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Six soldiers serving at Sydney's RAAF Base Richmond failed comprehensive drug screening in mid-February and early March and are now facing possible expulsion from the defence force.
Six members of a Sydney-based army unit that prepares parachutes for military exercises tested positive to illicit drugs just days before special forces soldier Jack Fitzgibbon was killed in a training jump.
Health by Kylie Lang Premium Content Subscriber only Relentless bullying and sexual discrimination, including being called "wench" and "front bum" and denied career opportunities because she would be "a distraction to the boys", drove a female soldier to attempt suicide. Anna Maria Lang, 44, said her appalling treatment while in the Australian Defence Force also led to bouts of homelessness, inability to work, chronic stress and early infertility, robbing her of her dream to become a mother. The fourth-generation soldier who was raised on a cattle farm in...