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A small number of special forces soldiers who blew the whistle on alleged war crimes at an official inquiry have been issued termination notices against the advice of the military watchdog.
The notices have set up a clash between the military hierarchy and the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force, whose most senior war crimes investigator, Justice Paul Brereton, recommended in his recent report that whistleblowers who had done nothing wrong should be promoted while witnesses who had honestly disclosed their own wrongdoing should not necessarily be sacked.
âIt is crucial that their careers be seen to prosper,â Justice Brereton wrote last November of key witnesses who had engaged in no wrongdoing.
War crimes inquiry and Defence clash over sackings of whistleblower soldiers
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War crimes inquiry and Defence clash over sackings of whistleblower soldiers
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