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Tess Ikonomou and Grace Crivellaro

Nowhere left to hide for troops with sex convictions

Defence force personnel with service convictions for sex offences will now get civilian records. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian Defence Force personnel convicted of sexual offences will no longer be able hide behind the military, with crimes to start showing up on police checks.

From next week, Defence will report service convictions of sexual and related offences to the national police reference system, Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel Minister Matt Keogh said.

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