Australia’s former ambassador to Britain, George Brandis, said the decision not to return to Kyiv reflects a “culture of risk aversion which is such a feature of DFAT”.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/australia-looking-for-new-ambassador-to-ukraine-but-no-plans-to-reopen-embassy-20230316-p5css6.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal

“Brandis behaviour is getting worse,” Pezzullo told Briggs in another encrypted message, prompting Briggs to respond: “I’ve fed that into the PM.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/five-years-a-thousand-messages-how-a-top-public-servant-tried-to-influence-governments-20230919-p5e5ss.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed