Column - A deadly lack of leaders

Is leadership now dead in Australia? Are our “leaders” now mere managers, just ticking boxes and following process?

Let me give two examples of this deadly managerialism from last week.

One shows the gutlessness of the Turnbull Government; the other is the astonishing revelation that NSW’s top police went home during the Lindt cafe siege.

First, the government.

The day Malcolm Turnbull challenged Tony Abbott to become Prime Minister he actually promised...