Skype sex cadet to sue Defence department

teenage air force cadet involved in the "Skype sex" scandal is preparing to sue the Defence Department after her medical files were allegedly given to an inquiry officer without her consent.

Known only as "Kate", the 18-year-old RAAF cadet has asked her lawyers to prepare a Federal Court action seeking damages as reviews continue into the culture and misconduct at the Australian Defence Force Academy, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reports.

Sources claim that Defence handed over the medical files that disclosed personal information about Kate, such as the fact she was on the contraceptive pill.

"They handed her medical files to (Mr) Kirkham the morning he arrived ... that means a whole lot of Defence lawyers have had access to her personal, private information," a source has claimed.

Sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick is leading the review into the treatment of women at the academy and Defence in general, while Melbourne barrister and former air force officer Andrew Kirkham QC is heading the inquiry into the "Skype sex" incident.

Kate went public earlier this year claiming senior officers at the academy ignored her concerns and allegedly refused to offer any support after she was secretly filmed having sex with another cadet in Canberra.

Police allege the incident was then broadcast via the internet on Skype to a nearby room where other cadets were watching on.

The army cadet with whom she had sex, 19-year-old Daniel McDonald, and a cadet accused of watching in a nearby room, Dylan De Blaquiere, 18, have both been suspended and charged.

Kate said she was vilified by fellow cadets, where undergraduates must adhere to strict "no fraternisation" rules.

The newspaper reports Mr De Blaquiere has since resigned from the ADFA, while Mr McDonald has the support of the Defence hierarchy to continue his military career.