Review into the treatment of women at the Australian Defence Force ...

Chapter 10: Minimising Risk, Managing Incidents and Ensuring the Safety of the Workplace – Recommendations 22-3127 CDRE BJ Kafer, ‘Commandant’s Directive 14/12 – ‘Quick assessments and “serious or complex incidents”’’, 24 September2012, provided to the Audit by Dr N Miller, 21 November 2012; CDRE BJ Kafer, ‘Commandant’s Directive 15/12 – Operation ofthe Discipline Officer Scheme’, 24 September 2012, provided to the Audit by Dr N Miller, 21 November 2012; CDRE BJ Kafer,‘Commandant’s Directive 16/12 – The Reporting and Management of Notifiable Incidents’, 24 September 2012, providedto the Audit by Dr N Miller, 21 November 2012; CDRE BJ Kafer, ‘Commandant’s Directive 17/12 – ‘Mandatory Disciplineand Administrative Appointment Training’, 24 September 2012, provided to the Audit by Dr N Miller, 21 November 2012;CDRE BJ Kafer, ‘Commandant’s Directive 18/12 – ‘Substances which may be used to produce or cause an intoxicating,stupefying or hallucinatory effect’, 24 September 2012, provided to the Audit by Dr N Miller, 21 November 2012; CDREBJ Kafer, ‘Commandant’s Directive 19/12 – ‘Reporting and Management Requirements When a Defence Member is Absent’,24 September 2012, provided to the Audit by Dr N Miller, 21 November 2012; CDRE BJ Kafer, ‘Commandant’s Directive 20/12– ‘Authority to Impose Conditions and/or Restrictions on Leave’, 24 September 2012, provided to the Audit by Dr N Miller,21 November 2012; CDRE BJ Kafer, ‘Commandant’s Directive 21/12 – ‘Active management of allegations/incidents’,24 September 2012, provided to the Audit by Dr N Miller, 21 November 2012; Interview 51, SQNLDR A Fullick, 19 February2013.28 Interview 50, senior ADFA staff, 19 February 2013.29 CDRE BJ Kafer, email to the Audit, 22 February 2013.30 Interview 50, senior ADFA staff, 19 February 2013.31 Notifiable incidents are incidents that are reported to ADFIS, have been reported to ADFA by police or internal mechanismssuch as the ADF Whistleblower scheme, or those which would warrant a Hot Issues Brief and/or a Ministerial Submission.32 Interview 47, senior ADFA staff, 19 February 2013; CDRE BJ Kafer, email to the Audit, 22 February 2013.33 Focus group U14, Mixed Service 1st year undergraduate male and female, 16 October 2012.34 Interview 47, senior ADFA staff, 19 February 2013. Such investigations are separate from ADFA’s internal processes, and involvefinding an available investigator, organising the instruments of appointment, conducting the investigation and legal review.35 Interview 47, senior ADFA staff, 19 February 2013.36 Interview 47, senior ADFA staff, 19 February 2013.116