Strong advisers needed

Michael Costello’s article is an extremely useful explanation of the background behind Vladimir Putin’s threatened invasion of Ukraine and the real issues globally around this crisis in the making. It is also a timely reminder of the dangers of the current degrading of the public service as a source of nonpartisan advice. If only Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton had this public servant advising them, maybe we wouldn’t be putting our foot in our mouth as a nation quite so much.

– Francis Pollard, Moffat Beach, Qld