Defence Minister Peter Dutton has never shirked from hard decisions, and for the first time in some years a minister has the temerity to ask the searching questions of the ADF uniformed hierarchy and make contrary decisions to theirs.
It seems, like a certain other politician, they don’t like it.
Dutton is a canny politician who has never been shy about upsetting some community interests when he believes his instincts are better than theirs.
Like the canny copper he once was, he knows when push comes to shove, you only get one opportunity to prosecute a successful outcome.
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