Thirty-one Australia Post employees who earned a base salary between $300,000 and $400,000 took home,on average,a “short-term incentive” bonus of $168,000 in 2020-21.
Today on Please Explain,Tory Maguire speaks with federal political reporter Lisa Visentin about the former Australia Post boss’s accusation she was bullied by the Prime Minister.
Lucio Di Bartolomeo has told a Senate inquiry the former chief executive was not owed an apology by the board,but conceded she was poorly treated during the Cartier watches saga.
The former chief executive of Australia Post is the latest strong woman to produce evidence of being wronged by Australia’s political culture.
Ex-Australia Post chief Christine Holgate,who resigned amid an uproar over her decision to reward employees with Cartier watches,has fired back at the board she says abandoned her.
The federal opposition has demanded chairman Lucio Di Bartolomeo and general counsel Nick Macdonald front the upcoming Senate estimates hearing along with under-fire chief executive Christine Holgate.