Despite numerous reviews, investigations and now a Royal Commission, the culture of abuse in the military remains resistant to change. It is not just physical and sexual abuse, but also administrative abuse which results in members and veterans of the Australian Defence Force suffering lifelong trauma which in many cases leads to suicide. What needs to happen for the culture of the military to change?

Guests: 

Ben Wadham, professor in Sociology in Defence and Veteran Studies at Flinders University in South Australia and 

James Connor, Associate Professor in military sociology at the University of NSW in Canberra

Co-authors of Warrior, Soldier, Brigand: Institutional Abuse within the Australian Defence Force (Melbourne University Press)