THE RORT · DOSSIER · SEVEN WEST MEDIASTATUS · ENTRENCHED
Nine: named together in 6 articlesNineNews Corp: named together in 5 articlesNews CorpKerry Stokes: named together in 4 articlesKerry StokesThe Revolving Door: named together in 3 articlesThe Revolving DoorThe ACCC: named together in 1 articleThe ACCCThe ACMA: named together in 1 articleThe ACMAAnthony Albanese: named together in 1 articleAnthony AlbaneseBen Roberts-Smith: named together in 1 articleBen Roberts-SmithBridget McKenzie: named together in 1 articleBridget McKenzieChevron: named together in 1 articleChevronINPEX: named together in 1 articleINPEXMeta: named together in 1 articleMetaNegative Gearing: named together in 1 articleNegative GearingOffshore Decommissioning: named together in 1 articleThe PRRT: named together in 1 articleResponsible Wagering Australia: named together in 1 articleShell: named together in 1 articleSuppression Orders: named together in 1 articleTransurban: named together in 1 articleWoodside: named together in 1 article
DOSSIER / ACTORCOMPANY · MEDIA

Seven West Media

Status Entrenched

Publisher of Western Australia's only major newspaper and operator of a TV network reaching most of the country; about 40% held by Kerry Stokes's Seven Group until Southern Cross Media Group took it over in January 2026.

Last on record
2026-09
Named in
7 articles
Across
4 cases

Named in 7 articles across 4 cases 20 connections: companies 8, lobbies 1, mechanisms 5, regulators and bodies 2, people 4

Key figure on file
98%
Percentage of Australians reachable via Seven Network + Sky News (33% stake) Kerry Stokes' Media Reach
Corporate income tax paid · 2023-24
A$20.4m
A modest bill against its reach across the country. ATO Corporate Tax Transparency 2023-24.
on total income of A$1.5bn
7
Articles naming it
4
Cases it recurs across
20
Linked in the graph
3
Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

Media Ownership98%Percentage of Australians reachable via Seven Network + Sky News (33% stake)4 articles →Australia's Gas Heist11 article →The Roads Rort11 article →The Suppression Rort11 article →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / On the record

  1. 98%Percentage of Australians reachable via Seven Network + Sky News (33% stake)Source: Kerry Stokes' Media ReachWho owns the news you think you’re reading →
Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

How we know

The sources of the 7 articles that name Seven West Media, by the tier the desk declared. A source supports its article, not necessarily a claim about Seven West Media.

Evidence strength · 115 sources across 7 articles
  • Primary 15
  • Official 5
  • Masthead 36
  • Trade 32
  • Aggregator 15
  • Unusable 3
  • 9 not yet graded
Primary
the document itself: legislation, a court record, a filing, a regulator’s own publication
Official
the organisation’s own statement about itself
Masthead
a news organisation with a corrections policy, reporting the primary document
Trade
specialist or trade press
Aggregator
republishes others’ work
Unusable
its own sourcing cannot be established
How sources are graded

2 of 7 articles are graded on every headline finding. How findings are graded

Fig. 03 / Named together

Seven West MediaNine: named together in 6 articlesNine6News Corp: named together in 5 articlesNews Corp5Kerry Stokes: named together in 4 articlesKerry Stokes4The Revolving Door: named together in 3 articlesThe Revolving Door3Anthony Albanese: named together in 1 articleAnthony Albanese1Ben Roberts-Smith: named together in 1 articleBen Roberts-Smith1Bridget McKenzie: named together in 1 articleBridget McKenzie1Chevron: named together in 1 articleChevron1INPEX: named together in 1 articleINPEX1Meta: named together in 1 articleMeta1Negative Gearing: named together in 1 articleNegative Gearing1Offshore Decommissioning: named together in 1 articleOffshore Decommissioning1
The 12 names most often in the same articles as Seven West Media. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.
Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

02 / Connected in the graph

Companies 8
NineCOMPANY · MEDIA · 6News CorpCOMPANY · MEDIA · 5TransurbanCOMPANY · TOLL ROADS · 1MetaACTOR · PLATFORM · 1WoodsideCOMPANY · GAS · 1ChevronCOMPANY · GAS · 1ShellCOMPANY · GAS · 1INPEXCOMPANY · GAS · 1
Lobbies 1
Responsible Wagering AustraliaLOBBY · ONLINE WAGERING · 1
Mechanisms 5
The Revolving DoorMECHANISM · 3The PRRTMECHANISM · TAX · 1Offshore DecommissioningMECHANISM · LIABILITY · 1Negative GearingMECHANISM · TAX · 1Suppression OrdersMECHANISM · COURTS · 1
Regulators & bodies 2
The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1The ACMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1
People 4
Kerry StokesPERSON · MAGNATE · 4Anthony AlbanesePERSON · POLITICIAN · 1Bridget McKenziePERSON · SHADOW INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER, RESIGNED AS SPORTS MINISTER IN 2020 · 1Ben Roberts-SmithPERSON · FORMER SAS SOLDIER, VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT · 1

How this page is assembled. The name, status and role are the desk's entity record. The article list, case counts, connections and the figures under On the record are read by script from the published articles that name Seven West Media: the desk's key figures where it declared them, otherwise figures harvested from those articles. A connection is a name that appears in the same articles; it is not a finding about the relationship. Under How we know, the sources are those articles' references, counted once each and tiered only where the desk declared a tier; a grade beside an article is its weakest headline finding, shown only where every headline finding is graded. The page is rebuilt when an article is published or changed.

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