Dear runner,

Trump, lying and dishonest are three words which go seemlessly together.

Beautiful.

Learn something new everyday, I didn't know he was Labor ?

Foxy what is your opinion on this secret deal? After all we taxpayer are paying it.

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.

In a position backed by prominent former staff and other political parties, Communications Minister Mitch Fifield said on Sunday he expected transparency on the payout given the involvement of taxpayer funds.

Ms Guthrie, an ex-Google executive, filed an adverse action claim in the Federal Court in December after she was was fired from her $900,000-a-year role halfway through her five-year contract.

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.

Neither party revealed any details about what this agreement involved and have refused to answer questions about it.

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson said any payment should come out of the ABC’s current $1 billion-a-year budget.

"It’s not up to the taxpayer to further fund her sacking ... it should be exposed," Ms Hanson said.

"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."

Helen Grasswill, the co-director of advocacy group ABC Alumni that includes hundreds of former staff members and will also front the inquiry this week, urged the public broadcaster to provide more transparency around the settlement.

http://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/should-be-made-public-abc-rebuked-for-secret-michelle-guthrie-settlement-20190303-p511fg.html

"It’s not up to the taxpayer to further fund her sacking ... it should be exposed," Ms Hanson said.
Philip S,
Pauline is right !

rewards for incompetence. Wasn't she a Turnbull pick.

Notice how Foxy avoids an issue that she can have no acceptable explanation for.