When things couldn't get worse, Annastacia lands a job with Australia Post.
Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk joins board of Australia Post
Annastacia Palaszczuk Appointed to Australia Post Board
CurlCurl on 17/08/2024 - 15:00
Last edited 17/08/2024 - 17:20 by 2 other users
Last edited 17/08/2024 - 17:20 by 2 other users
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Labor "promotes diversity".
might be why they are running such a rubbish government - trying to fill quotas instead of hire people who are actually capable of doing the job
At least it's significantly, measurably better than the one we had in power before them
Didn't dictator Dan get knighted?
Pretty sure the other despot premiers landed cushy jobs as well. And don't forget comrade Jacinda from over the ditch as well.
Dictator Dan? Don't you mean Xin JingDan? The only thing Danny boy did was pave the way for backdoor deals with China and CCP influence throughout Victoria.
She was hired because of her influence over the unions.
Obviously nothing to do with management expertise.
What do you think will happen with Annastacia at the helm?
Absolutely nothing will change. She'll take the money, spend it on fat food and keep quiet.
As long as she doesn't hand out any luxury watches…
None will fit her wrist
You might want to look into that story as well. They were handed out with prior approval from the minister (?) concerned as a reward to a few people for saving the Post Office many millions of dollars from bank gouging. Very interesting shiving from Morrison and the other worms that woman got. While she was in charge I noticed a big improvement in the delivery service also. IIRC she was totally vindicated in the end.
This, it's a non-executive position and former politicians collect these non-executive board positions like frequent flier points. 10 meetings a year and a $110k pay packet a year for the next 6 years, pretty sweet gig. It definitely won't be her only job though.
The guy she is replacing is the former president of the liberal party and Howard advisor. At least Palaszczuk had a job that involved oversight of something.
Increased mental health issues for Aus Post employees meaning botched deliveries for the rest of us
I guess that makes her a postman woman.
Jobs for the boys/girls
Who really gives a rats? I really don’t see the point of these posts. Whatever dude, go play to your audience.
It's an anonymous forum for a bit of fun. Imagine if someone posted in the forum about experiences with kitchen appliances, geting a TV fixed, or (God forbid) a post about just buying a coffee machine?
We seem to have different views on "a bit of fun". I'm just sick of the tedious trolls on this website who just want to stir the pot. OMG an ex politician has been appointed to a board. In other news the sky is blue and rain is wet.
Luckily we live in a democracy where people are allowed to have opinions about politicians or anyone else who is in, or was in a seat of power.
I think the "fun part" BOGOF is referring to, is that we can talk about it in the open and make light of these wonderful people like Anastasia who're a blight on society.
@try2bhelpful: One man's fun is another man's tedium, doesn't mean we should stop talking about these so called public servants and their dodgy business dealings.
@scooba: We would be better off talking about whether the constant tearing down of leaders in Australia and the political processes that drive this are healthy for anyone.
Do we, can we get good leadership when people just want to join a tribe and sling mud?@tonka: Good point, most people are too afraid of living and have to belong to one tribe or the other.
There's a reason why politicians are only paid in the hundreds of thousands bracket versus the CEO's of banks that are paid in the millions of dollars bracket, which is when you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
In this case, people need an echo chamber to vent their personally held beliefs so they don't feel like outcasts in society with their ideas. Most don't feel comfortable letting others know how they think in real life so they use the anonymity of the internet to share their most unorthodox beliefs. It's similar to a Klan meeting
What's sad is, when people participate in these echo chambers, they think they're actually learning or doing something. In reality they're just entrenching themselves deeper in the beliefs they already had 99% of the time
Or even an Antifa meeting!
cronyism
Was the best man for the job apparently 😂
Why so much hate on her. Is this residual bs from the co-vid tribalism pollies where playing at instead of proper leadership?
Yes
More corruption incoming for auspost
I didn't see this vacancy on Seek or CareerOne…
Only political insiders get these cushy jobs. Noticed who she's replacing?
I would think people in these level of positions are headhunted, rather than applied through Seek..
She will be the least qualified person on the board but only one of eight. Could be worse. She could devote the rest of her working life to being a loyal mouthpiece for the banks.
Companies like Australia Post have a lot of political oversight and publicity. A politician who knows how to navigate those issues seems like a fairly reasonable choice
@shaybisc
Pisses me off seeing AB as a front for those megacorps.
She'll have the network to get things done. Just better hope the rest of the board has a good enough plan to know who to tell her to call.
I liked Anastacia I think she was a great premier, one of the best we've had in my lifetime
Agree, seemed to me she had the guts to ignore the lobbyists and pick the best interest of the people. So much of the bad media came from big business like Fox.
She's definitely one of the better Premiers we've had in QLD over the past 20yrs. A Premier will never win over everyone but almost 9yrs in power says a lot about her performance. Though, the Olympics was probably biting off more than she could chew. Not too many cities prosper economically from hosting the Olympics so I really hope hosting in 2032 doesn't become a deathtrap for Brisbane.
She's definitely better than our current choices of Miles or Crisafulli… and don't get me started on short and shortsighted Newman. Those massive property selloffs should never have happened. Planners and demographers can get their forecasts wrong (especially with lack of ability with predicting shocks like what happened from covid). Holding onto property allows for the government to react accordingly. The housing crisis in QLD would not be as bad if the State had more usable land/properties to address the issue.
Is she like a Russian princess or something.
Polish x German heritage, born and raised in Australia.
Aus Post is just in utter shambles. After the Psy Op media bullshit of the "cartier watches" saga Aus Post has been gutted of talent. Did any of you notice how suddenly they've stopped innovating from around 2018 onwards?
Now it's just full of these fat clowns sitting there and slurping up the trough with their golden spoons.
The other week I paid $14 to send a 50g document to the US that takes 28 days. Unbelievable bullshit that they're losing money as claimed.
She won't let the mail cross the border, ie qld mail will only be for qld'ers.
What does this mean? Is it meant to be positive or negative?
Yet another let's bash Labor post….. so sick of these
Half the comments on this post almost seem like bots posting random stuff as well, making no sense at all. Reads like comments on a Murdoch article.
So that's where the former Premier has landed. Maybe she and Bligh can make it compulsory for all Australian banks to support bank@post.
At least one good thing will come of this.
The overwhelming issue is The Pollies are given incredible super AND can access AT ANY TIME when voted out or retire. Reason given for "early Access" is they do not have job security when they leave Also untouchable pension regarded as income if they have a marriage breakdown & need to pay maintenance to former spouses
Look at the plum jobs they get eg …. Rudd embassy in USA Hockey , Beasley on the board of a medical company, Weatherald former premier of SA heads a big agency in WA the list goes on Sad they STILL have snouts in the trough & wonder why they are so disrespected disliked untrustworthy as an occupationShould they be getting super worse than average? You can access yours at any time, you just have to accept the penalties (put in place so that people won't touch them, so they can have enough money in retirement to support themselves and not be a drain on society/the taxes you pay)
Perhaps they get those "plum" jobs by being competent at their jobs in politics. Kevin Rudd's a gangsta and deserves to be in his role
Your comment feels like whinging about things tangentially related to politics, with no practical solutions or identification of the core problems you're whinging about. Saying that the "overwhelming issue" is politicians getting good super they can access any time is missing the forest for the trees
Is Sophie Mirabella still on her $420,000 for life Commissioner of the Fair work Commission gig? I know the Coalition was appointing dozens of their mates to those type of job but is there no way for Labor to get rid of them?
It would be reported very negatively in the media if Labor were to start firing members appointed by the LNP for no reason, even if those members were bad at their job
You would never see it reported as "Labor: Cutting the Fat! Rids FWC of $420,000 Excess Spending/annum Imposed by Coalition"
Imposing some sort of performance review/KPI's to ensure they're actually doing something in the role would be a good start
Uses principal contractor companies that engage subcontractors. Same principal company rents out vehicles through their second company to avoid any employee relationship. Audit of company checks out.
If that’s not sham contracting then what is? They simply allow it to happen as it works for them. Exemplary government organisation leading by example. Close the gap bs.
Only the conservatives have "jobs for the boys" for those who've retired from their side of politics. Labor "promotes diversity".