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In the case below I sent the VA Minister an email advising him how he could identify the veteran, and therefore the offending Repatriation Commission staff member. After I received no reply I sent the letter to my local member who happens to be the Treasurer. You can see from the reply (20080902 from Wayne Swan.pdf) that the information appears to have been kept from the VA Minister.

In addition to the Repatriation Commission Staff Member offending against the Crimes Act 1914 Repat/DVA staff senior in the chain of command appear to have breached the Criminal Code.

The Minister's reply also listed probable offences within the Public Service.

(20080512 from Alan Griffin.pdf)

To my knowledge the matter has still not been prosecuted.

From: 20080328 To All Federal Politicians MHRs.pdf

4. I researched a case for the veteran’s advocates, so whilst I can’t identify the veteran I am aware of an instance, at the AAT, where the Repatriation Commission Representative’s actions should have been referred for criminal investigation. During the course of the AAT preliminaries the Repatriation Commission Representative forwarded copies of the veteran’s medical reports to the veteran’s previous employer. This is a breach of the Crimes Act 1914, and explained as such in publicly available internal instructions. The evidence should have been inadmissible, but was allowed by the AAT. The veteran lost his case, and therefore his TPI pension. The breach of the Crimes Act 1914 was not referred for investigation by either the AAT or the Repatriation Commission Representative’s superiors. The annual value (at 1/3/08) of a single rate TPI pension (including service pension) is $38,368.20. The twenty year value is $767,364 – TPI pensions are normally paid for life. These figures don’t take account of the value of the “Gold Card”.