Exclusive: oversight report also backs new respite policy designed to allow members to recuperate between deployments
The culture within the Australian army’s special forces will be reviewed regularly in the wake of the Brereton inquiry into alleged war crimes, a new document reveals.
The moves are mentioned in a new oversight report obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws. The document also says ADF members “will have to be assisted to disentangle their experiences of trauma and moral injury”.An oversight panel led by the former intelligence inspector general Vivienne Thom carried out confidential interviews last year with 17 people who have regular working relationships with Special Operations Command.
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