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Hamish McLennan, chairman of Kiis FM’s owner ARN.

Kyle and Jackie O’s former boss gets historically smoked by angry shareholders

The chairman of Kyle and Jackie O’s former corporate employer faced a torrent of criticism at a shareholder meeting on Thursday, but he managed to keep his job.

  • John Buckley

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Businessman and media heavyweight Hamish McLennan and his wife, Lucinda, have put their Darling Point mansion on the market with a price guide of $36 million-plus, local sources have revealed.

REA chair Hamish McLennan to sell Sydney home for $36 million-plus

Hamish McLennan, who is also chairman of KIIS FM’s owner ARN, and his wife, Lucinda, are understood to be downsizing.

  • Kristy Johnson
Hamish McLennan, chairman of ARN Media, which owns KIIS FM.

We’re looking at Kyle and Jackie O fighting – investors are looking at their boss

ARN chairman Hamish McLennan, who presided over the pair’s $100 million contracts and their termination, is up for re-election next month.

  • Calum Jaspan
Joseph Suaalii poses during the Wallabies jersey launch for the 2025 British & Irish Lions Tour

‘Joey is all anyone is talking about’: Inside the deal that delivered rugby its new face

All eyes are on the Wallabies thanks to Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, but Hamish McLennan’s pursuit of the Roosters star sparked a boardroom split at Rugby Australia. This is how the deal went down – and how much it will cost RA.

  • Michael Chammas
Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall (second from left) on the bench in Tamworth.

Benji Marshall puts his family ahead of football. Why are we attacking him?

The Wests Tigers coach has been criticised for taking a mid-season trip to Fiji.

  • Andrew Webster
Former minister Stuart Robert is CEO of a very strange online shopping portal

Former MP Stuart Robert explores a new cause: Saving Aussie retail

The scandal-prone former minister is now CEO of an online shopping portal that accuses foreign competitors of ‘destroying’ Australian retail.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Liam Mannix
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Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh at RA Headquarters, Moore Park

Can Phil Waugh save Australian rugby?

Phil Waugh never backed away from a challenge as a player, but Rugby Australia’s boardroom implosion has him fighting for the game’s future.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Players scuffle during game three

If money is king, the gap between the rugby codes is greater than ever

The evidence of rugby’s implosion is that resourcing the top will not necessarily stimulate growth at grassroots.

  • Roy Masters
Joseph Suaalii will switch from the NRL to Australian rugby.

Suaalii cost rugby $5m but he’s already worth $50m to the code, says McLennan

Hamish McLennan’s decision to sign Joseph Suaalii may have led to him losing his job but the deposed RA chairman claims criticism of the mega deal is “crazy”.

  • Danny Weidler
Hamish McLennan said the directors who ousted him were “arrogant and dopey”.

Rugby Australia chasing over $1m from French union after contracting blunder

Former RA chairman Hamish McLennan agreed a match fee of $1.7m with Bernard Laporte for the World Cup warm-up match in Paris. But the FFR has paid just a fraction of that sum.

  • Tom Decent