Defence personnel convicted of sex offences to face mandatory discharge as part of royal commission response

Albanese government also commits to new statutory body to oversee a system overhaul in defence department aimed at preventing suicide

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The federal government will establish an independent inquiry into sexual violence in the Australian military and ensure serving personnel convicted of sex offences in either criminal or military courts face mandatory discharge.

But soldiers wounded on operations will continue to receive greater compensation than those with the same injuries inflicted in training, under the formal response to the defence and veterans' suicide royal commission.

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