Defence Minister Richard Marles has stripped several ADF officers of their distinguished service members due to alleged war crimes.
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00:00The CDF acknowledged the allegations of the grave misconduct by some members of the Special
00:12Operations Task Group on operations in Afghanistan and apologised to the people of Afghanistan
00:18and the people of Australia.
00:20Of the outstanding recommendations of the Beriton report related to command accountability
00:25of commanders during the relevant period.
00:28The last step in closing out these two recommendations was me writing to relevant commanders about
00:34my decision in relation to medals awarded to them as part of their service during periods
00:41proximate to the incidents which are at the heart of the Beriton report.