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Public servant largesse offends the PM’s quiet Australians – Sydney Morning Herald
Scott Morrison believes there needs to be signs of solidarity with those doing it tough, and splurging taxpayers’ money on lavish watches doesn’t pass muster.
“So appalled and shocked was I by that behaviour because … as any shareholder would in a company raise their outrage if they had seen that conduct, by a chief executive, the management or the board, they would insist rightly on the same thing,” he told Parliament.
“We are the shareholders of Australia Post on behalf of the Australian people … and if the chief executive wished to stand aside, she has been instructed to stand aside, if she doesn’t wish to do that, she can go!”
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