Bombers' nuclear option

Essendon Football Club has announced a wide-ranging independent review of governance and processes following the dramas of the past three weeks.

The review will be headed by former Telstra CEO and Chairman of ANSTO, Ziggy Switkowski, a long-time Bomber fan. Switkowski, a nuclear physicist, also headed an inquiry into the viability of an Australian nuclear power industry.

At a press conference around the time of his appointment to the top job at Telstra, one enterprising reporter asked a Telstra spokesperson if Ziggy could play guitar — to deathly silence. AussieRulesBlog was there and struggled to contain a loud guffaw. If this goes through to the keeper, look here.

At a stock market briefing, Switkowski, also a former CEO of Optus, told analysts that if they saw an Optus truck out in the bush, it was lost.