'Violation and betrayal': Low pay offer hurt ADF's fighting edge, say ADFA academics

By Noel Towell
Updated March 27 2015 - 12:18pm, first published 11:09am
The government was twice forced to improve the ADF pay offer under political pressure and a backlash in the ranks and from service families.
The government was twice forced to improve the ADF pay offer under political pressure and a backlash in the ranks and from service families.
Academics say the 'sense of violation and betrayal' felt in the military may have hurt the Australian Defence Force's morale, loyalty to its uniform and even its fighting edge. Photo: WO2 Rob Nyffenegger
Academics say the 'sense of violation and betrayal' felt in the military may have hurt the Australian Defence Force's morale, loyalty to its uniform and even its fighting edge. Photo: WO2 Rob Nyffenegger

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