Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
11
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A Navy member who allegedly planted a recording device has been stood down with pay.
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who → plant → pay
A video recording device was found in the showers of an all-female cabin of the HMAS Leeuwin while it was docked in Cairns on October 11.
asserted
it → record → October
An individual was then identified as the suspect and was stood down, Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Matthew Buckley confirmed on Monday.
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Buckley → identify → Monday
He defended the unnamed person continuing to receive pay as a 'normal convention' when an investigation is ongoing.
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investigation → defend → convention
The incident is being investigated by the Joint Military Police Unit and Defence, with help from the Australian Federal Police.
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incident → investigate → Police
'Defence takes this incident extremely seriously and does not tolerate unacceptable behaviour in any form,' a department spokesperson said last week.
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spokesperson → take → form
The sentiment was echoed by Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy, who said the government had a 'very strong view' that the behaviour was 'reprehensible'.
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behaviour → echo → view
'(It) undermined the dignity and privacy of Royal Australian Navy personnel.
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It → undermine → personnel
It was completely unacceptable, and it has no place in the modern Australian Defence Force,' he said.
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he → have → Force
Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Matthew Buckley said the Navy has stood down the unidentified individual who is the focus of the investigation (he is flanked by Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy (R) and Anduril Australia & Asia Pacific Executive Chairman David Goodrich)
HMAS Leeuwin in Sydney Harbour.
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he → say → Harbour
A recording device was found in an all-female cabin while the ship was docked in Cairnes
Defence Industry Minister labelled the news of the camera as 'reprehensible'
Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie, a veteran, revealed details last week when she told the upper house she had been contacted by a former member of the Navy with allegations that the recording device had been found.
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device → record → allegations
'I was also told this had occurred recently and prevented the vessel from sailing while investigations were ongoing,' she said.
'Even more disturbing are claims that footage from these cameras may have been uploaded online before the cameras were discovered.'
The investigations come amid calls for the Australian Defence Force to overhaul its training programs in order to better combat internal sexual harassment.
Attitudes within the Navy specifically would not shift until men fully understood the legal consequences of their behaviour and consent training went beyond 'window dressing' lawyer Adair Donaldson said.
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Donaldson → tell → consequences
Donaldson assisted Defence Force personnel, and delivered training to the NRL, for more than 20 years to shift thinking around consent and family violence.
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Donaldson → assist → consent
'My way of approaching it is to simplify it (training) so they (men) know how to call situations out,' he said.
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he → approach → situations
'It is about making sure you're doing it in a way that doesn't turn out to be a gender war and is inclusive of men and those they are trying to protect.'
Jacqui Lambie brought the news of the discovered device before the Senate
HMAS Sydney leads the Royal Australian Navy fleet through Sydney Harbour past HMAS Leeuwin
Victoria Barracks in St Kilda.
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HMAS → make → Kilda
There have been calls for the Australian Defence Force to overhaul its training programs to stamp out sexual harassment
Donaldson said the Defence Force's approach to respectful relationship training was often tick-a-box, full of slideshows, and generated a 'here-we-go-again' response from personnel who felt disenfranchised.
He felt teaching from external instructors and real-world scenarios, along with clear outlines of the law, would cut through with duty-bound servicemen.
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He → overhaul → servicemen
'The approach you adopt is to address what they've all signed off on, and all have in common, which is the legal consequences and the law,' he said.
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he → adopt → signed
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