Andrea Hayward, AAP
June 26, 2011, 5:11 pm
ADFA culture under scanner
A review has begun into the treatment of women in the Australian defence services in the wake of the Skype sex scandal.
A review of the treatment of women at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), prompted by the Skype sex scandal, will start taking submissions on Monday.
Sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick is leading the review, which will look at the treatment of women in the ADFA and Defence in general.
It was ordered by Defence Minister Stephen Smith after a secret film of a female cadet having sex with a male cadet was allegedly beamed live to other cadets in a different room over the internet.
Ms Broderick said submissions for the first phase of the review, specifically the treatment of women at ADFA, would be accepted from Monday until July 8.
"Phase one of our review will be to assess the current culture of ADFA in relation to women," she said.
"We will not be making findings of fact in relation to any individual incidents but will be using surveys, consultations and other strategies to assess the current culture."
Submissions must address one or all terms of reference for the review.
"I would particularly like to encourage current and former ADFA cadets, ADFA graduates - especially those who have graduated in the last three years - ADFA personnel and the families and sponsor families of ADFA cadets to make submissions," Ms Broderick said.
The full terms of reference are available on the Australian Human Rights Commission website at www.humanrights.gov.au/defencereview.
Ms Broderick said unless people making submissions request confidentiality, submissions will be posted on the website.
Submissions for the second phase of the review, which will consider the treatment of women in the Australian Defence Force Academy more broadly, will be advertised later in the year.
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