"in all fairness lets see the salaries for ch's 7/9/10. what are the murdoch columnists being paid?"
Obviously you complete miss the point, not unusual for socialist propagandists with blinkers firmly in place...
Ch 7,9,10 and Murdoch companies salaries for employees are not paid by the taxpayer...
Salaries for ABC staff are paid by taxpayer...
For a low talent hack like Tony Jones to be earning some 350k a year along with these other gold-plated ABC packages, and of course the public service goldplated maternity leave schemes that they are desperate to deny to other women, does indicate an organization gone wild with taxpayer funds to be thrown around with wild abandon...
