Senators Nick Xenophon, Jacqui Lambie call for royal commission into abuse in ADF

By Melanie Kembrey
Updated October 31 2014 - 5:18pm, first published 3:26pm
Independent senator Nick Xenophon. Photo:  Alex Ellinghausen
Independent senator Nick Xenophon. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Independent senator Nick Xenophon. Photo:  Alex Ellinghausen
Independent senator Nick Xenophon. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Independent senator Nick Xenophon. Photo:  Alex Ellinghausen
Independent senator Nick Xenophon. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

A senate committee has declined to call for a royal commission into abuse in the Australian Defence Force, instead leaving the decision to the Abbott government.