Christine Holgate

Heyho2

Has anybody else been following this today? I’ve been following on twitter and she is taking no prisoners. Scotty is not coming out of this looking any good….

SR21

I’ve been seeing a few bits and pieces throughout the day.

I imagine CP wanting her gone at the time then keeping his job after recent events added some fuel to her fire.

I’m keen to hear everything she has to say. Fabricated evidence would be enough for court I would expect. She should sue the pants off them.

Camokat

I haven’t followed this but I remember that many AusPost franchisees believed that she was a highly effective CEO and were very angry that she was pushed out.

Heyho2

Yeah, seems like she made australia post more efficient and the liberals wanted to privatise it so were keen for a rationale for that, eg inefficient. They really fucked with the wrong woman.

Gum-boots

She was pushed out for being too good at her job.

Also just a reminder that Scummo was Treasurer and signed off on Holgate’s predecessor’s extortionate salary, bonus and entertainment (2012 olympics junket anyone)?

PuddingPlease

I’m just watching her on 7:30 now with Laura Tingle.

Morrison really is a dog.

PuddingPlease

Andrew Laming can get in the bin as well.

WTF?

How did they keep preselecting this weirdo!?!

Moo

Watching Scummo in parliament talking about Christine Holgate vs Lanming and all the other dipshit “empathy coaching needed” politicians. People try to make out like we don’t have a misogyny problem here. Bull-fucking-shit.

LadySybilVimes

I was so impressed with her in her 730 interview with Laura Tingle. So measured and calm but absolutely deadly for Morrison. This government is rotten to the core.

wannabefree

I’ve been following it since it all went down. I used to work for Auspost in HQ, we started about the same time I think. At AP, they regularly have town halls and things, and Christine would on occasion run one. I always went when she was speaking as she was a great speaker and always had something interesting to say. I don’t know if I remember this right but one time she spoke about her background. I’m pretty sure she started out as a cleaner, then had a cleaning business, and worked her way up from there.

Gum-boots

I’ve watched her 7:30 interview again because she just nailed it and I’m in awe. I’m going to try and channel a bit of Christine Holgate myself.

LadySybilVimes

I liked this article by Katharine Murphy: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/13/christine-holgate-was-targeting-the-australia-post-chairman-scott-morrison-and-the-patriarchy

CassandraNORI

Yeah that’s a good article @LadySybilVimes

I really hope Australians vote these fuckers out next election.

IcyPole

She was fabulous on the 7:30 Report last night.

Time for Scomo and Co to go.

wannabefree

I haven’t managed to get all the way through the 730 report yet (on holidays with fam), is there much talk about the Boston Consulting Group report?

There’s a good article by The Australian of all places about ‘the real reason’ she was ousted. I think it’s behind a paywall but here’s the link.

https://apple.news/AoXEwlp4MTFiXY30C2EXw6Q

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a BCG report that lead to the banks leaving regional towns, now they are doing it with auspost… they are killing these communities.

Heyho2

I’ve seen some talk on twitter i think about bcg? I think i read they’re the firm the liberals bring in when they have a specific answer they’re looking for…

Camokat

https://www.theklaxon.com.au/home/holgate-sacrificed-for-coalition-blue-bloods-hgt7r?format=amp&__twitter_impression=true

wannabefree

Interesting article, Camokat , I find it funny that there seems to be several articles pointing to dodgy stuff the feds may have been trying to hide, and they are all different. How much dodgy crap can one government have happening at once??? Is there a list of all they have done in their term? I feel like there has just been so much I can’t keep track of it all.

Chic-n-Stu

wannabefree

That’s a really good point, rocking up empty handed to force photo ops and handshakes on bushfire victims feels like it happened about 100 years ago. Angus Taylor must be relieved that his massive conflicts of interest and weird lying about Clover Moore’s travel has been well and truly eclipsed by his colleagues.

Looks like it’ll be a long while until the next election, I should really start a spreadsheet to keep track of it all. Very Trumpy, outrage fatigue is real and you do forget what happened just because there is always more and it’s always worse.

mumpteen

wannabefree Is there a list of all they have done in their term? I feel like there has just been so much I can’t keep track of it all.

There’s this: https://chaser.com.au/national/an-exhaustive-list-of-the-liberal-partys-corruption-over-the-last-7-years/

RichardParker

I think there’s a lot of dodgy stuff with Aus Post- particularly with the previous management. I know a guy who’s worked for decades as a driver, and he said it was common knowledge that many of the Post Offices in prime real estate positions were sold to the BIL of the CEO, and then soon after the planning regs changed to allow the properties to be converted into apartments. The assets must be worth millions. So many post offices around the country are dilapidated and filthy inside. I think it’s a bit like Telstra in that it’s such a big, complex organisation that corruption and waste can go unnoticed for years so it attracts people who would take advantage of that.