APPALLING

as it was, the cricket cheating scandal is merely a symptom of a wider national sickness.

A culture of greed, selfishness, envy, cruelty and often criminal corruption is gnawing at the nation’s heart.

It stands to reason for example that if we can produce a politician like Peter Dutton, the most despised man in Australian politics, that we can produce what has become the most hated cricket team in the world. RAY ARMSTRONG, TWEED HEADS SOUTH