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$1500 from bush survivor

Backpacker Jamie Neale, who was paid for an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes, has reportedly given a small portion of the fee to the SES.

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nealeBlue Mountains backpacker Jamie Neale, who was paid for an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes, has reportedly given a small portion of the fee to the emergency services which rescued him in July.

Yesterday the Seven Network said he had donated $1500 to the Blue Mountains State Emergency Service (SES).

There have been contradictory stories on how much money he received for the story, ranging anywhere from $40,000 to $200,000.

The 19-year-old Londoner was lost for 12 days in the bush before he was found. After his rescue he had a disagreement with his father over the monies paid for the story.

At the time, he said part of the deal was that rescue services would receive $100,000 worth of local advertising, via the story being told on Channel Nine.

The story aired against the MasterChef Australia finale, seen by 3.74m viewers. 60 Minutes took 901,000 on the same night.

Source: news.com.au

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  1. What a creep, hope karmon takes its course, he certainly has a lot of growing up to do, and he certainly does nothing for fellow englishmen, if you can call him a man!! Stick your money, hope you enjoy it and don’t come back…

    Now is the Nine Network going to be so generous to our Emergency Services????

  2. How pathetic. Donating $1500 out of a massive amount like that. Even if he had $40,000 from the interview he only donated 1/29th to the rescue efforts who found his incompetent ass.

    And he reckons he’s had a tough life? Tell that to the 8 million people worldwide stuck in sex trafficking at the moment. Or the child soldiers in Africa being forced to kill their best friends in order to survive.

    He’s middle class white trash who’s had everything handed to him his whole life. This reaction from him is yet another case of a spoiled brat who can’t bear to get the silver spoon out of his mouth.

    That isn’t good enough.

  4. I wouldn’t be so quick to get angry at him. He’s had quite a tough family life growing up, and he is only 19. Sure it may be disappointing, and a broken promise, but $200,000 doesn’t come anywhere near the cost of saving a human life.

  6. terrible respect for the people who saved him – what a pittence of an amount to pay back to those dedicated people. Although the exposure the rescue team received would have been good to generate further interest and donations, that should have nothing to do what the silly backpacker paid them in return.

  7. is advertising something rescue services need? it is not like people in trouble have a choice of rescuers, it’s not like they will take their business elsewhere because the other rescue organisation advertised. i think they would just prefer the cash, much more useful.

  8. He’s a tool. And so is 60 Minutes for paying him in the first place. I’m sure they want their money back after only getting 901,000 viewers for the interview. Serves them right.

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