THIS MAKES ME SO ANGRY.
There are young ADF members committing suicide at a rate of one every 10 days in Australia. Why are our resources not directed towards this horrific statistic?
Why is it okay not to investigate the ADF for its' failure to meet its' Duty of Care to our current and past military members and yet direct resources to further traumatising and harming the members?
Which organisational culture inculcated these ADF members into accepting misconduct was permissible?
Which leaders let this behaviour occur under their watch?
Our government is so ARSE ABOUT FACE!
What about investigating the leaders of the ADF for allowing this behaviour to be acceptable in the first place?
What about applying the same standards of behaviour to our Federal Members of Parliament?
No - we sit on our arses and allow this to happen while grave misconduct is rife within politics.
THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
We are allowing those we ask to do one of the most difficult jobs in our Country to be further abused by accountability processes that are not applied to those who make policy and take decisions on deployments.
Ask any ADF member past and present what it is like to serve in a Conflict, what the dogma is in terms of the way they are taught to perceive our enemies? How the ADF machinery treats women and GLBTI members?
If you ask them you'll discover that their attitudes and actions almost nearly always follow the example of those that lead them, including the Members of Parliament.
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