Former ABC boss Michelle Guthrie has been paid $730.000 by the broadcaster through a settlement of legal action, after receiving $911,00 upon her termination in September of 2018.
The settlement figure was meant to be kept confidential but the ABC's acting managing director David Anderson has revealed it at Senate estimates hearing in Sydney under parliamentary privilege.
ABC Chair Justin Milne announced Ms Guthrie's sacking last year after the board of directors concluded it was not in the best interest of the organisation for her to continue.
At the time her contract was terminated Ms Guthrie was criticised for her lack of understanding of public broadcasting and journalism.
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Ms Guthrie, a former Google executive became head of the ABC - widely seen as one of the toughest jobs in Australian media - in May 2016.
Shortly after Ms Guthrie was removed, the then ABC chair Justin Milne resigned following revelations he had told Ms Guthrie to 'get rid of' presenter Emma Alberici and 'shoot' political editor Andrew Probyn, which Ms Guthrie is said to have seen as an attempt by the board to intervene in editorial matters to please the government.
