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

 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 Department Of Defence



October 25, 2023

 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  content creation contracts entered into with current and former employees is long overdue.


TO BE READ WITH 

Review of the ABC's highest paid may reveal the few who gained at the expense of many - 58% rise in what the ABC gave its highest paid is further reason for a forensic audit of consultancies, content creation contracts entered into with current and former employees

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