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WA Premier Roger Cook, Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes, WAtoday. Picture: WAtoday

Kerry Stokes’ cabinet dinner was the first of its kind for Roger Cook

The premier said the December dinner was the first time in his career he’d attended such an event, and denied there was any issue with his cabinet dining with the influential billionaire.

  • Hamish Hastie

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A subsidiary of Kerry Stokes’ family office made the purchase of the laneway last year.

City backs blocking public from Kerry Stokes’ laneway against advice

The unprecedented $675,000 deal to sell the billionaire a public road included a requirement to keep public access. But the City of Perth seems set on another path.

  • Jesinta Burton
Anthony De Ceglie, Seven Network director of news and current affairs, has spent the last year overseeing a push to expand the network’s offerings.

Head of NRL’s biggest media critic named boss of Perth Bears

Anthony De Ceglie, the boss of Channel Seven news, has been appointed as CEO of the new NRL franchise.

  • Calum Jaspan and Adrian Proszenko

From TV to NRL: Why Kerry Stokes’ prized executive has joined V’landys

He orchestrated a shake-up of senior personnel, including the departure of long-time on-air personalities, centralised Seven’s news team and oversaw mass redundancies.

  • Elizabeth Knight
WA Premier Roger Cook, Australian Rugby League Commission Chairman Peter V’landys and National Rugby League chief executive Andrew Abdo officially announce the Perth Bears will join the NRL on Thursday.

NRL bosses dined with Seven chairman Kerry Stokes in Perth amid smear campaign

Stokes’ media empire has been at loggerheads with the V’landys and Abdo-run NRL due to conflicting interests over the past months.

  • Michael Chammas
Basil Zempilas is the new opposition leader in WA.

Zempilas adamant Stokes, Rinehart have no influence over his leadership

The prominent media personality, who began his broadcast career with Seven more than 30 years ago, confirmed he was no longer on the company’s payroll.

  • Hamish Hastie and Jesinta Burton
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Nationals Seafood BBQ at Parliament House, Canberra. 26th November, 2024.

At Parliament House your MPs are working hard. Attending parties

It is the final sitting week of federal parliament for the year and the social calendar is packed.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Gina Rinehart, the billionaire executive chairman of Hancock Prospecting, has long been critical of environmental regulation.

Hancock Prospecting inks $1.1 billion gas deal with Mineral Resources

Gina Rinehart will spend up to $1.1 billion to acquire Mineral Resources’ Lockyer gas project and half of its remaining onshore assets in WA, ending weeks of speculation.

  • Jesinta Burton
Ben Roberts-Smith outside Federal Court in May 2022.

Ben Roberts-Smith welcomed at Defence party days before Marles strips officers’ medals

The war criminal attended a gala to mark a Special Air Service Regiment anniversary days before the government stripped officers of honours earned in Afghanistan.

  • Nick McKenzie and Matthew Knott
Ben Roberts-Smith: sued for defamation and lost.

Army retains sense of hubris despite stripping of medals

The Albanese government stripped distinguished service medals from some soldiers but the most notorious retains his tarnished Victoria Cross.

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