David Anderson.
ABC managing director David Anderson said today the broadcaster is farewelling 229 staff, a combination of voluntary and forced redundancies.
While that is fewer than the 250 departures which he flagged as a response to the Federal Government’s three year, $84 million indexation pause, he told a Senate Estimates hearing: “The ABC Five-Year Plan announcement has not been without a significant degree of pain for the ABC.
“In meeting the pause on indexation for the remainder of this triennium funding period, in addition to previous budget cuts, we’ve made difficult decisions that have affected both staff and services.”
Those 229 employees are from all divisions and teams including some well-known and highly experienced journalists and presenters, as well as support staff.
Anderson told the hearing there have been major shifts in the consumption of media during the Covid-19 pandemic, driven by more people at home with a greater need for those services.
ABC managing director David Anderson said today the broadcaster is farewelling 229 staff, a combination of voluntary and forced redundancies.
While that is fewer than the 250 departures which he flagged as a response to the Federal Government’s three year, $84 million indexation pause, he told a Senate Estimates hearing: “The ABC Five-Year Plan announcement has not been without a significant degree of pain for the ABC.
“In meeting the pause on indexation for the remainder of this triennium funding period, in addition to previous budget cuts, we’ve made difficult decisions that have affected both staff and services.”
Those 229 employees are from all divisions and teams including some well-known and highly experienced journalists and presenters, as well as support staff.
Anderson told the hearing there have been major shifts in the consumption of media during the Covid-19 pandemic, driven by more people at home with a greater need for those services.
- 10/21/2020
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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