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23 Aug 05:50am

Filed under: Adf, Affirmative Action, David Hurley, Defence, Elizabeth Broderick, Military, Skype Sex Scandal, Stephen Smith, Women, Workplace

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We get the term regimented from the military, and it’s no secret the Australian Defence Force has one of the most ingrained, change-resistant cultures of any organisation.

Her career path up to now has been rocky… Picture: Defence

So it was startling yesterday to hear the chief of the ADF David Hurley talking about the “intensely personal” experience of undergoing a review by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick, and the need for “the spirit” of her recommendations about the place of women in the military to be implemented.

While Hurley and Defence Minister Stephen Smith were yesterday all embracing of a new “core value” for our military being the “equal treatment of women”, Broderick has gone much further than “equal treatment” and specifically called for in some cases special treatment.

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James O says:

06:17pm | 23/08/12

It’s not easy to rationalise the feminisation of an institution primarily run by men the military cannot be regarded as a division of the civil service with the workplace rules that apply to them, military rules can change very quickly especially when society breaks down, that is when the military… Read more »
MarkS says:

06:00pm | 23/08/12

I agree but it never happen. Read more »

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