PoliticsRear WindowRear WindowDefence’s best-paid civil servants frightened of ‘ridicule’The surest way to end up having a video of you posted to social media is surely to demand that no one do so.Hannah WoottonColumnistAppearing before a parliamentary inquiry is no one’s idea of fun. Just ask the now-shredded former KPMG executives.Hardly surprising that a thriving cottage industry has sprung up inside the Canberra bubble in coaching witnesses on how to survive inquiries and estimates.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Latest In FederalFetching latest articles