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ABC Presenters’ Pension Paradise
A deep secret about the star players of our ABC is not what they’re paid – we know that – but the size of their taxpayer-funded pensions on retirement or redundancy from the ABC. Take ABC presenter Quentin Dempster, newly terminated. He was on a paypacket in 2011-12 of $291,505, according to the pay data inadvertently leaked by ABC administration in a glorious own-goal a year ago. “My salary is commensurate with my skills and abilities,” Dempster clarified.
Last month, a little item appeared in The Australian in Sharri Markson’s Media Diary, under the heading “Quentin on a Good Wicket”. She remarked: “While it is very sad to see local journalism disappear from 7.30 on Friday nights, people shouldn’t be too devastated for outgoing experienced host Quentin Dempster. His defined benefit super income likely to be about $150,000 a year.”
An outraged Dempster fired back, without denying the $150,000:
“Breach of Privacy
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