Australian war crimes inquiry report will force ADF to re-think special forces culture, expert says

Current environment led some special forces to believe rules did not apply to them, says academic whose work helped trigger inquiry

An academic whose work helped trigger the explosive war crimes inquiry says the details in its imminent report will leave the Australian Defence Force with no choice" other than to fundamentally change special forces' culture.

The chief of the defence force Angus Campbell is expected to this week release a redacted version of findings by the inspector general of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF) Paul Brereton, detailing alleged war crimes committed by elements of the Special Operations Task Group in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016.