07:39

Liberal senator Eric Abetz asked David Anderson if he had sought a redundancy from the ABC recently.

Anderson is the acting managing director of the ABC.



The question seemed to catch Anderson by surprise.

Anderson said he had had a “broad-ranging” discussion with his former managing director about his career, and redundancy did come up, yes.



Abetz then asked him how he could get redundancy when he was still under the full employ of the ABC.



Anderson agreed that in order for him to get a redundancy his then current role would have had to be substantially changed or abolished.

Anderson has previously said he would like to be put in the role, formerly Michelle Guthrie’s, permanently, so this is a slightly interesting development.