Kyle Sandilands’ $100 million radio contract is packed with clauses giving him extraordinary power over colleagues and an array of lavish perks.

The eye‑watering contract was released to the Daily Mail by the Federal Court on Friday amid Sandilands’ civil case against ARN, which owns KIIS 106.5, over the termination of his contract.

Sandilands’ contract was terminated in February following an on‑air argument with his co‑host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, when he slammed her ‘fixation’ on astrology and then mocked her for crying.

ARN claims Sandilands engaged in serious misconduct in his treatment of Henderson and radio staff, and pointed to a range of instances where Sandilands made disparaging comments about his colleagues.

Sandilands claims the radio giant wanted him to have a ‘dominant and abrasive personality’ while presenting The Kyle and Jackie O Show, which he says meant his conduct was reasonable.

It can now be revealed that Sandilands’ contract did include behavioural clauses, warning that he could be terminated immediately if there was ‘serious and imminent risk to the health and safety of a person’.

The contract allowed ARN to suspend Sandilands for up to one month over alleged serious misconduct, but required the company to keep paying his fee and benefits during the suspension.

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson are pictured at the KIIS 106.5 studio

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson is suing her former bosses ARN for allegedly breaching the Fair Work Act

Kyle Sandilands is pictured outside the Federal Court in Sydney on Friday

The deal also gave him the power to decide on the hiring or firing of key show staff – including the executive producer, newsreader, producers and content director.

It said: ‘The contractor has a right to direct the company to undertake any action and to approve any decisions regarding all personnel engaged to provide services for the Program, at least 24 hours before the decisions are implemented.’

Another section gave Sandilands the power to take the best terms from his colleagues’ the best parts from his colleagues’ contract agreements and put them into his own.

‘If at any time during the presenter’s engagement with the company under this agreement, the company (or another party) enter into another agreement for the provision of radio presenter services to the company or another group member on terms which in their entirety are more favourable than the terms of this agreement, then the contractor will be advised of such terms and may elect to have such more favourable terms apply to this agreement.’

There was also a Virgin Mary section, which referenced a disaster in September 2019 when Sandilands made a crude on‑air ‘joke’ about the virginity of Jesus Christ’s mother Mary.

‘Someone chock-a-blocked her behind the camel shed,’ he said.

‘You might believe everything that’s written down 2,000 years ago to be absolutely accurate and good on you, you’re dumb. Dumb as dog st.’

In response to his comments, Sandilands was forced to hire security to guard his home, and protesters of multiple faiths gathered outside KIIS FM’s Sydney studios calling for him to be sacked. He then issued an eight‑minute apology.

Kyle Sandilands is suing ARN over the termination of his contract

Sandilands has co-hosted The Kyle and Jackie O Show – originally on 2Day FM – since January 2004, before moving to KIIS FM a decade later

His contract read: ‘The company’s censor will continue to monitor for issues similar to the ‘Virgin Mary’ incident in future.’

Another clause allowed ARN to axe the Kyle and Jackie O Show from Melbourne and end Sandilands’ Melbourne revenue‑share payments if ratings dropped below a specific threshold in the 25–54 age group over eight surveys.

Sandilands expressed frustration over low Melbourne ratings in a rant last year, saying during a live broadcast: ‘Here’s something I haven’t even discussed with Jackie. If we don’t rate better by the end of this year, I’m pulling the carpet out.

‘I’ll just take the show off Melbourne. You can suck my dk.

‘We’re not just going to suck Melbourne off all day, every day.’

ARN could not terminate him simply because ratings fell, and some clauses protected payments during revenue disruptions.

The contract gave Sandilands $7.4 million a year over a 10‑year term from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2034, plus extra benefits including a $3 million one‑off commencement payment and a revenue‑share model tied to ratings and market performance of up to 17.5 per cent.

It also included $500,000 worth of contra‑airtime benefits.

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson (pictured) did not appear in court on Friday

Sandilands was also provided with a loan to buy shares in the network worth $3 million, which only had to be repaid if the contract was terminated before its expiry date.

Further, Sandilands was entitled to the use of a car parking space at the KIIS studio, a flight allowance of $120,000 per year, and an annual ‘consultancy fee’ for youth radio station CADA of $200,000.

The agreement allowed Sandilands to broadcast from locations outside the normal Sydney studio setup, including outside Australia.

While ARN claimed Sandilands engaged in serious misconduct in the way he spoke to and about Henderson and his colleagues, his contract specifically stated ARN wanted him to ‘present in the robust character desired by the company’.

ARN acknowledged the ‘tone, style, voice and robust character’ Sandilands used during broadcasts, and said it would ‘exercise its responsibilities to provide censorship, review and guidance in this’ to help him do that.

At the same time, the contract said Sandilands was solely responsible for controlling the manner in which he presented the show.

It also said Sandilands could not be held in breach of his contract over on-air content unless strict conditions were met, including proof he had actual knowledge it was likely to breach the agreement.

Sandilands has admitted he regrets what he said to Henderson in the February 20 confrontation which ended the pair’s 25‑year broadcasting partnership.

Outside court on Friday, Kyle Sandilands demanded to be given his job back

Henderson and Sandilands had been discussing Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor when she read out the disgraced royal’s birth chart.

He lambasted his co‑star, claiming her love for astrology was affecting her work.

As Henderson protested, Sandilands continued: ‘It’s affecting other things, like your fixation on this has made you almost unworkable. You’re off with the fairies with this s*t. It’s mental.’

Henderson then said she was offended by Sandilands’ comments.

‘I am, Kyle,’ she said. ‘I totally am offended by you saying something like that.’

Sandilands responded: ‘Well, too bad if you are because that’s the reality of what we’re dealing with here. It’s affecting everything else. You’re too fixated on it.’

Henderson became audibly emotional, fighting back tears as she continued to defend herself.

‘I would never say things like that about you,’ she said.

‘It’s a total attack, it really is… to say: ‘You don’t know what the F is going on, you’re not doing your job,’ that’s an attack and I wouldn’t do that.’

Henderson has launched her own legal case, claiming her radio bosses knew about Sandilands’ alleged bullying and that the Fair Work Act was breached when they failed to ensure she was provided with a safe workspace.

Defence documents lodged by ARN say Sandilands often made ‘offensive and degrading’ comments to Henderson, but the broadcaster had ‘no ability or powers’ to stop him.

Henderson and Sandilands signed their contracts using their respective businesses, Henderson Media and Quasar.

ARN claims those businesses were responsible for the welfare and conduct of the co‑hosts, rather than the broadcaster.

The radio giant’s defence also referred to a complaint from Henderson’s lawyers about Sandilands in the days following the February argument, stating she would not return to work until she was given an alternative radio show.

To ARN, that meant Henderson did not intend to return to work if there was no alternative show. ARN said it did not propose an alternative show because there was no obligation to do so.

Both matters have been set down for hearing on October 12.