Prime Minister ‘Surprised’ ABC Staff Reject Pay Freeze, Media Sector Reacts

Prime Minister ‘Surprised’ ABC Staff Reject Pay Freeze, Media Sector Reacts
Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Macquarie Park, Sydney, Australia. on June 29, 2020. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has criticised staff at Australia’s public broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), for voting to give themselves a pay rise amid the COVID-19 recession. In contrast, many other federal public sector staff and agencies agreed to a wage freeze.

Both the prime minister and the communications minister requested ABC staff take a temporary six-month pay freeze.

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