The former Australia Post chief executive, Christine Holgate, tells a Senate Estimates inquiry she was ‘humiliated’ by prime minister Scott Morrison and alleges the company’s chair repeatedly lied after she was stood down over her controversial gift of Cartier watches to senior executives. Holgate says she was deliberately silenced and isolated and was unable to defend herself following the October 2020 Senate committee. Australia Post’s submission reiterates its position that Holgate agreed to stand aside on 22 October 2020 pending an investigation into the gifts

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