Annabel Crabb – $460K
In 2017, Annabel Crabb was the highest-paid personality at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She’s worth every penny, though, having built a reputation working for the likes of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and the Sunday Age. She has also hosted ABC TV shows like Kitchen Cabinet, The House, and Back in Time for Dinner.
She won a 2009 Walkley Award for a quarterly essay called Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull. In terms of writing, she’s also published several books, including The Wife Drought. She currently works as ABC’s chief online political writer.