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Southern Cross debt 'historically low' amid uncertainty

Max Mason

Key Points

  • Revenue ($m) 540.2, down -18.2%
  • Pre-tax profit ($m) 38.3, up-129.6%
  • Net profit ($m) 25.5, up-126.6%
  • No final dividend 

Southern Cross Austereo chief executive Grant Blackley says cost-cutting and an emergency capital raising early in the COVID-19 pandemic will serve the radio and regional television broadcaster well when the health crisis ends.

The company announced on Thursday that long-time chairman Peter Bush would retire at this year's annual general meeting. Mr Bush, a former chairman of Nine, owner of The Australian Financial Review, joined the Southern Cross board in 2015.

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