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Day 8 – Adelaide, 26 July 2023

Day
8
Date
Location
Adelaide
Hearing
Hearing Block 10, Adelaide

Exhibits

Exhibit 75-01.001 - DVA.9999.0062.0001 - Statement of Alison Frame
Exhibit 75-01.002 - DVS.0010.0001.1831 - Organisation structure
Exhibit 75-01.003 - DVA.9999.0070.0032 - Response to NTG-DVA-072
Exhibit 75-01.004 - DVA.0031.0001.0037 - Functional Impact Medical Impairment Assessment form
Exhibit 75-01.005 - DVA.0031.0001.0041 - Disfigurement and Social Impairment Medical Impairment Assessment form
Exhibit 75-01.006 - DVA.0031.0001.0044 - Intermittent Condition(s) Medical Impairment Assessment form
Exhibit 75-01.007 - DVA.0031.0001.0047 - Upper Respiratory Tract Medical Impairment Assessment form
Exhibit 75-01.008 - DVA.0031.0001.0049 - Permanence, Stability, Treatment, Aggravations & Historic Injuries Medical Impairment Assessment form
Exhibit 75-01.009 - DVA.0031.0001.0054 - Ear Condition Medical Impairment Assessment form
Exhibit 75-01.010 - DVA.0031.0001.0056 - Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Medical Impairment Assessment form
Exhibit 75-01.011 - DVA.0031.0001.0057 - Nasal Condition Medical Impairment Assessment form
Exhibit 75-01.012 - DVA.0031.0001.0059 - Throat Condition Medical Impairment Assessment form
Exhibit 75-01.013 - DVA.9999.0068.0001 - Response to NTG-DVA-089 (Questions 1 - 3)
Exhibit 75-01.014 - DVA.9999.0065.0001 - Response to NTG-DVA-089 (Questions 4 - 10)
Exhibit 75-01.015 - DVA.5002.0002.1862 - Report prepared by Professor David Dunt titled 'Review of Mental Health Care in the ADF and Transition through Discharge'
Exhibit 75-02.001 - DEF.9999.0003.0001 - Response to NTG-DEF-001 Annexure C
Exhibit 75-02.002 - DEF.9999.0091.0001 - Statement of Group Captain Wesley Perrett
Exhibit 75-02.003 - DEF.9999.0078.0021 - Defence Response to NTG-DEF-088A
Exhibit 75-02.004 - DEF.9999.0086.0001 - Defence Response to NTG-DEF-088B
Exhibit 75-02.005 - DEF.9999.0094.0001 - Defence Consolidated Response to NTG-DEF-109
Exhibit 75-02.006 - DEF.1027.0001.2119 - Personnel Administration - Pre-deployment - Requirements Part 2, Volume 1, Chapter 1.1
Exhibit 75-02.007 - DEF.1133.0001.0176 - McGee J, et al, Mental Health Screening Continuum Scales Review
Exhibit 75-02.008 - DEF.1027.0003.2029 - Technical Brief 4-2006 - History of ADF Mental Health Screening 1999-2005
Exhibit 75-02.009 - ACA.1001.0006.0214 - Dell L, et al, The Longitudinal Australian Defence Force Study Evaluating Resilience (LASER) ... Phoenix Australia, Melbourne
Exhibit 75-02.010 - ACA.1001.0006.0466 - ADF Philosophical Doctrine - ADF Leadership, Edition 3
Exhibit 75-02.011 - ALS.1001.0002.0181 - Defence Member and Family Support, Coming home from deployment PowerPoint
Exhibit 75-02.012 - DEF.1166.0005.0014 - Military Personnel Policy Manual Edition 2
Exhibit 75-02.013 - DEF.1133.0001.0007 - Dell L, et al, Wellness Action Through Checking Health - WATCH Project Report, Report prepared for Department of Defence
Exhibit 75-02.014 - DEF.1133.0001.0288 - Headquarters Joint Operations Command - Deployment Certification
Exhibit 75-02.015 - DEF.1133.0001.0411 - Report of Findings - Review of the Critical Incident Mental Health Support Framework
Exhibit 75-02.016 - DEF.1133.0001.0467 - Department of Defence Chiefs of Service Committee - Respite Policy - Sponsor's Executive Summary
Exhibit 75-02.017 - DEF.1133.0001.0561 - Minutes of the out of session meeting for the Mental Health Wellbeing and Advisory Group
Exhibit 75-02.018 - DEF.1133.0002.0001 - Chief of Joint Operations Directive 28-17 - Direction to personnel deploying on CJOPS operations and exercises
Exhibit 75-02.019 - DEF.1155.0003.0091 - Decision Brief - Proposed Changes to ADF Mental Health Screening Measures
Exhibit 75-02.021 - DEF.0001.0001.7194 - 37_a_Searle et al, 2015 - The validity and diagnostic accuracy of the PCL, K10 and AUDIT
Exhibit 75-02.022 - STU.0009.00001.0498 - Hocking A, Preparing for the Future- Key Organisational Lessons from the Afghanistan Campaign, The Vanguard, no. 2
Exhibit 75-02.023 - STU.0009.00001.0015 - LeardMann C, et al., Association of Combat Experiences with Suicide Attempts Among Active-Duty US Service Members, JAMA Network Open, 4(2)
Exhibit 75-02.024 - STU.0009.00001.0476 - Garber B, et al., Mental Health of Canadian Forces Members While on Deployment to Afghanistan, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 57(12)
Exhibit 75-02.025 - STU.0009.00001.0622 - Jones E, et al., Screening for vulnerability to psychological disorders in the military- an historical survey, Journal of Medical Screening, 10(1)
Exhibit 75-02.026 - STU.0009.00001.0493 - Hicks, M, Mental Health Screening and Coordination of Care of Soldiers Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(4)- 341-343
Exhibit 75-02.027 - STU.0009.00001.0011 - Australian Bureau of Statistics, Information Paper- Use of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale in ABS Health Surveys, Australia, 2007-08
Exhibit 75-02.028 - STU.0009.00001.0722 - Theriault F, et al., Mental Health Service Use in Depressed Military Personnel- A Systematic Review, Military Medicine 185
Exhibit 75-02.031 - STU.0009.00001.0606 - Beliveau P, et al., Retrospective cohort study of compliance with post-deployment screening in the Canadian Armed Forces, BMJ Open
Exhibit 75-02.032 - STU.0009.00001.0658 - Brouneus K, et al., Underestimating the burden for peacekeepers ... Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 23(2)
Exhibit 75-02.033 - STU.0009.00001.0328 - Armenta R, et al., Factors associated with persistent posttraumatic stress disorder amount U.S. military service members and veterans, BMC Psychiatry, 18-48
Exhibit 75-02.034 - STU.0009.00001.0339 - National Mental Health Commission, Literature Review- Review into the Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention services ... families
Exhibit 75-02.035 - STU.0009.00001.0309 - Kennis M and te Brake H, Facilitating the transition home after military deployment- a systematic literature review of ... European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13-1
Exhibit 75-02.037 - STU.0009.00001.0302 - Garber B, et al., Evaluation of a Third-Location Decompression Program for Canadian Forces Members Returning from Afghanistan, Military Medicine, 177
Exhibit 75-02.038 - STU.0009.00001.0650 - Fertout M, et al., Third location decompression for individual augmentees after a military deployment, Occupational Medicine, 62- 188-195
Exhibit 75-02.039 - STU.0009.00001.0730 - Rose SC, et al., Psychological debriefing for preventing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Review), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2
Exhibit 75-02.041 - STU.0009.00001.0485 - Chin D and Zeber J, Mental Health Outcomes Among Military Service Members After Severe Injury in Combat and TBI, Military Medicine, 185
Exhibit 75-02.042 - STU.0000.0002.7564 - Tan L, et al., Systematic review of first responder post-deployment or post-incident psychosocial interventions, Occupational Medicine, 72 (3)- 160-169
Exhibit 75-02.043 - STU.0000.0002.7713 - Belding J, et al., The Millennium Cohort Study- The first 20 years of research ... US Service Members and Veterans, Annals of Epidemiology 67- 61-72
Exhibit 75-02.047 - STU.0000.0002.8232 - Warner C, et al., Effectiveness of Mental Health Screening and coordination of in-theatre care prior to Deployment to Iraq- A Cohort Study, American Journal of Psychiatry 168
Exhibit 75-02.048 - STU.0009.00001.0719 - McFarlane A. and Van Hooff M., The Challenges and Benefits in Conducting Health Surveillance ... Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(2)- 107-109
Exhibit 75-02.049 - STU.0009.00001.0771 - Beliveau P, et al., Retrospective cohort study of compliance with post-deployment screening in the Canadian Armed Forces, BMJ Open
Exhibit 75-02.049B - STU.0010.0001.0398 - Ragavan M, et al., A systemic review of community-based research interventions for domestic violence survivors, Psychology of Violence, 9(2)- 139-155
Exhibit 75-02.050 - IGD.0007.0014.0074 - Professor Alexander McFarlane AO, Report on the impact of the timing of the release of the Afghanistan Inquiry Report...
Exhibit 75-02.051 - STU.0009.00001.0299 - Media Release, Australian Troops to drawdown in Afghanistan
Exhibit 75-02.052 - STU.0009.00001.0703 - Trauma checklist (PCL-C)
Exhibit 75-02.053 - STU.0009.00001.0620 - Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Exhibit 75-02.054 - STU.0009.00001.0676 - Department of Finance webpage, 'What is a corporate plan'
Exhibit 75-02.055 - STU.0009.00001.0496 - Department of Finance webpage, 'Planning'
Exhibit 75-02.056 - DEF.0001.0001.7177 - 33_c_Critical Incident Mental Health Support (Initial Screen)
Exhibit 75-02.057 - DEF.0001.0001.7181 - 33_d_Critical Incident Mental Health Support (Second Screen)
Exhibit 75-03.001 - DEF.9999.0095.0001 - Defence Response to NTG-DEF-151
Exhibit 75-04.001 - DEF.9999.0067.0009 - Response to NTG-DEF-097C
Exhibit 75-04.003 - SSH.1001.0001.0139 - Data source spreadsheet informed by WG discussions with key stakeholders
Exhibit 75-04.004 - DEF.1075.0004.0001 - Joint Health Command Business Plan 2022-23
Exhibit 75-04.005 - DEF.1136.0001.0639 - Draft Data Policy
Exhibit 75-04.006 - DEF.1136.0001.0648 - DSIP Program Report - Defence Data Strategy 2021-23
Exhibit 75-04.007 - DEF.1136.0001.0913 - Enterprise Data Quality Framework
Exhibit 75-04.008 - DEF.1136.0001.1023 - State of Play Report - Defence Data Strategy 2021-23
Exhibit 75-04.009 - DVS.0010.0001.0504 - Defence Data Strategy 2021-2023
Exhibit 75-04.010 - DEF.1036.0001.0655 - Suicide Prevention SME Working Group report
Exhibit 75-04.011 - DVA.5007.0001.0001 - DVA Strategic Research Framework 2019-2021
Exhibit 75-04.012 - DEF.9999.0066.0071 - AIHW response to NTG-AHW-005
Exhibit 75-04.013 - DEF.1175.0001.0001 - A Review of the ADF Suicide Prevention Program
Exhibit 75-04.014 - SSH.1001.0002.0305 - ADF Health Strategy
Exhibit 75-04.015 - ACA.1001.0005.0333 - ADF Health Research Framework 2021-25
Exhibit 75-04.016 - DEF.1136.0001.0081 - Enterprise Data Maturity Assessment Insights Report v1.1 Presentation [Draft]
Exhibit 75-04.017 - DEF.1175.0002.0065 - Suicide Prevention Program Continuous Improvement Framework Interim Report Recommendations Draft Implementation Plan 15 Dec 22#2
Exhibit 75-04.018 - DEF.1175.0001.0158 - Interim Report on the Suicide Prevention Program Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and Plan - Part A - Interim Report#2_0
Exhibit 75-04.019 - DVS.0010.0001.1769 - Letter from ACSQHC CEO Debora Picone to Attorney-General's Department
Exhibit 75-05.001 - DEF.9999.0100.0001 - Defence response to NTG-DEF-041
Exhibit 75-06.001 - DEF.9999.0068.0001 - Defence response to NTG-DEF-051 regarding Service Obligation Debts
Exhibit 75-06.002 - DEF.9999.0068.0145 - Annexure A to Defence response to NTG-DEF-051 regarding Service Obligation Debts
Exhibit 75-06.003 - DEF.1164.0001.0052 - ANP3102 - Navy People
Exhibit 75-06.004 - DEF.1095.0001.0015 - ANP 4115 - Navy Workgroup Career Continuums, Part 1 - General
Exhibit 75-06.005 - DEF.1095.0001.0053 - ANP 4115 - Navy Workgroup Career Continuums, Part 2 - Officers
Exhibit 75-06.006 - DEF.1095.0001.0350 - ANP 4115 - Navy Workgroup Career Continuums, Part 3 Chapters 1 to 2 - Sailors
Exhibit 75-06.007 - DEF.1095.0001.0498 - ANP 4115 - Navy Workgroup Career Continuums, Part 3 Chapters 3 to 5 - Sailors
Exhibit 75-06.008 - DEF.1164.0001.1142 - Air Force Staffing Priority Guidance
Exhibit 75-06.009 - DEF.1164.0001.3108 - Annex A to DP-AF Policy Guide No 6 - Butterworth Posting Considerations
Exhibit 75-06.010 - DEF.1164.0001.0576 - AD148 ADF Employment Preferences - RAAF
Exhibit 75-06.011 - DEF.1164.0006.0005 - Soldier Career Planning Tool
Exhibit 75-06.012 - DEF.1164.0006.0007 - Officer Career Planning Tool
Exhibit 75-06.013 - DEF.1164.0006.0111 - AF063 Royal Australian Air Force Career Development Plan
Exhibit 75-06.014 - DEF.1164.0005.0003 - AF031 Navy Career Planning Sheet
Exhibit 75-06.015 - DEF.1164.0001.0381 - AF039 ADF Posting In Checklist
Exhibit 75-06.016 - DEF.1164.0001.0385 - AF039 ADF Posting Out Checklist
Exhibit 75-06.018 - EXP.0010.0008.0213 - Sherrard et al., 2004, 'Injury prevention during physical activity in the Australian Defence Force' Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 106-117
Exhibit 75-06.019 - EXP.0010.0004.0122 - Pope, R, 2002, 'Prediction and prevention of lower limb injuries and attrition in army recruits', Thesis submitted to Charles Sturt University
Exhibit 75-06.020 - EXP.0010.0004.0041 - Pope, R, McKinnon, A et al., 2009, 'Optimizing the Utility of Military Injury Surveillance Systems- A Qualitative Study ...', Military Medicine, vol. 5, no. 470
Exhibit 75-06.021 - EXP.0010.0004.0068 - Pope, R, 2002, 'Injury Surveillance and Systematic Investigation Identify a Rubber Matting ...', Military Medicine, vol. 4 no. 359
Exhibit 75-06.022 - EXP.0010.0004.0054 - Pope, R & Orr R, 2017, 'Incidence rates for work health and safety incidents ...', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, vol. 25, no.2, pp. 16-25
Exhibit 75-06.023 - EXP.0010.0004.0015 - Pope, R, 'The Defence Injury Prevention Program- Development, Theoretical Framework and Evidence-Base'
Exhibit 75-06.024 - EXP.0010.0006.0036 - Tactical Research Unit Report 2019, 'Measuring occupational exposures to osteoarthritis in the lower limb in Australian Defence Force job categories'
Exhibit 75-06.025 - EXP.0010.0006.0424 - Orr, R 2012, 'Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Management- A Role for Physiotherapists and Physical Training Instructors', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, vol. 20, no. 3
Exhibit 75-06.026 - EXP.0010.0006.0370 - Newton-John, T, 2014, 'Negotiating the maze- risk factors for suicidal behaviour in chronic pain patients', Current Pain and Headache Reports, vol. 18, no. 9
Exhibit 75-06.028 - DEF.1146.0004.0047 - Email regarding letter to Michael Maley regarding 'Notice of Command-Initiated Transfer to the Reserves'
Exhibit 75-06.029 - DEF.1146.0004.0120 - Letter to Michael Maley regarding 'Notice of Command-Initiated Transfer to the Reserves'
Exhibit 75-06.030 - DEF.1149.0003.0002 - Work Instruction 22 - Resilience Building, Tough and Supplementary Training
Exhibit 75-06.031 - DEF.1149.0003.0087 - Independent Seaworthiness Management Review of Navy Diving
Exhibit 75-06.032 - DEF.1149.0003.0248 - Brief for DCN (through COMAUSFLT) - ADF Diving School Return to In-Water Diving Training BS17486099
Exhibit 75-06.033 - DEF.1149.0003.1341 - Navy Directive 08-2021 - Review into Navy Diving C2 - Final Report
Exhibit 75-06.034 - DEF.1240.0001.1136 - Email chain regarding - 210519 - 2021 Clearance Diving Aptitude Assessment
Exhibit 75-06.035 - ACA.1001.0002.1342 - Briefing Note and Submission to the Minister for Defence Personnel
Exhibit 75-06.036 - DEF.1167.0006.0682 - Defence People Committee Outcomes