Without bonus, Dreamworld boss gets half her predecessor's pay - and he didn't even work

By Colin Kruger
Updated October 28 2016 - 1:18pm, first published 12:08pm
Ardent's former CEO GregShaw's left the company in April last year - but that didn't stop him from making $1.5 million in the year starting three months after.  Photo: Harrison Saragossi
Ardent's former CEO GregShaw's left the company in April last year - but that didn't stop him from making $1.5 million in the year starting three months after. Photo: Harrison Saragossi

When embattled Dreamworld operator Ardent Leisure's CEO – the former Women's Weekly editor, Deborah Thomas – decided to hand her $167,500 cash bonus to the Australian Red Cross on Thursday evening, it meant she now earned less than half of what her predecessor made last financial year.

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