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Tess Ikonomou

Defence's data base for sexual offences not 'reliable'

An inquiry has heard that Defence is effectively in the dark about the level of sexual misconduct. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Defence does not have a reliable data system for sexual misconduct and cannot understand the scale of the issue without one, a senior official has told an inquiry.

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide continued on Tuesday in Sydney, where counsel assisting the commission Fiona Batten probed whether the department still did not have a reliable and integrated data set for sexual misconduct.

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