Senior Australia Post officials to be grilled by Senate after One Nation scandal
Senior Australia Post officials have been told to front a parliamentary probe next month following revelations the postal service demanded the delivery of more than 100 One Nation-branded stubby holders to residents of a locked-down public housing tower.
The federal opposition has demanded chairman Lucio Di Bartolomeo and general counsel Nick Macdonald front an upcoming Senate estimates hearing along with under-fire chief executive Christine Holgate .Senior government sources told this masthead on Thursday patience was "wearing incredibly thin" over Ms Holgate's "calamitous" interventions.
allowed the distribution of the One Nation leader's 114 parcels throughout a North Melbourne social housing complex., and at the same time as Australia Post was attempting to win over One Nation's vote to ensure a temporary relaxation in daily postal services was not overturned by the Senate. Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp defended the council's decision not to distribute the parcels, saying the issue was handled in a "professional and "sensitive" way.
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