The ABC’s recent cost cuts, and last week’s court case involving Peter van Onselen, have put a spotlight on the role (and cost) of senior reporters in Canberra.
suggesting its Parliament House bureau had become too “top-heavy”. In a leaked organisation planning document, the ABC revealed it was getting rid of the political editor, which was a Band 9 position.Reporters on Band 9 at the ABC take home an annual base pay of $211,000. Several press gallery insiders suggested to this column that Probyn was likely on a market allowance, which would have seen him paid much more than that.
Of course, the van Onselen and Probyn cases are different. But what does a media organisation get for $200,000 to $300,000 a year?came to define the role across many decades in the press gallery, pulling together the day’s pictures, writing a 90-second script and delivering punchy editorials into the 6pm news. Other political editors write the daily splash and grind out analysis pieces and weekly columns.But they are undoubtedly more than that.
“I said: What are you looking for in a political editor? Ms McGarvey said: I don’t want a star, or someone who only wants to work 3 days a week.”
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