âWhat occurred was not of the boardâs making,â Ronaldson said. âThe situation weâre in today â this inquiry, [the] media frenzy, a former CEO whoâs clearly suffering â [is] not of the boardâs making [and is] most definitely not where we wanted to be or ever imagined we would be. âThe moment senator Kitching asked her question in estimates and the senator knows full well why that was done and on whose behalf it was done, and the fact that it was a bit of payback, from that very moment this thing got completely out of control.â One of the headline appearances at the Tuesday hearing was to be Tony Nutt, but the former Liberal president turned Australia Post board member said he was unable to attend due to illness and will now appear at the next committee hearing on 3 May.