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Defence Abuse Response Taskforce

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The Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (DART) was an Australian body established to help people who claimed to have suffered physical or sexual abuse, harassment or bullying in the Australian Defence Force before 11 April 2011. The Taskforce worked from 26 November 2012 until 30 June 2016. It considered 2,439 complaints and found 1,751 to be within its scope and plausible.[1] The Taskforce was headed by Len Roberts-Smith.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Defence abuse response taskforce: final report". apo.org.au. Australian Policy Online. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  2. ^ Wroe, David (12 November 2016). "'Criminal conduct': Confidential report reveals military's sex abuse response was tainted". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2017.