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| Subject: Awww, Ex-RAAF woman loses compo bid Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:25 pm | |
| A woman who said that years of sexual harassment in the Royal Australian Air Force contributed to a psychological illness has failed in her bid for compensation.
Brooke Costa says she endured inappropriate sexual comments from her comrades at Richmond air base, outside Sydney, and a lack of protection by senior officers left her feeling ''uncomfortable and unsafe'' while serving.
But Ms Costa, who has a chronic major depressive disorder and bruxism, a condition that makes the sufferer constantly grind their teeth, has been denied workers' compensation by the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission.
Her challenge to that decision in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal failed after evidence showed she told treating doctors during and after her service that her psychological problems were caused by family, marital and money problems.
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