Ganesh Sahathevan

 by Ganesh Sahathevan  One ABC employee, who is not in the executive ranks,   was paid close to AUD 600,000 in the 2023 financial year.  Who this person is, and why that remuneration is justified , has not been explained.  The money paid to this person  adds to the ABC's superstar risk.  Like the risk of superstar CEOs,   it exposes the ABC,and taxpayers, to the ineptitude of an individual or in the case of the ABC,a small group of individuals, often journalists with high profiles but little training in the areas they profess expertise.  Laura Tingle's recent pronouncements on what should and should not be reported with regards constitutional law matters  is but one example. Tingle is now known to have any legal qualifications.  Meanwhile the discredited KPMG remains the ABC's auditor. This remains the case  despite the ABC reporting recently that KPMG cheated the Department Of Defence.  A forensic audit of  the ABC's books, with a particular focus on  consultancies and

 bby Ganesh Sahathevan  2020-2021  142 employees  Total Remuneration 3,488,728 Average 24,568.51                                                                               2021-2022 155 employees Total Remunertaion 3,107,244 Average 20,046.74 ABC's planned job cuts    which follow   the abnormal transfer of content creation cash flows to unnamed employees  suggests that a few may have benefited at the expense of many other employees. The extracts above from the 2020/21 and 2021/22 annual reports of remuneration paid "other highly paid staff" (OHPS ,who are not executives) demonstrates how  the average paid to OHPS fell from  AUD  24,568.51 to  AUD  20,046.74  while  the highest paid in 2021/22 received an average of $ 253,502  compared to $ 160,672.67 in  2020.21. The amount paid to the very top earners rose 57.78%.  These are matters that would concern taxpayers , and one suspects ABC employees who are being asked to resign. How these payments were justified, and fina

 by Ganesh Sahathevan                                         The extract above is from page 148 of the  Australian Broadcasting Corporation's  Annual  Report 2022 . There is no indication anywhere in the 2022 annual report that these content contracts were  put out to tender. There is no explanation as to why existing employees were paid extra, or whether some employees were offered contract creation contracts.  There is no indication of how much the employees were paid, or what the content creation contracts were worth. There is also no indication of who these employees were.  The claim that there was "on offsetting reduction against suppliers' expenses" states the obvious. The real question is what the cost might have been if the work had been put out to tender.  END 

 by Ganesh Sahathevan  National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council ( NATSICC ) is a not for profit organization that is funded by the Catholic Church and Caritas Australia's First Nations program. How exactly funding flows from the Catholic Church to NATSICC is left unsaid,but the "Catholic Church" cashflow comes from its parishoners, who are seldom if ever told where their money goes to ,and what it is used for. NATSICC operates on its own in the outer fringes, preaching about a " Creator Spirit" which the Catholic Church must embrace  "i n order to become more authentically Australian".  Parishoners need to be told, clearly, that their money is going to a body which promotes such imaginative teachings. Meanwhile, since NATISICC has funded its activities without informing parishoners an audit is required to determine how much it has received, and where the money has gone to.  TO BE READ WITH  NATSICC calls for new way forward after

 by Ganesh Sahathevan  Perth Catholic Archbishop Tim Costelloe on Tuesday described the allegations as 'deeply disturbing'. ( ABC News: Rebecca Trigger ) As reported by the ABC on 21 September 2023: WA Police Deputy Commissioner Allan Adams told ABC Radio Perth the force had requested a copy of the Vatican report from Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe. "I know Mr Costelloe is doing his best to get hold of a copy for us in the very short term," he said. "It's commissioned by the Vatican so you can appreciate that, and I don't want to talk about church politics, but he has told me that he will do everything in his power to get me a copy of that report. However, it does appear from his own statement, issued on 18 September 2023  that Tim Costelloe has, as president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, had at least access to , if not custody of, the report at all times :  The Catholic Church’s investigation into allegations against Bishop Saunde

 by Ganesh Sahathevan  Shades of  John Barilaro and Friendlyjordies. As reported by News.com.au Senator Henderson told news.com.au it was “not acceptable for Yes activists to engage in disrespectful and offensive behaviour including branding Voice opponents as (white) supremacists”. She also said the AFP had provided advice to federal MPs and senators about “harassing, offensive and nuisance correspondence which may include an obligation to report such incidents”. “I continue to follow that advice,” she said. The email from Robin, a Yes voter. Senator Sarah Henderson. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Martin Ollman The AFP declined to respond to the matter, saying it would not comment on individual matters. END