Highlights of the document marked \u201cconfidential exhibit\u201d include that Sandilands demanded a car parking space at the Kiis FM studio in North Sydney but when he was broadcasting from Melbourne he expected airport transfers in a Mercedes Sprinter. Return business air fares and a suite at a five-star hotel were mandatory, on top of a flight allowance of $120,000 a year payable at $10,000 a month.<\/p>\n
Sandilands was very particular about news content on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, described as \u201cnot a news program\u201d. He would not be made to read news reports, the agreement says, and the company promised not to increase the program\u2019s news content.<\/p>\n
But the presenter could \u201cprovide his response and opinion on news content aired during the program\u201d.<\/p>\n
For an annual payment of $7.4m in cash, a consultancy fee of $200,000 and $500,000 contra air time, Sandilands was required to provide live programs, \u201cbest of\u201d programs, 797 live reads, comedy segments, public appearances, pre-recorded commercials and social media posts.<\/p>\n
Sandilands had the right to audit the radio station\u2019s books to determine if it owed him bonuses based on performance. If Henderson negotiated an improvement of her terms, Sandilands had to be informed.<\/p>\n
ARN insisted he broadcast from the Sydney studio or a location with broadcast-quality sound \u2013 he liked to work from home \u2013 and had to give the company seven days\u2019 notice of international travel.<\/p>\n
If any of the programming was \u201cdefective\u201d Sandilands had to redo it; and he had to pre-record 10 \u201cemergency programs\u201d a year in case of illness.<\/p>\n
He had to \u201cmeet all applicable industry, professional and quality standards\u201d and the company would provide a censor to operate a 30-second dump button. The document was signed before the show once again breached decency rules<\/a> in 2025 by broadcasting explicit sexual content.<\/p>\n Justice Angus Stewart set a date<\/a> for a 10-day hearing in October.<\/p>\n Sandilands says new project on way<\/p>\n Sandilands, who loves the limelight \u2013 if his theatrical court arrivals in a Rolls-Royce are any indication, teased a new project on Instagram on Thursday<\/a>. He told fans he was \u201ccoming back, bigger than ever\u201d but didn\u2019t give any details about the platform or format.<\/p>\n The Australian\u2019s nonsensical AI image of books on Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t tell anyone, but I\u2019m working on a new project, and all will be revealed soon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you for your prayers \u2013 coming back guys, bigger than ever hopefully \u2026 actually not fatter.\u201d<\/p>\n Wurd salad<\/p>\n \u201cThey have the best titles,\u201d The Australian reported about a wave of books written by women<\/a>. But when the article was promoted on Instagram with an image of a pile of books by women something went wrong and many of the titles became nonsensical.<\/p>\n \u201cWurder in Parid\u201d is the only one we can interpret as the letters became hieroglyphics-like.<\/p>\n The post has now been removed.<\/p>\n Seven buries BRS news<\/p>\n Like most media outlets Seven News covered Ben Roberts-Smith\u2019s attendance at an Anzac Day service<\/a> in Currumbin on Saturday.<\/p>\n The highly decorated soldier has been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder<\/a> and is on bail awaiting trial.<\/p>\n But Seven, a former employer of Roberts-Smith at its Queensland TV headquarters, went a step further, affording the former Special Air Service corporal the status of a Victoria Cross recipient without the context of his legal status. While The Australian, for example, referred to \u201caccused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith\u201d, Seven News recorded a special Roberts-Smith \u201cAnzac Day message\u201d.<\/p>\n Ben Roberts-Smith tells Seven News what Anzac Day means for him<\/p>\n The 47-year-old looked directly into the Seven News camera and spoke about the meaning of Anzac Day to him.<\/p>\n \u201cI would like to thank all of the servicemen and women, the veterans and their families, and the families of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The video was posted on YouTube<\/a> and 7news.com.au<\/a> without the detail that he was an alleged war criminal.<\/p>\n On the evening bulletin, the Seven presenter Michael Usher said the veteran had \u201cdelivered an Anzac message following an appearance at a Gold Coast service. Medals pinned to his chest, the Victoria Cross recipient received support from a crowd of thousands as he joined the nation in paying respect.\u201d Usher did add that Roberts-Smith was released on bail last week \u201cafter being charged with five war crime murders. He maintains his innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n The Seven news director, Ray Kuka, was approached for comment.<\/p>\n Nine lays off 20 staff<\/p>\n Channel Nine has announced plans to lay off 20 staff in its TV newsrooms across Sydney, Canberra and its foreign desk after a major upgrade to technology.<\/p>\n Reporters will learn to edit, editors will become camera operators and 100 different jobs will be boiled down to nine.<\/p>\n The company said the streamlining of roles was not due to AI. They were changing because of multi-skilling made possible by cutting-edge equipment.<\/p>\n Nine\u2019s executive director of TV news and current affairs, Fiona Dear, said the \u201cbold and ambitious multi-year transformation\u201d would transform the network\u2019s technology in line with global media organisations such as NBC Universal, GB News and RTL.<\/p>\n \u2018Booing on the inside\u2019<\/p>\n The Australian wasted no time publishing multiple opinion pieces calling for an end to welcome to country addresses after the widely criticised booing of Indigenous speakers on Anzac Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n The newspaper has form for leaning into bringing an end to the tradition. During the voice referendum in 2023 the Oz clipped up a comment by the Indigenous scholar professor Marcia Langton<\/a> and posted it widely on social media.<\/p>\n Janet Albrechtsen asked why Australia should be divided into \u201cour land and your land\u201d?<\/p>\n \u201cMany Australians hate the mere fact they must sit through this kind of mandatory ceremony,\u201d Albrechtsen wrote. \u201cFor many of us, the worst thing about WTC is that it stands between us and the footy.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/298.jpg\")
A Facebook post by The Australian highlighting a comment by Marcia Langton<\/p>\n
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Angus Taylor condemns Anzac dawn service hecklers as ‘un-Australian’ \u2013 video<\/p>\n