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Inquiry into sexual violence in the military announced as landmark class action case against the ADF begins

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The federal government is announcing an independent inquiry into sexual violence in the Australia Defence Force a year after delivering its final report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. At the same time, lawyers leading a class action into sexual violence against female veterans are accusing the Commonwealth of trying to remove any alleged incidents which took place overseas.
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