Kyle and Jackie legal diagnosis: Does ARN have a case to terminate?
Lawyers consulted by Mumbrella on ARN’s attempt to terminate its contract with Kyle Sandilands say it’s not obvious the shock jock is guilty of “serious misconduct”. Because the case doesn’t seem to fall into definitions of workplace bullying, it is likely ARN’s claim is that Sandilands has instead breached his services agreement.
“One contention that Kyle Sandilands could put forward is that there was no breach. Because it wasn’t premeditated. It wasn’t misconduct that he planned.”
The dream is over: Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson in 2001
The Kyle and Jackie O show is no more, with Jackie Henderson giving notice on Tuesday that she “cannot continue to work” with Kyle Sandilands, and ARN therefore terminating its agreement with her umbrella company Henderson Media.
The most shocking revelation from Tuesday evening’s ASX filing is that ARN is also looking to terminate Sandilands’ ten-year, $100m contract due to an alleged breach of the services agreement, and has pulled him off air, “effective immediately”.
ARN told the market it has provided written notice to Sandilands and his contracting entity Quasar Media Services “stating that it considers that Mr Sandilands’ behaviour during the show on 20 February 2026 is an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN’s services agreement with Quasar Media.”
I reckon Kyle will take it right back up to ARN. They have tolerated this behaviour for years. What has made this incident different?
ARN could easily go under with this.
It beggars belief that these two were being paid that type of money for misogynistic
I recall when Kyle Sandilands called a Daily Telegraph journalist absolutely vile names, because who she had reviewed his TV special unfavourably. This journalist was a ‘fat slag’ and a ‘piece of shit’. He told her to ‘Watch your mouth, girl, or I will hunt you down.” Jacki O simply laughed. In so many ways, she has been worse that him, a shocking enabler of his behaviour.
That terrible incident was in 2011, yet ARN signed them only a few years ago. Unbelievable.