"A DPP is expected to understand the ins and outs of relationships with other key bodies, including keeping out of the media, negotiating deftly and being seen in court but not heard in public, " writes columnist HUGH SELBY.
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.