The Australian Defence Force and Victoria Police confirm investigations are underway after a former trainee alleges she was raped by a fellow member in 2023.
Multiple inquiries are underway into the handling of an alleged rape within the trainee ranks of the Australian Defence Force.For Jane*, it was meant to be a celebratory night out.But instead, Jane said the evening out with her fellow Australian Defence Force trainees led to her being sexually assaulted twice by someone she trusted.
Jane said it was while she was vomiting and fading in and out of consciousness that she was assaulted, but she cannot recall if she was raped.The next evening, the group went out for dinner and a drink, before going back to the hotel."I was not sure it was real … I did not remember absolutely everything until much later," she said.
"I told him no, I told him to get off, to leave me alone … and at the same time I was vomiting into the little dust bin that the hotel has," she said. That Directorate assists the Office of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force in undertaking inquiries and investigations into alleged failures of military justice in the ADF.Jane said she had also been made to work in proximity to her alleged attacker after she had reported the incident to Defence and police."I did not want to look at him, but I knew I had to give a strong stance because I did not want to be victimised again.
The Royal Commission into Defence and Suicide, formed in 2021, has heard from several people who complained about the culture within ADF, including bullying and harassment.In September last year, the Commission's chair, Nick Kaldas, took the extraordinary step of speaking at the National Press Club and in media interviews before the inquiry was completed.
Jane said she had spoken to several women "from officers to recruits" who have had similar experiences with inappropriate behaviour." has a culture of silence," she said.
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