1 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Jackie O Henderson, the radio star 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: who's embroiled in a dispute with her former on air 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: partner Carl Sandalans, is now suing the network who promised 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: to pay them two hundred million dollars over ten years. 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: Henderson triggered the breakup of Australian media's highest paid partnership 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: in February after an on air fight with Sandalands over 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: what he said was her unreasonable obsession with astrology. You're 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: off with the fairies where no, no, no, tell me 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 1: where I've been off with the fairies during the show. 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: I don't have to prove it. I totally am offended 12 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,279 Speaker 1: by you saying something bad if you are, because that's 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: the reality of what we're dealing with here. That is 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: so unfair. I have been in here doing this segment 15 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: to Henderson disappeared from the airwaves for a week, and 16 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: then their employer ARN announced it was terminating both their 17 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: contracts because Henderson had said she could no longer work 18 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: with Sandalance. That prompted Sandalance to sue in the Federal 19 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: court for the eighty five million dollar balance of his contract, 20 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: accusing AARN of unfairly preventing him from speaking to Henderson 21 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: and having encouraged his bombastic on air persona and clashes 22 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: just like the one Henderson found so upsetting. The Australian 23 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: revealed earlier this week ARN was planning to call Henderson 24 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: as its star witness, but now she's taking legal action 25 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: of her own in the Fair Work Commission. She's seeking 26 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: eighty two million dollars for the balance of her own contract, 27 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: which she says was wrongfully terminated. It's a diabolical mess 28 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: for ARN, whose own market capitalization is dwarfed by the 29 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: total its former star employees are seeking. That's before the 30 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: whopping legal costs of two high profile cases come into play. 31 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: Henderson is also accusing AARN of misleading the stock market 32 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: in an update where it said she had made multiple 33 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: allegations about her psychosocial health and safety from working with 34 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,679 Speaker 1: Sandalands over an extended period of time. When Henderson initially 35 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: said she couldn't work with Sandalands, AARN seized on the 36 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: opportunity to dump a program it wanted to get rid of. 37 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: The Kyle and Jackie O show had failed to penetrate 38 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: Melbourne and was a massive drain on the publicly listed broadcasters' finances. 39 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: The network said at the time Henderson had been offered 40 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: another show on KISSFM, but it's understood that would have 41 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: been for a salary nowhere near her original deal. Aarn 42 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: says it disputes Henderson's claim. Donald Trump reportedly told AIDS 43 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: he's willing to end the Iran war without reopening the 44 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: Strait of for Moors. That's the vital shipping route controlled 45 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: by Iran and through which about twenty percent of the 46 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: world's oil supplies pass every day. Trump previously said Operation 47 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: Epic Fury, which began on February twenty eight, would be 48 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: done and dusted in four to six weeks, but reopening 49 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: the strait has proved difficult, and an assessment by the 50 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: President and his aides reportedly determined that Timeline could blow 51 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: out if the US attempts to take it by force. 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