ABC BOARD - NO RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN
As many have known for far too long, the ABC is living in a parallel universe to most Australians.
Fiscally, the motto could well be, no care taken, no responsibility accepted.
The entire operation is rolling in narcissistic fat, starting from the top then right through the entire bloated broadcasting bureaucracy.
The Managing Director Mark Scott while being paid $800,000 a year, slashes and burns vital regional services, but does promise to make a personal sacrifice by not giving himself a pay rise this year.
Yes it's tough at the ABC. So tough that they've been asked to operate on $1.15 billion a year, instead of $1.2 billion - or over 5 years to operate on $5.75 billion instead of $6 billion.
Directors ignore public concerns, but excel in buck passing and hand washing, failing to enforce the ABC charter of balance expected of them. It's pretty much all they're asked to do, by admission. And they don't even do that.
In the real world, they'd be sacked by the shareholders, but taxpayers have no say or control. The privileged ABC board are quarantined from accountability by an iron wall of 'arms length' mumbo jumbo.
Mark Scott's decision to cut rural services while propping up over-supplied Sydney and Melbourne markets is a deliberate political move aimed at hurting the conservative constituency of the LNP.
The metro-centric ABC has further exposed its own bias, which along with far leftist hosts and writers (TV, radio and online), has given the paying taxpayer more cause to call for a complete overhaul of the publicly funded broadcaster. Either that, or have it privatised where a board will listen to its shareholders and perform as reasonably expected.
If you think thats being a bit harsh, one ABC director brazenly admits the board's responsibility is limited to doing nothing much but provide an 'enabling environment', whatever that means. Sounds to me like a bunch of malarkey where they can all just sit around sipping latte in the boardroom while chuckling how they've ever managed to cotton onto such a cushy, over paid, unaccountable gig. Hopefully nobody will notice
ABC board ‘has no responsibility’ to intervene in cuts
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