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A good woman

Posted by Jenni Colwill on 17 December 2009 | 8 Comments

I am extremely pleased to learn that a good woman has been appointed as the CEO of the public service organisation that most Australians have personal contact with: Centrelink, which will soon be merged with Medicare.

But at the risk of being a bit churlish about the process followed for this appointment I would also like to point out that the last two Centrelink CEOs were men, and they were appointed via a much more common process - that is, they were just appointed to the jobs because someone in power thought they would be the best person - just like that. No advertising, no interviewing, no process, just "have a job!".

There have been three appointments for Centrelink's CEO in nearly as many years, and only once was the job advertised.

Carolyn Hogg, who won the job this time around, has been acting in the role. On and off, for some time.

In fact, she was acting in the CEO role on the previous two occasions when the job was just handed to a bloke.

This time the job was advertised. And a woman got it. OK? Get my point?

Thanks guys.


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  • Jenni, Like I said , you need to do some more research and not take things on face value.

    Posted by Bill Cusack, 06/03/2010 7:04pm (5 days ago)

  • Jenni, I don't think there could be too many Carolyn Hogg's out there who could stand up in a witness box of a Court of Law and under oath give their name , occupation ( as CEO of Centrelink) and then give evidence about her daughter and the sexual abuse charges against her husband . It shows you just how quiet Carolyn is keeping this dirty little secret , lest in impact her career. And you think she is good woman - I don't think so.

    Posted by Bill Cusack, 06/03/2010 7:01pm (5 days ago)

  • I can only wonder myself how many Carolyn Hogg’s there are in Australia that are the
    CEO of Centrelink. I have read her Official Government Centrelink Page that States:
    “She is married with one daughter and two sons and enjoys walking.”
    This extract is on the last line of her page.

    If you would care to read it for yourself:
    http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/about_us/ceo.htm

    So I’ll leave the ball in your court to work out if it is the same person or not????

    Posted by Christine Baker, 05/03/2010 5:18pm (6 days ago)

  • It is also an extremely serious matter to make accusations against the wrong person. There is no hiding involved, or pretending. I have known the people involved for many years, they are not in goal, there is no criminal record and there is no daughter. I can only assume that this is a case of mistaken identity....but having said that, I can't find any reference to the alleged incident anywhere, so I can't help but wonder what this actually about.

    Posted by Jenni, 05/03/2010 3:02pm (7 days ago)

  • I have been following Mr Bill Cusack’s comments about Mrs Carolyn Hogg.
    I am in total agreement with him.
    As a woman I find it totally appalling that another woman/mother would not stand behind her daughter on such a serious matter.
    Just because a woman is in a position of power such as Mrs. Carolyn Hogg doesn’t give her the right to think she can hide this matter or pretend it didn’t happen!!
    Shame on you... Mrs. Carolyn Hogg!!!

    Posted by Christine Baker, 05/03/2010 11:18am (7 days ago)

  • Bill - you have got it completely wrong. I know the people involved personally and they are not the people you are talking about. This is a case of mistaken identity. You can email me on info@2020women.org.

    Posted by Jenni, 05/03/2010 11:07am (7 days ago)

  • There has been some nasty commentary based on identity confusion regarding this post and I've been accused of not doing my research properly. Those who have made the accusations have confused the Hogg name with others of the same name and need to do a bit more of their own research.

    Posted by Jenni, 04/03/2010 10:30am (8 days ago)

  • Not sure I should be very happy for Caroline Hogg, or just very sad it has taken this long! Hopefully, Caroline will be great at and have some focus on mentoring and supporting fellow women co-workers to reach executive positions.

    Posted by Magdalena, 17/12/2009 10:18pm (3 months ago)

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