When the federal court lifted a restriction on access to Kyle Sandilands’ full $100m contract it gave us a rare peek into the minutiae of the extraordinary deal between the shock jock and the broadcaster Kiis FM.

The deal lies in tatters, of course, after ARN Media tore it up and alleged that Sandilands had breached his contract by repeatedly berating colleagues including Jackie “O” Henderson and the audience on air. Sandilands is suing to be paid out the remaining $85m after he was taken off air a little more than a year into the 10-year deal.

Highlights of the document marked “confidential exhibit” include that Sandilands demanded a car parking space at the Kiis FM studio in North Sydney but when he was broadcasting from Melbourne he expected airport transfers in a Mercedes Sprinter. Return business air fares and a suite at a five-star hotel were mandatory, on top of a flight allowance of $120,000 a year payable at $10,000 a month.

Sandilands was very particular about news content on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, described as “not a news program”. He would not be made to read news reports, the agreement says, and the company promised not to increase the program’s news content.

But the presenter could “provide his response and opinion on news content aired during the program”.

For an annual payment of $7.4m in cash, a consultancy fee of $200,000 and $500,000 contra air time, Sandilands was required to provide live programs, “best of” programs, 797 live reads, comedy segments, public appearances, pre-recorded commercials and social media posts.

Sandilands had the right to audit the radio station’s books to determine if it owed him bonuses based on performance. If Henderson negotiated an improvement of her terms, Sandilands had to be informed.

ARN insisted he broadcast from the Sydney studio or a location with broadcast-quality sound – he liked to work........

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