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Caritas and the ACBC cannot be entrusted with the distribution of funds in Gaza and Palestine-Funds being diverted to HAMAS a real and present danger

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 by Ganesh Sahathevan Caritas Australia  wants money for Gaza.  Caritas Australia’s head office is in Alexandria, Sydney, Australia. The organisation has 7 partnership support offices and sits within the auspices of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC). It conducts operations across the agency in accordance with ACBC policy and mandate. The ACBC has not been transparent with its funders about the utilisation of the funds they provide. Caritas and the ACBC cannot be entrusted with the distribution of funds in an area where HAMAS terrorists are reported to have control of all resources that flow into the area.  TO BE READ WITH  ACBC President Tim Costelloe insists that he is doing everything possible to assist police with investigation into Bishop Saunders of Broome; meanwhile Costelloe and the ACBC have still not provided any justification for their unauthorised use of parishoners' money October 04, 2023  by Ganesh Sahathevan  Perth Catholic Archbishop Tim Costelloe on

Taxpayer funded ABC awards content creation contracts to employees without calling for tenders -Employees not named , but highest paid at the ABC are being paid in excess of half a million dollars, more than 4 times the average highest salary at regional competitor Mediacorp of Singapore; Mediacorp's CNA has an Asia wide audience, ABC struggles beyond inner city Sydney and Melbourne

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 by Ganesh Sahathevan   As previously reported the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which is funded by the taxpayer, has been  awarding content  contracts to employees without calling for tenders. That is likely to be one reason why the  highest paid at the ABC are being paid  in excess of half a million dollars. That number is  more than 4 times more than the average highest salary of  SIN$ 140,000  at regional competitor Mediacorp of Singapore.     Mediacorp's English language news network  CNA has a reach throughout Asia , while the ABC struggles beyond inner city Sydney and Melbourne. In short, it is hard to see how the salaries and other remuneration paid the ABC's superstars is justifiable.  TO BE READ WITH  One ABC employee was paid close to AUD 600,000 in the 2023 financial year creating even more superstar risk at the ABC -An audit red flag which requires a forensic audit going back to at least 2016, ABC is still audited by KPMG which ABC 4 Corners says cheated the