Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on Kyle and Jackie O's former employer suing the duo

Ratings have slumped in The Kyle and Jackie O Show's former slot, and the duo's former employer is looking to recoup millions in lost profits.

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson both face a counter-suit from ARN, which claimed the pair cost them key advertising revenue after their sacking.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds unpacked ARN's case. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Murrayold's Ossie correspondence with us Alomas.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
A subtle but important distinction there, Hea, They're very good afternoon.

Speaker 1 (00:07):
Just just a couple of letters a is all the
difference between fully closed and just nothing at all. Now
the States aren't loving what the government's done with the NDS.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
Well, no they're not. And you know I can see
the argument here.

Speaker 3 (00:21):
Look the ndis it was set up under Julia Gillard
over a decade ago, and what happened was the Commonwealth
came in, the Feer Government came in, which the Commonwealth
National Government came in and provided from the start this
kind of blanket coverage for people.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Originally it was designed to support around four and twenty
thousand people with life changing, significant and permanent disabilities. It
could be a workplace accident, could be a car crash,
but somebody who was profoundly disabled. Right now, ten to
fifteen years later, we've got well, the figures, I think
you've probably heard the figures. You know, it's going to

(01:00):
be fifty five billion dollars in twenty thirty unless they
do something now they want four hundred and twenty thousand
people originally, Now there's you know, six hundred and twenty
odd thousand people on it and growing exponentially. So the
government says, listen, we can't do this. What happened when
the federal governments brought it in the States were providing
a certain level of support to these people, right all

(01:23):
of a sudden, the States throught.

Speaker 4 (01:24):
Back on that for money into public hospitals, which is
what they're responsible for, and now they're squealing. The government says, oh,
you know, we're giving you extra money because there are
going to be one hundred and sixty hundred and seventy
odd thousand people.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Coming off the NDIS and these are going to be
people primarily younger people who've been diagnosed with autism. Now
Autism Australia all the other organizations are out there screaming
the house down, this anthing, and all these people will
be left in the lurgs because the states are going
to be are going to be expected to pick up
that slack to fill that void. The States say, we

(01:58):
haven't got the money, so it's not even a fight
about equity. It's a fight about money between the states
and the Commonwealth government. The States so they haven't got
the money to support people with disability, and it has
to stay the way it is. The government. Federal government says,
you can't be serious. Fancy billion dollars a year, Education
sixty billion, The NBAS is going to dwarf both of

(02:18):
those without change, so that the heck, and you know
if your child is foundly disabled five but get rid
of the rules. It's costing two billion dollars, they say
every year for people who are wrought in the system,
charged one hundred and fifty two hundred dollars to go
and shower someone.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Ridiculous, Yeah, it's ridiculous. Listen, explain to me howard is
that ARN who took Kyl and Jackio off air, are
now suing Kyle and JACKIEO for lost revenue.

Speaker 4 (02:50):
Well, ARN is the parent company of Kiss FM, which
of course was Jackie and Kyle's radio station. Now, the
market value of AARN is eighty eight million dollar. I
just looked it up because I knew you're going to
ask me about this.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
So let's call it ninety million dollars. Well, the two
broadcasters have been sacked. We're both on one hundred million
dollars over ten years. Right. Well, no, says the new
company boss, who was profoundly ridiculed and slammed it on
air by Kyle. Pardon me, so he Arenda is now

(03:23):
saying listen, because we've had to sack you because you
were such a couple of absolute dwebs. We're seeing assuing
you now for alleged expenses, incurred losses, liabilities, damages and
costs because they're not actually getting any advertising revenue from
these two clowns Arenas. Also, it's trying to get back

(03:45):
legal costs, the mopping up this contractual stink that they've
got on with Kyle. I mean, look, Kyle says, I
was hired my contract I had to be rude to everybody,
not just Jackie, had to be rude to everybody. Well,
part of Irons's case is that a string of abusive
comments that sat Land's made on air. But the man
who was now CEO, you know, Michael Stevenson, was called

(04:09):
a dog. Apparently the sea bomb was dropped on air
by Kyle about this guy who's now the chief executive
Sandaland says he was unfairly treated. He was paid, he
was paid to be a pig, but the network says
his conduct was so bad and hatnip sacking and by
the way, she was unable to work with him, so
she too was terminated. Both of them are seeking over
eighty million dollars damages. Like I say, the market value

(04:31):
of the whole company is eighty eight million, and the
company says a bit to sack you because you were swining.
Now we're going to see you because we're missing out
on revenue. Yeah, go for you.

Speaker 1 (04:41):
Just feels like they may be responsible for the loss
of their own ad revenue. There as always, thank you,
it's great to chat to you. Murray Old's Australia correspondent.
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