Your tax dollars at work: Filed under: The ABC happily tells our national security secrets to the world, damaging our relations with Indonesia, crippling attempts to stop the boats and risking even cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Mr Scott said the relevant test was whether releasing the material was in the public interest. He drew a distinction between the national interest and the public interest. He said the disclosures raised questions about the nature and extent of intelligence gathering in the digital age, how information was shared and the security of that information. “Yes, I appreciate that the release of some of this material might be embarrassing and ... might cause some difficulties with the Australian-Indonesian relationship in the short term,” he said. But when The Australian reveals what ABC staff are paid by the public, the ABC screams in protest. This should have been kept secret! I’ve heard ABC boss Mark Scott whinge for minutes on end on the ABC about this terrible breach of confidential information: The ABC has been attempting to block release of pay information relating to its top-rating presenters for the past three years, fighting a Freedom of Information request lodged in 2010 by the Herald and Weekly Times, which is owned by News Corp Australia, publisher of The Australian… The ABC has argued against releasing the salary information on the grounds that it is contrary to public interest and is connected to confidential programming material. Hypocrites. Utter hypocrites. The ABC seriously thinks what it pays its stars is a bigger secret than what our spies do to protect Australians. For the record, what you are paying to high-profile Leftists: THE ABC is paying eight broadcasters more than $250,000 a year, with Q&A and Lateline host Tony Jones leading the pack on an annual salary of more than $350,000. The ABC received $1.03 billion of taxpayer funds last financial year, of which $465 million was spent on wages, superannuation and other entitlements… 7.30 Report host Kerry O’Brien ... earned $365,246 in 2009-10… The 7.30 presenter Leigh Sales - credited for reinvigorating the flagship current affairs program following O’Brien’s departure - is ranked eight journalists behind Jones, as the ABC’s 18th-highest earner on $280,400 a year… ABCTV Breakfast hosts Virginia Trioli earns $235,664 - about $84,000 more than co-host Michael Rowland on $151,006. NSW weeknight news anchor Juanita Phillips is the broadcaster’s second highest earning presenter on $316,454. Long-serving ABC journalist and presenter of Stateline in NSW, Quentin Dempster, is listed with an annual total salary of $291,505… The corporation’s top-earning radio presenters are Sydney Drive’s Richard Glover and Melbourne Mornings’ Jon Faine, earning $290,000 and $285,249 respectively. Former political editor Christopher Uhlmann is reported as earning $255,400 last year and Radio National’s Breakfast host Fran Kelly is on $255,000. ABC’s online political editor Annabel Crabb is on $217,426.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:55:08 +0000
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