Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

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

[2]        Journals of the Senate, 28 February 2013, p. 3692.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, 15 May 2013, p. 3930.

Chapter 2 - Background to the inquiry

[1]        Department of Defence, 'Chief of Army announces investigation into allegations of unacceptable behaviour', Defence News, http://www.defence.gov.au/defencenews/stories/2013/jun/0613.htm (accessed 14 June 2013).

[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]      Submission 19, Attachment 1.

[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).

[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 at paragraph 2.46.

[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]      For example: Dr Gary Rumble, Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 7; the Hon Len Roberts-Smith, additional information tabled during public hearing, 14 March 2013.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[48]      Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, '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.

[49]      Brendan Nicholson, 'ADF set to face probe into abuse', The Australian, 17 October 2012, p. 5.

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

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

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

[53]      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).

[54]      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 20 May 2013).

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

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

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

[58]      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).

[59]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, private briefing, 7 June 2013.

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

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

[62]      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.

[63]      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).

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

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

Chapter 3 - Mechanisms to support victims of abuse in Defence

[1]        Defence Instructions (General) PERS 35-4, Management and Reporting of Sexual Offences, Annex B—Defence Funded Support Options for Sexual Offence Management.

[2]        DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 22.

[3]        DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 151.

[4]        DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 152.

[5]        Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Supplementary Estimates, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2012, p. 30. 

[6]        Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Supplementary Estimates, Committee Hansard, 17 October 2012, p. 30. 

[7]        Submission 18, p. 2.

[8]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, First Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 15.

[9]        Submission 8, p. 2 (emphasis in original).

[10]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[11]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[12]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[13]      Submission 22, p. 2.

[14]      DVA, VVCS—Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service', http://www.dva.gov.au/health_and_wellbeing/health_programs/vvcs/Pages/index.aspx (accessed 19 June 2013).

[15]      Submission 18, p. 1.

[16]      Submission 18, p. 2.

[17]      Submission 24A, pp. 1–2.

[18]      Submission 24A, p. 2.

[19]      Submission 24A, p. 2.

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

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

[22]      General David Hurley, CDF, Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 29.

[23]      Ms Carmel McGregor, Defence, Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 30.

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

[25]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. xxxiv.

[26]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 137.

[27]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 137.

[28]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 139.

[29]      Submission 5, Attachment 1, p. 41.

[30]      Submission 5, Attachment 1, p. 22.

[31]      Submission 5, Attachment 1, p. 22.

[32]      Submission 19, p. 3.

[33]      Submission 19, p. 4.

[34]      Submission 24, p. 7.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 29.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 30.

[37]      Inspector-General ADF, Review of the Management of Incidents and Complaints in Defence including Civilian and Military Jurisdiction, September 2011, p. 40.

[38]      Defence, answers to question on notices, Question 4. 

Chapter 4 - Reparation and compensation

[1]        DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 194.

[2]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 15.

[3]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 15.

[4]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 15.

[5]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, answers to questions on notice, 12 April 2013, p. 1.

[6]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme Guidelines, p. 11.

[7]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme Guidelines, p. 6.

[8]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme Guidelines, p. 11.

[9]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 15.

[10]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, answer to questions on notice, p. 1.

[11]      Submission 10, p. 28.

[12]      Supplementary Submission 10A, pp. 8–9.

[13]      Attorney-General's Department, Portfolio Budget Statement 2013–14, p. 14.

[14]      Supplementary Submission 12A, p. 2.

[15]      Submission 11, p. 6.

[16]      Submission 11, pp. 7–8.

[17]      Submission 11, p. 9.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, pp. 1 and 3.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 3.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 4.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 16.

[22]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 3.

[23]      Department of Defence, answer to questions on notice, Question 3.

[24]      Department of Defence, answer to questions on notice, Question 3.

[25]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme Guidelines, p. 13.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 2.

[27]      Submission 18, p. 4. The three schemes under which claims would be assessed are: the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004; the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988; and the Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986.

[28]      Submission 18, pp. 2–3.

[29]      Submission 19, p. 5.

[30]      Submission 19, p. 5, referring to recommendation 48 of the Independent Review on the Health of the Reformed Military Justice System conducted by Sir Lawrence Street and Air Marshal Les Fisher (Rtd) in 2009.

[31]      Submission 19, p. 5.

[32]      Submission 22, pp 3–4.

[33]      Submission 8, p. 6.

[34]      Submission 8, p. 6.

Chapter 5 - Processes for responding to allegations of abuse

[1]        Department of Defence, answers to questions on notice, Question 5, pp. 8–10.

[2]        Inspector-General ADF, Review of the Management of Incidents and Complaints in Defence including Civil and Military Jurisdiction, 2011, p. i.

[3]        Inspector-General ADF, Review of the Management of Incidents and Complaints in Defence including Civil and Military Jurisdiction, 2011, pp. 25–28.

[4]        Department of Defence, Pathway to Change: Evolving Defence Culture—A Strategy for Cultural Change and Reinforcement, March 2012, p. 21–22.

[5]        Department of Defence, answers to question on notice, Question 4, p. 6.

[6]        Department of Defence, answers to questions on notice, Question 4.

[7]        DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 36.

[8]        Department of Defence, Annual Report 2011-12, p. 284.

[9]        Submission 6, p. 1.

[10]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[11]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[12]      Inspector-General ADF, Review of the Management of Incidents and Complaints in Defence including Civil and Military Jurisdiction, 2011, pp. ii and 48.

[13]      Inspector-General ADF, Review of the Management of Incidents and Complaints in Defence including Civil and Military Jurisdiction, 2011, p. 48.

[14]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Care Leavers', http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/our-responsibilities/families-and-children/programs-services/apology-to-the-forgotten-australians-and-former-child-migrants/questions-and-answers/care-leavers (accessed 8 May 2013).

[15]      Submission 8, p. 7.

[16]      Submission 19, p. 6.

[17]      Submission 19, p. 4.

[18]      Submission 5, Attachment 1, p. 14.

[19]      Submission 9, p. 1.

[20]      Submission 22, p. 10.

[21]      Submission 22, p. 4.

[22]      Submission 22, p. 8.

[23]      Submission 10, p. 23.

[24]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[25]      Submission 19, p. 2.

[26]      Submission 19, p. 2.

[27]      Submission 1, p. 4.

[28]      Submission 1, p. 4.

[29]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[30]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 52.

[31]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 61.

[32]      Submission 19, Attachment 1, pp. 2–12.

[33]      Department of Defence, Pathway to Change: Evolving Defence Culture—A Strategy for Cultural Change and Reinforcement, March 2012, p. 23.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 29.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 29.

[36]      Submission 19, p. 6 (emphasis in original).

[37]      Submission 19, p. 6.

[38]      For example, Mr Douglas Heath, Submission 23, p. 1.

[39]      Submission 22, p. 5.

[40]      Submission 22, p. 6.

[41]      Submission 13, pp. 2–3.

[42]      Submission 8, p. 8.

[43]      DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, p. 65.

[44]      DLA Piper Review, Supplement to Volume 1, p. 65.

[45]      Department of Defence, Pathway to Change: Evolving Defence Culture, 2012, p. 46.

[46]      Inspector-General ADF, Review of the Management of Incidents and Complaints in Defence including Civil and Military Jurisdiction, 2011, p. 45.

[47]      Inspector-General ADF, Review of the Management of Incidents and Complaints in Defence including Civil and Military Jurisdiction, 2011, p. 45.

[48]      Submission, 19, p. 6.

[49]      General David Hurley, CDF, Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 29.

[50]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 31.

[51]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, private briefing, 7 June 2013.

[52]      Submission 18, p. 4.

[53]      Department of Defence, Pathway to Change: Evolving Defence Culture, 2012, p. 26.

[54]      Submission 24A, supplementary submission, pp. 2–3.

[55]      Submission 24A, supplementary submission, p. 3.

[56]      Submission 7, p. 4.

[57]      Submission 7, pp. 4–8.

[58]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, pp. 132–133.

[59]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 133.

Chapter 6 - Other matters

[1]        For example, Mr Paul Hazel, Submission 2, p. 1.

[2]        Submission 2, p. 1.

[3]        Submission 4, pp 2–3.

[4]        Dr Gary Rumble, Opening Statement, 14 March 2013, p. 3.

[5]        DLA Piper, Volume 1, p. 5.

[6]        DLA Piper, Volume 1, p. 5.

[7]        Submission 21, p. 2.

[8]        Submission 16, p. 3.

[9]        For example, Dr Carlo Kopp, Submission 4, p. 2.

[10]      Submission 12, p. 8 (emphasis in original).

[11]      DLA Piper, Supplement to Volume 1, p. 10.

[12]      DLA Piper, Supplement to Volume 1, p. 11.

[13]      Submission 16, p. 2.

[14]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[15]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. iii.

[16]      Submission 24, p. 1.

[17]      Submission 24, p. 1.

[18]      Submission 10A, p. 8.

[19]      Correspondence from Mr Bryan Wee to Mr Matt Hall, dated 27 February 2013.

[20]      Submission 24, p. 4 (emphasis in original).

[21]      Submission 24, attached correspondence from the Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence, to Dr Gary Rumble, dated 8 March 2013, p. 2.

[22]      Dr Gary Rumble, Opening Statement, 14 March 2013, p. 2.

[23]      Submission 24, p. 9.

[24]      Submission 24, p. 9.

Chapter 7 - Conclusion and recommendations

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

[2]        For example, Mr Stuart Robert MP, Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Technology and Personnel, House of Representative Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13107;
Mr Stuart Robert MP, Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Technology and Personnel, House of Representative Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 2106; Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Second Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, June 2013, p. v.

[3]        The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13106.

[4]        DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 179.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 25.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 26.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 32.

[8]        Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 25.

[9]        DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 157.

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

[11]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, First Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 8.

[12]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, First Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, pp 24–26.

[13]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Second Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, June 2013, p. 6.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 25.

[15]      Submission 24, p. 9.

[16]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, private briefing, 7 June 2013.

[17]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 28.

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

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

[20]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Second Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, 20 June 2013, Appendix C.

[21]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, First Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, pp. 9–10.

[22]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Second Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, 20 June 2013, p. 43.

[23]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 181.

[24]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, answers to questions on notice, Question 2.

[25]      DLA Piper Review, Volume 1, p. 78.

[26]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Second Interim Report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, 20 June 2013, p. 2.

[27]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, First Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 14.

[28]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, answers to questions on notice, Question 2.

[29]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, First Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 41.

[30]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Second Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, June 2013, p. 2.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 21.

[32]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'F-111 Fuel Tank Maintenance website', http://f111.dva.gov.au/tier.htm (accessed 22 May 2013).

[33]      For example, the Hon Len Roberts-Smith, Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 21; Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, First Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 3.

[34]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Second Interim Report to the Attorney-General and Minister for Defence, June 2013, p. 6.

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

[36]      Submission 19, p. 5.

[37]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, private briefing, 7 June 2013.

[38]      Inspector-General ADF, Review of the Management of Incidents and Complaints in Defence including Civil and Military Jurisdiction, 2011, p. 26.

[39]      Defence, answers to questions on notice, Question 4.

[40]      'Rules of the Victims of Abuse in the Australian Defence Force', http://www.adfabuse.com//Incorporated_Association_files/Rules%203.pdf (accessed 21 May 2013).

[41]      For example: Matthew Grimson, 'Army stands down personnel over explicit emails and images', ABC News, 13 June 2012, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-13/lieutenant-general-david-morrison/4751800 (accessed 20 June 2013); Natalie O'Brien, 'ADF probes online race-hate posts', The Age, 2 June 2013, http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/adf-probes-online-racehate-posts-20130601-2niuz.html (accessed 20 June 2013); Rhiannon Elston, 'Townsville soldiers cautioned over sexist Facebook posts', SBS News, 19 June 2013, http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1779911/Townsville-soldiers-cautioned-over-sexist-Facebook (accessed 20 June 2013).

[42]      Department of Defence, Pathway to Change: Evolving Defence Culture—A Strategy for Cultural Change and Reinforcement, March 2012, p. 22.

[43]      Department of Defence, Pathway to Change: Evolving Defence Culture—A Strategy for Cultural Change and Reinforcement, March 2012, p. 16.

[44]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, Budget Estimates, 4 June 2013, p. 25.

[45]      Lieutenant General David Morrison, Chief of Army, Press conference, 13 June 2013, http://www.army.gov.au/Our-work/Speeches-and-transcripts/Chief-of-Army-Press-Conference (accessed 13 June 2013).

Additional comments by Senator Nick Xenophon

[1]        Dr Ben Wadham, Submission 16, p. 2.

[2]        Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 26.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 32.

[4]        Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 8.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 8.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 8.

[7]        Dr Gary Rumble, Submission 24, p. 9.

[8]        Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, Interim report to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Defence, March 2013, p. 15.

[9]        Ms Jennifer Jacomb, Submission 10, p. 4.

[10]      Shine Lawyers, Submission 11, p. 8.

[11]      Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, answers to question on notice, Question 2.

[12]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 2.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 14 March 2013, p. 2.

[14]      Submission 12, p. 8.