Letters | To China, on behalf of my country Australia: sorry

As an Australian, I would like to apologise to you for the way we have treated you. We have called out drug cheats when we have our own drug cheats. We have criticised your human rights record when we have an appalling history of mistreating our indigenous people as well, and what we do to refugees is tantamount to torture (“Australia is in no position to criticise China on human rights abuses”, December 15).

We banned Huawei with no apparent evidence that it was a threat to our country. We called for an investigation into the origins of Covid-19, although I believe that your country acted honourably in this area.

So, please accept an apology from me on behalf of our country, as you know our prime minister is only doing as he is told to by our big brother, who doesn’t always have our best interests at heart.