WEBVTT - Sandilands’ on-air spray at ARN exec

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from the Australian. I'm Christinamiott with the

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<v Speaker 1>Front's afternoon headlines. Sacked radio host Kyle Sandalance claimed an

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<v Speaker 1>executive of the ARN Radio Network would be gone in

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<v Speaker 1>eight months in an explosive on air rant. That's according

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<v Speaker 1>to documents filed in court by ARN. The one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million dollar contracts of Sandalans and his former co host

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<v Speaker 1>Jackie Henderson were torn up by ARN last month after

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<v Speaker 1>they failed to reconcile following an on air spat. Both

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<v Speaker 1>former hosts of the Kyle and Jackie oh Show, which

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<v Speaker 1>was broadcast nationally on Kiss FM, are now suing ARN

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<v Speaker 1>for more than eighty million dollars each, effectively the balance

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<v Speaker 1>of their contracts, But the radio network's legal defense reveals

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<v Speaker 1>Sandaland's and arn's management were at odds. Months before the

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<v Speaker 1>shock jock was sacked. Sandalance allegedly blasted the company's then

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<v Speaker 1>chief operating officer, Michael Stevenson, who'd only been in the

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<v Speaker 1>job for a few months, saying he didn't quote give

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<v Speaker 1>a shit about Stevenson's attempts to tone down parts of

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<v Speaker 1>the show. The shock jock allegedly said he's quote been

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<v Speaker 1>through thousands of coos in his time in the radio industry.

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Stevenson was promoted to chief executive of ARN earlier

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<v Speaker 1>this year. Sandalance and Henderson will return to court on

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<v Speaker 1>Friday for a case management hearing. Sir Keir Starmer bullied

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<v Speaker 1>senior government officials to approve a controversial diplomatic appointment. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the allegation aired in London as the Jeffrey Epstein scandal

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<v Speaker 1>continues to swirl. Longtime labor figure Lord Peter Mandleson was

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<v Speaker 1>appointed by Starmer as the UK's ambassador to Washington in

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<v Speaker 1>early twenty twenty five. Mandalson was Starmer's director of Communications

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<v Speaker 1>at the time. It was later revealed Mandalson failed the

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<v Speaker 1>foreign officer's national security checks and that he maintained a

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<v Speaker 1>long association with the convicted Petiph Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelsson was

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<v Speaker 1>removed from his post in September and is now the

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<v Speaker 1>subject of a UK police investigation. He was arrested in

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<v Speaker 1>February on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The authorities

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<v Speaker 1>alleged he shared sensitive financial information with Epstein during the

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<v Speaker 1>global financial crisis. Mandelson's bail conditions have since been lifted

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<v Speaker 1>and he's denied any wrongdoing. Earlier this week, Keir Starmer

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<v Speaker 1>conceded it was a mistake to appoint Mandelssohn to the

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<v Speaker 1>Washington ambassadorship.

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<v Speaker 2>But the heart of this there is also a judgment

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<v Speaker 2>I made that was wrong. I should not have appointed

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<v Speaker 2>Peter Mandelsson. I take responsibility for that decision, and I

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<v Speaker 2>apologize again to the victims of the Peter Phile Jeffrey Epstein,

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<v Speaker 2>who were clearly failed by my decision.

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<v Speaker 1>But a sacked former senior bureaucrat says it's all on

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<v Speaker 1>Sir Kire. Appearing before a select committee, former Permanent and

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<v Speaker 1>Under Secretary of the UK's Foreign Office, Sir Olli Robbins

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<v Speaker 1>said Starmer and his office at ten Downing Street put

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<v Speaker 1>quote constant pressure on officials to give Mandalson's appointment the

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<v Speaker 1>green light. Robins didn't tell Starmer about Mandelssenn's security check failure,

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<v Speaker 1>but in his evidence overnight, Robins claimed Starmer was quote

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<v Speaker 1>dismissive of security vetting and would have pushed for the

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<v Speaker 1>appointment to go ahead anyway. He also said Downing Street

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<v Speaker 1>was angling to get Mandelsson a new job behind the

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<v Speaker 1>back of the then Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Under Secretary

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<v Speaker 1>Robins was sacked by Kiir Starmer last week. He said

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<v Speaker 1>at this week's hearing he doesn't understand why he lost

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<v Speaker 1>his job and said it's made him quote desperately sad.

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<v Speaker 1>Now some of Kiir Starmer's labor colleagues are distancing themselves

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<v Speaker 1>from the under fire PM ahead of the UK's local

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<v Speaker 1>elections happening on May seven. Check out those stories live

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<v Speaker 1>sixty thousand participants booted. That's right here, Thursday morning.