Alleged attempts to smear police by the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold are "untested and currently subject to internal AFP mechanisms", says Australian Federal Police Association president Alex Caruana.
On February 7 the board might feel entitled to take the view that it might have done enough, and hold off for a while it waits to see how things play out, writes PETER MARTIN.
"PROSECUTORS are accountable to no one for their decision to prosecute or not prosecute. They do not give reasons. They cannot be compelled to explain. That is the settled law. It needs to change," writes HUGH SELBY.