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Who Earns What at Their ABC?
The country has Pauline Hanson to thank for winkling out some further particulars about how much the ABC’s top-20 on-air stars gets paid. ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has now provided written replies to Hanson’s written questions from the Senate Estimates hearings of last May.
In a nutshell, she says her five top stars are paid $375,001 to $450,000; six pocket $300,001 to $375,000, and nine get $225,001 to $300,000.
“The remuneration information of ABC staff amounts to personal information under the Privacy Act,” Guthrie or her spokesperson says. “Responses to requests for information regarding ABC staff remuneration are presented [as pay bands only] to ensure that the Corporation complies with the provisions of the Privacy Act and that any individual’s personal information is not disclosed.”
Happily, we already have a ranking of the ABC’s top-paid as at 2011-12. This came about thanks to a dim-witted ABC staffer mistakenly providing a salary spreadsheet…
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