Politics With Michelle Grattan

Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate has given evidence to a Senate inquiry into her dramatic exit from Australia Post. Holgate left her position last year, when the prime minister denounced her in parliament for giving Cartier watches as rewards to Australia Post executives. Victim of a hit job, Holgate inflicted damaging hits of her own – delivering blows against Scott Morrison and Australia Post chair Lucio Di Bartolomeo, and following up her evidence with a media blitz. She accuses Morrison of bullying and says Di Bartolomeo should resign. Queensland Nationals senator Matt Canavan, who sat in on her appearance, also believes Di Bartolomeo should go. “The CEO of Australia Post, just like any government organisation, is not appointed by the minister or the government. The government appoints a board and then the board, under the chair’s direction, hires a CEO. "The big main job of the chair is to find a good CEO and give them good direction. And that hasn’t occurred here. "And I think, therefore, the