Albo calls time on festive media booze-up | kishor_nr & noeltowell
The platters of prawns, bugs – and even crocodile – drew plenty of hungry staffers, journalists and pollies, including beefy ACT senatorThe junior Coalition partner is also set to host itsBut things are looking a bit more grinchy on the government side. While Prime Ministerwill hold his annual press gallery drinks at The Lodge next Tuesday, the event’s one-hour time limit put a few noses out of line. Traditionally, the merrymaking drags on a lot longer.
Meanwhile, spare a thought for the Greens, who unlike the major parties didn’t hold an event last year in an admirable act of COVID virtue signalling, but will host an end-of-year event with their expanded caucus next Monday.Self-awareness has never been a strong suit for executives at scandal-ridden NSW workers’ compensation scheme icare.
Turns out, even the executives agree. At a planning session with a third-party provider in October last year, icare’s group executive team conducted a survey which found while their biggest strength was “self-assurance”, the bosses struggled on “self-awareness” and “environment scanning”, according to internal documents seen by CBD., icare bosssalary has ballooned to more than $1 million, and according to Thursday’s annual report, his base pay is more than double the next ranking executive.
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