Christine Holgate backs report saying Scott Morrison should apologise and Australia Post chair should resign

Former Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate has backed a parliamentary inquiry's call for the Prime Minister to apologise to her and for the organisation's chair to step down. Key points: The report said Ms Holgate deserved an apology because she was denied "natural justice" The committee that handed down the report was chaired by the Greens Ms Holgate told the inquiry she was pushed out of her job after the watch scandal Ms Holgate welcomed the report of the committee, chaired by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, which examined Ms Holgate's departure following the Cartier watches scandal. They included a call for Australia Post's board, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the organisation's shareholder ministers to apologise to Ms Holgate for "denying her the legal principles of procedural fairness and natural justice". Australia Post chair 'committed' to staying on A spokesperson for the Prime Minister said the government had "no intention of responding to a politicised report" from a committee controlled by Labor and the Greens. "The government has consistently acknowledged that Ms Holgate was an effective chief executive of Australia Post and I congratulate her on her new role at Global Express," Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said in a statement.