HMAS Leeuwin: what happened?

SOME BACKGROUND TO THE ROYAL COMMISSION INQUIRY INTO HMAS LEEUWIN

* The navy training base in Fremantle operated from 1960 to 1984

* More than 13,000 boys between 15 and 16 were trained there

* A 1971 inquiry found bullying and physical abuse were not systemic

* It found the officers who ran HMAS Leeuwin were upstanding men

2014 DEFENCE ABUSE RESPONSE TASKFORCE (DART) INQUIRY

* Received 2400 abuse complaints, most being from the navy on a per capita basis

* 27 per cent of DART complainants were children at time of abuse

* It found alcohol and drugs a factor in abuse, and

* ADF's institutional culture did not support reporting abuse