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licence are available on this the Creative Commons website: Printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra Members of the committee Members Senator Alex Gallacher, ALP, SA (Chair) (from 1 July 2014) Senator Chris Back, LP, WA (Deputy Chair) (from 1 July 2014) Senator Sam Dastyari, ALP, NSW Senator Alan Eggleston, LP, WA (until 1 July 2014) Senator David Fawcett, LP, NSW Senator Scott Ludlam, AG, WA Senator Anne McEwen, ALP, SA Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens, ALP, NSW (until 1 July 2014) Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, AG, TAS (until 1 July 2014) Participating members who contributed to the inquiry Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, AG, TAS Senator Jacqui Lambie, PUP, TAS Senator Nick Xenophon, IND, SA Secretariat Mr David Sullivan, Committee Secretary Mr Owen Griffiths, Principal Research Officer Ms Shennia Spillane, Senior Research Officer Ms Kimberley Balaga, Research Officer Ms Megan Jones, Administrative Officer Mr Josh Wrest, Administrative Officer Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Department of the Senate PO Box 6100 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Australia Phone: + 61 2 6277 3535 Fax: + 61 2 6277 5818 fadt.sen@aph.gov.au Email: Internet: www.aph.gov.au/senate_fadt iii Table of Contents Members of the committee ............................................................................... iii Abbreviations ..................................................................................................... ix Recommendations .............................................................................................. xi Chapter 1.............................................................................................................. 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1 Referral of inquiry .................................................................................................. 1 Conduct of the inquiry
 ............................................................................................ 2 Structure of the report ............................................................................................. 2 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................ 2 Note on references .................................................................................................. 2 Chapter 2.............................................................................................................. 3 Background ............................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 3 Events leading to the DLA Piper Review .............................................................. 3 Defence culture reviews ......................................................................................... 5 The DLA Piper Review .......................................................................................... 7 DLA Piper Review—Volume 1 ........................................................................... 10 DLA Piper Review—Supplement to Volume 1 ................................................... 12 DLA Piper Review—Volume 2 ........................................................................... 14 Australian Government response to DLA Piper report and Defence cultural reviews .................................................................................................................. 15 Parallel processes .................................................................................................. 25 Previous Senate committee inquiry ...................................................................... 26 v Chapter 3............................................................................................................ 29 Defence
29 Defence Abuse Response Taskforce processes ..................................................... 29 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 29 Conduct of the Taskforce ..................................................................................... 29 Awareness of the Taskforce ................................................................................. 31 Cut-off dates ......................................................................................................... 32 Scope of abuse claims .......................................................................................... 33 Evidential threshold of plausibility ...................................................................... 35 Referrals to law enforcement and Defence .......................................................... 37 Restorative engagement program ......................................................................... 40 Counselling services ............................................................................................. 41 Reparation scheme ................................................................................................ 42 Legacy issues ........................................................................................................ 44 Anonymous complaints and allegations in the media .......................................... 45 Chapter 4............................................................................................................ 47 Defence response ..................................................................................................... 47 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 47 Approach to abuse ................................................................................................ 47 Reporting and responding to abuse
 ...................................................................... 49 Defence response to the Taskforce ....................................................................... 52 Pathway to Change ............................................................................................... 53 Response to DLA Piper review and systemic issues ............................................ 57 SeMPRO ............................................................................................................... 59 vi Chapter 5............................................................................................................ 67 Other matters .......................................................................................................... 67 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 67 Access to veterans' entitlements and support services ......................................... 67 Release of redacted version of Volume 2 ............................................................. 75 The need for a Royal Commission ....................................................................... 78 Model litigant obligations ..................................................................................... 81 Chapter 6............................................................................................................ 83 Conclusion and recommendations ........................................................................ 83 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 83 Taskforce outcomes .............................................................................................. 83 Taskforce legacy issues ........................................................................................ 84 Continuing cultural reform in Defence ................................................................ 86
86 Systemic issues raised in DLA Piper review reports ........................................... 87 Access to veterans' entitlements and support ....................................................... 88 Community-based support.................................................................................... 90 The need for a Royal Commission ....................................................................... 90 Release of Volume 2 of the DLA Piper report ..................................................... 92 Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 93 Dissenting report of Senator Jacqui Lambie, Palmer United Party ............ 95 Context: History of staff abuse in the Australian Defence Force ........................ 97 The current inquiry ............................................................................................. 102 Additional comments by Senator Xenophon ................................................ 107 Appendix 1 ....................................................................................................... 119 Public submissions ................................................................................................ 119 vii Appendix 2 ....................................................................................................... 121 Public hearings and witnesses ............................................................................. 121 Appendix 3 ....................................................................................................... 123 Tabled documents, answers to questions on notice and additional information ................................................................................................................................ 123 Appendix 4 ....................................................................................................... 125 Previous recommendations of the committee and government response ....... 125 viii