Kerry Stokes

And it made it a lot easier, I thought, to sell, because you can just simply be what you are.

And fortunately, I was in a situation where the board and the owners, which is Brian Churchill and Jack Bendat and Kerry Stokes, they had no idea.

And George was of the view that, no, no, you do what you think is right, Gary.

It was like, fantastic.

And I went, the Australian version of that is right for where we need to be.

So it took everyone by surprise because no one understood what it was we were doing.

In fact, we'd been on the air about, I don't know, five or six weeks and Kerry Stokes pulled me aside after the board meeting and said, Kerry, I need to tell you what my wife had to say about the music you're playing.

And I went...

Jamie McKinnell, thank you so much.

Former Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan looks set to take up a position on the board of Southern Cross Media, which is controlled by influential mining and media mogul Kerry Stokes.

If appointed, Mr McGowan will join the ranks of other former politicians, Jeff Kennett and Tony Abbott, in taking on positions at listed media companies.

Governance experts say the move raises potential integrity concerns.

This is a humbling experience.

To every last West Australian who voted to re-elect this WA Labor government, thank you so much.

After resigning as Premier citing exhaustion in 2023, Mr McGowan now appears set to return to public life, this time on the board of Southern Cross Media, which is controlled by powerful billionaire, mining and media mogul Kerry Stokes.

The board is chaired by Kerry's son, Ryan.

I mean, we've, we've spoken about this before, Carrington.

I mean, you know, if, if I said to you, "Hey, do you wanna go and dig up the, uh, the Melbourne Cricket Ground? And here's a shovel." Well, you'd probably come back in about eight months or a year's time and say, "Finished." But if you had a big, uh, a big tractor that, uh, you know, one of those ones Kerry Stokes owns, uh, you'd go and do it in a couple of hours.

And that's a productivity gain.

Because you've got better equipment, better technology that you're in command of, you can achieve a much higher rate of productivity.

It's a great thing.

Everyone sees ratings as, as if this is, you know, greedy, you know, Kerry Stokes is here pulling the money in.

No, no. He's put the money out, and he's, he's made it huge, and you're able to see it at the right time.

So, uh, so yeah, I know the, the, you know, traditions of the game.