{"id":3606,"date":"2013-05-06T00:14:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T14:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:24:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:24:15","slug":"missing-an-ipa-transparency-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/missing-an-ipa-transparency-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing an IPA transparency moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3608\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3608\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3608 \" alt=\"IPA is conducting scientific research which is, or may prove to be, of value to Australia, Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, BHP Billiton, Western Mining, Caltex, Esso Australia (a subsidiary of Exxon), Shell, Woodside Petroleum, Murray Irrigation Ltd. Telstra, Clough engineering, Visy and News Ltd.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ipa-secret-donors.jpg?resize=604%2C163\" width=\"604\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ipa-secret-donors.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ipa-secret-donors.jpg?resize=300%2C81&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The IPA is an Approved Research Institute (ARI) and therefore eligible for endorsement as a deductible gift recipient (DGR). Donations from secret donors are tax deductible.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Jon Faine&#8217;s Friday Wrap.\u00a0with John Roskam from the IPA and Sally Warhaft from the\u00a0Wheeler Centre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Broadcast Friday 26 April 2013.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Tb7C5Eajrg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FAINE:<\/strong> I&#8217;d like a pet plebiscite on disclosing the funding sources of the IPA says Belinda in McLeod.<br \/>\n<strong>ROSKAM:<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">We&#8217;ll do a deal Belinda, we&#8217;ll disclose our sources one we know how much Jon Faine is paid.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> Sixteen minutes to eleven on 7&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> I wouldn&#8217;t have put that, oh Faine.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> Sixteen minutes to eleven on 774 ABC Melbourne, ABC Victoria.<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> Fess up now.<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> Now is your big opportunity. It&#8217;s finally come&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>ROSKAM:<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Now is your chance Jon to find the IPA&#8217;s funding sources.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> &#8230;after what a decade of trying, you just, you&#8217;re five seconds away or perhaps two.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> Insofar as the AB&#8230;I haven&#8217;t as I said before, I haven&#8217;t been asked, I haven&#8217;t been asked how I feel but I tell you now how I&#8217;m feeling about it&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> Can I just say I am sitting in a studio with 2 men blushing right now.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> No, I tell you how I feel..<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> Absolutely terrifying.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> I tell you how I feel about it right now which is that if the ABC is going release details of everybody&#8217;s pay that&#8217;s fine, I have no problem with mine being released,&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> I agree with that. I agree with that.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> but i&#8217;m certainly not releasing mine whilst the rest are kept secret.<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> And totally fair enough too.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> Yeah and you know, I think when people find out how little we&#8217;re paid compared to &#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> Thar&#8217;s the embarrassment<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> &#8230; the amounts paid to commercial broadcasters who do the same, &#8216;the&#8217; sort of same sort of jobs&#8230;they go&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> Forget broadcasters, this is general people.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> Did you see Olivia Wirth the spin doctor from Qantas, in that magazine article last week.<br \/>\n<strong>ROSKAM:<\/strong> I did see that article, how much was she reputedly on?<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> Eight hundred housand dollars to do spinning for Qantas.<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> I think we are talking a bit more about these young advisors that Julia Gillard is trying to hang on to, aren&#8217;t we? it&#8217;s a, I think it&#8217;s a vicarious claim Jon<br \/>\nand I fully support&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> I can tell you the range we&#8217;re paid in, we&#8217;re paid like academics at universities.<br \/>\n<strong>ROSKAM:<\/strong> Does that include Kerry O&#8217;Brien?<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> I have no idea what Kerry O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s paid. I know what I&#8217;m paid and I know what some of the other people who work and salaries around here are paid.<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> And that sounds about right.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t know what my other colleague presenters are paid.<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> That sounds about right to me.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> Yeah. Anyway. which is a fraction of what people get to the commercial talkback. So the re you go. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 14 minutes to Eleven.<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> Although your hours are more (inaudible) than your average academic.<br \/>\n<strong>ROSKAM:<\/strong> You are paid for by taxpayers.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> Go away.<br \/>\n<strong>WARHAFT:<\/strong> So are academics.<br \/>\n<strong>ROSKAM:<\/strong> Precisely.<br \/>\n<strong>FAINE:<\/strong> The conversation coming up shortly. That was Sally Warhaft and John Roskamn. John is from the IPA. Sally does work with the Wheeler Centre and they&#8217;ve been doing the Friday Wrap.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nFootnote:<\/strong> For the IPA&#8217;s broken promise to disclose donors in 2004, <a title=\"Howard\u2019s blueprint for Abbott to stifle\u00a0dissent\" href=\"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/12\/howards-blueprint-for-abbott-to-stifle-dissent\/\">Howard&#8217;s blueprint for Abbott to stifle dissent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read More:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/australiansforhonestpolitics.wordpress.com\/category\/from-the-archives\/ipa\/\">IPA Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/unleashed\/3849006.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The shadowy world of IPA finances<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Faine&#8217;s Friday Wrap.\u00a0with John Roskam from the IPA and Sally Warhaft from the\u00a0Wheeler Centre. 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