Checklist · Military & Defence Law
Scope of a submission to the Inspector-General of the ADF
A screen for a submission to the Inspector-General of the ADF by someone who is not completing the redress form: who may write, which military justice concerns the page lists, and what the Office cannot change.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a serving member cannot use the Defence Protected Network form, or when a former member, a family member, or another civilian wants to write to the Inspector-General about military justice. It does not draft the submission. It is not the death-inquiry brief and it is not the redress complaint.
Used for these tasks
- Prepare a redress of grievance complaint about a service decision
- Advise a family on an IGADF inquiry into the death of an ADF member
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may list the page's in-scope and out-of-scope categories against the instructions; the lawyer decides whether a submission is the right channel and what is sent.
AI may
- Match each concern in the instructions to a category the submissions section lists, or mark it as not listed
- Record the channel the person will use, from the three the page names
AI must not
- Must not draft the submission or a witness account
- Must not promise that the Inspector-General will overturn a Defence decision
- Must not promise updates to a person who has given no contact details
The lawyer checks
- A matter the page says should go to the Joint Military Police, the Directorate of Investigations, or Joint Health Command is not described as an Inspector-General submission
- An anonymous submission is recorded with the page's warning about limited inquiries and no updates
- The person is told that findings go to Defence authorities and do not themselves change the decision
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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More in Military & Defence Law
- Screen before a complaint to the Commonwealth Ombudsman about Defence
- Disciplinary infringement notice: election checklist (Defence Force Discipline Act)
- Service discipline matter register and material index (ADF member)
- Election to be tried by court martial or Defence Force magistrate: decision record
- Redress of grievance complaint about a service decision (Defence Regulation 2016 Part 7)
- Redress of grievance timetable after the complaint is lodged
- Command review of a senior discipline officer's punishment (DFDA s 9G)
- Brief for a family on an Inspector-General inquiry into a death
- Petition to a reviewing authority for review of a service tribunal conviction or punishment (DFDA s 153)
- Appeal to the Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal: time limit and filing checklist
- IGADF inquiry: notices, comment on proposed findings, and who may be told
- Summary authority hearing: documents and issues checklist (no statement)
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