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Foxtel and Nine scoop $5.3 billion NRL deal · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Kristanamio with the
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  Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. The NRL has eclipsed Aussie Rules for
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  Speaker 1: the richest broadcast deal in Australian history, with a five
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  Speaker 1: point three billion dollar split of the rights between nine
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  Speaker 1: and Foxtel, both of whom tried to get the rugby
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  Speaker 1: league exclusively. The NRL's outgoing CEO Andrew Abdo and Australian
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  Speaker 1: Rugby League Commissioned Chair Peter Lands announced the deal on Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: just as the East Coast prepares for a thrilling Origin
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  Speaker 1: Decider in Brisbane on Wednesday. Night Nine will spend about
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and forty five million dollars per annum for
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  Speaker 1: exclusive access to the Origin Series and the Grand Final,
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  Speaker 1: and will show three games per week on its free
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  Speaker 1: to air TV network. Foxtel, now owned by British sports
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  Speaker 1: giant Dozone, gets everything else for about five hundred and
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  Speaker 1: twenty million dollars per year and will air the games
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  Speaker 1: on its streaming platform ko Flanders said ninety five percent
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  Speaker 1: of the five point three billion dollars will be paid
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  Speaker 1: in cash, up from ninety percent under the last deal.
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  Speaker 1: The rest is contra that is value in kind provided
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  Speaker 1: by the broadcasters in the form of promotion and other considerations.
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  Speaker 1: Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK's Reform Party, will
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  Speaker 1: face questions about a multimillion dollar gift he received from
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  Speaker 1: a cryptocurrency billionaire. Farage has denied any wrongdoing and sources
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  Speaker 1: say he's cooperating with the investigation. Farage's financial affairs have
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  Speaker 1: come under scrutiny after it was revealed he also allegedly
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  Speaker 1: received benefits from the convicted criminal and crypto gambler George Cottrell.
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  Speaker 1: The Reform leader is expected to be interviewed by the
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  Speaker 1: Standards Watchdog within the next fortnight. Billionaire Richard White has
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  Speaker 1: stepped down as the chair of the logistics giant he founded.
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  Speaker 1: The Wistec billionaire is facing a criminal investigation relating to
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  Speaker 1: allegations he exploited a former employee for sex. He was
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  Speaker 1: separate investigated for insider trading by ask White has unequivocally
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  Speaker 1: denied any wrongdoing and will remain on the company's board
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  Speaker 1: as an executive director. He'll also continue to serve as
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  Speaker 1: the company's chief innovation Officer. Raylean Murphy has been appointed
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  Speaker 1: as Wistech's new chair. The United States FIFA World Cup
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  Speaker 1: campaign was brought to a screeching halt by Belgium in
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  Speaker 1: Seattle on Tuesday morning Australian time. Belgium dominated the match,
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  Speaker 1: winning with four goals to the USA's one. Why not Them?
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  Speaker 1: Why not Belgium? Belgian celebrations fill the Seattle air as
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  Speaker 1: the Red Devils roar into the quarterfinals. The loss follows
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  Speaker 1: a tense forty eight hours in which a one match
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  Speaker 1: banhanded to American striker Flaren Beligian was suspended for a
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  Speaker 1: year after US President Donald Trump placed a call to
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  Speaker 1: FIFA boss Gianni Infantino. Beligian was handed the band for
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  Speaker 1: a red Cardiff in a match on Wednesday, but he
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  Speaker 1: was cleared to play against Belgium following the suspension of
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  Speaker 1: the band. The Union of European Football Associations, known as
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  Speaker 1: UEFA said in a statement the decision is quote unprecedented,
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  Speaker 1: incomprehensible and unjustifiable, but the chairman of FIFA's Disciplinary Committee
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  Speaker 1: said the decision is in line with UEFA's own appeals processes.
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  Speaker 1: Check out all the latest World Cup drama at the
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  Speaker 1: Australian dot Com dot au and come back to the
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  Speaker 1: front first thing in the morning for our conversation with
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  Speaker 1: the journalist who scooped everyone with news of China's plan
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  Speaker 1: to test fire a nuclear capable missile in our neck
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  Speaker 1: of the woods. That's right here, Wednesday morning,