Salary list 'forced BBC to confront gender bias'

By Nick Miller
Updated August 16 2017 - 10:13pm, first published 10:09pm
Picture shows: Peter Capaldi as The Doctor The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) in the Doctor Who Christmas special, airing December 2014 on ABC TV
Picture shows: Peter Capaldi as The Doctor The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) in the Doctor Who Christmas special, airing December 2014 on ABC TV
One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson addresses the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 15 August 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson addresses the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 15 August 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Forcing the BBC to reveal the salaries of its top on-air earners may have been conceived by its enemies as a way to damage the corporation - but it may also end up doing a lot of good, an insider says.

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