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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Amanda Meade

Cash, contra and five-star hotels: Kyle Sandiland’s gold-plated contract revealed in legal battle with Kiis FM

Kyle Sandilands smiles to a media pack as he gets into a Rolls-Royce
Kyle Sandilands has teased a new project on Instagram, telling fans he’s ‘coming back, bigger than ever’. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

When the federal court lifted a restriction on access to Kyle Sandilands’ full $100m contract it gave us a rare peek into the minutiae of the extraordinary deal between the shock jock and the broadcaster Kiis FM.

The deal lies in tatters, of course, after ARN Media tore it up and alleged that Sandilands had breached his contract by repeatedly berating colleagues including Jackie “O” Henderson and the audience on air. Sandilands is suing to be paid out the remaining $85m after he was taken off air a little more than a year into the 10-year deal.

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