28 Apr 2023

Reporter on retired US military staff landing high-paying jobs in Australia and NZ

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 28 April 2023

Retired senior US military officers are landing high-paying government jobs in New Zealand, including with the spy agency.

These are among hundreds of American veterans - including generals and admirals - who have taken up foreign jobs.

Across the Tasman, it has been revealed one former admiral was paid more than 8,000 New Zealand dollars a day under a contract with Australia's defence department.

The ABC defence correspondent, Andrew Greene, spoke to Corin Dann