Defence Abuse Response Taskforce

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The Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (DART) was an Australian body established to help people who claimed to have suffered physical or sexual abuse, harassment or bullying in the Australian Defence Force before 11 April 2011. The Taskforce worked from 26 November 2012 until 30 June 2016. It considered 2,439 complaints and found 1,751 to be within its scope and plausible.{{cite web |url=http://apo.org.au/resource/defence-abuse-response-taskforce-final-report |title=Defence abuse response taskforce: final report |author= |date=2 September 2016 |website=apo.org.au |publisher=Australian Policy Online |access-date=24 December 2016 |quote=}} The Taskforce was headed by Len Roberts-Smith,{{cite news|last1=Wroe|first1=David|title='Criminal conduct': Confidential report reveals military's sex abuse response was tainted|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/criminal-conduct-confidential-report-reveals-militarys-sex-abuse-response-was-tainted-20161109-gsl6ad.html|accessdate=4 June 2017|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 November 2016}} assisted by Robert Cornall, Susan Halliday and Rudi Lammers, with Robyn Kruk acting as Reparation Payments Assessor.{{cite web |title=Defence Abuse Response Taskforce |url=http://www.defenceabusetaskforce.gov.au/Aboutus/Pages/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128042308/http://www.defenceabusetaskforce.gov.au/Aboutus/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 January 2014 |accessdate=26 April 2020 |ref=Yes |date=28 January 2014}}