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Australia apologises for military abuse victims

November 28, 2012 ·  , Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney 9:20AM GMT 26 Nov 2012

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Delivering an historic apology in Parliament, the defence minister, Stephen Smith, said an inquiry will examine each of the cases and pay up to $AUS50,000 in compensation to each victim.

Echoing the cadences of former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s landmark apology to the Aboriginal stolen generations in 2008, Mr Smith said: “To those men and women in the Australian Defence Force or the Department of Defence who have suffered sexual or other forms of abuse, on behalf of the Government I say sorry. You should never have experienced this abuse. Again, I say sorry. Our words today, and our actions and commitment into the future, will ensure that the apology given today… will never have to be repeated.”

The defence chief, General David Hurley, issued a separate apology and acknowledged that some military personnel had committed “predatory behaviour”.

“On behalf of the [Australian Defence Force], I say that I am sorry to those who have suffered sexual, physical or mental abuse while serving in the ADF,” he said in a statement.

“Some members of the ADF have failed to understand the responsibility that rank imposes, that rank is a privilege and not a licence for domineering, belittling or predatory behaviour. Some have failed to accept that diversity, diversity of age, gender, race, culture and experience, is a strength in the ADF that needs to be built upon and not torn down.”

The apology followed a review which uncovered more than 700 cases of abuse across the army, navy and air force dating back decades. These included 24 alleged cases of rape from the 1990s that did not go to trial and allegations of child abuse from the 1950s involving children as young as 13.

Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith Photo: AFP/Getty Images

Mr Smith said these incidents remained under investigation and could still be subject to a royal commission.

The review was prompted by a series of Australian military scandals, including a case in 2011 in which an 18-year-old female officer cadet was secretly filmed having sex with a colleague while other cadets watched via Skype.

The upcoming inquiry will be able to recommend various form of resolution such as a conciliation process between perpetrators and victims or direct apology, while serious cases will be referred to police.

Mr Smith, who has been warring with military chiefs over proposed defence spending cuts, said both the cost of the inquiry and the $AUS40 million-odd compensation will come out of the defence budget.

The former judge who will head the inquiry, Len Roberts-Smith, said alleged victims will not have to “go to great lengths” to establish their compensation claims.

“The key principle underlying it will be simply to recognise that compensation should be payable in recognition of the simple fact that sexual or other abuse… is itself a wrong and compensable,” he said.

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