The ABC is under pressure to reveal details of its confidential settlement with its sacked managing director
The government has put the ABC on notice that it expects the broadcaster to declare how much taxpayer's money was used to pay its thus-far confidential settlement with sacked managing director Michelle Guthrie.
She was paid an $800,000 termination fee when she was fired and through the court action sought remedies including compensation.Late on Friday, the ABC and Ms Guthrie announced in a joint three-sentence statement that they had reached a "resolution" over this litigation after being ordered into mediation by the court.The confidential nature of the agreement attracted widespread criticism over the weekend.
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson said any payment should come out of the ABC’s current $1 billion-a-year budget."I don’t believe it should remain confidential ... When it’s coming out of taxpayers’ dollars they deserve to know exactly how much is being paid."
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