Commentary
Being a truly independent statutory officeholder requires integrity and grit. Be it the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), a judge or the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor, you have to take your official duty with utmost seriousness.
With the privilege of high office comes the countervailing obligation of responsibility. The temptation to give in to short-term populism or sentiment needs to be resisted.
Given the debacle in the Australian Capital Territory with its DPP’s handling of the Higgins issue and the New South Wales judge who thought it a good idea to involve himself in controversial political matters, it was refreshing to see and hear the RBA governor calling things out as they are, especially in an era of the entitlement mentality….