Bsa Executive Salaries

Well, there's been so much talk about it that it was inevitable it was only going to be a matter of time. But look, a point he made today I thought was a very good one. He said that audiences these days move seamlessly between traditional... broadcasting on-demand services podcasts online platform and yet just a few of them are subject to the BSA's regulatory oversight so it doesn't make sense basically to have a body like the BSA and of course by scrapping well we'll be self-regulation but like the New Zealand Media Council which is the old press council that's paid for by the industry And it means that, you know, if you're publishing something, you've got to be reasonable. And I think, you know, most people are reasonable without anybody looking over their shoulders to see if they're doing the right thing. It'll save the taxpayer money as well. I find it extraordinary that the chief executive of the BSA, Stacey Wood, she received $290,000 last year or the 2024-25 financial year. Yeah, and the board members each, they receive, she receives another $52,260 as the chairperson of the board, and the others, they receive between John Gillespie, former TVNZ chap, he gets just under $29,000 a year for sitting on it, and the others get $32,000, $31,000. I think it's money. just badly spent doesn't mean anything it's a bit of a slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket although some companies have found themselves having to pay out several thousand dollars if they're caught