An Australian past Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, now Australia’s ambassodor to America, is doing a great job in representing our country, He is articulate, astute, a scholar, a person with deep understanding of China and South East Asia and a person who is careful to represent our country to the best of his ablity.

Importantly, and despite some criticism, he is more than willing to establish a reputation as being supportive of everyone he contacts. He represents Australia in a way that may incur expenditures but that is necessary for the interests of the critical representative role he fills.

This has attracted some response (as per the Sunday Telegraph), but expenditure is understandable in the interests of the critical representative role he fills.