House of Representatives Committees

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Completed Inquiry: Rough Justice? An investigation into Allegations of Brutality in the Army's Parachute Battalion

Report

The Committee presented its report Rough Justice? An investigation into Allegations of Brutality in the Army's Parachute Battalion to the President of the Senate on 11 April 2001. Copies of the individual chapters are available in PDF format. The report is also available from the Committee Secretariat.

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Preliminary pages: Cover, Contents, Foreword, Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations (PDF 526KB)

Chapter 1: Background - the 3 RAR Allegations (PDF Format 20 KB)

Chapter 2: The Organisation and Culture (PDF Format 52 KB)

Chapter 3: The Evidence (PDF Format 46 KB)

Chapter 4: The Weaknesses (PDF Format 46 KB)

Chapter 5: The Submissions (PDF Format 22 KB)

Chapter 6: The Solution (PDF Format 25KB)

Dissenting Report (PDF Format 21 KB)

Appendix A: List of Submissions (PDF Format 12 KB)

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