THE RORT · DOSSIER · KERRY STOKESSTATUS · EXPOSED
Nine: named together in 4 articlesNineThe Revolving Door: named together in 4 articlesThe Revolving DoorSeven West Media: named together in 4 articlesSeven West MediaChevron: named together in 3 articlesChevronNews Corp: named together in 3 articlesNews CorpThe PRRT: named together in 3 articlesThe PRRTWoodside: named together in 3 articlesWoodsideINPEX: named together in 2 articlesINPEXOffshore Decommissioning: named together in 2 articlesOffshore Decommission…Santos: named together in 2 articlesSantosThe 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 articleNegative Gearing: named together in 1 articleNOPSEMA: named together in 1 articleResponsible Wagering Australia: named together in 1 articleShell: named together in 1 article
DOSSIER / ACTORPERSON · MAGNATE

Kerry Stokes

Status Exposed

Mining and media billionaire, political donor. Owns the only major WA newspaper and a TV network reaching 98% of Australians: a mining interest that also owns the news about mining.

Last on record
2026-03-31
Named in
6 articles
Across
2 cases

Named in 6 articles across 2 cases 18 connections: companies 8, lobbies 1, mechanisms 4, regulators and bodies 2, people 3

Key figure on file
30%
Kerry Stokes’ stake in Beach Energy via SGH. His son chairs Beach Energy’s board, while his media organisation covers gas policy without disclosing t… Michael West Media / ABC Media Watch
6
Articles naming it
2
Cases it recurs across
18
Linked in the graph
2
Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

Australia's Gas Heist30%Kerry Stokes’ stake in Beach Energy via SGH. His son chairs Beach Energy’s board, while his media organisation covers gas policy without disclosing…3 articles →Media OwnershipA$13.27Min costs ordered against ACE alone. Stokes used his private company to bankroll a defamation case against a commercial rival, with his lawyers give…3 articles →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑03‑31Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / On the record

  1. 30%Kerry Stokes’ stake in Beach Energy via SGH. His son chairs Beach Energy’s board, while his media organisation covers gas policy without disclosing the conflict.Source: Michael West Media / ABC Media WatchWhat the media covers and how →
  2. A$13.27Min costs ordered against ACE alone. Stokes used his private company to bankroll a defamation case against a commercial rival, with his lawyers given direct oversight of the litigation.Source: Federal Court of AustraliaThe mining company that owns your news →
Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑03‑31Auto-assembled

Fig. 03 / Named together

Kerry StokesNine: named together in 4 articlesNine4Seven West Media: named together in 4 articlesSeven West Media4The Revolving Door: named together in 4 articlesThe Revolving Door4Chevron: named together in 3 articlesChevron3News Corp: named together in 3 articlesNews Corp3The PRRT: named together in 3 articlesThe PRRT3Woodside: named together in 3 articlesWoodside3INPEX: named together in 2 articlesINPEX2Offshore Decommissioning: named together in 2 articlesOffshore Decommissioning2Santos: named together in 2 articlesSantos2Anthony Albanese: named together in 1 articleAnthony Albanese1Ben Roberts-Smith: named together in 1 articleBen Roberts-Smith1
The 12 names most often in the same articles as Kerry Stokes. 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 2026‑03‑31Auto-assembled

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 Kerry Stokes: 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. The page is rebuilt when an article is published or changed.

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