.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, pp 47-48.

[33]      Ms Rachael James, Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, pp 1-2.

[34]      Ms Lisa Foreman, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 42.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 42.

[36]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, responses to questions on notice from hearing 13 August 2014, p. 2.

[37]      Submission 1, p. 1.

[38]      Submission 14, p. 4.

[39]      Submission 23, p. 4.

[40]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[41]      Submission 8, Part 1, p. 12.

[42]      Submission 8, Part 1, p. 31.

[43]      Submission 8, Part 1, p. 28.

[44]      Submission 12, p. 4.

[45]      Submission 7, pp 2-3.

[46]      Submission 17, p. 7.

[47]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice 13 August 2014, Question 23, p. 1.

[48]      Submission 21, p. 7.

[49]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, 'A Message from the Chair of the Taskforce', June 2014, pp 1-2.

[50]      Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 38.

[51]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Seventh interim report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, September 2014, p. 32.

[52]      Submission 8, Part 3, p. 3.

[53]      Dr Gary Rumble, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 15.

[54]      Dr Gary Rumble, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 15.

[55]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 18.

[56]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 19.

[57]      Transcript of ABC, 'Chamber of Horrors', Four Corners program, 9 June 2014, tabled by Dr Gary Rumble at the hearing on 13 August 2014, p. 2.

[58]      Submission 3, p. 7.

[59]      Submission 1, pp 4-5.

[60]      Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 7.

[61]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Report on abuse at HMAS Leeuwin, 2014, p. 94.

[62]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Seventh Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, September 2014, p.7.

[63]      Legal Services Directions 2005, Appendix B.

[64]      Mr Adair Donaldson, Shine Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 4.

[65]      Submission 8, Part 1, p. 9.

Chapter 6 - Conclusion and recommendations

[1]        'Key statistics' tabled by the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce at the public hearing on 26 September 2014, p. 1. 

[2]        For example, Mr Glyn Treadwell, Submission 26, p. 1.

[3]        For example, Mr Adair Donaldson, Shine Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 2.

[4]        Correspondence from the Hon Len Roberts-Smith, Chair, Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, 17 September 2014.

[5]        For example, Ms Julia Delaforce, Submission 16, pp 1-2.

[6]        Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice from the hearing on 13 August 2014, Question 12, pp 2-3.

[7]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Sixth Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, June 2014, p. 23.

[8]        The Hon Len Roberts-Smith, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 28.

[9]        Mr Shane Carmody, DVA, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 48.

[10]      Submission 22, p. 9-10.

[11]      Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Terms of Reference, available at: http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/about-us/terms-of-reference.

[12]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Report on abuse at HMAS Leeuwin, June 2014, p. 94.

[13]      Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002.

[14]      Saxby Pridmore and Milford McArthur, 'Suicide and reputation damage', Australian Psychiatry, Vol 16, No. 5, October 2008, p. 312. Malcolm Brown, 'Holding judgement', Sydney Morning Herald, 9 June 2007, p. 28.

[15]      Mr Geoff Earley, IGADF, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 27.

Additional comments by Senator Xenophon

[1]        http://www.defence.gov.au/pathwaytochange/docs/DLAPiper/Background.asp

[2]        Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice from the hearing on 13 August 2014.

[3]        Submission 8, Supplementary 1, Annexure 2.

[4]        Report of the DLA Piper Review and the Government’s Response, June 2013, p. xii.

[5]        Mr Barry Heffernan, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 8

[6]        Dr Rumble, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p.17. Dr Rumble, responses to questions on notice from hearing 26 September 2014 – Answer to Question 1. DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, pp 139-145; DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, pp 67-70.

[7]        Submission 8, Supplementary 4, p. 35.  

[8]        Submission 8, Supplementary 4, pp 43-44.

[9]        Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p.60.

[10]      http://www.defence.gov.au/pathwaytochange/docs/DLAPiper/Background.asp. DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, pp.139-145. Dr Gary Rumble, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 17. Dr Gary Rumble responses to questions on hearing 26 September 2014 – Answer to Question 1. DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, pp 139-145.; DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, pp 67-70.

[11]      Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 57.

[12]      Department of Defence, responses to questions on notice from the hearing on 13 August 2014.

[13]      Submission 8, Supplementary 4, pp.30-34.

[14]      Ms Rachael James and Mr Adair Donaldson, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 3.

[15]      Ms Rachael James and Mr Adair Donaldson, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, pp 3, 5; Mr Barry Heffernan, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 3; Dr Gary Rumble, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, pp 13, 16-17.

[16]      Mr Barry Heffernan, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 3.

[17]      The Hon Len Roberts-Smith, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2014, p. 21.

[18]      Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 61.

[19]      Submission 8, Part II, Annexures 1-5.

[20]      Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Committee Hansard, 14 August 2014, pp 40-50.

[21]      Submission 8, Attachment 2, Annexure 3.

[22]      Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Chamber of Horrors, Four Corners, 9 June 2014, available at: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2014/06/09/4019501.htm (accessed 30 October 2014). Transcript tabled by Dr Gary Rumble at public hearing 13 August 2014.