MICHELLE GRATTAN. PETER Dutton has begun his tenure as defence minister by delivering a very public slap to his most senior military adviser, chief of the Australian Defence Force Angus Campbell. Dutton’s overriding of Campbell’s initial command decision to revoke a meritorious unit citation that had been awarded to some 3000 special forces soldiers who served in Afghanistan is a humiliation to the general who is supposedly in command of the military. The minister’s claim that he has full faith in Campbell does not alter this point. On an issue that goes to the core of military professionalism, ethics and discipline, the government has not trusted Campbell’s judgment.