Whilst looking at the Australian Army website I came accross a review concerning the possible abandoment of certain items of clothing from Military stores and sadly amongst these seem to be Scottish Dress 1, 2, 3 and 4, all the dresses relating to general dress order of Australian Highland Units.
However the review does say that these items will be available for purchase at members own expense. The review does not mention SD 5 or SD6 Pipers and Drummers dress.

Below is the part concerning Scottish dress of the review, the rest can be viewed on the Australian Army website http://www.army.gov.au/docs/091110-s...ing_review.pdf

Other changes to be made
2E General Duty Dress (polyesters):
- Initial Free Issue (IFI) entitlement reduced to one set per person for both ARA and ARES entrants
- The following variations to this BOI are permitted:
- Full-Time Officer Cadets at RMC and ADFA to receive three sets
- Reserve Officer Cadets to receive two sets
- On posting to specified appointments, such as the Federation Guard and the Royal Military College, a total of three sets IFI for Other Ranks. This will mean no change in the short-term, but will result in the issue of an additional two sets to those members who only received one set at ARTC under the new arrangements.
4A Barracks Dress DPCU is authorised as dress of the day, and is retitled “General Duty Dress (DPCU)”. This order of dress is mandated across Army as dress of the day, and is authorised as the dress of the day for Army personnel serving in Non-Army Groups, at the discretion of respective Army Admin CO.
Combat Jacket is replaced by ‘Jacket Fleece or Jacket Interim Cold Weather’.
Replace the T-Shirt DPCU wherever mentioned with the T-Shirt Brown
SD1 Scottish Ceremonial Dress, SD2 Scottish General Duties Dress, SD3 Mess Dress Scottish and SD4 Mess Dress White Jacket Scottish are approved for purchase at
member’s expense only. Commonwealth funds are not to be spent to buy Scottish dress uniforms, accessories or embellishments.


Does this mean the slow death of Australia's Highland troops.....!