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Kerry Stokes shows a copy of The West Australian to Anthony Albanese in 2022.

Has Kerry Stokes gone missing in action?

The billionaire used to stick by his chief executives through thick and thin. But he seems to have approved of the ouster of former Seven boss Jeff Howard.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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BlueScope is assessing a $13 billion takeover proposal.

Higher bid for Bluescope likely after board rejects Stokes’ $13bn offer

Billionaire Kerry Stokes’ business conglomerate and its bidding partner Steel Dynamics are likely to make another bid for Bluescope, analysts predict.

  • Miriam Steffens and Kishor Napier-Raman
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes.

BlueScope weighs $13b carve-up bid from Stokes and US firm

Billionaire Kerry Stokes’ business conglomerate SGH Limited has linked up with US steelmaker Steel Dynamics to take over and then split up Australia’s biggest steelmaker.

  • Miriam Steffens and Kishor Napier-Raman
The Bass Strait gas field has traditionally supplied up to half the demand on the east coast, but its reserves are rapidly depleting.

Seven Group’s gas well is leaking methane into ocean off Victoria

An offshore gas well owned by a company controlled by billionaire businessman Kerry Stokes’ family is leaking off Victoria’s coastline.

  • Nick Toscano
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes.

Stokes blames ‘marauders’ as shareholders reject pay report

Kerry Stokes has used his last annual general meeting as Seven West Media chair to blast “foreign marauders” and an unfair tax system for the group’s fading revenues.

  • Adrian Black
Chris Masters speaks outside the Federal Court in June last year after winning the defamation case filed by ex-soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

‘Might ruffle feathers’: Award-winning journalist Chris Masters uninvited from delivering lecture

The acclaimed writer was invited last month to deliver the 2026 CEW Bean lecture. But that invitation has been rescinded.

  • Harriet Alexander
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WA Premier Roger Cook and Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes.

Gift register reveals the WA ministers who attended Stokes’ mansion dinner

The dinner was billed as a thank-you for the government’s taxpayer-funded donations to Kerry Stokes’ Telethon charity.

  • Hamish Hastie
Seven’s TV business is a shadow of its former self and is kept alive by AFL broadcasts and the nightly news.

The last mogul: Sun sets on Kerry Stokes’ media ambitions

Having fought tooth and nail to build his media empire from scratch, Kerry Stokes will bow out with plenty of hits and some major misses.

  • Calum Jaspan
Kerry Stokes mixes with the politically powerful including Prime Minster Anthony Albanese.

Is media baron Kerry Stokes preparing his exit? It looks like a yes

Unlike Lachlan Murdoch, Kerry Stokes’ son doesn’t have ink in his veins and has traditionally demonstrated scant interest in all things media.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes.

Kerry Stokes to depart Seven after merger with Triple M owner

Seven West Media plans to combine with Australia’s biggest radio company, Southern Cross Media, to create a $415 million TV, radio and publishing group.

  • Calum Jaspan