The Whalan Review made 18 recommendations to improve the Report on Defective or Unsatisfactory Material (RODUM) system, which allows soldiers to report faulty equipment and suggest improvements.
The Government will implement all of them.
The Review found that the RODUM system was sound in concept but could be improved through broadening and simplifying its operation.
Recommendations to improve the system include:
• expanding the choice soldiers have about selected items of personal equipment;
• improving feedback from troops using equipment in training and on operations;
• modernising the supply chain for combat clothing and equipment to make it leaner and more responsive; and
• setting up an online ordering, feedback and supply system for military clothing and combat gear.
The online system would allow soldiers to:
• order clothing and potentially some personal equipment;
• track the timing and progress of their orders; and
• file a RODUM report.