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Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell told ABC's Insiders mandatory body cameras on Australia's troops would be a 'very good idea'. Picture: Karleen Minney The defence force chief has said mandatory body cameras for Australian troops is among one of the recommendations being considered following the Thursday release of a long-awaited report into alleged war crimes committed by the Australian Defence Force in Afghanistan. General Angus Campbell told ABC's Insiders on Sunday morning making body cameras mandatory for serving troops was one of the Brereton report's recommendations being worked through in light of war crime allegations and subsequent cover ups.

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Defence Force chief Angus Campbell has received a report into alleged war crimes by Aussie troops in Afghanistan. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Gary Ramage An explosive report into allegations of war crimes by Australian troops will be taken “very seriously” by the government, the Prime Minister has said. Defence chief Angus Campbell has received the report from the inspector-general of the Australian Defence Force, who was tasked in 2016 with investigating dozens of incidents, including alleged unlawful killings, in Afghanistan from 2005 until that year.

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