Sure, tell us what the stars are earning, but the ABC has a bigger problem with inequality in its ranks - and we need transparency to fix it. | OPINION | Jenna Price
Henderson, now opposition communication spokeswoman, is demanding names, rank and serial numbers of anyone earning more than $230,000. The senator, base salary $217,000 plus loadings, started her love affair with journalism back in the ’90s, winning a Walkley for best coverage of a current story for the ABC.
Soon after that first meeting, more meetings popped up across the nation. Older women felt forced out , while male colleagues got promoted. Stevens wrote a supportive letter on August 23 to all staff, saying he would get back to women at the ABC. He conceded staff were entitled to a “respectful, fulfilling, supportive and enjoyable workplace”.Nic Walker
It especially takes guts to stand up to bosses who are themselves under pressure, brought about by Henderson and Coalition colleagues. Challenging bosses to change the way they do things makes us all a little fearful, especially women. Especially women with children who feel their working lives are precarious anyway. While it’s important to acknowledge there were men at the ABC who put together diversity plans, it is also important to understand plans are not actions.
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