10 May 2017 - Commonwealth Ombudsman acknowledges reparation payment announcement

The Commonwealth Ombudsman acknowledges the announcement in the Federal Budget that the Defence Force Ombudsman’s (DFO) expanded function of receiving and responding to reports of serious abuse in Defence will now include a reparation payment.

The Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman looks forward to working constructively with government over the coming weeks to implement this decision.

Further details on eligibility for the payment will be announced in due course. Those who have already reported serious abuse to the DFO since 1 December 2016 will be assessed against those eligibility criteria, once they are finalised.

The Ombudsman will make no further comment at this time.

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