The number of Australian Defence Force notifications to Comcare, including how many involved the Special Forces and Commando Units, and the number of cases that progressed to prosecution

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Comcare's release (reference SOLEX12338) answers four questions about Australian Defence Force notifications under sections 35 to 37 of the Comcare Act 2011 for 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024. Defence (Military) notified 1,019 incidents, of which 838 were assessed as notifiable and 181 as not notifiable. Comcare states that PCBUs are not required to identify special forces or commando units when notifying, but "Special Forces" was mentioned in 10 incidents and "Commando" in one. Two notifications progressed to prosecution, and none of these related to special forces or commando units. The document is a short written response with no attached inspector reports or underlying incident files, and no exemptions are indicated.