The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has heard from Townsville's most senior serving defence member, who said he's worked to stamp out a culture of 'hazing' within the military. 9News
Brigadier Kahlil Fegan gave evidence of hazing initiation rituals which he labelled as "absolutely inappropriate" during today's hearings, detailing one attack on a soldier from Townsville's Lavarack Barracks.
"In relation to that particular matter, we became aware that there had been other incidences of that sort of behaviour, which was totally unacceptable.""Hazing, bastardisation this sort of stuff is not aligned with who we want to be as an army," the Brigadier said. The public hearings in Townsville, Australia's largest garrison city have been welcomed by veterans who have long called for the Royal Commission.
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