Multiple ADF commanders will have medals stripped over alleged war crimes

Defence Minister Richard Marles has stripped several ADF officers of their distinguished service members due to alleged war crimes.

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00:00The CDF acknowledged the allegations of the grave misconduct by some members of the Special

00:12Operations Task Group on operations in Afghanistan and apologised to the people of Afghanistan

00:18and the people of Australia.

00:20Of the outstanding recommendations of the Beriton report related to command accountability

00:25of commanders during the relevant period.

00:28The last step in closing out these two recommendations was me writing to relevant commanders about

00:34my decision in relation to medals awarded to them as part of their service during periods

00:41proximate to the incidents which are at the heart of the Beriton report.