Military data has revealed more than a third of female recruits reported sexual misconduct while attending the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.
Military data has revealed more than a third of female recruits reported sexual misconduct while attending the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.
Defence Chief General Angus Campbell has been challenged about the findings by Greens Senator David Shoebridge during a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on Thursday. General Campbell said he had been aware of the "defect" in the military justice system issue for "some time" and was concerned about it, but had not raised the issue with Defence Minister Richard Marles.
"It may be a consideration by potential applicants and indeed families of those applicants, amongst a range of other considerations, some that might encourage and some that might discourage application to serve."One of the Royal Australian Navy's newest warships could be out of service for another year as Defence works to repair a "complex defect" that has already hampered the vessel for more than a year.
Greens Senator David Shoebridge said: "The sort of thing you should get right the first time you pop it in a ship, isn't it?"Navy Chief Vice Admiral Mark Hammond told the committee estimates he wanted the $670 million ship, which first entered service in April 2021, back on operations as soon as possible.
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