How a 10-day ‘firestorm’ blew up Holgate’s career
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief
Trapped at the centre of a media firestorm growing bigger by the minute, Christine Holgate knew she had to flee Canberra.
It was October 22 last year and the Australia Post boss had just revealed to a Senate estimates hearing that she had purchased Cartier watches as bonuses for executives of the government-owned corporation.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
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