The Front

Gina Rinehart’s $1 billion bet on Elon Musk

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:31:10 +0000

The world’s first trillionaire, Elon Musk, has a new business partner in Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, as she picks up a $US 1 billion stake in his SpaceX - part of his plan to launch AI data centres into space and create a city on Mars.

Gina Rinehart secures $US1bn stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Adore Beauty staff warn of mass redundancies amid major push into AI

Relief for punters and Jim Chalmers as Reserve Bank holds interest rates after three hikes

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Can Trump and Iran control Israel and Hezbollah?

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

As the President announces he’s sorted the Iran-Israel-US conflict, we dig through the details yet to be agreed. Plus, where does this leave Iran’s terror proxies Hezbollah and Hamas in their war against Israel? Cameron Stewart is here in just a moment.

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Nuclear questions remain as deal firms

Trump’s key war aims are left unresolved

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey, and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Coogee shark victim identified as young mum

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:22:08 +0000

Sydney’s eastern beaches have reopened after the attack, and now there’s a raging argument about the use of culling, artificial intelligence-powered drones and other shark mitigation strategies, as it’s revealed some of the country’s most famous beaches are unprotected for much of the year. Plus, push and shove outside court as an alleged NDIS property scam is investigated.

Young mother Leah Stewart identified as Coogee shark attack victim

Gold Coast couple accused of $90m NDIS alleged scam hurl abuse outside court

Federal Court orders handover of a suitcase full of cash seized from ALAMMC boss David McWilliams

Australian researchers develop world-first AI tool to tackle illegal marine wildlife trade

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Why rapists and murderers should be sweating

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

A man who was acquitted for rape is facing another trial as prosecutors seek leave to invoke Queensland’s new double jeopardy laws, in a huge development arising from The Australian’s podcast Shandee’s Story. This is “the tip of the iceberg”, says our national chief correspondent Hedley Thomas, who’s here today.

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Shandee’s Story: Double jeopardy test of rape acquittal after forensic DNA do-over

Shandee Blackburn murder: DNA retesting on hold in Mackay cold case

Queensland DNA lab accused of hiding evidence flaws from courts

DNA test delays push Qld crime victims to breaking point

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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The Flood: Explosion

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

It is the navy's worst nightmare. 60 Australian men and women are trapped in a submarine deep under the Indian Ocean after an explosion and seawater flood, threaten to sink the vessel and send its crew to the bottom. This is the incredible true story of the Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Dechaineux. In episode 1, the commander takes his submarine down to its deepest diving depth when a loud noise at the back of the boat changes the lives of everyone on board. An extraordinary battle for survival is just beginning.

The Flood is a four-part audio and video documentary series by Cameron Stewart, Claire Harvey and Jasper Leak. Watch the video at thefloodpodcast.com, along with stories, graphics and photographs.v

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The new Michael Jackson fans who don’t want to hear the truth

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Michael Jackson’s estate has convinced an entire generation the singer was wrongly accused of crimes against children. Now, a Netflix documentary restores some balance.

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Review by Nikki Gemmell: Why the new Michael Jackson biopic is a dishonest insult to the genre

Who's Bad? Not Michael Jackson in new big-budget biopic

From The Front: How do we feel about Michael Jackson the musical?

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Furious widow blasts Hanson over ‘witch-burning’ claim

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:59:20 +0000

Pauline Hanson says former politicians said she should face a firing squad and be burnt at the stake. Now Tim Fischer’s widow Judy Brewer says she wants evidence or an apology and fears her late husband is being posthumously defamed.

Andrew Forrest inks mining deal with Juukan Gorge traditional owners

Apologise or prove ‘witch’ claim: widow

Catch all the action from the 2026 FIFA World Cup here

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‘Ashamed’: Judge Jackman fires up over court delays

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

A spectacular legal brawl – between sitting judges. Federal Court judge Ian Jackman is attacking some of his own colleagues, saying their tardiness in handing down decisions is threatening the rule of law.

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Judge slams fellows over ‘egregious’ delays

What’s behind the High Court silence on Beech-Jones?

Just do your job, top silk tells judge

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Listeners desert KIIS FM after Kyle & Jackie O exit

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The first full radio ratings since the implosion of the Kyle and Jackie O Show are in – and it’s bad news for KIIS FM and its parent network ARN. Plus, Australians push back against the data-centre boom.

KIISFM’s ratings collapse post Kyle and Jackie ‘O’ era

Data centre boom faces ‘immense’ community backlash over project fears

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Why won’t politicians attack Pauline Hanson?

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

She dishes out freewheeling critique of just about everyone - but Pauline Hanson isn’t being directly attacked by the parties who should fear One Nation’s spectacular rise the most. Chief political correspondent Greg Brown is here.

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Newspoll: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation in front of Labor, Anthony Albanese gets worst ever rating

Pauline Hanson hit: the truth’s been costed as One Nation in disarray

Commentary by Janet Albrechtsen: Memo, Mr Albanese: serious money talks – and listens – to Hanson

Editorial: One Nation has shown no real expertise on economics or defence

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Belfast burns after alleged attempted beheading

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Belfast is in uproar in the latest incident of violent street crime in Britain’s deeply divided political climate. Plus, US President Donald Trump launches a fresh round of attacks on Iran.

Belfast houses, cars torched as asylum-seeker charged over attempted beheading

What happened in Belfast? How the knife attack unfolded

Iran launches drone strikes on US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan after Trump’s retaliation for downed chopper

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Did Trump and Netanyahu just break up?

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Iran and Israel are firing on each other again – and now Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are at war too. There’s been a huge shift in Middle East affairs and the US President’s desperation to get a peace deal is fracturing what was supposed to be his rock-solid relationship with Israel. So are we getting any closer to peace?

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Israel hits back at Iran after missile attack, renewing fear of war

Benjamin Netanyahu defies Trump to retaliate against Iran, pushing Middle East to the brink

Donald Trump signals breakthrough in Iran peace talks to end unpopular war

Iran’s attack on Israel reveals new and aggressive regional ambitions

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JD Vance wades into the case tearing Britain apart

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:13:37 +0000

The US Vice President said on social media the murder of Henry Nowak was the result of European elites prioritising immigration over their own citizens. Plus, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan responds to Pauline Hanson and Donald Trump gets a frosty reception at Madison Square Garden.

JD Vance blames Henry Nowak’s death on mass migration

Allan vows to see campaign through despite plummeting polls

Trump is booed at NBA Finals as his attendance brings tight security

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The soft-left UK Labour mayor destroying his own PM

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life as a rival Labour superstar comes for his job - and the PM’s latest move is to announce an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s. Today, we look at Andy Burnham, the so-called King of the North, who’s lining himself up to destroy Starmer and remake the United Kingdom. Richard Ferguson’s here in just a moment.

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Andy Burnham wants to be Makerfield’s MP: but do the voters want him?

Henry Nowak death: The left is to blame for this terrible tragedy

‘Manchesterism’ pain in store if Andy Burnham marches on

Fallout over Henry Nowak murder the fight Reform has been waiting for

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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$4bn footy: Inside the bitter Nine vs DAZN war for rugby league supremacy

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Australians have fallen in love with the English Premier League’s Ted Lasso-esque mix of emotion and drama - and as Nine prepares for a huge soccer splurge as well as wanting rugby league all for itself, what now for NRL supremo Peter V’Landys’ dream of a record $4 billion rights deal?

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Off Campus: the global blockbuster making consent sexy

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

‘Book girlies’ with an insatiable appetite for happily-ever-after romance have fuelled the biggest phenomenon in publishing and TV right now - Off Campus, the fictional universe where 20-somethings unpack their trauma and have a lot of sex. Voracious reader - and The Australian’s off-platform editor - Chloe Barr is here.

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This episode of The Front was hosted Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team also includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, andJasper Leak, who edited the episode and also wrote our theme.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: dodgy landlord?

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:30:29 +0000

An investigation by the UK’s National Audit Office found the former Prince charged staff to rent cottages on his former home on the Windsor Estate. Plus, Bondi hero Ahmed al Ahmed denies assault allegations and Lendlease boots KPMG staff over audit scandal.

Andrew charged staff rent to live at his Royal Lodge estate

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor photographed with large bruise on his face

Bondi massacre hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed charged with assaulting his father

Lendlease orders KPMG staff removed from its account as ASIC details audit scandal probe

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Pure, cold rage: are politicians exploiting white teen’s murder?

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Grief and fury have greeted the release of harrowing video showing UK police handcuffing 18-year-old Henry Nowak on suspicion of racial hate crime as he died of stab wounds, ignoring his cry of “I can’t breathe”. As politicians seek to voice – and exploit – Britons’ outrage, Jacquelin Magnay joins us from London.

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UK PM Keir Starmer says police face ‘serious questions’ over handcuffing of stabbing victim Henry Nowak

Keir Starmer slams Nigel Farage for ‘exploiting tragedy’ of Henry Nowak murder

Commentary by Jacquelin Magnay: No more cop outs if British public is to be won over

Commentary by Konstantin Kisin: The world ‘took the knee’ for George Floyd. But what about this white teen?

Fallout over Henry Nowak murder the fight Reform has been waiting for

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Elon Musk to become world’s first trillionaire

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Elon Musk will become the world’s first trillionaire when his company SpaceX is listed on the Nasdaq. Plus, the government’s property tax shake-up has unintended consequences, and Donald Trump says America’s war with Iran is effectively over.

Elon Musk to become world’s first trillionaire after blockbuster SpaceX IPO

Negative gearing shake-up pushes investors into new apartments

Trump tells aides he won’t resume all-out war with Iran unless US troops are killed

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Nobody hates like the Labor Party - and their brawling could sink our submarines

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Old enemies on one side - critics on the other - that’s life these days for Richard Marles, the deputy prime minister, defence minister and the man in charge of driving through the biggest military investment Australia’s ever made - the nuclear powered AUKUS submarines. So - is the deal falling apart? Can Marles stare down the haters? Greg Sheridan is here.

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Hanson finally turns up to Estimates to grill brass

Watch our submarine documentary: The Flood Episode 1

Xenophobia makes us less safe: Marles

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BRS case slowed by ‘national security’ concerns

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Prosecutors in the war crime murder case against Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith say they can’t serve the brief of evidence against the former soldier because revealing its contents could prejudice national security.

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Did Buckingham Palace cover up for Andrew?

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

A victim of the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has accused the Royal household of failing to act on a trove of emails she says contained evidence of the former Prince Andrew’s alleged misconduct in public office. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has denied any wrongdoing – but this latest twist is causing all kinds of problems for the UK’s royal family.

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Buckingham Palace protected Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein victim claims

How former Prince Andrew’s trade envoy role sowed the seeds of his downfall

UK royal family’s dilemma over Andrew’s daughters

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‘What the f… are you doing?’: Trump’s heated call with Netanyahu

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:11:34 +0000

US President Donald Trump reportedly criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a heated phone call following claims by Iran that Israel violated a ceasefire agreement. Plus, Jewish leaders say Grace Tame’s ABC podcast is “tone deaf” and minimum-wage workers get a pay rise.

Trump reportedly tears into Netanyahu over Hezbollah strikes: ‘What the f... are you doing?’

Grace Tame podcast sparks fury as Jewish leaders condemn ABC decision

Millions of workers get 4.75 per cent pay rise as businesses warn of financial impact

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The incredible submarine survival story you've never heard

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

20 seconds to save 60 Australian lives in the depths of the Indian Ocean: today The Australian launches a new video and audio documentary series The Flood. Cameron Stewart, the journalist who's been chasing this yarn for decades, is here.

Read more about this story and watch video episodes at thefloodpodcast.com, on The Australian’s app, or search “The Flood” on Apple Podcasts and connect your subscription to listen first.

The Flood: terror and courage in the deep

‘Twenty seconds from certain death’: at last, the full story of HMAS Dechaineux can be told

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White Fox’s billionaire founders are raking it in

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Cosy hoodies and tight party dresses have put White Fox clothing label founders Daniel and Georgia Contos on the Richest 250 list, and now their financial documents show big profits and huge dividends. Plus, Jim Chalmers is buoyant about falling auction clearance rates.

First White Fox financial accounts reveal profits, dividends and how founders built a $1.42bn fortune

Auction clearance rate fall 'a good thing' for first-home buyers

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Can Simon Robinson tame the ABC?

Sun, 31 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Stars with planet-sized egos. Newsroom staff with big opinions. Audiences with high expectations and low patience. That’s the hot mix awaiting the new ABC news boss, who arrives as ABC management sort-of not-really denies sacking the last bloke. Today, media editor James Madden’s here to discuss ABC management’s bid to remake the national broadcaster’s culture.

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Outsider tasked with a big fix at ABC

ABC news boss quits abruptly

Jewish radio station’s giant battle

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Amazon’s billion-dollar James Bond gamble starts with a video game

Fri, 29 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

We can’t all be James Bond, but we can all play as the suave superspy in new video game ‘007: First Light’, tracing the young navy veteran earning his licence to kill at MI6. It’s the first hint of what Jeff Bezos’ Amazon will do with the Bond universe - and superfan Jared Lynch is here to play.

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James Bond franchise rebooted as gritty video game after Amazon takeover

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Blue Origin rocket explosion lights up Florida skies

Fri, 29 May 2026 06:13:20 +0000

A Blue Origin rocket exploded during an engine test at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday night, local time. Plus, KPMG’s CEO resigns suddenly and a John Farnham tribute comes to Melbourne.

Blue Origin loses rocket in huge explosion on launch pad

KPMG Australia chief, audit boss quit amid escalating whistleblower scandal

Lendlease was told ‘nothing to see here’ in KPMG audit scandal

John Farnham: A Living Legend tribute to be held in September 2026

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ABC sacks an ex-bikie – for hosting a podcast

Thu, 28 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The ABC lost its head of news and a star reporter – who also happened to be an ex-bikie – in the space of a day. So, what’s going on at the national broadcaster?

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ABC sacks Four Corners reporter but defend hiring him in first place

Death threats, deaf ears: ABC ‘ignored’ bikie-turned-reporter crime link claims

ABC news boss Justin Stevens quits abruptly

Hugh Marks refuses to deny ABC news boss Justin Stevens was ‘pushed’

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Kalyn Ponga’s regrets over Origin sendoff

Thu, 28 May 2026 06:10:49 +0000

Queensland superstar Kalyn Ponga says he wishes he could relive the moment that changed the opening match of the 2026 NRL State of Origin series. Plus, an extraordinary medical twist in the recovery of a rookie NSW Police officer wounded in the Bondi terror attack, and a fourth so-called ISIS bride is charged by the AFP.

‘No apology for taking strong action’: NRL backs Ashley Klein’s controversial send-off of Kalyn Ponga

Bondi hero cop recovers from surgery on shock tumour only found after shooting

Another ISIS-linked Australian charged with terror offences

Federal government sues manufacturer 3M for $2bn over toxic chemical contamination

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Why Gina Rinehart is circling Channel Seven

Wed, 27 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

She’s the mining billionaire with big ambitions above the ground - Gina Rinehart has been revealed as the financial backer of a big new buy-up into Seven, the media group controlling TV, radio, podcast and newspaper publishing assets across Australia. This is Rinehart’s third foray into entertainment - so what’s the end game? The journo with the ear of all the billionaires, John Stensholt, is here.

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Billionaire Gina Rinehart funding Bruce McWilliam’s Southern Cross Media share buy

Southern Cross takeover deal sparks questions over tax and who’s in control

Billionaire Alex Waislitz says Southern Cross must make room for Bruce McWilliam

New chief ends executive bloodletting by reinstating ousted Seven boss

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Inflation’s down - but not enough

Wed, 27 May 2026 07:06:28 +0000

Inflation has fallen, taking some pressure out of the economy, but it probably won't reduce the risk of another interest rate rise.

Economy slumps as high inflation and Chalmers’ budget threatens downturn

Inflation data lifts ASX as market trims bets on RBA rate hikes

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The killer disease you thought was gone

Tue, 26 May 2026 17:00:50 +0000

At least one patient is dead and scores are infected with diphtheria, a disease that haunted humanity for thousands of years and killed millions of children. Vaccines all but eliminated diphtheria, but now an outbreak centred on remote Aboriginal communities has experts seriously worried. What’s causing it - and are we doing enough to fight back?

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Could this outbreak have been stopped?

Disease spreads to multiple states

It’s not just about vaccination - but it’s an indictment of our nation

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The ISIS bride who’s suing Australia

Tue, 26 May 2026 06:30:49 +0000

An ISIS bride left behind in a Syrian refugee camp, is preparing a legal challenge to be allowed to return to Australia. Plus, senior NSW police face uncomfortable questions at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

Albanese outlines three points on return of ISIS brides

ISIS bride barred from Australia named as family prepares urgent legal action

Royal commission live: Police commander says ‘no need to stay’ email ‘poorly worded’

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Why our defensive spy boss is on high alert

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Intelligence agencies couldn't have prevented the Bondi attack even if they had more money, says ASIO’s boss Mike Burgess - but he says we’re on the brink of the highest possible terrorist threat alert, and is investigating more suspected Iranian hits on Australian soil. Today, what we’re learning as the Antisemitism Royal Commission drills into the security services.

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Royal commission: NSW Police threat assessment highlighted religious celebrations

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Juiced-up James Magnussen comes last at Enhanced Games

Mon, 25 May 2026 06:19:33 +0000

Gold swimsuit-clad Australian swimmer James Magnussen has finished last in his 100 metres freestyle race at the Enhanced Games. Plus, the government’s CGT reforms face changes, Dezi Freeman inquest gets underway, clear-air turbulence causes problems for Cathay Pacific, and Cheng Lei takes her memoir to the stage.

CGT changes to reach beyond tech sector, says PM

‘I had no choice’: Freeman’s chilling words after police shootings

Severe turbulence injures 10 on Cathay flight in a reminder of importance of seatbelts

Journalist Cheng Lei confronts China’s ‘culture of fear’ with her story

'Unprecedented' warning followed October 7 attacks

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Tracy Grimshaw's $500k 60 Minutes gig

Sun, 24 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Nine picks up a fifth 60 Minutes reporter from in-house on an old-school giant salary, while rumours fly about a State of Origin dream team reunion. That’s in today’s Media Diary - and editor Steve Jackson is on The Front with Claire.

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Read Steve Jackson’s Media Diary here.

Huge moves at Southern Cross Media as McWilliam becomes second biggest shareholder

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Kylie’s mic drop: Netflix blockbuster reveals the Minogue we never knew

Fri, 22 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Australia’s beloved singer is getting the Netflix documentary treatment, but Kylie MInogue waited until the very last minutes of the last episode to reveal the biggest news of all.

Kylie Minogue reveals secret second cancer diagnosis in new documentary and her IVF struggles

Kylie Minogue’s private family to finally appear on screen in new documentary

Kylie on entertainment industry: Would be nice not to be asked about your age

This episode of The Front was produced by Kristen Amiet and hosted by Claire Harvey, with editing by Lia Tsamoglou. Our theme is by Jasper Leak, and our team also includes Tiffany Dimmack and Joshua Burton.

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Iran moves to control more of the Strait of Hormuz

Fri, 22 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Information published by the newly established Persian Gulf Strait Authority suggests Iran is expanding its oversight of the Strait of Hormuz to the coastal territories of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Plus, the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission provides long-awaited guidance for single-sex spaces and Rome’s “hot priest” drops a bombshell.

Iran moves to expand Hormuz control into foreign waters

Single-sex spaces must be based on biological sex, UK rules

Hot priest is not priest? Papal pin-up is an immaculate deception

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The spine surgery that changed 12-year-old Oscar’s life

Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Today on The Front, a beautiful story about courage and love: a young boy with a powerful will to love, a mother’s devotion and the doctors and nurses in our public hospitals who make magic every single day.

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Inside the cutting-edge surgery that will change Oscar’s life for good

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King Charles alive and well after mistake radio death announcement

Thu, 21 May 2026 05:59:40 +0000

A British radio station has apologised for erroneously announcing King Charles III had died. Plus, economists warn of house price drop after tax reforms and a man who allegedly stole photography equipment from a victim of the Bondi terror attack is named.

Radio station apologises after mistakenly announcing King Charles’ death

Australian house prices set for major fall after budget tax changes, Morgan Stanley warns

Danny Ridley charged with stealing camera of Bondi terror attack victim Peter Meagher

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The furious army of young entrepreneurs coming for Albo

Wed, 20 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Young entrepreneurs are smashing up Anthony Albanese on social media, furious about his budget’s changes to capital gains tax, which they say punishes people who try to get ahead. The PM seems to think it’s funny, but this is no joke. Wealth editor Julieanne Sprague is here with her take on a fightback the Government didn’t see coming.

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Anthony Albanese answers flood of internet memes on CGT changes

Tech workers plan exodus as treasurer’s tax overhaul ‘assaults innovation’

Budget leak: Tax smack to hit every asset class

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Kylie’s secret second cancer battle

Wed, 20 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Kylie Minogue revealed she had a secret second battle with cancer in a new Netflix documentary. Plus, Chris Minns’ surprise attack on the federal government’s income tax policy and Arsenal’s historic English Premier League win.

Kylie Minogue reveals secret second cancer diagnosis in new documentary and her IVF struggles

Minns blasts Albanese government over bracket creep

Commentary by Greg Brown: Chris Minns gets the memo that Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers missed on income tax

Inside the methods that ended Arsenal’s 22-year wait for the Premier League title

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Shopping for a wife in China’s elite singles market

Tue, 19 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Love in today’s China can be hard to find - and some parents are taking matters into their own hands. Today, our correspondent Yoni Bashan reports from the marriage market, where the legacy of China’s infamous one-child policy is being felt in the disparity between highly educated, career-minded young women and men struggling to find a suitable match.

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No photos, laminated fact sheets, and desperate parents: Inside Shanghai’s stunted love market

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US delays Iran strikes following Gulf leaders’ pleas

Tue, 19 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The United States won’t launch fresh strikes on Iran after leaders from Gulf nations purportedly begged President Donald Trump to hold off. Plus, Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire sign with ARN and the government’s contentious tax reforms will take their time to get to parliament.

Trump says planned Iran attack on hold after Gulf leaders’ request

Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire unite for new ARN show

PM flags delay on drafting trusts tax grab

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Axeman's promise: Mark Butler vows 'no Robo-NDIS’

Mon, 18 May 2026 17:20:00 +0000

People with autism and other disabilities are living in fear over huge reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme - so how does it feel to be the man wielding the axe? Today, our reporter Sarah Ison joins us with the latest from the minister in charge of slicing 190 million dollars and 165,000 people out of the NDIS.

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NDIS growth jumps to 11.3 per cent in year

Family supports to be considered before NDIS funding granted

Budget 2026: NDIS savings set to hit $185bn

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Latham’s ex denies Richard White ‘insider trading’ allegations

Mon, 18 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The ex-girlfriend of maverick New South Wales politician Mark Latham has refuted claims she received insider trading tips from billionaire tech founder Richard White. Plus, Donald Trump’s latest White House renovation plans.

Mark Latham’s former partner Nathalie Matthews denies receiving insider trading tips from Richard White

Trump’s latest White House renovation plan: a helipad on the South Lawn

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Nine’s defiance over Ben Roberts-Smith doco

Sun, 17 May 2026 17:00:18 +0000

Underbelly and Blue Murder were taken down when court proceedings got under way - but Nine won’t budge on its Ben Roberts-Smith documentary Truth On Trial. Plus - how Seven surprised everyone - especially Media diarist Steve Jackson - by winning the ratings in the crucial evening news slot.

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Complex BRS case will test Defence

Seven’s Ray Kuka plots Nine’s demise

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Sex, smokes, and risky jokes: Why you couldn’t write Rivals today

Fri, 15 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Rivals is the smash-hit TV show that brought steamy sex and ‘80s style back to the small screen in a huge way. Ahead of its second season, our critics discuss why you couldn’t write it today – and what makes it different from other TV blockbusters like The White Lotus.

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Jilly Cooper’s Rivals review – all hail TV’s filthiest hit

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China ‘won’t supply weapons to Iran’: Trump

Fri, 15 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

US President Donald Trump claims his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping pledged not to supply weapons to Iran during bi-lateral meetings in China. Plus, a hidden federal budget tax and Delta Goodrem’s going to the Eurovision grand final.

‘We’re the hottest’: Trump denies US decline claim ahead of tea with Xi

Surprise ‘death tax’ buried in federal budget’s small print

‘Celine Dion with a bogan heart’: Delta Goodrem delivers historic Australian moment at Eurovision

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The watchdog who savaged Coles

Thu, 14 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Supermarket giant Coles misled consumers with fake discounts – although it didn’t unlawfully jack up its prices. That’s the verdict of the Federal Court in a big win for watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Now, the ACCC is coming after rival Woolies and grocery suppliers - so how will retailers react, and what will it mean for prices at the checkout? Our reporter Angelica Snowden is here.

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Coles misled shoppers with ‘Down Down’ discounts, Federal Court finds

How Australia’s biggest farmers allegedly rigged broccoli and lettuce prices

Woolworths executive tells court pricing rules stopped suppliers ‘gaming the system’

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Why Trump is best buddies with Xi Jinping now

Thu, 14 May 2026 06:29:47 +0000

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for high-stakes trade talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Plus, police allegations against Reza Adib are revealed and Anthony Albanese explains away his government’s tax changes.

Donald Trump meets Xi Jinping: US President’s high-stakes China talks

Surgeon Reza Adib faces court over rape allegations at Gold Coast apartment

PM denies junked election pledges were just 'political lines'

Coles misled shoppers with ‘Down Down’ discounts, Federal Court finds

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Call the King: UK PM Keir Starmer tries to save himself

Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:51 +0000

Sir Keir Starmer is holding onto his job – but only just. Dozens of Labour MPs have this week called on the UK’s PM to quit as party leader, but just as many have insisted he should stay – and that leaves Britain in a big old political mess.

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Pressure grows on UK's Starmer to quit as PM

UK continues its slide as Labour leadership saga drags on

Anthony Albanese warns British Labour against ousting Keir Starmer amid leadership crisis

After this ‘WTF moment’, Keir Starmer’s fate is out of his hands

Commentary by Greg Sheridan: Keir Starmer’s leadership in crisis after Labour election disaster, fuelling fears for Britain’s future

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Former NSW police boss to lead NT child protection review

Wed, 13 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Former New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb will lead a review of child protection in the Northern Territory, following the alleged abduction and murder of Kumanjayi Little Baby. Plus, Ivan Cleary quits the Panthers and Triguboff issues a warning on tax changes.

Former NSW police commissioner Karen Webb to lead NT child protection review

Four-time premiership-winning coach Ivan Cleary to leave Penrith Panthers

Property developer Harry Triguboff slams tax changes as ‘very bad’ for Australia

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How Labor will rake in the cash

Tue, 12 May 2026 10:10:38 +0000

Hundreds of billions in extra revenue - from cutting the NDIS and a suite of tax changes - will pay for a $250 gift to every worker plus create an election war-chest as Anthony Albanese positions Labor for the 2028 election. Today, our journos’ frank and funny take on Budget 2026.

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Every major announcement broken down

Oversold and underachieving: our snap verdicts

How Chalmers became the highest taxing treasurer of all time

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Pauline for PM? One Nation’s big plan

Tue, 12 May 2026 05:58:57 +0000

A One Nation-Liberal-Nationals coalition with whomever wins the most votes in charge: that’s Pauline Hanson’s big new idea to chuck Anthony Albanese out of office. Check out The Front’s afternoon headlines here.

Pauline Hanson calls on Angus Taylor to back One Nation if she wins more seats at the election

Forget the policies - for One Nation voters, it’s all the optics

Liberal Party faces terminal decline after catastrophic Farrer by-election loss

Hanson, Farage and Trump show centre-right must fight or die

After One Nation’s Farrer win, lobbyists are scrambling to sign up One Nation

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The journo who scooped everyone on today’s ‘crisis’ budget

Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The Australian’s economics editor Matthew Cranston understands the budget like nobody else, and is here with what to expect, and why Labor is going for broke on trusts, negative gearing and capital gains tax.

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Tax hikes, spending cuts: what we know so far about Budget 2026

Commentary by Matthew Cranston: Jim Chalmers is going for broke. Will we end up a poorer country?

Budget to offer tax relief for struggling businesses in Covid fix

Budget scoop: Jim Chalmers’ cash handouts for every working Australian

Taxman Jim Chalmers targets trusts for minimum levy

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ISIS brides to stay in jail over ‘slavery’ charges

Mon, 11 May 2026 05:58:29 +0000

Two women accused of buying and keeping a slave in Syria will remain in prison after delaying their bid to apply for bail. Plus, a netball mum who’s facing charges over alleged racist abuse of a Jewish under-12 girls’ team says she has no problem with Jews.

ISIS widows drop bid for freedom over alleged Yazidi slave trading

Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin told to ‘just deal with’ alleged antisemitic abuse at netball game

Tax hikes, spending cuts: what we know so far about Budget 2026

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Confusion reigns as radio giant ARN battles Kyle and Jackie O

Sun, 10 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Investors see cause for alarm at the annual general meeting of troubled broadcaster ARN. That’s in today’s Media Diary with Steve Jackson - along with a Greens senator’s Bananas in Pyjamas boast, and an amusing snafu at Tapt Media, formerly Nine Radio.

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Advertiser backlash at ARN post-Kyle and Jackie O

Steve Jackson’s Media Diary

DJ Lattouf drops the hammer on ABC chiefs

Audio clips: ABC, Network Seven

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The ultimate motherly act: a Swedish death clean

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

This Mother’s Day we’re looking at döstädning, or Swedish death cleaning - a system of decluttering before you die. Writer Charlotte Ree’s mother has adopted the practice and unearthed a trove of memories. But is the process the ultimate motherly act, or a little too confronting?

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ISIS brides behind bars after dramatic Australian return

Fri, 08 May 2026 06:34:44 +0000

A group of so-called ISIS brides will spend the weekend in police custody after returning to Australia from Syria. Plus, Anika Wells apologises for non-compliant taxpayer-funded travel expenses and Sir David Attenborough turns 100.

ISIS brides remanded in custody, bail application set for Monday

Wells repays $10k after 'four mistakes' in family travel claims

'She has paid back the money': PM backs 'very good minister'

Sir David Attenborough at 100: A life in pictures

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Push and shove as One Nation eyes its first big win

Thu, 07 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

One Nation’s on the brink of collecting its first federal lower house seat, and there’s been physical altercations at the polling booths already. Today, political editor Geoff Chambers on the very dramatic race for Farrer, the seat that’s up for grabs after the retirement of former Liberal leader Sussan Ley.

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Vacant Ley or valiantly: Libs still headed for defeat in Farrer by-election

One Nation makes accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith its poster boy for Farrer by-election

Nationals’ leader Matt Canavan ‘worried’ about country, not losing Farrer

Farrer candidate Michelle Milthorpe lent on Climate 200 donors for help with six-figure campaign costs

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Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘suicide note’ revealed

Thu, 07 May 2026 06:02:52 +0000

A suicide note purportedly written by the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein is unsealed by a US Federal judge. Plus today in The Front’s afternoon headlines, a new gas reservation policy for the east coast as the Government scrambles to ensure no more blackouts.

Judge unseals purported Epstein suicide note

New gas reservation policy welcomed by business

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How China shadow-banned Donald Trump

Wed, 06 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Roll out the red carpet and polish the golden chopsticks - Donald Trump is heading to Beijing. Beneath the glitz, there’s serious tension in this relationship, as China backs Iran, defies US sanctions and even stops its citizens reading books by or about The Donald. Our correspondent Yoni Bashan is here.

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As Donald Trump prepares to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, his political writings remain absent from China’s bookshelves

Commentary by Paul Kelly: Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have remade the world - can Australia keep up?

Minister orders investigation as three workers stood down in Kumanjayi Little Baby case

Vacant Ley or valiantly: Libs still headed for defeat in Farrer by-election

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ISIS brides to face arrest on return

Wed, 06 May 2026 06:02:26 +0000

The Australian Federal Police say they will be making arrests when so-called ‘ISIS brides’ finally return to Australia on Thursday. Plus, a man wearing a t-shirt depicting a Nazi symbol is moved on from the Antisemitism Royal Commission location, and Anthony Albanese announces big budget changes to Australia’s fuel reserves.

ISIS brides to be arrested upon arrival to Australia on Thursday

Swastika-wearing man moved on from commission site

Live blog: Bondi massacre inquiry: Virginia Bell Royal Commission public hearings day 3

Alleged Bondi shooter Naveed Akram is set to be hit with 19 new charges, including attempted murder

PM announces $10bn fuel security package

Trump pauses Project Freedom amid hopes for deal with Iran

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The reality of policing in Alice Springs

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

A week on from a shocking riot in Alice Springs, what are relations really like between police and Aboriginal people? Today, Liam Mendes joins us from the red centre, where he’s covering the sorry business for a five-year-old child, the justice process for the man accused of murdering her, and what relations are really like between cops and community in some of our most troubled communities.

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Man accused of murdering Kumanjayi Little Baby skips first court appearance

Court in 2024 ordered Kumanjayi Little Baby’s alleged killer Jefferson Lewis to live at her town camp

Sorry business must not stop debate on town camps, says Indigenous commissioner

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Albo’s $300 gift to every worker

Tue, 05 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Australian workers will receive what Treasurer Jim Chalmers is calling an ‘earned income offset’ of up to $300 in next week’s Federal budget. Plus, a Jewish man tells the Antisemitism Royal Commission police encouraged him to drop his complaint against the alleged perpetrator of an antisemitic attack.

Budget scoop: Jim Chalmers’ cash handouts for every working Australian

Reserve Bank lifts cash rate to 4.35pc as inflation pressures persist

Police 'encouraged' victim of antisemitic attack to drop case

Live blog: Bondi massacre inquiry: Virginia Bell royal commission public hearings day two live

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“I smell Jews”: Vile abuse on the school bus

Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

On day one of public hearings, the Royal Commission into antisemitism and social cohesion stamps its intention clearly: to identify and root out racist abuse of Jews - and not get distracted by semantics.

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Commissioner Virginia Bell calls for community recognition of dangers

Justice for the dead, freedom from the ‘worst of us’: Alex Ryvchin takes royal commission stand

Jewish Council wins role to challenge antisemitism definition at royal commission

One Nation makes accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith its poster boy for Farrer by-election

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Treasurer says property tax shake-up is the ‘right decision’

Mon, 04 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Labor will break an election promise if it follows through on changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions in next week’s federal budget. Plus, the PM says Australia and Japan are ‘closer than ever’ and public hearings in the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion get underway.

Jim Chalmers says winding back property tax concessions is the ‘right decision’

Commentary by Nick Cater: He helped create the problem, now Jim wants you to pay

PM tells Japanese counterpart 'alliance never stronger'

Takaichi says joint alliance with the US 'indispensable'

Commissioner Bell says hearings will examine 'sharp spike' in antisemitism

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A photographer risked his life for this shot. One media outlet won’t pay

Sun, 03 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

A war over copyright where the Daily Mail are not the villains for a change. A surprise hire at Network Seven and a new twist in the King versus Alan Jones - it’s all in today’s Media Diary. Steve Jackson is here.

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Steve Jackson’s Media Diary every Monday

ABC star Sarah Ferguson ‘executive producer’ of animal rights doco

A lifetime of journalism, reduced to a label

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Devil Wears Prada 2: Miranda Priestly flies economy?

Fri, 01 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The cast: Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Anne Hathaway. The brands: ALL of them. The result: The Devil Wears Prada 2, of course. But is the most anticipated movie event of the year more than the sum of its parts? The answer from our film critic Nikki Gemmell is a resounding yes, who laughed and cried during this “delicious” comedy.

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Vigilante rage in Alice Springs: Our reporter’s eyewitness account

Fri, 01 May 2026 07:05:28 +0000

A murdered child and a community wild for justice: that’s the explosive mix in Alice Springs, where our reporter Liam Mendes is on the story that’s broken Australians’ hearts.

NT chief restricts alcohol, boosts police as Little Baby’s family calls for calm

Riot erupts at hospital after vigilante group finds, beats Little Baby’s accused killer

Body of Kumanjayi Little Baby, 5, found days after alleged abduction from Alice Springs home

Commentary by Jacinta Nampijinpa Price: Tragic case of Kumanjayi Little Baby highlights a national disgrace

Alice Springs ‘hell hole’ town camp where girl was taken

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Bondi report urges more cops for Jewish gatherings

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Politicians should get counter-terror training, the gun buyback must be expedited and security should be amped-up for all ‘high-risk’ gatherings of the Jewish community. Today - where the interim report by Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell get us?

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Antisemitism royal commission interim report: Iran war heightens risk for Jews

Commentary by Geoff Chambers: Anthony Albanese can’t whitewash security failures exposed by Bell report

Commentary by Alex Ryvchin: Virginia Bell’s report findings a step in the right direction, but little has changed

Funding for counter-terrorism fell 'significantly', says Bell

Terror training for PM, national cabinet: Bell report

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Missing five-year-old girl’s body found in Alice Springs

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:57:17 +0000

Police say they have informed the family of a missing five-year-old Alice Springs girl that she has been found dead. The family has requested the child now be referred to as Kumanjayi Little Baby, in keeping with Aboriginal tradition. The girl was the niece of Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and was living in squalid conditions in an Alice Springs town camp. Plus, the mother of an accused double murderer to spend time in police custody after being charges laid, and LIV Golf’s uncertain future after Saudi funding is pulled.

Body of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby found in Alice Springs as police accuse fugitive Jefferson Lewis of murder

Jacinta Price reveals she is aunt of missing NT five-year-old

Alice Springs ‘hell hole’ town camp where girl was taken

Alleged killer cop’s mum makes legal move in court

Saudi Arabia pulls funding from LIV golf. Its star players face a painful road back

How the collapse of LIV Golf would affect Aussies stars Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Elvis Smylie

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How King Charles reeled in Donald Trump

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The Americans are falling all over King Charles and Queen Camilla, with politicians giving the King a dozen standing ovations during his address to Congress. Charles is on a charm offensive, while Donald Trump wars with British PM Keir Starmer and Charles’ son Prince Harry. So, is it working? Our royal expert Richard Ferguson is here.

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Trump, Charles trade jokes in White House dinner speeches

Charles warns against America 'turning inward'

Commentary by Joe Kelly: Charles to America: our alliance must evolve – AUKUS and shared values in a new era

Commentary by Jacquelin Magnay: King’s speech scripted by Starmer

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Inflation jump paves the way for more interest rate pain

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Inflation has jumped to its highest point since 2023, rising to 4.6 per cent in the year to March. Plus, a Californian judge blasts Meta’s “wilful ignorance” and Donald Trump hosts King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House.

Inflation jumps to 4.6pc sparking fears of another Reserve Bank rate rise

Inflation spike vindicates fuel excise cut: Treasurer

Meta accused of destroying evidence in billionaire Andrew Forrest’s court battle

Haute Couture, white tie and tails for state dinner

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Did the Secret Service fail Donald Trump?

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Top security experts say the President’s safety is in doubt after a third failed assassination attempt, and the incident in Washington DC has sparked a fresh debate in America - not about guns, but about whether comedians are the problem.

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Former Secret Service Deputy Director asks how a gunman reached security with weapons

Secret Service under scrutiny after gunman breaches perimeter at correspondents’ dinner

‘Sick guy who hates Christians’: Trump details manifesto behind assassination attempt

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Albo’s crackdown on Big Tech’s use of journalism

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese introduced draft legislation that would compel big tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay for their use of Australian news. Plus, alarm bells are ringing in the UK about the AUKUS submarine pact.

Government won’t profit from its levy on big tech, says federal Assistant Treasurer

Big tech must ‘step up’ on news deals, say media bosses

AUKUS submarine pact at risk from UK failings, parliamentary report warns

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Why is Prince Harry styling himself as a statesman?

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

He’s picked a fight with Donald Trump, embarked on an unsanctioned royal tour, and undermined one of his late grandmother’s last wishes. So what is Prince Harry playing at - and what will the Royals do about it? Today, we unpack the inner workings of Sussex, Inc with Associate Editor Jenna Clarke

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Harry angers Trump days before Charles visits the US

‘Always complain, never explain’: Meghan Markle’s new AI business shows her true colours

Commentary: Harry and Meghan down under put Hyacinth Bucket to shame

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King Charles’ US trip to go ahead in wake of attempted shooting

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:18:59 +0000

Officials said King Charles will visit the United States as scheduled this week after a man armed with knives and guns stormed a black-tie dinner where Donald Trump was a guest. Plus, the President pulls the plug on further peace talks with Iran in Pakistan.

Iran war, Trump shooting latest: President blasts ‘horrible’ reporter after shooter’s ‘pedophile, rapist’ manifesto claim aired

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Why do some diggers back Ben Roberts-Smith?

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:00:46 +0000

A couple of generations ago, Anzac Day was drifting into irrelevance. Now it’s Australia’s default national day - and the moral and physical dangers of battle are more present than ever. Jamie Walker has been speaking to veterans and widows about the meaning of Anzac today.

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Two brave women united by the hidden cost of war

Ben Roberts-Smith vows to take part in Anzac Day commemorations

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Australia’s top 25 TV shows from Blue Murder to Bluey

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Fast Forward or Frontline? Blue Murder or Bluey? A look at Australia’s top 25 TV shows: the hits, some misses and our persistent cultural cringe.

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Trump v Harry: President says prince ‘isn’t speaking for the UK’

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:15:23 +0000

Donald Trump responded to remarks by Prince Harry calling on America to “honour its international treaty obligations” in Ukraine. Plus, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson await judge’s decision on trial timing, and more diesel secured for Australia.

Harry angers Trump days before Charles visits the US

Kyle Sandilands’ behaviour ‘not nice’ but what ARN paid for, court told

Another 100m litres of diesel secured under new reserve powers

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Why Albo won’t be doing a gas tax

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

It’s the big idea of the moment - a gas tax to pay for big public costs like the NDIS. But - as Kevin Rudd found out - flashy new resource taxes are very risky, and this one would undermine Anthony Albanese’s attempts to shore up our fuel supplies. Associate Editor Eric Johnston is here.

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Trump ‘never asked’ for Australia’s help: Albo

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:11:05 +0000

Anthony Albanese has slapped down Donald Trump’s claim Australia failed to assist the United States in the Strait of Hormuz. Plus, the annual general meeting of energy giant Woodside descended into chaos and confusion, after a group of protesters crashed an address given by Chief Executive Liz Westcott - and Microsoft boss’ Australian AI ambitions.

PM confirms fuel supplies remain secure; Pentagon warns mine-clearing could take six months

Protesters storm stage to disrupt Woodside AGM and new CEO’s appearance

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella unleashes $25bn supercomputing blitz in Australia

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Who’ll be first to get booted from the NDIS?

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

160,000 people will be kicked off the National Disability Insurance Scheme in a crackdown the Government says is essential to fix a chaotic free-for-all criminal magnet. But can Labor get this reform through Parliament? And how do we look after the most vulnerable while stopping the rot?

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Disability groups, business seek more details about NDIS overhaul

‘We got it wrong’ Labor $1bn change to contentious home-care policy

Western Sydney confirmed as Australia’s epicentre for NDIS fraud and misconduct

The scammers, thieves, and abusers uncovered working inside $50bn NDIS as crackdown reveals system failures

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Sandilands’ on-air spray at ARN exec

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:59:21 +0000

Sacked radio host Kyle Sandilands claimed an executive of the ARN radio network would be, quote, “gone in eight months” in an explosive on-air rant. Plus, Sir Keir Starmers MPs distance themselves over Mandelson scandal.

Shock jock Kyle Sandilands launched explosive spray at boss

Allies distance themselves from Starmer as scandal grows

NDIS overhaul: All NDIS participants to be reassessed with Labor to slash scheme by 160,000 people

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The kids’ video games inspired by ISIS and Nazis

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

If you have kids in your life, they’re playing Roblox - and they’ve probably been exposed to contact with strangers, ultra-violent material and maybe content that glorifies the Nazis and ISIS. Today - the federal Government’s launching a war on Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite and Steam to force them to protect children.

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Trans doctor at centre of UK legal stoush registered as ‘female’ in NSW

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

A transgender doctor at the centre of a costly legal battle in the UK has been registered as female by Australia’s medical regulator. Plus, Xi Jinping calls for passage through Strait of Hormuz to be restored and Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO.

Trans doctor Beth Upton at centre of UK dispute now working in Australia

China's Xi calls for normal Hormuz passage

Vance set to depart for talks as Iranians stall: report

Apple hardware executive John Ternus to become CEO after Tim Cook steps down

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Jordan Peterson’s ‘catastrophic’ injury from psychiatric drugs

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:25:26 +0000

A world-famous academic disappears from public life - and Jordan Peterson’s daughter revealed has a "catastrophic" neurological injury. Plus, Treasurer Jim Chalmers warns that Australia's economy is now "hostage" to decisions made by the White House and Tehran, and Barnaby Joyce brushes off One Nation’s Newspoll slump.

Jordan Peterson’s daughter reveals psychologist has ‘catastrophic’ medication-related neurological injury

Australia ‘hostage’ to US-Iran war with potentially ‘severe’ consequences, warns Jim Chalmers

Sean Black saga to blame for One Nation’s stumble in polls: Barnaby Joyce

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The beloved Australian treats getting jammed

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Beloved Australian ginger beer maker Bundaberg Brewed Drinks is watching costs soar thanks to the Iran war, and - like many suppliers - it’s being told by Woolworths it can’t raise shelf prices. Coles is offering struggling dairy farmers extra payments, but the regulator is breathing down both supermarkets’ necks. Someone has to pay - is it going to be shoppers?

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Australian suppliers warn of collapse as they push Coles, Woolworths for price rises

Woolworths tells suppliers price hikes are not the answer as requests roll in

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Russell Crowe brings out the Beast

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Beast - the new MMA melodrama co-written by Russell Crowe that grabbed our film critic Nikki Gemmell “by the balls” is a wild Port Kembla ride. With plenty of biff and a big heart, Beast is part of a promising new chapter in Australian film.

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Ben Roberts-Smith bailed in Sydney

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:28:18 +0000

Ben Roberts-Smith will walk free from Sydney’s Silverwater prison on Friday afternoon, after he was granted bail at the Downing Centre Local Court. Plus, leaders meet to discuss the Strait of Hormuz and Federal police up charges against a Sydney childcare worker.

Ben Roberts-Smith wins freedom ahead of war crimes trial

Starmer and Macron to lead talks on Strait of Hormuz

War 'going swimmingly', should be 'ending soon': Trump

Lebanon accuses Israel of breaking ceasefire: report

‘Worst nightmare’: 137 abuse charges hit Sydney childcare worker

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How oil from Iran and Russia gets into our fragile fuel supply chain

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

As a spectacular refinery fire heaps pressure on the Government to amp up its emergency fuel response, we take a close look at the complex, shaky global supply chain that passes through some very unsavoury places on its way to the Asian refineries that provide most of our petrol, diesel and aviation fuel.

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Viva Energy refinery blaze threatens to disrupt national fuel supply

Geelong refinery fire exposes critical weakness in Australia’s fuel security

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Refinery blaze threatens fragile fuel supply

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:02:52 +0000

Australia’s fuel supply could be disrupted for months after a blaze erupted at one of the nation’s two domestic oil refineries. Plus, the Albanese government secures diesel shipments, Iran’s new Red Sea threat, and NSW’s highest court strikes down post-Bondi protest laws.

Viva Energy refinery blaze threatens to disrupt national fuel supply

Acrid smell of gas and oil: Inside the Viva energy hub explosions

Viva refinery fire threatens Australian Defence Force fuel and anti-sniffing petrol supply

Albanese reveals Asian diesel commitment

Tehran threatens global oil shock as US naval blockade tightens

Post-Bondi protest laws struck down by court

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Sussex Inc: The money-making ‘Royal Tour’ cashes in

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The Queen said a firm ‘no’ to Meghan and Harry’s half-in, half-out royal-commercial model. They’re doing it anyway, with yoga, a Masterchef appearance, and speeches about ‘leading with vulnerability. Plus, why journalists were rejected from Meghan’s ‘girls’ retreat’ in Sydney. Associate editor Jenna Clarke joins us.

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Vintage Prince Harry reminds us who the real star of the Sussex show is

Harry and Meghan begin Australia tour with warm welcome in Melbourne

Harry and Meghan down under put Hyacinth Bucket to shame

‘Don’t wait until you’re lying on the floor’; Harry’s advice to new dads

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Rinehart, Rio Tinto ordered to pay millions in royalties

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has been ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to her father’s former business associates. Mining giant Rio Tinto was also ordered to pay royalties from the Hope Downs iron ore deposits, as well interest and legal costs, to Wright Prospecting and DFD Rhodes.

In a statement, Hancock Prospecting Executive Director Jay Newby said the company “welcomes the WA Supreme Court decision which decisively confirms HPPL’s rightful ownership of these tenements firmly rejecting the baseless ownership claims of John [Hancock], Bianca [Rinehart] and Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd in their entirety”.

Gina Rinehart’s children, John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart, sought shares in the multibillion-dollar East Angleas iron ore deposits.

“The court found that these tenements belong to HPPL exclusively,” Newby said.

Plus, police investigate Katy Perry sexual assault allegations, and the US Navy intercepts tankers near Iran.

Gina Rinehart ordered to pay hundreds of millions in royalties in landmark decision

Katy Perry being investigated by Victoria Police over Ruby Rose sex assault claim

US intercepts eight tankers trying to leave Iranian ports

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‘Admiral Hollywood’ and Australia’s giant military shakeup

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:00:59 +0000

Straight-talking new defence boss Mark Hammond got his start scrubbing decks as a junior sailor in the Royal Australian Navy - and now faces the huge challenge ahead: getting Australia’s military ready for the new age of asymmetrical warfare focused on drones. Foreign Affairs and Defence Correspondent Ben Packham is here.

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‘Hollywood Hammond’ warned of war, now he’s ADF chief

ALP learns war lessons: extra billions for drones

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Qantas to slash flights and lift prices

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Qantas is slashing flights and lifting prices, and will suspend several regional routes - in its response to the fuel crisis triggered by the war in Iran. Plus, Iran’s nuclear offer, and Harry and Meghan arrive in Melbourne.

Qantas braces for $500m profit hit as soaring fuel prices force flight cuts

Iran offered five-year nuclear pause, US wanted 20: report

Harry and Meghan touch down in Melbourne

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Gout Gout: the teenager thriving on our unrealistic expectations

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

He runs 19.67 in the 200m and is two years ahead of schedule for Olympic glory - and Queensland sprint star Gout Gout, who’s only just finished high school, is honing his skill for bouncing back from knocks. Sportswriter Will Swanton is here to discuss why this teenage hope-of-the-nation is loving the pressure.

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‘Yeah, baby! Let’s go!’ Gout delivers the masterpiece we’ve all waited for

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We're ready for the Gulf, says new defence boss

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Anthony Albanese announced Vice Admiral Mark Hammond as Chief of the Defence Force, and Hammond said the Navy is ready and able to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz if requested by the United States.

Anthony Albanese appoints Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, as new defence chief

Warships await strait’s battle of the blockades

Trump blasts Pope, NATO, says Iran 'in very bad shape'

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Jackie O’s claim - and why Chris Bowen fell into Liam Bartlett’s trap

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Busted-up radio duo Kyle and Jackie O will appear in court on the same day, Steve Jackson reveals today. Plus, how Seven’s Liam Bartlett successfully got cranky Energy Minister Chris Bowen dancing to his tune. Jacko is with us for all the latest Media Diary news.

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Jackie O claims bosses ignored her cries for help

Which Nine stars will follow Stefanovic to ARN?

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The hot Mossad spy drama Hedley Thomas is hooked on

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

It’s the show Hedley Thomas and wife Ruth Mathewson can agree on: Apple TV’s Tehran - the spy thriller with a big human heart. The action is relentless, the protagonist gorgeous, and the storylines are eerily reflective of events playing out in the Middle East conflict.

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Israel, Lebanon to negotiate on Hezbollah disarmament

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:27:04 +0000

Israel will negotiate directly with Lebanon about disarming the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah, with representatives to meet in Washington for talks next week. Plus, a key deadline in the Gaza peace deal looms.

Trump warns Iran against tolls in Strait of Hormuz; Israel to start talks with Lebanon

Hamas refuses to hand over weapons as deadline looms

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Trump didn’t chicken out. But did he make Iran stronger than ever?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Absurd, ridiculous, insane, offensive, fantastical - and that’s just Donald Trump’s words. As for his actions, our Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan reckons Trump has miscalculated, alienated his allies, strengthened Iran’s evil regime - and is now starting to look like a pirate himself.

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Shootin’ starts again if no deal

Scepticism aside, it’s difficult to see a strategic triumph here for the West

Donald Trump’s clearest Iran pitch was still full of contradictions

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Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal bid dismissed by High Court

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:47:05 +0000

An application by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann for special leave to appeal the outcome of his defamation action against Network Ten has been thrown out by the High Court. Plus, a fledgeling ceasefire deal between the US and Iran is on shaky ground.

Bruce Lehrmann suffers crushing court blow as High Court knocks back appeal on Brittany Higgins defamation findings

Iran offers alternative route to Hormuz ships; PM unveils deal for more petrol, says truce must include Lebanon

Trump weighs punishing certain NATO countries over lack of Iran war support

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Is Canva actually profitable?

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

A nasty surprise for digital disruptors as the AI revolution sideswipes companies like Canva, which themselves helped transform the economy and wipe out whole categories of work. So - is Canva actually making money? And can it survive the giant shift in tech?

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Canva’s $1 billion losses over three years

The List: Australia’s Richest 250 (2026 edition)

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Strait of Hormuz to reopen as US, Iran make a deal

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:08:03 +0000

The Strait of Hormuz will reopen for two weeks as Iran agreed to a ceasefire deal on Wednesday – but the regime warned it’s a temporary pause in hostilities, not a permanent end to the war. Plus, Gina Rinehart lashes Ben Roberts-Smith arrest and Commonwealth lawyers seek more time on Naveed Akram brief of evidence.

Ceasefire doesn’t cover Lebanon, says Netanyahu; PM attacks Trump’s apocalyptic rhetoric

Gina Rinehart slams prosecutors over BRS war crimes charges

Lawyers need more time to review ‘voluminous’ evidence against Naveed Akram

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Is Twiggy Forrest secretly negotiating world peace?

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:18 +0000

Australians know him as the affable mining billionaire Twiggy - but is Andrew Forrest living a double life as a top-level diplomatic powerbroker? Our North Asia correspondent, Yoni Bashan, spent a while at the court of King Twiggy and joins us to discuss this charming, confounding character.

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Moving beyond mining, Andrew Forrest is trying to broker peace between superpowers

Fossil fuels a ‘weapon of war’ Forrest warns global CEOs at the the China Development Forum

Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest takes aim at powerful Beijing-backed entity battling with BHP

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The arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:46:04 +0000

A Victoria Cross recipient who has always denied being a war criminal has been arrested over five alleged war crimes murders, including two he’s accused of committing himself. Today - the case against Ben Roberts-Smith, and how he will defend himself.

Roberts-Smith faces life in prison if convicted

War crimes prosecutors will face challenges convicting Ben Roberts-Smith

Hanson: I won’t abandon BRS

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Inside Iran’s secret underground ‘military cities’

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Only now is it becoming clear how Iran has survived the combined might of the US and Israeli military for over a month: cast underground tunnel systems, packed with fuel, drones and missiles. Our reporter Shokoofeh Azar is here.

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Revealed: Iran’s secret missile ‘megacities’ that are ‘built for war’

Open the Strait: Trump’s foul-mouthed warning

Inside story of US colonel’s incredible rescue behind enemy lines

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Seal Team Six’s incredible Iran rescue of stranded US colonel

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:39:43 +0000

The war in Iran has yielded its most dramatic survival story yet, with the United States pulling off a high-stakes rescue mission for a fighter jet crew member who was shot down by Iranian forces.

US aviator has been rescued

How elite US forces survive behind enemy lines

Trump’s foul-mouthed threat to Iran

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A young woman’s quest for motherhood

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Parents are busy hiding them, kids want all of them. But for author Charlotte Ree, she’s freezing them. It’s Easter and we’re talking about eggs - and how these little ovoid shapes can take on a whole different meaning to single women in their 30s.

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Plans by Bahrain, Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in the works

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:01:33 +0000

The UN Security Council will this weekend vote on a bid by Bahrain to use “defensive” force in the Strait of Hormuz. Plus, part of Blake Lively’s claim against Justin Baldoni is dismissed and property prices wane.

UN Security Council to vote on authorising force in Hormuz

Iran drafts plan with Oman to charge ships for Strait of Hormuz passage

Bowen delivers update on petrol station shortages

Blake Lively’s harassment claim against Justin Baldoni dismissed, but the trial goes on

Sydney and Melbourne to lead housing downturn as interest rate rises spook buyers

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Iran war a ‘decisive, overwhelming victory’ – but still no clear end date after Trump address

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:16:30 +0000

Donald Trump has declared the war with Iran a, quote, “decisive, overwhelming victory”, and says America’s objectives in the Middle East are nearing their conclusion.

Donald Trump says US objectives in Iran ‘nearing completion’ in address to Americans

Premiers strike deal to turn GST windfall into petrol cut

Alleged Bondi shooter Naveed Akram’s bid to hide family’s identity denied by judge

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Big AI wants Australia’s creativity - for free

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The promise of ultra-productive workplaces fuelled by AI giants and big data centres is very tempting for government - but in return, AI companies want a copyright law change to allow them to hoover up art, music, Indigenous heritage, architecture and pretty much everything else for free.

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Labor signs MoU with AI giant Anthropic that wants Aussie creatives’ work for free

What Anthropic really wants from Australia

AI giant Anthropic says 'exploring' Australia data centre investments

‘Days ahead won’t be easy’: Anthony Albanese addresses the nation on the Iran War fuel crisis

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Trump to world: Sort out your own oil supply

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:55:26 +0000

Two weeks, and the US is out of the Iran war: that’s Donald Trump’s blunt message. So why are there 50,000 US military personnel in the Middle East? Plus, sources say slain fugitive Dezi Freeman was shot more than 20 times in a dramatic shootout with police.

UAE willing to join the war; Albanese to address the nation on Iran crisis

Is Trump planning a ground invasion on Good Friday?

Dezi Freeman looked like ‘Swiss cheese’ after police shot him 20 times

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Vaping causes cancer - so why can’t young people quit?

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

New research shows e-cigarettes likely cause lung and oral cancers, and scientists are urging vapers to quit now instead of waiting for disease to develop. What does it mean for Big Tobacco and the new generation of vapers?

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Human biomarkers already showing vapes likely cause cancer, study finds

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Radio nightmare: Jackie O launches her own lawsuit

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:58:17 +0000

She’s supposed to be a star witness for broadcaster ARN in its dispute with fallen star Kyle Sandilands - but now Jackie ‘O’ Henderson is taking Fair Work action against the company, seeking $82 million.

Jackie ‘O’ sues ARN for $82m

Trump tells aides he's willing to end war without reopening Hormuz

Make-up empire Mecca fined nearly $600,000 for lodging late financial reports

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Put down that fuel can: Albo’s here to help

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

A $2.6 billion taxpayer-funded fuel crisis ‘solution’ sees Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese flick the switch to spending - but does anyone believe the Government can stop the panic? And why aren’t we rationing fuel?

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Deeper reading: Calls to avoid ‘nanny state’ solutions

The Premier who wants to tap ‘sea of oil’

More analysis from Geoff Chambers

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Dezi Freeman’s dead: everything we know

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:13:32 +0000

A cop-killer shot dead while brandishing a dead officer’s gun: the dramatic end to ‘sovereign citizen’ Dezi Freeman’s violent life.

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‘Coward’ Dezi Freeman shot dead by police

Inside the hunt for a man on the run

From the archive: Why our journo always believed Freeman was alive

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Kyle vs Jackie O: the courtroom face-off

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson will be called as a witness to claim that Kyle Sandilands subjected her to a prolonged campaign of bullying and harassment - an allegation Sandilands will strongly deny. Steve Jackson’s here with the scoop - plus networks Seven and Nine fight legal claims by their own staff.

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Audiences abandon ABC as repeats replace nightly news

Explosive full details of Sandilands’ claim

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Iran’s $3 billion secret art bunker

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

It’s like something out of Indiana Jones - art curators scrambling to save priceless artworks as bombs rain down. When it comes to casualties of war, the most confronting are human, but what about the cultural soul of a nation, with collections valued into the billions also being in the firing line?

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Sandilands ‘traumatised’ by ARN axing

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:04:12 +0000

Sacked radio superstar Kyle Sandilands is seeking to fast-track his legal action against ARN after it tore up his 100 million dollar contract. Plus, the Pentagon weighs sending ground troops to the Middle East and a landmark ruling against Meta and Google.

Sandilands arrives for court showdown with ARN

Pentagon weighs sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East

Facebook owner Meta, Google to appeal ruling it was negligent in harming children

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The quiet power of our female billionaires

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Our richest men are loud and proud with their opinions about government policy and everything else. But why, when we have record numbers of female billionaires, aren’t the women as prominent?

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Find this year’s list at richest250.com.au

Gina Rinehart leads the 37 women who control $140bn of Australian wealth

Inside the secretive empire of White Fox founders and their $429m fashion phenomenon

New billionaire Pamela Wall’s plans to give away her entire Codan fortune

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Bondi hero given ‘key to the city’ – and free parking for life

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:04:49 +0000

Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed an alleged gunman at Bondi Beach on December 14, has been given ‘keys to the city’. Plus, growers’ dire fertiliser warning and Qantas puts the big planes to work as Euro summer approaches.

‘Desperately short’: fertiliser the new fuel as farm crisis hits

Qantas adds 1400 seats to Europe by swapping planes on US and domestic routes

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The plastic billionaires forced to make everything more expensive

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

You can’t make plastic without resins derived from oil - and now the Iran war is making resin scarcer and much more expensive. That means (you guessed it) the price of everything that comes in plastic - so, everything - is about to go up. Our retail expert Eli Greenblat is here.

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Global packaging crisis threatens to drive up cost of everyday essentials

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Can Japan save us from a fuel crisis?

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:43:19 +0000

Japan’s ambassador to Australia suggested a fuel-for-LNG swap could be on the cards if Australia’s supplies dwindle. Plus, a former Cannon-Brookes executive denies misconduct and ABC staff walk off the job.

Japanese ambassador signals fuel-for-LNG swap to secure Australia’s energy supply

Fuel rationing not on government's agenda: Bowen

Executive denies leaking data, claims he was directed by Annie Cannon-Brookes

ABC staff strike across Australia, forcing flagship news programs off air

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How Pauline Hanson transformed herself

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

She says she’s still the same - but One Nation’s Pauline Hanson has shifted her persona, policies and language to meet the moments. Dennis Shanahan is here for a conversation full of unexpected laughs.

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Hanson lands $100,000 pay increase and demands doubling of staff

Pauline Hanson demands more staff after $100,000 pay rise from minor party status

Climate change department and large-scale renewable projects on Pauline Hanson’s post-SA hit list

Pauline Hanson hasn’t changed, the times have caught up

Matt Canavan may be the right’s greatest threat to One Nation

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Air traffic controller’s anguish after fatal Air Canada crash

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 05:08:03 +0000

Details are emerging about how an Air Canada passenger plane collided with a fire truck at one of America’s busiest airports. Plus, ARN’s share price plunges amid Sandilands court claim and Witkoff sets off for talks with Iran.

What happened at LaGuardia Airport? How the Air Canada crash unfolded

Full details of Kyle Sandilands’ $100m deal with ARN laid bare as explosive legal battle erupts

Witkoff travels to Pakistan for Iran talks as Trump delays strikes, says Tehran wants to make a deal

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What is Trump's exit ramp from Iran?

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:00:02 +0000

As Donald Trump says he’s negotiating an end to the war, what does victory look like? Our Washington, DC correspondent Joe Kelly is here.

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Escalation alarm bells as US President’s campaign teeters on brink of economic catastrophe

Democrats gear-up for fight over $200bn Iran war funding request

The case for an Iranian ‘imminent threat’ to America is unravelling

The contradiction at the heart of ‘America First’

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Qantas boss says ‘not a single flight cut’ due to fuel shortages

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson told staff the airline hasn’t cancelled a single flight as a result of fuel shortages. Plus, Bluesfest ticket holders may get their money back and The Australian crunches the numbers on who’s really voting for One Nation.

Qantas reassures passengers it has no plans to cancel flights over fuel crisis

Bluesfest 2026 collapse: PayPal announces special refund exception for ticket holders

Data reveals low income and education levels fuelled One Nation’s SA election surge

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Kyle and Jackie O are on the same side now

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The greatest gamble in radio history could blow up in the faces of ARN bosses - plus, why is the star of Jacketgate, Nine veteran Amber Sherlock, taking aim at the network that employed her for two decades?

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Timothee Chalamet is right about opera and ballet, isn't he?

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

A frank remark - a global pile-on - and a lost Oscar. Today, the story of Gen Z superstar Timothee Chalamet and some very angry performers. Richard Ferguson is here.

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Albanese’s mosque visit ‘incredibly positive’, despite hecklers

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were called “genocide supporters” by members of the Stand4Palestine group as they attended a prayer service at Lakemba mosque on Friday. Plus, Ampol puts maintenance plans on hold and Peaky Blinders comes to an end.

PM says reception at Sydney mosque 'incredibly positive'

Randa Abdel-Fattah slams Muslim event organisers for inviting PM, Bourke to Lakemba mosque

Ampol delays Brisbane refinery shutdown to boost fuel supplies amid Iran war

Tommy Shelby returns in a finale so good it should be a crime

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Billionaire disrupters get a taste of their own medicine

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The List: Australia’s Richest 250 has landed for another year – and some of Australia’s tech titans have taken a tumble worth billions.

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Tech billionaires lose $35bn as AI threat shakes up Australia’s Richest 250 list

Meet the 29 new names joining Australia’s most exclusive billionaires club

Richest 250 are building empires in silence as they shun ASX for private wealth

Jim Chalmers delivers pre-budget reckoning on the nation’s productivity and migration goals

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Why Qantas’ fares are taking off

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:41:57 +0000

Flights are five per cent up already and there’s likely more to come. Plus, bracing for tropical cyclone Narelle - and why Donald Trump is threatening to blow up a gas field.

Qantas airfares could rise amid fortnightly price reviews

Category five Cyclone Narelle bears down on Queensland for first direct hit in a century

Trump vows to destroy Iran gas field if Qatar plant hit again

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What’s next for Kyle Sandilands?

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Kyle Sandilands says he won’t go down without a legal fight after his multimillion-dollar contract was torn up. He claims he’ll take his former employer, ARN, to court – then what?

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‘Everyone is absolutely safe’: Australian air base targeted by Iranian projectile

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:52:43 +0000

An Australian air base in the United Arab Emirates was targeted by an Iranian projectile. Plus, White Fox founders make their Richest 250 debut and an acclaimed chef’s grim coffee prediction.

Australian air base in UAE targeted

Inside the secretive empire of White Fox founders and their $429m fashion phenomenon

Neil Perry’s grim $12 coffee warning amid recession fears

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Superstar chef Neil Perry's beef with Ozempic

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Neil Perry, the restaurateur behind Sydney gems Gran Torino and Margaret, plus Qantas’ menu guru, says he’ll never stop making beautiful food for people who love to eat, in spite of the Ozempic craze.

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More mortgage pain for Australian homeowners

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 05:50:32 +0000

The Reserve Bank raised the cash by a quarter of a percent on Tuesday, taking it to 4.1 per cent. Plus, Bowen calls petrol panic-buying ‘un-Australian’, Naveed Akram back in court, and Grace Tame is lashed by Israel’s Australian embassy.

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From Iranian jail to reporting on the Lionesses - our journo’s incredible story

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

What fate awaits the Lionesses who are returning to Iran? Iranian-Australian journalist Shokoofeh Azar is hoping for the best – that the women will be forced into a humiliating public confession - but won’t be imprisoned, tortured or executed.

Shookofeh has personal experience of how the Islamic Republic treats women. After several arrests and stints in prison in Iran, Shookofeh came to Australia on a people-smuggling vessel, via Christmas Island - a path many Iranians have taken in their desperation to be free. Now, she works for The Australian.

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Bombed, afraid, defiant: Iranian voices from the war

Sexual torture, Koran beatings: the horrors women face in Iran’s prisons

Amid regime repression, Iranians are so angry they can’t feel fear

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An Oscar win we can all sing along to

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:41:22 +0000

Golden - the huge girl-power anthem from KPop Demon Hunters - is officially Best Song at the 98th Academy Awards. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another was the night's major victor, while Australian nominees Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi went home without a statue. Plus, Donald Trump’s latest warning over the Strait of Hormuz.

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Hunting out a hermit billionaire

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Crypto-currency titan - and occasional astronaut - Russell Wilson has an incredible story of bouncing back from a multi-million dollar fraud committed against his company CoinSpot. But when we tried to track him down for The List: Australia’s Richest 250, Wilson proved elusive - which made us even more intrigued.

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Why are Oscar-nominated films such a slog these days?

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

If you love movies as escapist art, you might find the Monday’s Oscars ceremony a bit tedious. Today, our cheat’s guide to the movies vying for Best Picture – and a flashback to when movies used to be … fun.

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Missing Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly ‘in a coma’

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was reportedly gravely injured in a strike during the Middle East conflict. Plus, Qantas settles a covid legal challenge for $105m and Bluesfest bites the dust.

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How we made the smash-hit Sick to Death podcast

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Two years, 500 gigabytes of audio, and more than 200 voice actors. The Australian’s podcast adaptation of Hedley Thomas’ best-selling book Sick to Death is nearing its conclusion. It’s the story of the havoc wrought on the Queensland medical system by the incompetent surgeon Jayant Patel 20 years ago – and there’s still more to come.

Today, Hedley and our production team get together to discuss this epic project – and why it still resonates in 2026.

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Atlassian blames AI for sacking 1600 staff

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:23:19 +0000

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is shedding 10 per cent of Atlassian’s workforce. Also today in The Front’s afternoon headlines, Australia will lower stringent sulphur standards in petrol and diesel to increase fuel supply to the regions. That’s as the International Energy Agency agrees to the biggest ever release of emergency public oil stocks - but jittery markets are already sending prices up, not down. Plus, what now for the Bondi Royal Commission?

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Luke Skywalker vs Barnaby Joyce: the Nats’ new hope

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

45-year-old economist Matt Canavan, once the apprentice to Barnaby Joyce, takes the fight for regional Australia to One Nation and his old master. Dennis Shanahan - who routinely shredded the National Party’s ‘stupid’ ex-leader David Littleproud, says it’s at last a proper fight.

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Petrol panic: a new plan to release millions of barrels of oil

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:01:10 +0000

Should the world release public emergency oil supplies to deal with wildly fluctuating oil prices, diesel shortages and petrol station queues? Plus - two more Iranian soccer representatives seek asylum.

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The agonising choice of Iran’s soccer heroines

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Go home to war and oppression - or live in fear for your family’s life: that’s the terrible dilemma faced by Iran’s women’s soccer team. Today we go inside their incredible bid for freedom, and explore what happens next with Asia-Pacific correspondent Amanda Hodge.

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King heckled over Andrew at Westminster Abbey

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:06:25 +0000

Why republican protesters are demanding answers from King Charles - plus, Australia’s missiles are rerouted to the Middle East, and Donald Trump’s latest declaration on Operation Epic Fury. That’s all in today’s afternoon headlines from theaustralian.com.au

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Did Jackie O give herself a nasty surprise?

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

As one half of radio’s warring superstar duo lawyers up, the other says everyone’s got it all wrong. Media Diary editor Steve Jackson is here with the latest Kyle and Jackie O drama, plus an ABC reporter’s very sweary outing on social media - and is Karl Stefanovic an anti-vaxxer now?

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Iranians chant ‘Death to Mojtaba’ at new Supreme Leader

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khameini, the hardline son of the assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei, is elevated in Iran thanks to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Today in The Front’s headlines edition: the immediate crises on his desk, from ballistic missiles to fury from Iran's Gulf neighbours.

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Israelis scoff chips and chocolate as the missiles rain down

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Iran has reneged on a promise to stop attacking its neighbours and assaulted the Gulf states with an array of drones and missiles - that’s as the US indicates the war is nowhere near over. Today, our correspondent in the Middle East, Yoni Bashan, is here to talk about the mood in Israel as this war widens. Spoiler - it involves a lot of chocolate.

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Sherlock Holmes, action hero

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:00:08 +0000

A new generation of the Fiennes family is taking on the most-adapted role in entertainment, with Hero Fiennes Tiffin playing Young Sherlock in Amazon Prime’s new series, directed by Guy Ritchie with all the British director’s characteristic fast-moving smart-talking attitude. Today, we rate this Gen Z take on the 1870s Holmes origin story.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels ‘ready to strike’

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

In a televised speech, Houthi rebels leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said the Iran-backed proxy militia had their “fingers on the trigger, ready to respond at any moment, should developments warrant it”.

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Is the Iran war legal? Does it matter?

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The White House compares Operation Epic Fury to the video game Call of Duty. Pete Hegseth says ‘no mercy’. Should any of that make us squeamish? And can the Iranian people possibly pull a secular democracy out of the rubble? Greg Sheridan is here.

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US boasts of ‘punching Iran while it’s down’

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:39:15 +0000

War secretary Pete Hegseth goes on the offensive, saying Operation Epic Fury is not a fair fight - and America will show no mercy. Also in The Front’s afternoon headlines, more stranded Australians make their way home from the Gulf.

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Read more of our coverage on the Middle East:

Carney trip long on symbolism, short on substance

If at first you don’t succeed, die, die again

Decisive, devastating and without mercy: Hegseth’s update on crushing Iran

Canadian PM Mark Carney urges new ‘trusted coalitions’ across critical minerals, defence, AI

Iran regime removal will cut global antisemitism, Ryvchin says

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Inside Kyle and Jackie O’s $200m bust-up

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

After years of laughing along, the highest-earning woman in media finally gets sick of her loudmouth co-star’s antics and walks away. But what’s really fuelling the drama - and why are their bosses secretly delighted?

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Iran’s ‘new leader’ is the Ayatollah’s son

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:27:27 +0000

Reports are emerging that the so-called Assembly of Experts has elected a new supreme leader: Motjabah Khameini, the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khemenei.

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Can Iran really close the Persian Gulf?

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Iranian rockets on one side, Houthi terrorists on the other - the Arabian peninsula has suddenly become the flashpoint we all need to know about, because its waterways determine everything from petrol and grocery prices to inflation bills and when your new sofa is going to arrive. But is this a real threat - and when will everything go back to normal? Chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart is here. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel.

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How Donald Trump rewrote the rules of war with his Iran campaign

Defence taskforce on standby for Middle East evacuations

Trump defends his record and vows to overcome tariff setback in fiery speech

Cameron Stewart: How Israel’s enemies helped it dominate the Middle East

Asian economies brace for deep economic pain as Iran war threatens oil supply

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When will flights go back to normal?

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

As the Gulf airlines - Etihad, Emirates and Qatar - reel from Iranian attacks across the Persian Gulf, travellers and expats are stranded and looking for answers. Today - what’s causing the uncertainty, and the scenarios that could see the chaos stretch for months or years.

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The ruthless brilliance of John Howard, with Paul Kelly

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

From wearing a bulletproof vest to the ‘We will decide who comes to this country’ speech, John Howard’s prime ministership, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, had mistakes and triumphs aplenty - and today Australia’s most experienced political journo, Paul Kelly, is here to reflect on today’s lessons from a remarkable story of leadership. Watch this episode on our YouTube channel.

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Australians stranded in Middle East as main evacuation route collapses

‘Several’ US fighter jets crash in Kuwait amid Iran conflict

Ali Khamenei ‘will not be mourned’: Anthony Albanese condemns Iranian regime after Iran strikes

Cost of war: US and Israel hit more than 2000 Iranian targets with relatively minimal counter-hits

Khamenei’s death closes a painful chapter for my parents and other 1979 revolutionaries

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Why Iran is attacking its Gulf neighbours - and when they’ll fire back

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 03:20:29 +0000

Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Kuwait City, Bahrain and Jeddah are all under attack as Iran’s desperate regime fires drones and missiles at its neighbours across the Persian Gulf: punishment for hosting American forces as Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury continues to pound Iran’s territory and assets, sinking at least half of the Iranian navy fleet alone.

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What will Iran’s terrorist militias do now?

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Our correspondent in the MIddle East, Yoni Bashan, joins us as Iran declares revenge - and 40 days of mourning - for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Muslim cleric who rose to become one of the most influential figures in the world. So, what do Iran’s terror proxies, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Hamas, do now?

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Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. What now?

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:22:05 +0000

A huge US and Israeli airborne assault on Iran has killed the leader of the Shia world, 86-year-old supreme leader Ali Khamenei. As Iran fires waves of missiles at Israel, American military bases and US allies in the Middle East, the world waits to see if this is the end of the repressive theocratic regime in Iran or the start of a huge regional war.

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Wuthering Heights: audacious masterpiece or dog’s breakfast?

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Wuthering Heights - our chief film critic threw 5 stars at it, while our guest Bianca Farmakis said it’s the worst movie she’s ever seen. What can lovers and haters of Emerald Fennell’s adaptation agree on? And what’s with all the egg smashing anyway?

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Hillary Clinton’s Epstein testimony not about ‘feelings’

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:16:30 +0000

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly told a House Oversight Committee investigating the crimes of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein her testimony wasn’t about “feelings”. Plus, Ley formally departs parliament and Afterpay swings the axe.

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Journalism on trial: Janet Albrechtsen on ex-DPP Shane Drumgold’s ‘terrible decisions’

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

A new twist in the drama sparked by Brittany Higgins’ rape case: former ACT prosecutor Shane Drumgold complained to the Press Council about The Australian's reporting of findings by a Supreme Court judge. Today, journalist and columnist Janet Albrechtsen joins us to explore a finding she – and The Australian – strongly disagree with.

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Alleged grandfather killer ‘no mastermind’: lawyer

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:24:30 +0000

The lawyer representing one of the men accused of kidnapping and killing Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian says his client is “no mastermind”. Plus, Bondi Royal Commissioner meets with survivors, victims’ families and a billionaire finds himself in the middle of a scuffle.

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The Bluey-obsessed Australian ISIS kids stuck in Syria

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:00:08 +0000

The Australian goes inside the camp in northern Syria where 34 Australian women and children are waiting to begin their long journey home.

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Arrests in case of missing grandfather Chris Baghsarian

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:10:25 +0000

Two men were arrested in relation to the alleged kidnapping and murder of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian on Wednesday. That’s after the 85-year-old’s remains were located almost 50km from his home.

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Bondi Royal Commission’s very optimistic take on antisemitism

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

On day one of the federal inquiry sparked by the Bondi Beach massacre, commissioner Virginia Bell and counsel assisting Richard Lancaster say they believe Australians can all agree that antisemitism is out of control and empathy needs to come back. But is that wildly optimistic in today’s climate? Cameron Stewart is here.

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UK Labour lord Peter Mandelson arrested over Epstein

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

British police have arrested Lord Peter Mandelson, a high-ranking Labour party figure who was until recently Sir Keir Starmer’s ambassador in London, over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Hezbollah is rearming through ancient Arab money trails

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Mossad’s audacious pager and walkie-talkie attacks hit Shia militia Hezbollah hard - but now the Iran-backed jihadis are using old-world moneylender networks plus new systems including trucks and boats full of cash to prepare for fresh warfare with the two Great Satans, Israel and the United States. Yoni Bashan joins us from the Middle East.

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Ex-duchess Sarah Ferguson ‘introduced her goddaughter’ to Epstein

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Emails published by the US Department of Justice in the so-called Epstein files appear to show the former Duchess of York, known as ‘Fergie’, introduced Poppy Cottrell to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein a year after he was released from prison.

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The ABC’s Trump edit drama: who really runs the show?

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

What’s fair when reporting Donald Trump? He’s suing the BBC over a selective edit of his Jan 6 speech, but the ABC - which did its own slice of the same speech, is defending its journalism. Today, Steve Jackson joins us with internal ABC emails revealing who really runs the show.

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Human or robot? The AI revolution comes to podcasts

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

First, the robots came for art and music. Now, the most human of artforms - podcasts - is being replicated by artificial intelligence models that aren’t satisfied with helping humans - they want to imitate us too. Here at The Australian - we will always make handmade, human journalism. But what happens when AI steps out from behind the curtain - and tries to claim the spotlight?

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Rex vs Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: it’s brother against brother

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:32:47 +0000

Arrested, questioned and released to await possible charges carrying a 20 year jail penalty: it’s a hard fall for the former Duke of York. Today, Europe correspondent Jacquelin Magnay on the fall of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

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Trump’s attack fleet readies to fire on Iran

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The biggest American armada in two decades is assembling in the Middle East as negotiations fail. Today chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart joins us to step though Iran’s options from here, the Pentagon’s strategic calculations and what would happen to the agents of Iranian terror around the world, including in Australia.

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Premier’s giant blowup over union corruption

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:02:15 +0000

Victorian premier Jacinta Allan has lost her temper in a spectacular way with journalists who were asking about allegations of rampant dodginess in the construction, forestry, mining and energy union the CFMEU. Today’s afternoon headlines edition from The Front.

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Like it or not, the ISIS brides are coming home

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:00:01 +0000

As the government claims it’s not helping a group of so-called ISIS brides return to Australia, we look at how domestic politics is shaping the fate of these 34 women and kids.

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Are bodies buried on Jeffrey Epstein’s property?

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

US authorities will investigate a sprawling compound once owned by Epstein in the state of New Mexico in an effort to substantiate claims there are bodies buried on the property. Plus, what Randa Abdel-Fattah did next.

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Why Coles and Woolies are fighting so hard for their ‘fake’ discounts

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The ACCC is suing Coles and Woolworths for allegedly misleading customers on price drops and discounts. But why are the supermarket giants defending the charges in court?

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Tom Cruise fights Brad Pitt over Jeffrey Epstein? It’s fake – but the rage is real

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

A stunningly realistic fake clip of movie stars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt having a fist-fight about Jeffrey Epstein is causing a meltdown in Hollywood. Plus, the thwarted return of ISIS brides.

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The secret $700k payout to a Ben Roberts-Smith witness

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Just when you thought we were done with the epic defamation trial brought by Australia’s most decorated living soldier, there’s one more twist: a secret payment by Nine Entertainment to a witness who claimed Ben Roberts-Smith violently attacked her - and then turned on Nine’s star reporter.

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Gus Lamont investigation resumes following ‘suspect’ bombshell

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

South Australian police have returned to Oak Park Station, where four-year-old Gus Lamont was last seen five months ago. Plus, alleged Bondi gunman Naveed Akram appears in court and the ACCC takes Coles to court.

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Journos deny ‘intimidating’ Alan Jones witness

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Preparations for the four-month trial of former broadcaster Alan Jones, who’s fighting indecent assault charges, have been rocked by a complaint from one of the alleged victims about phone calls from someone purporting to be a journalist from The Sydney Morning Herald. The tabloid’s owner Nine Entertainment denies it was them. Today, media Diary editor Steve Jackson joins us to talk about the Jones trial, a very messy dispute between two top legal figures and why terrorism investigators are interested in internal communications at the ABC and SBS.

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Why women are crazy for hot gay romance on screen

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy wins boy back - and everyone’s incredibly ripped. This is the new formula for female-friendly entertainment, from Canadian ice hockey TV phenomenon Heated Rivalry to new leather-and-motorbikes movie Pillion, starring Alexander Skarsgard. Today, Bianca Farmakis joins us to explore how far we’ve come since Philadelphia.

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The Liberal party’s new nightmare as Ley leaves parliament

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:15:29 +0000

Sussan Ley’s resignation from politics will trigger a hotly contested by-election in her seat of Farrer. Plus, a judge rejects the BBC’s bid to delay Trump lawsuit and an Aussie snatches gold in the men’s moguls in Milan.

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Angus Taylor leads the Libs. How long before Andrew Hastie tries to roll him?

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:00:02 +0000

The federal Liberals have dumped Sussan Ley - but is little-known new leader Angus Taylor going to be himself rolled by Andrew Hastie?

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Ground control to Senator Sarah: $50k family flights are officially grounded

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:46:51 +0000

As the federal Liberals line up for a 9am Friday vote on the leadership, the 2025 entitlements scandal (remember that?) delivers one last victim: prominent Greens Senator admitting her use of ‘family reunion’ travel didn’t pass the pub test.

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When Iran murders its own young people, the pro-Palestine mob is silent. But why?

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Street protests and violent scuffles have delivered the anti-Israel movement a week of great publicity at the expense of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose visit was supposed to reset the fractured relationship. Has it blown up in Anthony Albanese’s face? Plus, chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart looks at the void of protest over Iran’s brutal crackdown.

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A break in the case of TV host’s missing mother

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:02:42 +0000

US authorities say a person has been detained over the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of an American breakfast TV show host. Plus, Liberal party leadership tensions reach boiling point.

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Why Beijing hates Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Does the harsh sentencing of a publisher under Beijing’s new national security laws spell the end of Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” experiment? National Chief Correspondent Hedley Thomas discusses how we got here after years of reporting on – and from – Hong Kong.

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‘Strip Grace Tame’s Australian of the Year honours’: Joyce

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:35:39 +0000

Barnaby Joyce says 2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame should be stripped of her honours after she led a chant of “globalise the intifada” at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney. Plus, Lindsey Vonn’s long road to recovery and rumours of a Liberal leadership spill.

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Japan is about to arm itself to the teeth. How angry will China get?

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

With a stunning election mandate, re-elected Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi will end Japan’s formal pacifism, create a national intelligence agency and massively grow defence spending. She’s already enraged China - so does she want a war? Our North Asia Correspondent Yoni Bashan is here.

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Was Jeffrey Epstein a Mossad spy?

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Jeffrey Epstein files reveal an FBI report suggesting he was a Mossad agent, plus extensive communications with former Israeli Labor prime minister Ehud Barak - including Epstein asking Barak to assert he wasn’t an intelligence operative.

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Why ASIO spies are furious with the ABC

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:00:56 +0000

Intelligence agency ASIO issues a pre-emptive denial of an ABC Four Corners story on the Bondi massacre. It’s awkward timing for the ABC, with editor-in-chief and managing director Hugh Marks due to appear at a Senate Estimates hearing that will focus on its impartiality. Plus - the on-assignment blowup that's got everyone in commercial TV talking. Media Diary editor Steve Jackson is here.

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Which politician is Australia’s biggest Traitor?

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

It’s the reality TV format sweeping the world and we couldn’t resist asking Canberra bureau chief - and Traitors devotee - Richard Ferguson to analyse this wild political moment through a Traitors v Faithfuls lens. Traitors Australia, which flopped a couple of years ago, is coming back to screens, with post-production under way on Season 3.

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‘Absolutely devastated’: Gus’ grandparents react to SA Police bombshell

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:28:42 +0000

South Australian police say they’ve identified a suspect in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont and confirm they’re now treating the case as a major crime. Plus, RBA boss Michele Bullock dismisses the Treasurer’s spending claim and ousted author Randa Abdel-Fattah’s next gig.

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Andrew and Fergie are destroyed. Epstein’s next victim: Britain’s PM

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Keir Starmer knew Lord Peter Mandelson was closely connected to Jeffrey Epstein, but made him the UK’s ambassador to Washington DC anyway. After the shocking sucking-up of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, could the Epstein scandal destroy a Prime Minister too?

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Bondi Junction killer’s psychiatrist ‘failed to spot psychosis’

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:30:00 +0000

“Wholly unsatisfactory”: that’s a coroner’s verdict on the actions of a psychiatrist who took Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauchi off his medications five years before he stabbed six people to death while suffering a psychotic episode.

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Antisemitism barrister’s daughter is a pro-Palestine protester

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

A passionate young woman with strong views about Palestine: Lauren Lancaster is unknown outside student politics, but the former University of Sydney student representative council president, who’s condemned Israel for ‘ethnic cleansing’, is the daughter of Richard Lancaster SC, the senior counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

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How the Brittany Higgins case caused panic in Prime Minister's office

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

In new court documents former Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces new accusations he froze out and victimised a senior staffer after the rape of Brittany Higgins. It comes from Fiona Brown - whose career was destroyed by false allegations from Higgins that she tried to cover up the rape. Now Brown says in a statement of claim lodged with the federal Court that the former PM’s top advisers gagged her and that she felt ‘frightened and intimidated’ by Morrison’s actions.

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Reserve Bank admits they got it wrong

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:15:39 +0000

The Reserve Bank of Australia has put the cash rate up for the first time in two years. As mortgage rates follow suit, we explore the thinking behind the central bank’s unanimous decision.

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Government spends too much. Interest rates go up. How do we stop it?

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The Treasurer says it’s not his fault. The Reserve Bank has been caught napping. But it’s clear we are spending too much and going too slow on housing - and that’s why the RBA’s under huge pressure to lift the cash rate today. Economics editor Matthew Cranston is here with some straight talk.

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Outlaw Dezi Freeman is probably dead, say cops

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

He’s been on the run for six months since allegedly shooting dead two police officers in Victoria’s High Country, and now police are saying the so-called ‘sovereign citizen’ is likely deceased. .

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How China crushed Beijing’s crazy traffic noise

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:00:52 +0000

No honking. No blaring engines. No exhaust. The Chinese government has crushed Beijing’s incredible noise pollution, in response to residents’ despair, with a combination of incentives and strict new rules. North Asia Correspondent Yoni Bashan is here.

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The wildest Oscar campaign in film history

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Timothee Chalamet, Gen Z’s only movie superstar, is Oscar-worthy as Marty Mauser - a relentless, charming and often-times horrible hero in a film set in post-WWII Jewish New York.

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Albo’s national gun buyback is a shemozzle

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 04:10:16 +0000

A national crackdown on gun ownership is in jeopardy, with Anthony Albanese struggling to get the states and territories to sign up to his gun buyback, aimed at getting weapons out of the community. Today - what’s the problem?

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Swearing at work can get you sacked now

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

What are we allowed to say in the office these days - if we show up at all? As courts thrash out work-from-home rights, the battleground just got a lot more colourful, with a banker taking Federal Court action to defend his right to f-bomb.

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Right v Right: the Libs’ leadership stalemate

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:04:23 +0000

Headlines: Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor - plus a phalanx of senior Liberal right figures - held a summit on Thursday to work out who can roll Sussan Ley for the leadership, but couldn’t agree. So - where does that leave Ley ahead of Parliament’s Monday resumption?

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How Hezbollah and the Houthis will react to a Trump Iran strike

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump calls it a ‘beautiful armada’: an American aircraft carrier group now pointing its missiles directly at Iran. But will Trump actually strike - and how would Iran’s terror proxies, Hezbollah and the Houthis, react?

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Trump: “You can’t have guns”

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:27:24 +0000

Headlines: A new take on second-amendment rights from Donald Trump, as he dramatically scales back ICE’s immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota. Trump’s move follows ICE agents shooting dead two American citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who was legally carrying a firearm.

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Should Muslim preachers be monitored?

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The Muslim community must keep the wolves from their flock, says Scott Morrison in a sweeping new proposal to crack down on antisemitic hate speech. We analyse the big new idea from the former Prime Minister - and explore how it fits into his feud with Anthony Albanese.

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Alleged Nazi jailed after Australia Day rant

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:26:37 +0000

The Front’s afternoon headlines: A magistrate has denied bail to Sydney man Brandan Koschel, 31, who allegedly made an antisemitic speech at a March for Australia rally on Australia Day, charged under NSW’s new hate speech laws. Plus, police in Western Australia investigate whether a homemade explosive device thrown at a rally was an act of terror, and Queensland Premier David Crisafulli backs a federal ban on burning the Australian flag.

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Why is TV's biggest star going rogue?

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

As Nine baffles its staff by allowing Karl Stefanovic to launch his own rival show, the beancounters are about to become all-powerful at rival network Seven, where the billionaire Stokes family wants out. So what happens when accountants jump in the driver’s seat of media organisations? Media Diary editor Steve Jackson is here.

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‘Intifada’ chants at Australia Day rallies

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:42:13 +0000

Today's afternoon headlines from The Front: at Australia Day rallies across the nation, chants of 'Intifada' and scuffles between rival protestors. Plus, the heat is on Liberal leader Sussan Ley as two senior colleagues, Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor, refuse to offer public support for her leadership amid a party crisis.

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Defiant Sussan Ley says she’s not going anywhere

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:53:49 +0000

Sussan Ley says she’s confident she’ll be leader of the Liberal party when parliament resumes next month. Plus, Osaka apologises after heated exchange and Australians sweep Oscar nominations.

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How long has Sussan Ley got?

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The Coalition has split again and Sussan Ley’s leadership is hanging by a thread. So, how long has she got – and will she jump or wait to be pushed?

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The Coalition calls it quits – again

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:02:54 +0000

Nationals leader David Littleproud announced his party is walking away from the Coalition for the second time in less than a year. Plus, Australia remembers Bondi and Trump walks back his tariff threat.

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After Adelaide, who are writers festivals for?

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Australia’s longest-running writers festival was sensationally cancelled after a controversial author was axed from the line-up. Is bringing her back next year the right thing to do?

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Headlines: Trump will ‘work something out’ on Greenland

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:36:13 +0000

US President Donald Trump has downplayed tensions with NATO leaders, but didn’t rule out taking Greenland by force. Plus, rebel Nats await their fate and David Beckham responds to Brooklyn’s rant.

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Greenland: How far will Trump really go?

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:00:17 +0000

The President claims the United States needs to buy or take the Danish territory to stop China or Russia from moving in – but is it a bad deal? The Australian’s Washington Correspondent Joe Kelly crunches the numbers.

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Brooklyn Beckham’s explosive rant about his famous folks

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:20:58 +0000

In a lengthy Instagram post, 26-year-old Brooklyn Beckham accused his parents, Victoria and David, of trying to “endlessly ruin” his relationship with wife Nicola Peltz. Plus, Eraring power station to run for two additional years and the government’s hate speech laws pass the lower house.

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Is Harry’s High Court battle a way home?

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Prince Harry returns to England’s high court for what may be the final time this week. Could it open the door to reconciliation with his royal family?

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‘It starts with me’: Albanese’s vow to Bondi families

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with family members of the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack following the opening of an extraordinary parliamentary sitting. Plus, European leaders hit back over Trump’s Greenland tariff threat and One Nation surges in the polls.

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Albo’s shot at redemption after Bondi backflips

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

The Australian’s National Editor Dennis Shanahan says the Albanese government can redeem itself after weeks of flat-footedness and confusion by outlining clear intentions for its Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack.

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Does everyone hate the hate speech laws?

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:00:06 +0000

Unsalvageable. Rushed. Too far. Not far enough. Everyone’s got something to say about a bill designed to curb antisemitism and prevent another tragedy like the Bondi massacre.

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Why Iran's mullahs fear Trump - and Netanyahu

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:00:01 +0000

It was supposed to be a glorious Islamic revolution, but since 1979 Iran’s regime has brutally repressed its own people and sponsored terror around the world. Today, foreign editor Greg Sheridan on the future for a regime that wants to destroy the US and Israel - and deeply fears them.

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The fate Alan Jones fears most

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Former talkback superstar Alan Jones is fighting serious charges in the local court. Today, media diary editor Steve Jackson joins us to discuss how the trial will unfold and how legacy media, especially radio, are coping with a drastically reshaped landscape.

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Loyalty and labour in the brutal business of beauty

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Mecca is a billion-dollar Australian cosmetics empire with legions of devoted fans, thanks to a genius loyalty scheme. Its founder Jo Horgan, one of the country’s most celebrated entrepreneurs, has a message of female empowerment. But Mecca’s also had to deal with women - customers and staff - questioning what the business is really all about.

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Is this Novak Djokovic’s last dance?

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

He’s won here more than anywhere else – but will the 2026 Australian Open mark the end of Novak Djokovic’s monumental career?

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Left to die: The haunting questions after Lizard Island cruise ship tragedy

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Suzanne Rees died after allegedly being left on tropical Lizard Island by the Coral Expeditions cruise company late in 2025, even after a historic tragedy that was supposed to make tropical adventures safer. Then the same ship was stuck on a reef off PNG - and passengers are left wondering if anything will change.

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What are Erin Patterson’s chances on appeal?

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Erin Patterson, the mushroom murderer, has always denied deliberately poisoning four elderly relatives - and she’s indicated she will appeal her conviction on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. The Australian’s Ellie Dudley joins us to look ahead to the appeal, and Patterson’s life behind bars.

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Why Meghan Markle’s podcast flopped - and some truly great shows to enjoy

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Nobody does hilarious advice like the Brits - and nobody does sanctimonious girl-talk like the Californians. Today, we recommend some great podcasts to catch over summer, and some you can safely avoid.

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The epic humiliation of Prince Andrew - and Virginia Giuffre’s mysterious last days

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Prince Andrew has always denied participating in the sexual abuse of Virginia Giuffre - but her powerful memoir cost the former Duke of York everything. Today, our reporter Paige Taylor reflects on covering the last days of Giuffre’s troubled and too-short life.

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96-year-old superstar artist Yayoi Kusama’s next move

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

How did Yayoi Kusama - a recluse who lives in a psychiatric facility - become the world’s biggest-selling artist? Today we reflect on the most significant presentation of Kusama’s work, a blockbuster NGV show that drew 600,000 visitors - and what Kusama has planned next. Plus, Donald Trump reshapes the global order with the military capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

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Mossad’s next job: destroy the Houthis

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

A devilishly difficult New Year job awaits Israel: how to deal with a fractured, degraded - but still seriously dangerous Shia Muslim guerrilla movement in Yemen, just south of Saudi Arabia. It’s the Houthis - a deeply anti-Semitic terror movement with nothing to lose and the capacity to catastrophically disrupt international trade whenever they like. Cameron Stewart is here.

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Nagi v Brooki: Who won the great food ‘plagiarism’ fight?

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Beloved cookbook author Nagi Maehashi accused cookie queen Brooke Bellamy (who denied the claim) of plagiarising her recipes for baklava and chocolate caramel slice, sparking a literary scandal and a conversation about big ideas: the worth of women’s work and the concept of courtesy. So - who won?

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How Robert Irwin is redefining Australian masculinity

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

We first met Robert Irwin when he was an adorable toddler. Now he’s sending women wild for very different reasons - because the 22-year-old wildlife activist also happens to be charming, sensitive, talented and a very smooth dancer. Today, Bianca Farmakis joins us to discuss - with only a few blushes - this remarkable young man’s global success.

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Why Meghan will ‘never set foot in the UK again’

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

After a dramatic year for the House of Windsor, our Europe correspondent (and royal expert) Jacquelin Magnay reflects on the King’s moves to go hard on Andrew and soft on Harry, as Charles II continues his own battle with cancer.

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey with editing and sound design by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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High-tech – and hilarious – cricket commentary

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A new generation of cricket commentators is heralding the game into a new, high-tech – and sometimes hilarious – era. The Australian’s Media Editor James Madden steps up to the crease.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and a request for ‘fun girls’

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Headlines: The former Duke of York denies any wrongdoing or knowledge of the child sex offending by his close friends Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, whose correspondence about girls and ‘inappropriate friends’ with someone called ‘A’, the Duke of York and ‘The Invisible Man’ are detailed in a new dump of documents from US authorities. Plus, the latest news relating to the Bondi Beach anti-Semitic terror attacks.

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Were Jesus and Mary real? A journalist’s quest for truth

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000

On Christmas Eve, we ask: is the Nativity story about real people, real events - or something else? Foreign editor Greg Sheridan is on assignment: back in time to the little town of Bethlehem.

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey with sound design and editing by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

This episode includes small moments of exquisite Christmas music including Frank Sinatra’s Silent Night, The Beatles’ Let it Be and the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge performing Once In Royal David’s City.

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The real reason Albo won’t just say ‘sorry’

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:39:27 +0000

Stubborn and unwilling to take personal responsibility: that’s the take from Political Editor Geoff Chambers, as Anthony Albanese backs himself into a corner of conditional apology and reluctance to call a Royal Commission.

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Inside the alleged plan to slaughter Jews on Bondi Beach

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Disturbing new details of last Sunday’s Bondi Beach terror attack have come to light after court documents in the police case against alleged gunman Naveed Akram were made public.

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Leeser unleashes as PM announces hate speech law reforms

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:33:28 +0000

Jewish Liberal MP Julian Leeser called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to urgently establish a federal royal commission in the wake of last Sunday’s terror attack at Bondi Beach. Plus, Sussan Ley proposes terms of reference and Chris Minns defences law reforms.

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Do we need a Bondi royal commission?

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:00:07 +0000

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stopped short of committing to a royal commission following the Bondi Beach massacre, opting instead for a government review of the nation’s intelligence capabilities. Is it enough?

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The work-from-home option keeping bosses up at night

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Australia's top CEOs are furious over the proposed Victorian law to mandate the right to work from home, calling it a "disaster for productivity." So how do bosses - and workers - find a happy middle ground?

Read more about the CEO survey on The Australian's website.

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Albanese to destroy ‘hundreds of thousands’ of guns

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:28:23 +0000

The federal and state governments will share the cost of a national gun buyback and impose limits on the number of firearms any individual can own - but the Prime Minister says there’s no need to recall federal Parliament. Plus, NSW Police say arrests of seven men were linked to ‘extremist ideology’ in today’s headlines from The Australian.

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Does Anthony Albanese finally get it?

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

After an exhausting week, a huge pivot from Anthony Albanese. The federal Government will legislate a crackdown on anti-Semitism and hate preachers from universities to Border Force. Today, Yoni Bashan, Nicholas Jensen and Claire Harvey debate how things will play out from here.

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Sweeping reforms to hate speech laws in wake of Bondi massacre

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:19:55 +0000

Jewish leaders said a crack down on hate speech by the Albanese Labor government is welcome, but long overdue. Plus, mourners farewell 10-year-old Matilda in Sydney.

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Naveed Akram’s alleged history of ISIS links before Bondi massacre

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

As charges are laid against 24-year-old alleged Bondi mass murderer Naveed Akram, we look at allegations he had longstanding links to the Islamic State terrorist movement.

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Red hot anger: Josh Frydenberg’s powerful attack on the Prime Minister

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:01:55 +0000

Former federal Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg seems like a man destined to return to politics as he unleashes a furious tirade against Anthony Albanese, accusing the government of standing by while anti-Semitic hatred and radicalisation gripped Australia.

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Jews don’t want ‘thoughts and prayers’

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

In the aftermath of the Bondi beach massacre, some of the loudest performative mourners were people who’ve spent the years since October 7, 2023, demonising Israel and Zionists.

Read more about this story, plus see photos, videos and additional reporting, on the website or on The Australian’s app.

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Fired-up Premier passionately defends cops over Bondi massacre

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 05:47:35 +0000

Cops with handguns were shot while taking down a gunman with a rifle: that's NSW Premier Chris Minns' passionate response to criticisms of police actions at the Bondi Beach massacre. Plus, the alleged gunman’s links to Islamic State revealed.

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This crisis will make Albo or break him: veteran journo Paul Kelly

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Editor-at-large Paul Kelly says the Bondi Beach massacre is a much greater challenge for Anthony Albanese than the choice John Howard faced after the 1996 Port Arthur slaughter. Kelly - the doyenne of Australian political journalists - says the violent manifestation of evil anti-Semitism can only be tackled with bold, whole-of-society reform.

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Tougher gun laws are coming

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:00:39 +0000

National Cabinet will meet to consider tougher firearm restrictions in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach antisemitic massacre, as the Department of Home Affairs scrambles to fast-track visas for Jewish mourners to attend imminent funerals. Political editor Geoff Chambers joins us to talk about why Anthony Albanese has been slow to act on anti-Semitism and where he takes it from here.

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Jews slaughtered in a terrorist massacre at Bondi Beach

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:28:44 +0000

Police declare a terrorist incident and are raiding homes after Jewish community events and a glorious beach day were shattered by a horrifying mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening. At least twelve people are dead and more injured including two police officers. One alleged offender is dead and the other in a serious condition in hospital, according to police.

Follow this breaking story live at theaustralian.com.au

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Ben Abraham: Hitmaker who's not too cool for Christmas

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Melbourne's low-key superstar Ben Abraham has written monster hits and performed at the GRAMMYs. He also started a tradition of wildly popular Christmas gigs co-starring his famous mates performing new music and classic carols.

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Brittany Higgins is bankrupted by the Federal Court

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:26:49 +0000

A trustee will take over Brittany Higgins’ financial affairs, as her husband faces bankruptcy proceedings of his own. Plus, football legend Stephen Silvagni says he's determined to help son Tom clear his name after a rape conviction. Also, the parliamentary expenses scandal drags in another senior minister.

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Neale Daniher: The voice MND cannot silence

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Through 13 years with motor neurone disease, AFL legend and Big Freeze founder Neale Daniher has honed a remarkable philosophy for living. Today, we hear his message in Neale’s own voice, brought to life by AI technology.

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Headlines: PM dodges questions on parliamentary travel entitlements

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:58:31 +0000

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won’t say if his government will make changes to parliamentary travel entitlements. Plus, a big change to US travel and the Justice who convicted Dawson hangs up his wig

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A Greens senator, her husband and 78 taxpayer-funded flights

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Sarah Hanson-Young used public funds to fly her lobbyist husband to and from Canberra 78 times - and Trade Minister Don Farrell flew his wife a distance equivalent to halfway from Earth to the Moon, all on the taxpayer. The expenses travel scandal is spreading across the Parliament - so where will it stop?

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Tears and cheers as kids are booted off social media

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 04:57:17 +0000

Australia’s new law banning social media for under-16s is now in effect—hear the reaction from an advocate and the Communications Minister. Plus, Minister Anika Wells is under fire and facing a travel entitlements scandal.

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Will expense-happy minister Anika Wells have to go?

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:00:10 +0000

Today the federal government’s much-vaunted social media reform kicks in - but Communications Minister Anika Wells has another drama to sort out: she’s referred herself for an independent audit after a huge drama blew up over her use of taxpayer-funded travel entitlements. So what’s fair when it comes to politicians’ expenses - and is this superstar minister under threat?

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Prince Harry’s big win - and Meghan Markle’s phone number fail

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Prince Harry has won a review of his security arrangements in the UK - and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is reportedly claiming to have lost her seriously ill father’s phone number.

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How trans activism took over corporate Australia

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

After phenomenal success in reducing HIV transmissions, the former AIDS Council of NSW - ACON - pivoted to become a hugely influential lobby group with a new focus: trans rights. Today - the deep concerns of lesbian and LGBT groups about how ACON wields its power.

The Australian’s New South Wales Editor Stephen Rice explains the story.

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Breaking: Jet-setting Anika Wells’ ever-growing travel tally

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:29:21 +0000

Communications Minister Anika Wells billed taxpayers thousands of dollars for members of her family to attend sporting events around the country.

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Did a green dream poison this pristine valley?

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The peaceful Pioneer Valley was meant to be a renewable energy hotspot – but farmers say their water has been contaminated. Today, when a green energy dream goes wrong.

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Punk fashion goddess Vivienne Westwood gets the NGV blockbuster treatment

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A new show reveals the pure rebellious genius of Comme des Garcons’ Rei Kawakubo and Sex Pistols muse Vivienne Westwood.

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What happened to Virginia Giuffre’s millions?

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 05:37:38 +0000

Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre didn’t leave a will when she died by suicide in April. Now, a bitter legal battle has erupted over her estate.

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Could ‘Australia’s most evil parents’ get out of jail?

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The Australian’s investigative podcast Shadow of Doubt in 2023 raised serious doubts over the convictions of parents nicknamed Australia’s most evil. They were accused of grotesque sexual abuse of their own daughter - but journalist Richard Guilliatt revealed inconsistencies, ‘recovered memories’, and some huge twists. Now - a fresh development raises the possibility they could get out of jail.

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Did the Government fib about ISIS brides?

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Widows and children stranded in Syria after the collapse of the so-called caliphate are now back in Australia - and the Government says it didn’t “assist”, it just gave them passports. New notes, revealed by The Australian, tell a more nuanced story.

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China left a pop star to play an empty stadium

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The superstar of Japanese pop, Ayumi Hamasaki, is the latest victim of a geopolitical dispute that’s flaring big-time. It’s China versus Japan - and it’s all about China’s number one issue: the future of Taiwan. Now, Australia's under pressure to choose a side. That’s today’s story.

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Federal Court throws out Bruce Lehrmann’s ‘hopeless’ case

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:50:15 +0000

Justice Michael Lee was right to find, on the balance of probabilities, that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins - that’s the decision from the full Federal Court in dismissing Lehrmann’s appeal. Now Lehrmann will have to pay more legal costs for his opponents, Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Hear our earlier episode about Lehrmann’s appeal grounds here.

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Why Labor won’t admit the Brittany Higgins ‘cover-up’ was fake

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:00:13 +0000

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher - who aggressively pursued the concept of a Liberal conspiracy to cover up the rape of Brittany Higgins - has refused to say whether she accepts two courts’ rulings that the conspiracy was fabricated. In today’s episode - inside the fiery parliamentary hearings exploring why the Labor government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars defending its actions in the Higgins matter.

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Headlines: How ABC Antoinette Lattouf case cost taxpayers $2.6m

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

It was embarrassing, unnecessary - and expensive. The ABC’s bungled handling of two casual radio presenting shifts by Antoinette Lattouf cost the broadcaster - and therefore taxpayers more than $2.62 million dollars. Plus - the union pushing for AI to equal shorter hours and higher pay.

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Grief and a gold coffin: the legal drama engulfing a star footballer’s family

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Joan Taufua, mother of NRL star Payne Haas, was living in a grief-induced fantasy world when she was involved in a car accident where three people died, according to her lawyers. Now, her defence team wants the case treated as a mental health episode.

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Headlines: Trump’s call with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:30:29 +0000

Donald Trump confirms he spoke on the phone with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro as tensions between the two nations rise. Plus, Marles spruiks Defence Department reforms and Head is happy to open the batting in Brisbane.

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The sun erupted. A plane suddenly fell. Should we worry?

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

As aircraft become more computerised - and even pilotless - they’re also more vulnerable to space events like the giant solar flare that put an Airbus into an ‘uncommanded’ dive and grounded thousands of flights. So should we praise Airbus for acting quickly, or rethink the risk of autopilot systems?

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Sex cardigans - and other reasons to love Wicked: For Good

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

At two hours, 18 minutes, Wicked: For Good is a sequel for the superfans - but it’s also drawing huge box office. Nikki Gemmell is here to rave about a movie she says is the most significant for young women since Barbie - and a very unusual love scene.

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Germany is preparing for war with Russia

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

German military officials have been actively planning for a potential land war with Russia, detailing a massive, 1,200-page NATO response in "Operation Plan Germany." Plus, an American National Guard soldier is dead after being shot near the White House in an alleged ambush by an Afghan national who had previously worked with the CIA.

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Barnaby’s bombshell: what Joyce is really thinking

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:00:11 +0000

One of Australia’s best-known and most colourful politicians, Barnaby Joyce, is quitting the National Party to sit as an independent—and he hasn't ruled out joining Pauline Hanson’s One Nation in the future. Sarah Ison joins Claire Harvey to unpack the shock defection, what Pauline Hanson sees in the firebrand former leader, and why Joyce isn't resigning his New England seat to trigger a by-election.

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Barnaby Joyce to become an independent

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 03:48:54 +0000

It’s a huge move for the longtime Nat, who says the party simply doesn’t allow him to properly represent his constituents in the NSW seat of New England any more.

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How The Australian reported the anti-Semitism crisis

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The Australian has released a collection of our reporting and commentary on Australia’s antisemitism crisis. Commentary Editor Nicholas Jensen reflects on the seismic shift in Australian society – and the landmark journalism that captured it.

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Headlines: Ukraine peace deal close to being done

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 05:05:55 +0000

The White House says Ukraine is close to signing a peace deal that will end its almost-four-year war with Russia.

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Trump’s new bromance with Xi Jinping

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

For one president to call another is a big deal. When it’s China’s Xi Jinping ringing Donald J Trump - both men who like to be the most powerful person in any environment - it sends the analysis into overdrive. So what did the presidents discuss in their call - and what does it all mean? Greg Sheridan is here.

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Pauline Hanson and the ‘crime against cooking’

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 03:53:32 +0000

From a burka in Parliament to suspension from the Senate - and now a very controversial steak lunch: Pauline Hanson knows her way around a sandwich press and a political inflection point.

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Why Chris Bowen is Labor’s least-loved minister

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The ‘four Fs’ spell a fossil fuel-free future that includes … gas? The man entrusted with explaining this tricky idea to Australians is sharp-tongued Chris Bowen, the nation’s most unpopular minister. Dennis Shanahan joins us.

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‘Having a lend’: BoM’s $100m website fail lashed

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 04:05:35 +0000

Nationals Leader David Littleproud has lashed the Bureau of Meteorology after the true cost of its controversial website redesign was revealed.

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Are world leaders ganging up on Trump?

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump is fuming over a decision by world leaders – including Anthony Albanese – to defy his policy agenda at the G20 summit. Is it a sign his influence is on the wane?

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A rockstar violinist - and a lot of push-ups

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Chief Culture Correspondent Tim Douglas has an adventure to make us all jealous, involving world-famous musician Richard Tognetti and a surprising amount of upper body strength.

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The furious ex-minister coming for Albo over Brittany Higgins case

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:52:01 +0000

Former Coalition minister Linda Reynolds, victorious in her court battles against Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz, is now taking aim at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Plus, is this Sussan Ley’s last week as leader?

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Neck-and-neck Ashes series shapes up

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The Ashes test cricket series is steeped in 150 years of history – and the Australian and English teams haven’t been this evenly matched in decades.

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Breaking: COP’s out: Bowen cedes climate summit to Turkey

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen cedes hosting rights for the COP 31 climate summit to Turkey – but he hasn’t given up completely. Plus, Reynolds’ warning to the PM, and Speakman fights for his job.

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A war on woke education that just might work

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The Cape York Partnership wants to balance personal responsibility with an actual fair go - and it wants governments to legislate a radical new national plan to lift a million Australians out of poverty.

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Headlines: Saudi Arabia wants American jets - and a Palestinian state

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump is announcing $1 trillion in deals with Saudi Arabia, and will sell American F-35 supersonic jets - but crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is baulking at what Trump wants in return: for Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords and normalise relations with Israel.

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Donald Trump’s massive MAGA break-up

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Republican congresswoman and former MAGA hype girl Marjorie Taylor Greene and Trump have fallen out big time. So, who really owns MAGA, and why is Donald Trump so very angry?

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New Victorian Liberal leader Allan’s ‘worst nightmare’

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:48:19 +0000

Jess Wilson was elected leader of the Victorian Liberal Party on Tuesday after her predecessor Brad Battin lost a spill motion. Plus, Nine cuts 50 jobs.

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Why Liberal progressives want conservative commando Andrew Hastie to lead

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:00:06 +0000

He opposes high immigration, net zero, late-term abortion and same-sex marriage - but Andrew Hastie is now the preferred leader of many Liberal moderates. What’s going on?

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Breaking: Trump backs vote to release Epstein files

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 04:55:25 +0000

US President Donald Trump has given up trying to dissuade Republicans from voting to release the so-called Epstein files.

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The assassins circling hapless UK PM Keir Starmer

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A crackdown on asylum seekers looms this week for the scandal-plagued UK Labour government - but can it save embattled PM Sir Keir Starmer, as three credible leadership rivals loom?

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The ‘best movies’ list that kicked off a culture clash

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

How can you compare Succession to Bluey, Parasite to Barbie? And what defines ‘the best’ anyway?

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Headlines: ‘Mean Girls' lawsuit twist pits Reynolds against Wong and Gallagher

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

A new twist in the Brittany Higgins-sparked feud between three of politics’ most senior women: Cabinet ministers Penny Wong and Katy Gallagher at odds with former Morrison government minister Linda Reynolds.

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Australia’s own Dr Death

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:00:54 +0000

A blockbuster new podcast from The Australian and our investigative star reporter Hedley Thomas: Sick To Death is the horrifying true story of a surgeon who made catastrophic mistakes - and went unchallenged by a broken system. Hedley Thomas is here for a special episode to mark the launch of Sick To Death, available now in Apple Podcasts and at sicktodeathpodcast.com

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Trump and Epstein: the new emails

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump labels the late Jeffrey Epstein a ‘paedophile and a creep’ after Democrats release fresh emails between the convicted child sex offender, his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff. Plus, Adolf Hitler’s DNA secrets revealed - and the latest twist in Linda Reynolds v Brittany Higgins.

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Trump’s suing the BBC. Should the ABC worry?

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump says he’ll sue the BBC for a $1 billion; part of a pattern of lawsuits over what Trump says is unfair and selective reporting. What exactly did the BBC do to enrage Trump - and should Australia’s own ABC be worried?

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Headlines: Setka charged for alleged intimidation, harassment

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 04:59:33 +0000

Former CFMEU boss John Setka has been charged by police for allegedly harassing the union’s government-appointed administrator. Plus, a potentially devastating Ashes blow and the Libs duke it out over net zero.

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From sport to the cell block: who gets to be a woman?

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:00:41 +0000

Until now, it’s been judges trying to grapple with big questions of gender and justice. Now, politicians and sporting administrators face big decisions on what’s fair and whose rights come first.

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Men to be banned from women’s Olympic sports

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:13:35 +0000

The International Olympic Committee will ban men from competing in women’s sport in time for the 2028 Olympic Games.

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Why ‘shy’ Gough was blindsided by the Dismissal

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

50 years ago today, an Australian governor-general sacked the Prime Minister. A new book reveals something about Gough Whitlam’s character that might explain why the PM didn’t see the ambush coming.

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Headlines: New laws to target Nazis in NSW

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:38:36 +0000

New laws targeting Nazi hate speech could be enacted in NSW within the next fortnight. Plus, a warning from the RBA and tributes for radio titan John Laws.

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Liberal showdown over net zero

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:00:42 +0000

The Liberals will decide once and for all if they’ll dump net zero at a special party room meeting on Wednesday, as Sussan Ley’s leadership hangs in the balance.

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Unelected and all-powerful: the secrets of great political chiefs-of-staff

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Blunt, sweary and indispensable - that’s the cliche of political chiefs-of-staff like the West Wing’s CJ Cregg. Today we hear the stories of the real-life CJs, behind the thrones of Nelson Mandela, Tony Blair, Julia Gillard and more.

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Headlines: Israeli, Palestinian protesters in football clash, AUKUS boss is out

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:47:04 +0000

Arrests and anti-Israel chanting have marred a Europa League football clash in the British city of Birmingham featuring Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv and Aston Villa - the favourite team of William, the Prince of Wales.

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Erin Patterson’s ‘miscarriage of justice’ arguments decoded

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

From the jury’s motel arrangements to a crown prosecutor’s ‘unfair’ words: today we dig into exactly how mushroom murderer Erin Patterson says she is the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

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Bruce Lehrmann fails to show up in court

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:23:14 +0000

Police prosecutor and magistrate note the non-appearance of Bruce Lehrmann in a Tasmanian court where he’s due to defend a charge of stealing a Toyota Prado in November 2024. Plus, smart watches and wearable digital glasses banned in daycare centres.

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How Trump plans to destroy Zohran Mamdani

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

An ultra charismatic self-proclaimed social democrat has just been elected mayor of New York - and made himself a seriously formidable enemy in Donald J Trump, the ultimate New Yorker. Zohran Mamdani is just 34 and he’s been elected on a sweeping set of promises: to control rent, make childcare free and overhaul public transport. Is he the future of the Democrats - or a false dawn? That’s today’s episode.

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Headlines: Kentucky crash death toll expected to rise

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 04:43:47 +0000

Andy Beshear, Governor of the US state of Kentucky, said he expected the death toll from a plane crash at Muhammad Ali International Airport to rise. Plus, Becks is knighted and the Ashes squad is unveiled.

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One journo’s raw account of the day Australian politics changed forever

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

It’s nearly 50 years since the dismissal of the Whitlam government - a story that shaped the journalism, and the life, of our own editor-at-large Paul Kelly, who back then was a 28-year-old political correspondent literally sprinting through Parliament to break the news. I interviewed Paul for a documentary we’re publishing today - and in this episode of The Front, he tells us his story of Australian politics’ most dramatic day.

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Erin Patterson’s get-out-of-jail bid

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:20:34 +0000

She’s in virtual solitary confinement in a women’s prison surrounded by terrorists and child abusers - but mushroom murderer Erin Patterson isn’t going quietly, lodging an appeal against her convictions. The DPP is appealing too, against the ‘manifestly inadequate’ 33-year minimum sentence.

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Optus: when offshoring goes horribly wrong

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Senior heads will roll at Optus over September’s fatal triple 0 outage - just not yet. That’s the takeout from a Senate inquiry into the three deaths, including a baby, that resulted when emergency calls failed after the telco botched a routine network upgrade.

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Ex-prince Andrew could lose his Falklands War medal

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

The British government is examining stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of the medals he won in 1982’s Falklands War, where he served as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot.

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Can Sussan Ley survive the ‘killing season’?

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The Coalition has sunk to its worst approval rating in 40 years of Newspoll, while leader Sussan Ley has plunged further into the negatives. Can she – and the party – continue?

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‘My dog could do that’: Australia’s war on contemporary art

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Today on The Front. Remember Piss Christ? Bill Henson. Blue Poles. Why do Australians get so angry about art?

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How William and Kate swung the axe on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 02:26:27 +0000

Three generations of Royals have brutally frozen out their own siblings - Elizabeth, William and now Charles, who’s buckled to pressure from the Prince and Princess of Wales to strip Prince Andrew of his title.

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A lonely death in paradise: Suzanne Rees and the Lizard Island tragedy

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:00:21 +0000

How on earth was an adventurous 80-year-old lady left behind by her luxury cruise ship? Three decades after the horrific deaths of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, tragedy strikes the Great Barrier Reef again.

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Trump ramps up nuclear tests as he meets President Xi

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump is heaping praise on Anthony Albanese, declaring he’ll sort out North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un and talking up his friendship with China’s Xi Jinping - all while talking a big game about nuclear weapons.

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William’s ultimatum to Beatrice and Eugenie: get Andrew out

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The Prince of Wales - whose wife Catherine wants Prince Andrew out of her family’s life - has reportedly issued an edict to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie that their own titles may be at risk. Today - how the young Royals plan to eject their embarrassing uncle.

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Hamas 'hostage scam' in Gaza: Remains buried, then dug up for cameras

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

As Gaza turmoil rages and hostage families wait for 13 more bodies to be returned, Israel is accusing Hamas of taking a hostage’s remains, burying them under rubble and then digging them up in a staged moment for cameras.

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WiseTech: Sex, walkouts and now police raids

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Tech success story WiseTech weathered allegations of sexual drama - now it's being raided by the cops. What’s going on at Australia’s most dramatic company?

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Headlines: Elderly lady dies after cruise ship ‘leaves without her’

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

It’s one of Australia’s most exquisite tourist destinations, but now Queensland Police and the coroner are investigating how an 80-year-old solo traveller died after apparently ‘failing to board’ her cruise ship, the 120-berth Coral Adventurer.

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Mossad says this is Iran's antisemitic mastermind

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:00:08 +0000

A senior Iranian officer from the ultra-elite Quds Force orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Australia and around the world, according to Israeli spy agency Mossad. Today: who is Sardar Ammar?

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Headlines: Prince Andrew’s rich property pitch

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:18:28 +0000

Prince Andrew says he’ll leave the Royal Lodge where he’s lived rent-free for decades – if he gets two properties in return. Plus, the PM puts Beijing on notice and a big Ashes update.

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The radio star, the ex-bikie and the future of Nine Radio

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

At influential century-old Sydney talk station 2GB, Mornings host Mark Levy has found himself at the centre of a complicated business deal featuring some very colourful characters. There’s no suggestion of wrongdoing - just a fabulous Sydney story. Plus - why Nine Radio’s stars might soon be reporting to a new boss.

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Jeremy Allen White on setting boundaries with Bruce Springsteen

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The Boss in his sad bastard era - that’s the theme of a new biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. It’s about the period of isolation and melancholy that birthed Springsteen’s stark, deeply personal 1982 album, Nebraska. Today we hear from Jeremy Allen White about the time he had to ask Springsteen to give him some space.

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Headlines: Putin feels the heat on crude oil

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 05:39:42 +0000

China and India have fallen in behind Donald Trump’s tough new sanctions on Russian oil, dramatically curtailing their orders for crude oil. That’ll force up prices. Also in today’s headlines: Energy Minister Chris Bowen summons the ghost of Margaret Thatcher to persuade conservatives on net zero.

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How Prince Andrew threatens the Crown itself

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Prince William and King Charles consider Prince Andrew, ex-Duke of York, an existential threat to the Crown. As the UK debates booting Andrew - who denies wrongdoing - from his home and stripping his princely status, we discuss the memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Nobody’s Girl.

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Trump is demolishing the White House’s East Wing

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

A grand new ballroom and a whole lot of bulldozers - Donald Trump is bringing property developer energy to the White House, demolishing the storied East Wing to create a $300 million ballroom at “no taxpayer expense”. Plus, Aldi’s billion-dollar bonanza and an alleged child killer named in Parliament.

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Who is crashing gold prices?

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Everyone from central banks to jewellery fans were rushing to buy gold - until suddenly the price crashed on Tuesday night. What’s going on - and where will it stop? Markets Editor David Rogers joins us.

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Headlines: Brittany Higgins inquiry ‘a matter for Parliament’, says Gallagher

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 05:16:25 +0000

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher claims she doesn’t have anything further to say about Brittany Higgins’ allegation she was raped in the Parliament House office of her former boss, Linda Reynolds. Plus, gifts exchanged at the White House and a clash over Kevin Rudd’s old tweets.

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Why Trump wanted to give Albo - and Rudd - a win

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:00:22 +0000

Anthony Albanese’s long-awaited meeting with Donald Trump went better than anyone expected – and Kevin Rudd deserves part of the credit, despite an awkward confrontation with the President. Editor-At-Large Paul Kelly shares his take.

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I don't like you: Trump confronts Rudd

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:49:20 +0000

A triumphant White House meeting for Anthony Albanese, with a rare earths deal and positive AUKUS talk - but the President confronts ambassador Kevin Rudd in a supremely awkward moment.

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‘Rank dumbness’: Barnaby Joyce and a Coalition in chaos

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The talented, mercurial politician who can distil an idea better than anyone in politics says he’s quitting the National Party and maybe considering joining Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. Today, Greg Sheridan on the latest snafu in an Opposition struggling to hang on to its own talent.

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Headlines: An insane Louvre diamond heist

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 05:11:45 +0000

“Professionals” allegedly used power tools and a crane to pull off a brazen robbery of one of the world’s most-famous museums. Plus, Albo touches down in DC and the latest from Queensland’s troubled DNA lab.

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Armytage, Stefanovic and a TV HR disaster

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A supremely awkward hosting dilemma at Nine Entertainment’s Today program is just one of the human resources nightmares unfolding in broadcast television.

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The Downton Universe: satin, bosoms, and class

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has a blockbuster finale in cinemas and now HBO’s renewed companion show The Gilded Age for season 4. What’s his secret formula for making history sexy?

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Sushi chef stabbing plunges Victoria into crime crisis

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Shocking footage of a young woman being stabbed in the chest in an unprovoked attack on a Melbourne city street has plunged the Victorian government into damage control mode.

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The political women locked in an undying Brittany Higgins-inspired feud

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Former minister Linda Reynolds - Brittany Higgins’ ex-boss - wants justice. Her new targets: Labor foes Penny Wong and Katy Gallagher.

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Headlines: Virginia Giuffre accuses Prince Andrew from beyond the grave

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Six months after her death, Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre’s memoir is published, including an allegation Prince Andrew considered it his ‘birthright’ to have sex with her. The Duke of York denies any wrongdoing.

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Premier, parents at odds on care for trans kids

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The parents of Victorian school children are being cut out of potentially life-altering decisions about how to care for gender dysphoric children by the state’s school system, but the state government doesn’t want to talk about it.

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Headlines: Trump’s warning to Hamas amid Gaza City bloodshed

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

President Donald Trump has warned Hamas to hold up its side of a peace deal if they don’t want the US to intervene. Plus, cautious words from the RBA and Candace Owens’ court loss.

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On a winning streak, Trump turns his attention to Ukraine

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Buoyed by his success in the Middle East, Donald Trump has indicated he’ll turn his attention to the conflict raging between Russia and Ukraine.

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Free at last - but some hostages will never return

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

20 Israeli hostages are freed in return for nearly 2000 Palestinian prisoners - and a lingering heartbreak for the remaining 28 deceased captives.

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Hamas' favourite influencer Saleh al-Jafarawi dies in Gaza

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 04:40:56 +0000

Saleh al-Jafarawi, one of Gaza’s most prominent influencers, reportedly killed in clashes between Hamas and rival militias as Israeli forces pull back and Donald Trump flies in to greet hostages.

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The ‘fantasy’ behind Palestine protests

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters descended on Australia’s cities this weekend. But with a peace deal in the offing, what are they marching for?

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Dan Brown: mystery maker, or just ‘laughably awful’?

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

‘A factoid dude, but it ain’t art’ says guest Jack Marx on Dan Brown and his latest novel The Secret of Secrets. Brown’s books sell by the boatload, but can he really write? Literary Editor Caroline Overington joins Marx to dissect Brown’s appeal: from his love of puzzles to his ‘romantic nincompoop’ hero, Robert Langdon.

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Breaking: Israel’s government gives peace deal the green light

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Israel’s government has approved the first phase of a peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, as well as Qatari and Egyptian negotiators. Plus, Bowen big concession on renewables figures and a look at Australia’s top innovators.

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Trump’s peace hinges on Hamas disarming. So what now?

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

There was jubilation across the Middle East on Thursday as Donald Trump announced Hamas had agreed to his peace plan. Now, they have to follow though.

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Breaking: Opera House protest off, Middle East peace deal is on

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 02:52:40 +0000

Donald Trump announced Israel and Hamas have agreed to a historic peace deal, while a NSW court blocked a pro-Palestinian protest planned for Sunday.

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The environmentalists at war with Chris Bowen

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has accused a group of environmentalists of spreading misinformation. But he can’t – or won’t – explain his own department’s figures.

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Breaking: Qantas hackers demand ransom, or else

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 05:04:22 +0000

Hackers who stole troves of Qantas customer data are threatening to release the data unless the airline pays up. Plus, an Opera House protest bid returns to court and Optus outage bungle is revealed.

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The extremists behind anti-Semitic Gaza ‘celebrations’

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:45:09 +0000

As Jewish people commemorated October 7, Pro-Palestinian extremists celebrated Hamas’ atrocities at rallies and in pro-terror graffiti.

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Headlines: Hamas leaders demand terrorists’ release

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Hamas reportedly demanded the release of prominent terrorists held in Israeli prisons to secure its commitment to a peace plan for Gaza. Plus, Western Sydney University is once again the target of a cyber attack.

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Hamas v Hamas: what a terror split means for hopes of peace

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The Middle East is closer than ever to a peace deal – but infighting among members of Hamas risks blowing the whole thing up.

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Breaking: Latham’s ex bailed following revenge porn charges

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Nathalie Matthews was granted bail on Monday following her arrest on revenge porn charges. Plus, Albanese and Marape ink defence treaty and Trump talks up Middle East negotiations.

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Tokyo’s ‘Thatcher’ lands Japan’s top job

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 16:00:40 +0000

Sanae Takaichi is the first woman to be elected to lead Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party, and the country’s probable next PM. Can she hold onto the top job?

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Will Teddy swim…or sink on the NRL’s big stage?

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The 2025 NRL grand final is here and the code’s decision to book American singer Teddy Swims has stoked the flames of an age-old debate: The grand final isn’t just a game; it’s a stage - and the question is, who deserves the spotlight?

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Opera House Palestine demo sparks fear and fury

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 06:13:30 +0000

A flashpoint as police seek to block Palestine Action Group protest for October 7 on the steps of the Sydney Opera House to mark two years since Hamas’ murderous rampage. Meanwhile, activist Greta Thunberg is detained in Israel.

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How a billionaire pub baron wound up with just $3

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Investors who poured millions into the Public Hospitality Group are unlikely to recoup their cash after founder Jon Adgemis declared bankruptcy. Today: how this former billionaire built - and lost - an empire.

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Headlines: Hamas open to Trump’s Gaza peace plan

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000

A peace plan proposed by Donald Trump to end the conflict in Gaza is edging closer to an agreement. Plus, the mushroom killer’s next move and last drink’s for a Sydney pub baron.

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China plays hardball with our iron ore

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Beijing may be making an example of mining giant BHP in a bid to get better prices for iron ore, but our expert says China’s reported ban could be short-lived.

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Breaking: Urban fronts fans amid split from Nicole Kidman

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Keith Urban will face a crowd of thousands just days after news of his split from Nicole Kidman broke. Plus, a major inquiry into the embattled CFMEU gets underway.

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Who’s going to make Hamas surrender?

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Arab and Muslim leaders are on board. Israel says yes. But the Trump-Netanyahu peace deal needs a ‘terrorist death cult’ to lay down its arms. Foreign editor Greg Sheridan charts the way forward.

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Gaza deal: Trump's shot at Nobel Prize

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

A complete Hamas surrender and the return of all hostages in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners - that's the core of a 20-point peace deal announced by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu with the blessing of Arab leaders, who now have to persuade Hamas to sign up. Today, US correspondent Joe Kelly joins us to break down the detail.

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A dad molested his daughter. Now he’s in a women’s prison

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A father who was convicted of sexually abusing his own five-year-old daughter was given a minimum prison term of just two and a half years because a judge found he was in the process of transitioning to a woman, and that reduced his moral culpability. Now, the offender’s serving the sentence in a women’s prison.

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Headlines: Optus fails 000 callers again

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Embattled telco Optus is embroiled in a new 000 outage a week after at least three people died when they couldn’t connect to emergency services. Plus, the government gives itself a pat on the back for new budget figures.

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Seven News battles its own star reporter

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A senior, award-winning Seven News reporter has been stood down after she initiated a class action against the network for allegedly underpaying staff. It comes amid leadership turmoil, a ratings nosedive and widespread fears among staff about further cost-cutting. Today, what’s going on at the legacy broadcaster?

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The shy superstar of Aboriginal art

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Bigambul-Kamilaroi artist Archie Moore - who’s already won the world’s most prestigious art prize - is bringing his masterwork kith and kin to Australia. Today - how Moore creates powerfully emotional art from Aboriginal stories of family, love and loss.

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NATO warns Putin: we’ll shoot down your jets

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:13:18 +0000

Tensions are high after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russia that its warplanes could be shot down if they stray over European territory, a stance backed by Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump has imposed a 100 per cent tariff on foreign-made pharmaceutical products.

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From Snoop to Goyder: all the AFL grand final gossip

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Geelong v Brisbane? Sure - but the real AFL GF drama is high in the Olympic Room corporate suite, where our own John Stensholt will be prowling for the secrets of Australia’s business titans.

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Albo wants on the UN Security Council

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:02:31 +0000

Little old Australia wants a seat on the world’s most powerful body - the United Nations Security Council. Also in today’s headlines: drama at Premier Investments and stationery powerhouse Smiggle, with billionaire Solomon Lew ripping in.

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Gas: a fossil fuel rises from the dead

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:00:34 +0000

A generation ago, gas was fighting for its life. Now, it’s an essential part of keeping the lights on. But do we have enough? And will it hamper the net zero transition?

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Breaking: Another $150,000 for sacked Antoinette Lattouf

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sacked radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf has been awarded an additional $150,000 in penalties after a judge found she was unfairly terminated by the ABC. Plus, Albo finally meets Donald Trump.

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Do Donald Trump’s autism claims stack up?

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Does paracetamol cause autism? There’s no evidence it does - but Donald Trump and American medical authorities are telling doctors its use in pregnancy could be associated with a higher risk.

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Headlines: Why Trump is avoiding Albanese

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has missed out on a meeting with US President Donald Trump yet again, but he’s keeping busy in New York City. Plus, a fresh scandal envelops the Duke and Duchess of York.

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Can Albo make his Palestine dream a reality?

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Anthony Albanese claims Palestinians want a homeland just as much as Jews do. But is Palestinian statehood an achievable dream or a symbolic gesture? Political Editor Geoff Chambers joins us from New York City.

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‘Lost boys’: why Charlie Kirk’s widow forgives his alleged killer

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Grief, vengeance and mercy are the themes of huge Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona, as Donald Trump announces Presidential medal of freedom and Kirk’s widow Erika says she forgives his alleged killer.

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Can – and should – Optus survive its new 000 catastrophe?

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Less than two years after an historic outage blocked Australians from contacting emergency services, Optus is once again scrambling to regain the public’s trust.

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Inside the showbiz machine with Netflix sensation Midnight Til Morning

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

With a song by Benson Boone and Amy Allen, plus a heap of raw talent and years of grind, an Australian-US boy band stands on the cusp of stardom - but can they break through in today’s fragmented, algorithmic, AI-tinted music business?

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Now Trump wants Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers sacked

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:15:00 +0000

Stephen Colbert’s gone, Jimmy Kimmel is suspended - now Donald Trump’s war on late night hosts continues, with the President demanding NBC sack Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers.

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The realpolitik behind Albanese’s $8 billion climate bombshell

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

We’ve got to halve emissions in a decade in order to hit the Government's bold new climate goal - so what’s really behind the target, and will climate policy kill off any more leaders?

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Breaking: How can we halve emissions in 10 years?

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:11:50 +0000

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions must halve in the next decade to reach the Government’s big new goal of 62 to 70 per cent reduction on 2005 levels by 2035. Why not faster? Why not slower? And how will we get there?

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Defence deal derailed as PNG snubs Albanese

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Australia and Papua New Guinea have agreed to sign a sweeping mutual defence treaty - but it could all be scuttled by China. There were awkward scenes in Port Moresby as the planned signing ceremony fizzled out - the second time Albanese’s been snubbed by a Pacific partner this month. Today - what the deal would mean - and why it could all go badly wrong.

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Breaking: Kirk’s alleged killer ‘confesses’ in texts

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Prosecutors say the alleged assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk confessed to the crime in text messages to his roommate. Plus, the PM’s PNG defence deal fails to launch.

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What's with Jacinta Allan's China charm offensive?

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Charming students and greenlighting giant Chinese energy projects: just weeks after Dan Andrews’ parade photo call, Victorian premier Jacinta Allan is wooing Beijing despite Canberra’s deep sensitivities about the relationship.

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Headlines: Super Retail CEO sacked in affair fallout

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Super Retail CEO Anthony Heraghty has been terminated effective immediately after the company said he misled them about a workplace affair. Plus, the PM’s PNG pact hits a snag and a rock front man’s musical tribute to his mum.

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Why the government is preaching climate doom

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The Albanese government says the stakes have never been higher when it comes to climate change, but the energy transition is proving harder than anyone expected.

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Headlines: Report sounds climate change alarm

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has hinted at an ambitious 2035 emissions reductions target in releasing the National Climate Change Assessment. Plus, the Prime Minister is in the market for a new electorate office.

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A media exec’s dementia love story

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Louise Bryant has the publishing world at her feet, but she’s also living the heartbreak of caring for her partner through dementia. Today, Lou launches a powerful dementia awareness campaign through The Australian and news.com.au: Think Again.

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Who is making ‘moronic’ decisions at the Emmys?

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The Bear’s a comedy? White Lotus is a drama? Today, we stack up the finalists from Adolescence to Severance and ask: is Hollywood celebrating the best in TV or just patting itself on the back?

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Breaking: A fresh look at Kirk shooting suspect

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

The FBI has released new footage of the person suspected of shooting activist Charlie Kirk on a university campus. Plus, the Prime Minister takes a fight at Coalition ‘infighting’.

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Charlie Kirk murder rocks Gen Z’s political world

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A 31-year-old father of two - famous for swinging young men to vote Donald Trump - is shot dead on a Utah university campus. Today: how political violence spread across the political spectrum and why ordinary Americans no longer feel safe.

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Breaking: Charlie Kirk murder horrifies the world

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 02:37:23 +0000

Free speech warrior Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two young children, is shot dead while debating ideas at a university campus in Utah. Plus, Lleyton Hewitt’s huge fine after dispute with an anti-doping official.

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Nunogeddon is coming for Australian banking

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The biggest employer in Australian banking has a new boss – and he’s shaking things up. Today, meet Nuno Matos: the cost-saving crusader they call ‘Nunogeddon’.

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Headlines: Donald Trump’s fiery rebuke of Israel

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

US President Donald Trump warned Qatar about an Israeli strike on Hamas officials ahead of time. Plus, Australia signs a new security pact with Fiji and NAB slashes jobs.

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Radical history overhaul coming to classrooms

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Treaty, a voice-like advisory body and a school curriculum focused on dispossession and systemic racism: how Victoria wants to reshape its relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people. Today, Indigenous Affairs editor Paige Taylor joins us.

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Breaking: Bruce Lehrmann’s fresh legal stoush

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 06:10:00 +0000

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann is going back to court after the home of his media adviser was raided by the National Anti-Corruption Commission. Plus, Israel orders residents of Gaza City to leave and ANZ slashes jobs.

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Erin Patterson’s puzzle of lies

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Erin Patterson will spend at least 33 years in prison after a judge found she intended to murder her estranged husband at the same family lunch where she poisoned four of his elderly relatives with death cap mushrooms. Today, how Justice Christopher Beale fit together Patterson’s puzzle of lies – and what happens now.

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Breaking: 33 years for mushroom killer Erin Patterson

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 01:36:10 +0000

Mushroom killer Erin Patterson has been given three life sentences plus 25 years for the murder of three elderly relatives and the attempted murder of another. With time served, she’ll be eligible for parole in 2056. Plus, Atlassian’s president quits the tech giant after missing out on a plum gig.

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How government greed lit an illegal tobacco inferno

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Cigarettes are now over $50 a packet - unless you buy on the booming black market created by huge government tax hikes. Today - how well-intentioned policy went bad, and the serious baddies who are cashing in.

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Wednesday: Tim Burton and Jenna Ortega get their goth on

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Behind the black clothes and deadpan stare, we look at how Wednesday became a global sensation - from the show's gothic roots to the viral TikTok dance that made an outcast a cultural icon. Director Tim Burton and star Jenna Ortega join us to reveal how they introduced this classic character to a new generation.

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Headlines: Qantas boss pays dearly for data hack

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 06:07:07 +0000

Today on The Front's afternoon headlines: Labor Party President Wayne Swan questions Dan Andrews’ China trip, while the bonus of Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson is slashed and a neo-Nazi is denied bail.

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Here come the ISIS brides – and the political spin

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Australian law enforcement is preparing for the repatriation of women and children stranded in the Middle East – but the Albanese government is determined to dodge questions about the plan.

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Headlines: Taxpayers’ $475m Robodebt fix

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Today on The Front's afternoon headlines: Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews praises China's efforts in renewable energy, while victims of the Robodebt disaster are set to receive nearly half a billion dollars in compensation. Plus, get a preview of tomorrow's big story on the return of ISIS brides to Australia.

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Ghost planes and a Stalinist monstrosity: China on parade

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A monumental defence display in Beijing sends a clear message to the world, and especially to Taiwan. The Australian’s Will Glasgow joins us to discuss the new hardware on display and how the presence of Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-Un, and even Australia's own Daniel Andrews played into Xi Jinping’s propaganda push.

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Headlines: Antoinette Lattouf’s lawyer rips into ABC bigwig

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 06:42:07 +0000

Today’s headlines, including China flexing its military might in a massive parade in Beijing attended by world leaders including former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews. Plus, the fiery court battle between sacked ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf and the national broadcaster heats up, with Lattouf's lawyer ripping into the ABC's conduct.

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The Outback principal accused of ‘choking’ a student

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Gavin Morris was celebrated as a visionary school leader helping transform the lives of Aboriginal kids. Now he’s on trial, pleading not guilty, over alleged aggravated physical assaults of kids aged 8 to 13 - including alleged choking and ear-pulling.

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Breaking: Neo-Nazi’s ‘coward’ attack on premier

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Self-proclaimed neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell gatecrashes a press conference shouting about proposed protest laws. Plus, Taiwan’s diplomats in Australia condemn China’s duchessing of former state Labor premiers. And a former outback school principal is on trial in Alice Springs for alleged aggravated assaults on five boys.

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Jesus Christ, movie star

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Mary, mother of God, is suddenly a streaming sensation. Jesus and his followers are going off on YouTube. As new generations rediscover the gospel on screen, author Greg Sheridan reveals how women and girls were pivotal to the explosion of Christianity around the world.

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Breaking: Crackdown on NDIS fraudsters

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s headlines: Fallout from the weekend’s anti-immigration rallies, a tough new ID system for NDIS providers and a car ramming the Russian consulate in Sydney.

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Their slogan was ‘Death to Israel’. Then Mossad blew them up

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

After years of terrorising shipping in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade and firing missiles at Israel, the anti-Semitic Houthi leadership of northern Yemen has been wiped out in an Israeli airstrike. Today - chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart on how Mossad’s network of spies called in the strikes.

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Jaws at 50: We’re gonna need a bigger cinema

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Steven Spielberg at 26 created a horror masterpiece that still haunts every beachgoer. Today, film critic Stephen Romei on why you should rush to see Jaws in cinemas this weekend.

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Breaking: Croc wrangler Matt Wright learns his fate

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:08:19 +0000

Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright Matt Wright has been found guilty of two counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice - and acquitted of some other charges. Plus, former Premiers head to China and Jaws makes a comeback.

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Top doctors embroiled in a medical melodrama

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Wild allegations of racism, bullying and misconduct are causing chaos at the top of the prestigious Royal College of Physicians.

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Breaking: How Qantas made a $2.4 billion profit

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s headlines in brief. A cyber hack and a huge federal court penalty - yet Qantas is delivering giant returns to shareholders. How are they doing it? Plus, Pentagon drama involving Defence Minister Richard Marles.

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Linda Reynolds v Brittany Higgins: the judgment

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A judge found Brittany Higgins defamed former Liberal minister Linda Reynolds and ordered $341,000 in damages. The judge found Higgins was affected by physical and psychological trauma and was dishonest in some of her claims - but he rejected Reynolds’ conspiracy claim. Today - exactly what Justice Paul Tottle found.

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Breaking: Brittany Higgins’ defamation loss

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 03:26:17 +0000

Brittany Higgins has lost a defamation action brought by her former boss, ex-Liberal cabinet minister Linda Reynolds, who says her reputation was destroyed by Higgins’ allegations.

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Did Mossad help our spies catch Iran?

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Australian authorities say Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. Our expert unpacks the crucial intelligence cooperation that brought it to light, and why Iran is meddling in Australian life.

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Breaking: How Iran ‘masterminded’ antisemitic attacks in Australia

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 05:11:17 +0000

Anthony Albanese kicks out Iran’s ambassador and accuses the Revolutionary Guard Corps of firebombing a Melbourne synagogue and Sydney deli. Plus the latest in Beau Lamarre-Condon’s alleged murder case and an alleged cop-killer on the run in Porepunkah, Victoria.

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Erin Patterson behind bars: autism, terrorists and crochet

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:11:28 +0000

A terrorist next door and constant lockdowns - a court has heard mushroom murderer Erin Patterson is doing it tough with Victoria’s most dangerous female convicts, finding comfort in crochet and books.

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Fury and forgiveness: hear Erin Patterson victims’ statements in full

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 06:04:20 +0000

"I am no longer Erin Patterson's victim. She has become the victim of my kindness." Those are the words of mushroom lunch survivor Ian Wilkinson, who read a victim impact statement to court alongside Patterson’s husband and other victims of her triple murder. Today, voice actors read the statements in full.

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Gaza City invasion: Inside the tactics of Israel and Hamas

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Israel has vowed to invade Gaza City, but what would that actually look like? Chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart joins us to discuss the military, humanitarian and diplomatic dramas playing out in the Middle East.

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K-Pop Demon Hunters: How a cartoon band topped the charts

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Three incredible female singers are slaying global music charts and starring in a Netflix monster hit - and they’re not even real. Today, we uncover the real creatives - and voices - behind Huntrix and Saja Boys, the fictional bands at the heart of a true cultural moment: K-Pop Demon Hunters.

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Strippers, filthy chats: inside ‘ethical’ property giant JLL

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Why would high-flying property executives - who work for a company that claims to champion women - be hanging out at a strip club? What’s management done about filthy WhatsApp chats? Today - Margin Call editor Yoni Bashan on commercial real estate company JLL.

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Why Bruce Lehrmann says he’s not a violent rapist

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Australia’s ‘most hated man’ Bruce Lehrmann is back in court - this time trying to overturn an ‘unfair’ finding of rape, as Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson fire back.

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Trump, Zelensky, a sharp suit and a peace deal?

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:55:00 +0000

Remember when Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky fought in the Oval Office? Now it’s smiles, suits and talk of peace. But will Vladimir Putin join the party? Greg Sheridan is here.

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Nine Entertainment’s top women feel the heat

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A huge cultural change is under way at Nine Entertainment and now it’s senior female figures making the news. Today - Media Diary editor Steve Jackson on the drama inside Nine’s culture revamp.

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An Australian warrior’s secret to happiness

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Sir Peter Cosgrove doesn’t know why he was spared the trauma of war – but he says his wife of almost 50 years has helped him find positivity in the dark moments. Today, we dive into The Australian’s new Happiness Project.

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Who killed And Just Like That?

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

And Just Like That is over. Kaput and in the bin. Where did it all go wrong? What’s up with that ending? Has it tarnished the legacy of Sex & The City? And why are the hate-watchers sad to see it go?

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Is a four-day work week in our future?

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Unions push a four-day work week with five days' pay, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers kicks off an economic reform roundtable. Plus, how artificial intelligence and a new EV road user charge could reshape Australia's future economy.

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Mushroom clash: Simon Patterson’s courtroom confrontation with Erin’s lawyer

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

He believed his wife tried to kill him - and then had to give evidence in her trial for murdering his parents and aunt. Until today we haven’t been able to report the courtroom clash between Simon Patterson and Colin Mandy SC - but reporter John Ferguson was there.

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A handbag-obsessed Chinese ‘spy’ in Australia

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Police allege an unnamed woman was secretly gathering intelligence on a charismatic Buddhist group for the Chinese government. We unpack what she was allegedly up to – and where she is now.

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Why recognising Palestine is a 'hollow gesture'

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:49:25 +0000

A move towards peace, or a meaningless gesture? Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong declare Australia is recognising Palestinian statehood. Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan joins us to discuss what this means for Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, Hamas, Israelis and Gazans.

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The new threat to Australia’s nuclear subs

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Senior navy figures are worried about the safety of nuclear-powered submarines if WA goes ahead with plans to relocate a commercial shipping port.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber is cool now. We’re surprised too.

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Andrew Lloyd Webber has gone chic on Broadway and the West End, thanks to Jamie Lloyd and a Pussycat Doll. So why are we getting the same old productions with leotards and eye makeup?

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What the jury didn't know in Erin Patterson murder trial

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 23:42:40 +0000

A Victorian judge has lifted suppression orders on evidence in the murder trial of mushroom killer Erin Patterson, meaning we can finally tell the whole story.

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A new ‘easier’ English test for migrants

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 23:07:54 +0000

The famously tough English language test for would-be Australians is getting a big shakeup, and the Coalition says it’ll exacerbate our immigration challenges.

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The great AI art heist

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:00:19 +0000

Australian artists, musicians and authors are fuming over a suggestion copyright laws should be relaxed to allow tech giants to train their AI chatbots.

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How Japan beat Germany to sell us warships

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

It’s the multi-billion dollar deal that’ll shape the next generation of the Australian Defence Force. Today, how Japan pulled it off.

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RIP Twiggy’s green hydrogen dream

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

It sounded like magic – unlimited energy that comes from water – but green hydrogen’s flopped, at huge cost to taxpayers. Billionaire Andrew Forrest, who helped persuade governments to dream big, says he'll repay public funds. So what went wrong with green hydrogen?

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Lesbians vs trans activists: A federal court showdown

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A Federal Court showdown over single-sex spaces pits veteran queer community groups against trans rights activists, laying bare a bitter fight beneath the rainbow flag. Today, why some lesbian groups say their identity is under threat.

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A plagiarism drama hits Australian horror flick Together

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 03:54:41 +0000

Together – a love story gets the body horror treatment. But beyond the jump scares, a real-life drama is unfolding as this Australian director’s debut faces a heated plagiarism dispute.

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The billionaire habit you need to develop

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

We asked some of Australia’s richest people about their everyday money habits. One was a stunner - and today our Wealth editor Julie-anne Sprague introduces theaustralian.com.au/wealth and explains how the rich get their dough and keep it.

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YouTube’s giant child safety lobbying fail

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:00:27 +0000

Kids under 16 will be banned from holding YouTube accounts in a disaster for parent company Google, which even sent The Wiggles to lobby for its cause. The Government’s next target: gaming and dating platforms.

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Is climate change stealing your salad?

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Wild rhetoric from a UN climate czar, who says Australia must go faster on net zero or cripple our food production. Meanwhile, Australia is desperate to host a giant UN climate conference. Today - where is all this actually taking our economy and power bills?

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Claims of starvation - and disinformation - in Gaza

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Israel tried to crush Hamas by shutting off aid to Gazans - but the tactic failed. Now Hamas accuses Israel of creating a famine, and Israel says Hamas is spreading disinformation. Chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart joins us to explain what went wrong and who’s to blame.

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Police seize ‘loan book’ of alleged sex offender Alan Jones

Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A secret ‘loan book’ belonging to alleged sex offender Alan Jones details financial arrangements with a host of Australia's best-known media identities, sports stars, and business people. Today, The Australian's media diarist Steve Jackson breaks the story.

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Why is And Just Like That so terrible?

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

From cosmos and Manolos to incontinence and declining sex drives, how did the Sex and the City revival And Just Like That get it so wrong? Our resident SATC tragic Jessica Halloran joins to discuss the decline of the ultimate girls' show and ponder the unsexy reality of ageing onscreen.

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Why Albo buckled to Trump’s biggest beef

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Just a coincidence - that’s the federal Government's explanation for why it’s suddenly dropping a two-decade ban on American beef - something Donald Trump was demanding. So - will Anthony Albanese’s apparent capitulation help our cause?

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When is a Jewish ‘joke’ not racist?

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

It’s the antisemitism controversy that a judge said wasn’t actually antisemitic: January’s QUT event featuring a caped crusader called ‘Dutton’s Jew’ was satire even though some Jews were offended, says an official review. Today - education editor Natasha Bita on where racism, free speech and satire collide.

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The old-school Greens getting expelled from their own party

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Drew Hutton says the party he co-founded has become a ‘cult’. We unpack how he was kicked to the curb – and why he’s vowing revenge.

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Lehrmann judge’s appeal against ‘corrupt’ finding

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Walter Sofronoff KC - former celebrity barrister and rockstar judge - was found to have engaged in ‘serious corrupt conduct’ in his inquiry into the Bruce Lehrmann matter. Now he’s before the Federal Court, fighting for his reputation.

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The breakdown of Atlassian’s tech bromance

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Real estate, divorce, and tech billions are causing all sorts of problems for Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes. Our expert unpacks where it all went wrong.

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The Bear back for season 5? Yes, Chef!

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

It’s the show that shouldn't work: an ensemble cast, a short king in the lead, and a chaotic kitchen setting. So why is The Bear one of TV's biggest shows? We dissect the elements that make this stressful yet addictive drama a must-watch.

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Cautious optimism as Bronwyn podcast nears conclusion

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:58:41 +0000

The family of missing Lennox Head woman Bronwyn Winfield are optimistic the police investigation into her disappearance is making progress.

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Mark Latham abuse scandal grows

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A scandal enveloping former Labor leader Mark Latham is growing – and other MPs are getting dragged into the drama. Latham’s former girlfriend made shocking allegations of abuse – claims he’s vehemently denies.

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Fourth time’s a charm for Xi and Albanese

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with President Xi Jinping for a fourth time on Tuesday – and scored a rare invite to dine with the Chinese leader.

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Albo’s China charm campaign

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:00:40 +0000

The PM kicked off a six-day trip to China in Shanghai on Sunday, where he launched a tourism campaign designed to bring more Chinese tourists to Australia.

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The Salt Path author’s passionate defence

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A white-hot literary drama blows up over bestselling memoir and movie The Salt Path. Author Raynor Winn - also known as Sally Walker - and her husband Tim ‘Moth Winn’ Walker say they’re telling the truth - and have the clinical notes to prove it.

You can read a full statement here, including doctors’ letters about Moth’s illness. https://www.raynorwinn.co.uk/

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The government’s plan to tackle antisemitism

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:00:30 +0000

Jillian Segal, unveiled her wide-ranging strategy to combat antisemitism in Australia. Our expert unpacks what it means for universities, festivals, and schools.

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Pharma giants brace for Trump tariff pain

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The government is under pressure to do a deal after Donald Trump flagged possible sweeping new tariffs on pharmaceuticals. Our expert unpacks the latest from Trump’s trade war.

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Why Trump and Netanyahu love - and hate - each other

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:00:51 +0000

Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – that’s after the two leaders met in Washington, DC to discuss peace in the Middle East. But beneath the bonhomie are signs of mistrust. We're joined by US correspondent Joe Kelly to study this complex bromance.

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The lies that convicted cold, snarky Erin Patterson

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

There’s a reason accused criminals don’t usually give evidence - it’s a huge gamble, and in Erin Patterson’s case it was a giant error. Today - how the triple murderer tripped over her own lies.

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Guilty: Why the jury convicted mushroom cook Erin Patterson

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:24:01 +0000

Erin Patterson killed four elderly relatives by serving them beef Wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms. Today, what the jury didn’t know, and why they’ve jailed Erin Patterson as a mass murderer.

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Mushroom jury: What’s going on?

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

It’s the biggest trial of the year, and now the most suspenseful, as the jury in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial enters its seventh day of deliberations. What’s going on? Legal affairs correspondent Ellie Dudley joins us from Morwell in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

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The joy of blockbusters: Jurassic World Rebirth, F1, 28 Years Later

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Dinosaurs. Zombies. Brad Pitt with his shirt off. Hollywood’s giving the people what they want and cinema ticket sales are up. Today: The Australian’s film critic Stephen Romei on why we’re having a teenage boy blockbuster moment.

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What’s really going on inside Iran?

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Less than a fortnight after the US claimed to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability, our foreign editor Greg Sheridan joins us for the truth about the most secretive regime on earth.

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Is Trump's Gaza 'ceasefire' for real?

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The dealmaker-in-chief says he’s confident a Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal will be reached when Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House next week. Today, our Middle East correspondents on what’s really going on.

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The collapse of British PM Keir Starmer

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:42:50 +0000

When the Glastonbury crowd chants ‘F… Keir Starmer’, UK Labour has a problem. How did the smooth QC squander electoral glory in just a year?

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Mushroom jury’s out: Did Erin Patterson have a motive to murder?

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

In the privacy of the jury room at the Victorian Supreme Court in Morwell, 12 men and women will debate if Erin Patterson had a motive to murder her four elderly relatives. She’s pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder.

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China’s shot over Anthony Albanese’s bows

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian warns Australia about increasing defence spending, warning of economic pain ahead and claiming China has only ever wanted world peace.

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Brendan O’Neill on Kneecap’s Glastonbury performance, and ‘the cult of the Keffiyeh’

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Kneecap: Palestine freedom fighters or just phonies? Brendan O’Neill joins us to unpack the band's controversial Glastonbury performance and asks, has punk become just another accessory for the middle class?

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Street sweeper sacked over Acknowledgment of Country

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:00:39 +0000

What are you allowed to say – or think – at work these days? In the wake of the Federal Court’s finding in favour of Antoinette Lattouf, a Melbourne council is found to have broken the law by sacking a street sweeper who scoffed at an acknowledgment of country.

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Lattouf v ABC: An entirely foreseeable catastrophe

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A ‘victory for free speech’ and a sizable compensation payout. Media Editor James Madden unpacks how the national broadcaster got here.

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Judge: Did Erin Patterson lie to police or the jury?

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The mushroom trial jury must sift fact from fiction as they deliberate on Erin Patterson’s triple murder charge, says Justice Christopher Beale. Today - how the judge summed up the evidence and directed the jury.

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Spy base Pine Gap’s role in Iran strike

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:00:14 +0000

As tensions simmer in the Middle East, our foreign affairs and defence experts unpack what the US really wants – and needs – from Australia.

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Trump v Iran: What now?

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The United States says it decimated Iran’s nuclear capabilities in an aerial attack. Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan unpacks what it means for the Middle East.

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Squid Game: How a Korean dystopia conquered the world

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

From K-pop to Netflix’s biggest show, South Korean taxpayers have funded a wildly successful global charm offensive set to culminate in the June 27 release of Squid Game’s Season 3. Today - why do we love all this death and mayhem so?

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Two exhausted reporters up close to the Iran-Israel war

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:00:26 +0000

Sleepless nights rushing to the shelter, ballistic missile attacks and babies born underground – our correspondents Yoni Bashan and Liam Mendes reveal what it’s like reporting the Iran-Israel war.

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Why Erin Patterson’s lies ‘point to innocence’

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Erin Patterson told lies - but that doesn’t make her a murderer. That’s the core of her defence barrister’s argument in the Victorian Supreme Court, where Patterson, a 50-year-old mother of two, has pleaded not guilty to murdering three elderly relatives and attempting to murder a fourth.

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Defence v prosecution in the Erin Patterson mushroom trial

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:56:04 +0000

No motive – but no doubt, according to the Crown’s closing argument in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial. The defence says the Crown has failed to prove her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Today, the closing arguments, re-enacted by voice actors.

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Give Trump what he wants: some advice for Albo

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Start making American submarines here now – and don’t panic. That’s the hot tip for Anthony Albanese heading into his first face-to-face with Donald Trump, as doubts grow over the AUKUS deal.

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Israel v Iran: The new Middle East war explained

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

There’s a new Middle East war over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Our experts unpack why Israel is striking now – and what happens next.

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Getting nude at ‘subversive’ arts fest DarkMofo

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Hobart’s beloved arts festival Dark Mofo is all grown up - so does it still have the power to shock? And why does everyone love taking their clothes off in Tasmania’s frigid midwinter?

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Erin Patterson’s liposuction testimony

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:28:22 +0000

After nine days of evidence and cross-examination, accused mushroom killer Erin Patterson spent her final minutes in the witness box explaining how her plans to have liposuction fit into the picture.

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Erin Patterson says doctors and her own kids are wrong

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Pleading not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted murder, mushroom cook Erin Patterson takes issue with claims by medical professionals and her two children.

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Mushroom cook Erin Patterson on why ‘sarcastic’ husband was wrong

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Erin Patterson is cross-examined in the Victorian Supreme Court, where she’s pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. She denies Crown suggestions she was ‘shocked’ when doctors worked out her lunch guests had eaten death cap mushrooms.

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Chris Dawson’s last chance at freedom

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The High Court of Australia will this week consider an application made by Chris Dawson for special leave to appeal a finding that upheld his conviction for the 1982 murder of his wife, Lynette.

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The billion-dollar NRL v AFL war gets brutal in Perth

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A hostile billionaire, bitter media politics, a powerful football titan and a legendary coach: it’s a sporting drama worthy of Ted Lasso as rugby league’s bold new Perth Bears vision takes off.

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Alone Australia - is season 3 the best reality TV show ever made?

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Why we can’t get enough of SBS’ wildly hot franchise about scrappy survivors starving, freezing and slaughtering their way back to civilisation.

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Pete Hegseth says China will invade Taiwan. Is he right?

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:00:14 +0000

Donald Trump’s defence boss wants Australia to massively lift defence spending in preparation for an ‘imminent’ war over Taiwan. So why is Anthony Albanese saying no?

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I lied, I panicked: Erin Patterson’s account of mushroom lunch

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Erin Patterson told the Victorian Supreme Court she ‘lied’ to her elderly relatives at a lunch that left three of them dead and one gravely ill. She’s pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

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Erin Patterson’s ‘ashamed’ tears

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Mushroom cook weeps in the witness box as she’s asked for the first time about a beef Wellington lunch that killed three elderly relatives.

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Mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s evidence, in her own words

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A voice-acted recreation of the evidence given by accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson in the Victorian Supreme Court. She’s pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder related to a fatal lunch at her Leongatha home in 2023.

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The police cold case unit that's paranoid about podcasts

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 16:51:40 +0000

The NSW Unsolved Homicide Unit won’t share crucial information with families because it’s worried publicity from podcasts will jeopardise its investigations.

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Cheng Lei: the wise, sweary, funny survivor of a Chinese prison

Fri, 30 May 2025 01:29:28 +0000

From Bridget Jones to Prisoner 21003: Cheng Lei has created a powerful memoir and a Sky News documentary about her three years in Chinese detention, falsely convicted of espionage.

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Did police overlook Erin Patterson’s ‘missing’ phone?

Thu, 29 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Defence lawyer Colin Mandy SC is probing the police case against accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson, as her trial races toward its conclusion.

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Erin Patterson’s multiple mobile phones

Wed, 28 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The jury in mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial hears allegations she swapped SIM cards between mobile phones, remotely reset a phone after it was seized by police – and the phone police have been unable to find.

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Hear Erin Patterson’s police interview in full

Tue, 27 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

We have voice-acted Erin Patterson’s police interview, as played to the jury in her triple-murder trial. Patterson, who denies any wrongdoing, told police she’d never foraged for mushrooms and didn’t own a dehydrator - just two days after they retrieved her dehydrator from the tip.

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Has Vladimir Putin outsmarted Donald Trump?

Mon, 26 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump’s plan to bring peace to Ukraine is faltering, but he can’t walk away. We unpack why Vladimir Putin has the President in bind.

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TV’s million-dollar journos

Sun, 25 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Who’s the highest earner on TV? And who earns 600 grand for two hours’ work? Today - the top salaries on free to air television.

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The Studio - Seth Rogen’s smash-hit series skilfully skewers Hollywood

Fri, 23 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Art v Commerce - a tussle as old as time. Seth Rogen’s new show, The Studio on Apple TV, takes a brutal - and hilarious - look at modern-day Hollywood. The creatives, the machine and everything in between.

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Explicit messages found on Erin Patterson’s phone

Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A fresh twist in the mushroom triple-murder trial: expletive-laden Facebook messages found on Erin Patterson’s phone that labelled her husband a ‘deadbeat’ and his parents ‘a lost cause’. Today, the case against Erin Patterson.

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The secrets of Joe Biden’s rapid decline

Wed, 21 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

As controversy rages about how much Democrats and Biden insiders knew about the former president’s cognitive decline, foreign editor Greg Sheridan joins us to reflect on Biden’s new diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer.

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Have the Nationals blown themselves up?

Tue, 20 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Nuclear power - and political power games - break up the Liberal-National Coalition. National editor Dennis Shanahan tries to make sense of David Littleproud’s big breakup.

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Did Israel just change its battle plan?

Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Disarming Hamas rather than destroying it - and occupying Gaza rather than pounding it. Today - why Benjamin Netanyahu changed up the war.

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Have hackers stolen your tax refund?

Sun, 18 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Hackers have harvested potentially millions of dollars from unsuspecting taxpayers by submitting bogus tax returns – and nobody knows how.

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Nagi v Brooki: Down to the last crumb

Fri, 16 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Two whip-smart journos join us to discuss the cookbook controversy. Sexism, intellectual property law, and who was the first person to stick a lemon up a chicken’s bum anyway?

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The uni students who turned their backs on Jews

Thu, 15 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Jewish groups are condemning what they say was antisemitism and racism on a university campus. University of Sydney students have voted to reject a new definition of antisemitism - and turned their backs on Jewish peers. Today: what one fiery meeting tells us about the mood on campus.

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Mushroom expert told authorities death cap poisoning was impossible

Wed, 14 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

No sign of death caps - that was the judgment of a leading mushroom expert asked to analyse beef Wellington from Erin Patterson’s fatal lunch. Today - where Erin Patterson’s defence lawyers are taking the jury as they fight three charges of murder and one of attempted murder.

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Whistleblower’s tale of a bankrupt tycoon’s NDIS ‘rort’

Tue, 13 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Crime journo Dave Murray uses his shoeleather journalism skills to report a ballooning scandal about the National Disability Insurance Scheme

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Winners and losers in Albo’s big shakeup

Mon, 12 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A new Attorney-General, Plibersek demoted, Dreyfus and Husic to the backbench: the thinking behind Anthony Albanese’s reshuffle - and who’ll be new Liberal leader?

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Pope Leo vs China

Sun, 11 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

China is cracking down on religious freedom and Pope Leo XIV faces a raging controversy about a deal his predecessor signed with Xi Xinping’s Communist Party. Today - how the China situation helped Leo defeat other contenders, and the dilemma he faces now.

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Trent Dalton reveals his deeply personal new book

Fri, 09 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The nicest man in journalism and literature is Trent Dalton, our colleague here at The Australian and global bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe. But he harbours a secret guilt, which he’s exploring in a new book, Gravity Let Me Go. Today, Trent Dalton and literary editor Caroline Overington in conversation.

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Roger Rogerson’s first kill? The mystery of ‘Shotgun Johnny’ Regan

Thu, 08 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The 1974 murder of ‘Shotgun Johnny’ Regan has never been solved. Now, his family wants answers. That’s where The Australian’s new cold case investigation The Gangster’s Ghost comes in.

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Could Kashmir trigger nuclear war between India and Pakistan?

Wed, 07 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

As missiles, artillery fire and claims of terrorism fly between India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir, we ask Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan: will this be just another skirmish, or a full-on war?

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Erin Patterson’s elderly uncle on surviving deadly mushroom lunch

Tue, 06 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The only survivor of a deadly mushroom lunch has told a jury after eating allegedly poisoned beef Wellington, he led a prayer for his niece, who is pleading not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. Today - the first eyewitness account from a lunch that killed three people.

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How Labor and the Libs could freeze out the Greens

Mon, 05 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The Greens are bragging they’ll host the balance of power. But how well did the Greens really do at this election - and could Labor and the Liberals team up to freeze them out altogether?

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What Albo 2.0 will do with his immense new power

Sun, 04 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Medicare, energy, tax, workplace change and reconciliation: Federal Labor celebrates an historic victory and the devastated Liberals look for a new leader - and a new identity.

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A portrait the Archibald Prize rejected: Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin, by Johannes Leak

Fri, 02 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

As the annual controversy swirls around the finalists for the Archibald Prize, we look at an artwork that didn’t make the cut: a moving portrait of a remarkable Australian: Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin, who came here as a penniless Soviet refugee.

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Mushroom cook Erin Patterson did ‘taste tests’ on kids, husband alleges

Thu, 01 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Emotional testimony by Crown witness Simon Patterson in the murder trial of his wife Erin, who has pleaded not guilty to deliberately poisoning elderly relatives with death cap mushrooms.

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Mushroom trial begins: Murder, or a ‘terrible accident’?

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Erin Patterson served a mushroom meal that killed three elderly relatives and made another seriously ill. The crown says it was murder. Patterson says it was all a terrible accident - and that in the aftermath, Patterson behaved in ways that might make her look guilty simply because she was panicking. Today - all the detail of that fatal 2023 lunch.

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Why Bondi junction hero cop Amy Scott was ready to die

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The untold story of Inspector Amy Scott and the day she took down a mass murderer at Westfield Bondi Junction.

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A dark horse in the race for Pope

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Pierre Batista Pizzaballa – the keffiyeh-wearing, Hebrew-speaking cardinal in Jerusalem who offered to exchange himself for the hostages – has emerged as a possible successor to Pope Francis ahead of next week’s conclave.

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What happened to Virginia Giuffre?

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The Australian’s Queensland bureau chief Michael McKenna reveals the truth behind one of the last interviews given by prominent Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre.

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Les Miserables storms the barricades with an arena spectacular

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Irresistible melodies, stirring lyrics and a ripping story of injustice and revolt: Les Miserables is back. Today: Review editor and Les Mis superfan Tim Douglas on this enduring theatrical delight.

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Death in paradise prompts NT bail crackdown

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A 71-year-old friendly grocer loses his life. Suspicion turns to an 18-year-old accused rapist who was on bail. Now the political fallout begins.

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Is the Coalition’s defence cash splash too late to the party?

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

After a long wait, the Coalition’s multi-billion-dollar defence policy is here. Is it too late to help them at the polls?

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All eyes on Rome as cardinals convene to pick a new Pope

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

After Catholic leaders lay Pope Francis to rest in Rome, they’ll choose a new pontiff. Who it is at this stage is anyone’s guess.

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Does Russia want a military base in Indonesia?

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Our Defence expert unpicks what Russia’s up to in Indonesia - and if we should be worried about its appearance in our neck of the woods.

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The tiny theatres and town halls keeping live music alive - on the road with Sarah Blasko

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Come with us on tour with Sarah Blasko, one of Australia’s most gifted singers, in tiny town halls and bush theatres where live music is alive and well.

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China’s trade-war revenge

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Chinese exporters in Guangzhou are brazenly flouting US tariffs – and flaunting it on TikTok. Our correspondent unpacks this new phase of the global trade war.

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How Facebook monetises teen misery

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The Australian revealed how Facebook pitched ads at children in despair. Now a Meta whistleblower exposes the company’s attempts to spin the story away.

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Billion-dollar babies: Pressure on public health as private births decline

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Private birthing units are closing around Australia, and experts say it could cost taxpayers dearly if big, structural changes aren’t made.

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Major parties bet the house on election campaigns

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Labor and the Coalition announced competing housing policies at their official campaign launches. Could either one win the election?

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Facing death, Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst wants to be useful

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Rob Hirst has pancreatic cancer. He’s handling it with all the soul you’d expect from one of the songwriters who made radical 80s politics into mainstream pub rock.

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Trump and Xi Jinping: clash of the megalomaniacs

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Our man in Beijing, North Asia correspondent Will Glasgow, unpacks how Chinese President Xi has mishandled the tariff war, and how it can possibly be resolved.

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White House at war: Elon Musk v Peter Navarro

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Two of Donald Trump’s closest advisers are at each other’s throats. The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is openly ridiculing Peter Navarro - the architect of the Trump tariffs that have rocked the world. Today - what's going on inside the White House?

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Is your super safe from hackers?

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

An elderly lady had $400,000 drained from her super account by hackers - but the industry and law enforcement have been flat-footed in response.

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Ferris Bueller tried to tell us tariffs don’t work

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump’s tariffs have upended everything we thought we knew about global trade – but we might not be here if we’d listened to the greatest movie of the 80s.

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How the Teal sausage gets made

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Victorian Teal independent Ben Smith had a secret church meeting with One Nation’s Mike Brown – but neither side will cop to how or why it happened.

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Is Netflix’s Adolescence worth the ordeal of watching it?

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The glowing reviews of Adolescence all say it’s a ‘tough watch’. But is it fair to boys - and parents? Luckily our expert Tim Douglas has watched it for us - and today we dive deep into the misogyny, toxic masculinity and storytelling techniques in Netflix’s four-part series that has taken the world by storm.

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What’s going on with Virginia Giuffre?

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Her claims of being abused by Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein rocked the Royals – but Virginia Roberts Giuffre just wanted a quiet life in Perth. Now she’s at the centre of a real-life medical mystery and is preparing to face court.

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Why don’t schools understand boys?

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A new study shows boys slipping further behind in schools as debate about their mental health and online influences dominates the culture.

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Chinese spy ships in Australian waters: what’s Beijing up to?

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:40:00 +0000

A so-called Chinese spy ship is circumnavigating Australia, apparently mapping the seabed and the location of undersea cables. What exactly is Beijing up to?

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The first kiss Chris Dawson says proves his innocence

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

In the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, Christopher Michael Dawson – who was covered in our podcast The Teacher’s Pet – says he’s not guilty of unlawful carnal knowledge of a schoolgirl.

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Albo v Dutton: Let the mind games begin

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

This election will get deeply personal as Labor tries to wrong foot Peter Dutton and the Coalition homes in on Anthony Albanese’s judgment.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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The White Lotus: who’s dead - and whodunnit?

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Gaitok. Rick. Saxon. Gary. Tim. Chloe. Chelsea. Piper. Victoria. Who could be the White Lotus killer - and who’s the victim? Join us for the ultimate deep dive as the season 3 finale approaches.

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Nobody’s fired: How Donald Trump is handling an epic group chat fail

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Top Trump administration officials accidentally shared sensitive information with The Atlantic’s editor. Should they have been texting about it at all?

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How $50 cigarettes burned a giant hole in the budget

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Labor is cracking down on the illicit tobacco trade in a big way – and it comes at a cost to the budget’s bottom line.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet in collaboration with Claire Harvey, and it’s edited by Josh Burton. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Surprise! A teeny tiny tax cut in the Budget

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:15:15 +0000

A $27 billion deficit and a ‘cute’ $5-a-week tax cut which the Coalition is already opposing. Our experts’ verdict on a budget Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese hope will win them an election.

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A dispute between two Australian Jewish lawyers hits the courts

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Sarah Schwartz and Zara Cooper both say they’re fighting antisemitism - so how did cross words on social media turn into a matter for the courts?

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What are Albo and Chalmers really up to with this Budget?

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

National editor Dennis Shanahan breaks down the strategy Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers think might help them win an election.

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Mystery of the abandoned baby: Nicole Kidman brings Liane Moriarty’s The Last Anniversary to TV

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

If you loved Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers and Apples Never Fall, get ready for The Last Anniversary. Today - how Nicole Kidman ensured this Australian story got an Australian location, cast and accent.

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Guided by God to an online gambling fortune

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Virtual Gaming Worlds founder Laurence Escalante is one of the new faces of wealth in Australia, featured in The List: Australia’s Richest 250.

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Cannon-Brookes break-up shakes up Australia’s Richest 250

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Another Richest 250 list – another billionaire breakup to keep things interesting, and a new name cracks into the Top 10.

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Trans athletes are about to be banned from the Olympics

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

As the International Olympic Committee meets to elect a new president with a mandate to overhaul the Games, the candidates are united on one issue: trans women will be banned from female sporting categories.

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What’s Acknowledgement of Country got to do with a law degree?

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Law students who refuse to perform an Acknowledgement of Country will be failed. Janet Albrechtsen unpacks what it means for the law – and Australia.

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Gina Rinehart and a billionaire family’s dirty laundry

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Investor John Hancock says dealing with his billionaire mother Gina Rinehart is ‘not easy’ and critiques some of her investment decisions.

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How do we feel about Michael Jackson the musical?

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A genius, a superstar - and maybe a paedophile. The complex Michael Jackson is the subject of a big-ticket musical fresh from Broadway, now playing in Australia.

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How celebrity chef Matt Moran won over the bushies who hated him

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Celebrity chef Matt Moran on food waste, fake meat, and his plans for a tiny country pub ahead of The Australian’s Global Food Forum.

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Jewish Australians aren’t feeling reassured about anti-Semitism

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Police say a caravan ‘terror’ plot was a hoax and anti-Semitic attacks weren’t motivated by hatred of Jews - but that’s small comfort for members of Australia’s Jewish community.

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Trump brawls with Malcolm Turnbull, as huge tariffs kick in

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:00:14 +0000

Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull are at each other’s throats just hours before tariffs kick in. What does it mean for our economy?

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Gambling titans roll the dice on Star Casino

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Star Entertainment has been saved from failure by competing takeover bids by the US-based Bally’s Corporation and partners from Hong Kong.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Critics hate Meghan Markle’s TV show. Why does Netflix want Season 2?

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

With Love, Meghan is a syrupy lifestyle-cooking show on Netflix that has been widely panned. Today - why Netflix wants to go again, and what we all misunderstood about Meghan Markle Sussex.

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Dragon sex: how romantasy became a billion-dollar book genre

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Fairy smut, elf porn - call it what you like, romantasy is the hottest fiction genre on the planet. So why are today’s women yearning to be seduced by dragons?

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey and produced and edited by Jasper Leak. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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WA loves Labor – but not Anthony Albanese

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:00:54 +0000

Western Australians will go to the polls on Saturday, but a likely state Labor victory won’t necessarily spell success for the Federal government.

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Are we sending troops to Ukraine?

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:00:37 +0000

As Trump and China reshape the world, Defence Minister Richard Marles and shadow Andrew Hastie lay out their vision at the Defending Australia summit in Adelaide.

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Labor’s hydrogen hopes fade

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:34:26 +0000

Green hydrogen was meant to be a major part of the government’s renewables-only path to net zero. Why are most of its projects crumbling?

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Josh Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Albo and the art of the soft-soap interview

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

‘Tis the season for politicians in Hawaiian shirts with their glowing partners to reveal ‘the real me’. And Anthony Albanese’s found a new, ultra-sympathetic outlet: the longform podcast interview.

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Vance’s rage, Trump’s appeasement: now what for Ukraine?

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump wants to be like Winston Churchill. But is he really like Neville Chamberlain, appeasing Vladimir Putin as Chamberlain appeased Adolf Hitler in the 1930s? Today - defence expert Peter Jennings analyses a fiery Oval Office clash between JD Vance, Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.

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This episode of The Front is produced and presented by Claire Harvey and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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A deep dive into The Cruel Sea

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

As they prepare for a new album launch - Straight Into The Sun is out on March 7 - Australian rock superstars The Cruel Sea show the youngsters how it’s done, with the effortless swagger of Tex Perkins setting the tone.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our original music.

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‘Bronwyn’ Live: behind the scenes of our blockbuster podcast

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Momentum is building around The Australian’s blockbuster investigative podcast Bronwyn, about the unsolved disappearance of mother Bronwyn Winfield. On Thursday night in Sydney the podcast team gathered with listeners to record a special episode of the podcast - and today we’ve got a sneak peek for you - behind the scenes with Hedley Thomas, Bronwyn’s family and the team.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Stephanie Coombes, Kristen Amiet and Lia Tsamoglou and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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The Google search that could have averted Khaled Sabsabi art disaster

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:00:27 +0000

Artworks depicting Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and the 9/11 attacks were missed by bureaucrats choosing Khaled Sabsabi for the Venice Biennale. Creative Australia’s CEO Adrian Collette cops it at fiery Senate estimates hearing.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Stephanie Coombes and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Slater + Gordon’s ‘fake email’ nightmare

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Secret salary details, brutal takedowns of colleagues - and a furious workforce. Today, the HR disaster engulfing plaintiff law firm Slater + Gordon.

A podcast episode on 26 February titled "Slater + Gordon's 'fake email' nightmare" made reference to the fact Mari Ruiz-Matthyssen's name was used in an email to all staff at her former firm, Slater and Gordon. The Australian accepts Ms Ruiz-Matthyssen did not author and did not send the email and apologises to her if any viewers took the podcast to be suggesting otherwise.

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The tech sex scandal blowing up WiseTech

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Australian businessman Richard White founded a billion-dollar tech business before a series of personal dramas caused mayhem. Now his brainchild WiseTech seems to be falling apart.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Stephanie Coombes and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Pope Francis - and who will be next?

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The legacy of a Pope who infuriated many traditionalists and disappointed some progressives - and the most likely candidates to replace him.

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Is Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter really a country album? No - it’s bigger

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Is Beyonce’s Grammy-winning Album of the Year Cowboy Carter really a country album? No - it’s something much bigger.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced and edited by Jasper Leak. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Trump vs Zelensky

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

President Donald Trump trump called Zelensky a dictator, signalling an end to the US-Europe alliance in support of Ukraine. This has been met with warnings of World War III and Russian glee. That’s the fast-moving situation ripping through the war in Ukraine.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Clare Harvey, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Koh Samui braces for the White Lotus Effect

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:00:36 +0000

The glittering HBO global blockbuster The White Lotus has already transformed the economies of Sicily and Hawaii, and now Thailand’s next. Today, we explore a cultural phenomenon with big implications for locals and travellers alike.

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Get ready for an April election

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The Reserve Bank of Australia has finally cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.1 per cent. It’s a small but welcome relief to anyone who has a mortgage. So what does this mean for the economy and upcoming federal election?

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Stephanie Coombes, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Khaled Sabsabi and the Venice Biennale art scandal

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

How artist Khaled Sabsabi was picked, and then dumped, from Australia’s Venice Biennale mission - and why his art about Hezbollah and 9/11 have sparked a political and artistic firestorm.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Stephanie Coombes, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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Aboriginal boy Cassius Turvey’s murder ‘not about race’

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The fatal beating of Noongar Yamatji schoolboy Cassius Turvey was not racially motivated, a jury hears as four adults go on trial for his murder. Today - inside this huge and complex case.

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Spit and the secrets of movie music

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Composer Elliott Wheeler - the composer behind Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis and The Great Gatsby, Netflix’s The Get Down and new movie Spit starring David Wenham - reveals how he gets audiences’ emotions flowing.

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The lies of Belle Gibson and Apple Cider Vinegar

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The Australian’s journalist Richard Guilliatt - who exposed Belle Gibson as a fraud - on why he’s not happy that a Netflix hit has given credit to other journalists.

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Sam Kerr’s own goal

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

She’s been found not guilty of racially harassing a London cop - but the Matildas captain has taken a giant reputational hit. Today - what next for Sam Kerr?

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Ita Buttrose in the witness box

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Antoinette Lattouf v the ABC in the Federal Court heard from former ABC chair, 83-year-old media doyenne Ita Buttrose.

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Dodging Trump’s huge steel tariff

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Anthony Albanese and Kevin Rudd scramble for an exemption from Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium.

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Labor’s by-election bloodbath

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Crime and the cost of living have dealt Victorian Labor a potentially devastating political blow in the heartland seat of Werribee.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Guy Pearce’s brilliant baddie in The Brutalist

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

From Neighbours to Priscilla to the Oscars: Guy Pearce’s star turn as a very bad man in The Brutalist.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey and produced and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Stephanie Coombes.

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Trump’s trans revolution

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The headspinning pace of Donald Trump’s executive orders shifts to trans people’s participation in women’s sport.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Sam Kerr accuses cops of racism

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:54:53 +0000

Matildas star Sam Kerr has pleaded not guilty in a London court to intentionally causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress to a police officer in 2023 - but she says she’s the one who was a victim of racism.

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The ABC’s ‘Antoinette problem’

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Legal action brought against the ABC by freelance journalist Antoinette Lattouf is under way in the Federal Court.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Unpacking Donald Trump’s trade war

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:07:35 +0000

Our panel of experts weigh in on the tariffs that have prompted a new trade more and sent global politics into a spin.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Josh Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Bibas babies’ fate hangs in the balance

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Questions are swirling around the fate of some of the Middle East conflict’s youngest hostages after their father was freed by Hamas.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Asia’s rock gods Mayday are heading our way

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Catchy, dreamy, wildly entertaining Taiwanese superstars Mayday aim to entice Australians to their Beatles-with-glowsticks giant stadium gigs.

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Is Steve Smith the last batting legend?

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:00:36 +0000

Steve Smith is the fourth Australian to clock up 10,000 test cricket runs. But could that feat become a rarity in a stacked cricket calendar?

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Josh Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Inside Albo’s ‘exquisite’ visit to Toorak

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Anthony Albanese and Dan Andrews attended a lavish dinner in one of Melbourne’s ritziest suburbs. But it’s the company that’s prompted questions.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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How DeepSeek is shaking up AI

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

China’s DeepSeek AI model sent shockwaves through the tech industry and financial markets this week. So, what is it?

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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How Trump forced Colombia to buckle

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A sweeping immigration crackdown and a short-lived resistance - today, how Donald Trump is living up to his ‘shock and awe’ promises.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harve and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who composed our music.

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The girl in bloody sweatpants is free

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000

A show of defiance from freed Israeli soldiers including Naama Levy, whose stained grey pants became an emblem of contested claims about sexual violence.

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The music festival that gets everything right

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

While other music festivals die, Tamworth just keeps on keepin’ on - as everyone from the Wiggles to Ringo Starr indulges in the love of country music.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced and edited by Jasper Leak with Lia Tsamoglou and Stella McKenna. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Stephanie Coombes, Tiffany Dimmack and Joshua Burton. Original music is by Jasper Leak.

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Rise of the AI therapist

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:00:40 +0000

The Australian’s Bianca Farmakis tried therapy powered by artificial intelligence. She unpacks her surprising and slightly scary experience.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet with assistance from Stella McKenna, and edited by Josh Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Has Australia’s anti-Semitism crisis gone global?

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Suggestions by the AFP that foreign actors could be funding anti-Semitic attacks are at odds with the position of intelligence officials.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet with assistance from Stella McKenna, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Day one for Donald Trump 2.0

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump is back in the Oval Office. We unpack what to expect from a second term and who’s along for the ride.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet with assistance from Stella McKenna. It’s edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Did Israel or Hamas win this war?

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

As hostages and prisoners are released, what’s the price of peace for Israel and the world?

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We kept our baby alive

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000

For 33 years, Debbie and Earl Schonberger have kept their daughter Jess, alive against all odds. Today - what Debbie, Earl, son Ariel and daughter Jess can teach us all about love.

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Eat like an Inca

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

We travel to Darkest Peru - home of Paddington Bear and roasted guinea pig - to explore the mysteries of Machu Picchu, subject of a new Australian Museum show.

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Ceasefire deal wavers amid political infighting

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A long-awaited ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has been delayed by political infighting. So, what now?

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Mums and bubs left behind

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

New mothers experiencing complex mental illnesses could miss out on specialist psychiatric care in NSW as hundreds of psychiatrists resign.

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Adult crime, adult time?

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Queensland’s new adult crime, adult time laws are facing their first test – but a legal loophole could see them fall at the first hurdle.

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NBN fight enters a new era

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:00:48 +0000

The PM announced the government will splash $3 billion on the NBN to finish the project started by his Labor predecessors – but will it win an election?

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Nick Kyrgios just can’t wait to be king

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:00:42 +0000

Nick Kyrgios will make a long-awaited return to Grand Slam tennis on Monday – and he says an elusive win will silence his critics for good.

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Black actors in whiteface?

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

A wild take on the Wild West - by an all-African cast - takes the festival season by storm. Today - the must-see musical Dark Noon.

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The heroines of Bondi’s massacre

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Mother Ash Good and cop Amy Scott emerge as the heroines of a shocking massacre in Sydney’s Bondi Junction.

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The mysterious death of Dr Michael Mosley

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

TV medico Michael Mosley changed all our lives - and died in tragic and mysterious circumstances.

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The Julian Assange rape claims the world forgot

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

The real reason Wikileaks founder and self-styled freedom fighter Julian Assange was in self-imposed custody.

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Young soldier, old soul

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Major Tal Grushka, a 25-year-old killed by Hamas, left an indelible mark on Israel and the people he served.

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Can journalists call someone a murderer? (Best of 2024)

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

This episode originally aired on July 31. It’s presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Stephanie Coombes, and edited by Josh Burton with assistance from Jasper Leak.

A defamation case sparked by the Shandee’s Story podcast poses the question: can journalists publish evidence that calls a court finding into doubt?

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The melancholy beauty of Cold Chisel (Best of 2024)

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on September 27. It's presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak.

We go inside the rehearsal room to talk love, grief, healing and joy with Jimmy Barnes, Charley Drayton and Cold Chisel.

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Ric Blum’s ties to missing mum Marion Barter (Best of 2024)

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front was originally published on March 1. It's presented and produced by Matthew Condon with assistance from Kristen Amiet. It’s edited by Josh Burton.

Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan handed down her findings in an inquest into the 1997 disappearance of Queensland mother Marion Barter in late February.

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Linda Reynolds faces off with Brittany Higgins (Best of 2024)

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on March 4. It's presented by Claire Harvey and edited by Tiffany Dimmack.

With five successful defamation lawsuits under her belt, former federal minister Linda Reynolds is going after Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz.

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The search for Samantha Murphy (Best of 2024)

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on March 8. It's presented by Claire Harvey and Matthew Condon, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton.

A 23-year-old man is in custody, charged with murdering Victorian mum Samantha Murphy. He's pleaded not guilty. Now, the hunt for her body — and for answers about this baffling crime.

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Raygun and the Olympic blame game (Best of 2024)

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on August 12. It's presented by Claire Harvey and edited by Lia Tsamoglou.

Australian Olympic boss Anna Meares lashes trolls for mocking breakdancer Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn - so where does responsibility really lie?

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The life and death of Alexei Navalny (Best of 2024)

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on February 20. It's presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou.

He was the Russian dissident who dared to call Vladimir Putin a criminal. We step inside Alexei Navalny’s last days in an Arctic prison camp.

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Your next favourite podcast

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The best shows of 2024 and the best of all time, with our resident podcast expert.

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Who is alleged killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon? (Best of 2024)

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on February 26. It's presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Tiffany Dimmack.

Our reporter Liam Mendes first met cop Beau Lamarre-Condon 10 years ago. Now Beau’s accused of murdering couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

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The nobility of beach cricket (Best of 2024)

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

This episode originally aired on January 12. It's presented and produced by Matthew Condon and edited by Jasper Leak.

Cricket non-expert and journalist Matthew Condon tries to reignite his family’s passion in the noble art of summer beach cricket, with mixed results.

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Hollywood’s mind-control games

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

How social media turned the world against Hollywood superstar Blake Lively, who’s launched a bombshell lawsuit to recover her reputation.

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Immigration detention’s drug problem

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Drugs are running rampant in Australia’s detention centres – and it’s threatening to become an election headache for the Labor party.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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The most magical Christmas movies

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

From Love Actually and Red One to The Grinch and Home Alone, we turn up the aircon and snuggle in for some Christmas classics.

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The early childhood education revolution

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Labor’s plan for early childhood education puts kids at the centre of policy-making for the first time – and there could be more to come.

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Labor’s big cash splash

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The government will spend an additional 60 billion dollars this financial year – so, could drag out the central bank’s fight against inflation?

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Calling bull on Blue Zones

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Have we been fooled about the so-called ‘Blue Zones’ where everyone lives to 100? Today - how the science really stacks up.

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Jim Chalmers talks the talk

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:30:32 +0000

The Australian takes a closer look at the Treasurer’s turn of phrase – and we unpack what it says about Jim Chalmers’ leadership ambitions.

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A glamour sport’s dark secret

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:15:00 +0000

Behind the glory of pole-vaulting gold medallists Nina Kennedy and Steve Hooker are allegations of abuse and authorities who didn’t do enough.

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Run away to the circus with us

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

It’s one of those crazy newsroom assignments - join Cirque Du Soleil for the day! Today we go inside Cirque’s world of magical realism with a whole lot of heart.

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‘Delighted’ Deeming’s defamation win

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:00:13 +0000

The political future of Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto is up in the air after a judge ruled he defamed independent MP Moira Deeming.

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Labor’s big plan for little kids

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Labor will spend more than $3bn on childcare if it wins the next election. Is it enough to get Aussie families back on board?

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Remote communities’ mental healthcare crisis

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Health editor Natasha Robinson unpacks research that demonstrates how the system is failing Aboriginal people when it comes to mental illness.

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Syria’s hard-won freedom from a dictator

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Syria’s brutal regime has been toppled by rebels after 50 years of tyranny. Who’ll fill the massive political vacuum created by its end?

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Does anti-Israel sentiment equal antisemitism?

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Benjamin Netanyahu condemns the Albanese government after a synagogue firebombing - and Anthony Albanese is spurred to declare the attack ‘terrorism’.

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How to write an award-winning book

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Porcelain beaches, honeycomb cliffs and a girl in the wilderness: today, meet the winner of our inaugural Australian Fiction Prize.

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Chris Dawson’s carnal knowledge appeal

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:00:15 +0000

Convicted murderer Christopher Michael Dawson says NSW District Court chief judge Sarah Huggett made ‘errors’ in convicting him for the grooming and abuse of a 16-year-old schoolgirl.

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Why you’re paying for PNG’s new NRL team

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

What can Australia offer the Pacific that China can’t? Rugby league. Today, why our ‘soft diplomacy’ means taxpayers will fund a $600 million PNG rugby league side.

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Anthony Albanese plays it safe

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The Australian’s Editor-At-Large Paul Kelly unpacks the PM’s brilliant strategic mind – and asks if he’s the right person for the top job.

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What’s going on in Syria?

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:00:23 +0000

A fresh conflict in Syria has pushed the Middle East to the brink. Our expert unpacks who’s involved – and what they’re fighting for.

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Albanese vs Plibersek

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Why the PM is tussling with his own Environment Minister, as the fate of Tasmanian salmon becomes their latest battleground.

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Yayoi Kusama, 95-year-old art superstar

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Yayoi Kusama dominates the art world from her home, a psychiatric facility in Japan. Today, why she’s on a career high.

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Alcohol-related dementia: a love story

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:33:38 +0000

Experts say reducing the amount we drink can reduce our risk of dementia. Today - one couple’s inspiring story.

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Should granny-killer cop be jailed?

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

A judge weighs Crown bid to jail NSW cop who fatally Tasered 95-year-old dementia patient Clare Nowland.

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Is this humiliation for Hezbollah?

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A truce between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon looks a lot like victory for Benjamin Netanyahu. So what now for the Middle East?

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From homeless kid to cricket superstar

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A story that makes Dickensian London look like Disneyland: the remarkable rise of Indian batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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Labor limps toward the finish line

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

There are just four sitting days before the end of the parliamentary year, and the government is facing some big hurdles on key election issues.

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Justice Michael Lee tackles antisemitism

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has shared his family’s deeply personal story in a powerful call to action delivered on Thursday night.

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The ghosts of lunchboxes past

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

When did devon-and-sauce sandwiches give way to organic bento boxes? And are we ruining the fun of childhood food?

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The nuclear debate goes global

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The government has side-stepped urging by our AUKUS allies to give civilians faster access to nuclear power. So what happens next?

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The arrest of Alan Jones

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:29:15 +0000

What made Alan Jones the most powerful broadcaster in Australian history – and what now that he’s been arrested?

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Can Trump and Musk bring peace to Ukraine?

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is optimistic that Trump’s deal-making style could end Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion. But at what price?

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Hope, panic and a brain tumour

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Journalist Tansy Harcourt, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour 13 years ago, on how patients have responded to Professor Richard Scolyer’s very public battle with glioblastoma.

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Aussie fund’s super-sized problem

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

ASIC says it will surveil super funds after it was revealed Cbus failed to pay out death and disability benefits worth millions of dollars.

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Who’s who in Team Trump

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The hardhead, the hawks, the ‘ice maiden’, the interrogator and the anti-vaxxer: we meet Team Trump’s starting lineup.

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Judges disagree over ‘juicy details’

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Federal Court chief justice Debra Mortimer disagrees with the ‘open justice’ principles of her superstar judge Michael Lee.

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Why Christmas lunch could be MIA

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Christmas cheer could be in supply this year if a bargaining dispute between Woolworths and United Workers Union goes south.

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Trump, Putin, Musk and the bros

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:00:03 +0000

Putin. Musk. Kennedy. Netanyahu. How will Donald Trump use his power – and his relationships – to change the world?

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Kamala’s identity politics fail

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 03:58:43 +0000

Gender, race, celebrity: how Kamala Harris and the Democrats misfired. A special bonus episode with Joe Kelly from the United States.

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How Trump came back from the dead

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

A stunning popular-vote victory, powered by young, Latino, African-American and white men, union voters and people of faith.

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Quincy Jones and me

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

A few years ago, Australian musician Jasper Leak found himself collaborating with the world’s most legendary producer – the late Quincy Jones.

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What are NSW Police doing in Bronwyn case?

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Bronwyn Winfield’s family worries the police investigation into her disappearance has stalled. Plus, a suspicious cheque raises fresh questions.

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Democrats, Republicans and a Capitol rioter

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Our reporter Cameron Stewart tracks down a January 6 riot ringleader - and asks ordinary Americans how they’ll vote.

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Qantas scandal just gets bigger

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:00:56 +0000

After the PM denied he solicited flight upgrades, Shadow Transport Minister Bridget McKenzie faces questions about her own travel history.

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How do you solve a housing crisis?

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

A new alliance is taking a grassroots approach to housing policy as first home buyers and renters struggle to get a foot in the door.

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How Covid policies harmed our kids

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Human rights, the economy, children and vulnerable Australians were all let down by governments’ Covid responses, a new report finds.

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Can Donald Trump win from here?

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

As the polls tighten and more pundits begin to predict a Trump victory, we step into the wild, loud euphoria of Trump’s New York megarally.

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Will Queensland kill Albo next?

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:00:29 +0000

The LNP’s David Crisafulli is elected to fix a youth crime crisis - and the Olympics - as the Greens go backwards. So what does it all mean for the looming federal election?

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11 crazy days to the US election

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:00:48 +0000

Can Trump win? Will Harris pull off a miracle? We've got three correspondents on the ground - and today they share frank insights from the campaign trail.

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Bruce Lehrmann’s big court win

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A judge ruled Bruce Lehrmann can appeal of a Federal Court civil finding he raped Brittany Higgins – and he won’t have to pay Network Ten’s legal costs until it’s done.

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It’s crunch time in Queensland

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Queenslanders will cast their ballots in a state election on Saturday. Here’s how the big issues are shaping up as the polls tighten.

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Lidia Thorpe makes herself a royal pain

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

King Charles doesn’t do glitz - so it was up to a firebrand senator to bring the drama on his first Royal tour of Australia.

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A roadie-turned-billionaire’s sex scandal

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 15:25:49 +0000

Once AC/DC’s guitar technician, now a tech titan, Richard White is at the centre of untested allegations about his amorous ways.

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The $1.4 billion free lunch

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Queensland Labor’s ‘free’ school lunch scheme is actually super expensive – and it’s turning up the heat on the campaign trail.

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When mining meets the Dreaming

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

A $1 billion gold mine. A sacred story about a beautiful native bee. And a giant drama enveloping Tanya Plibersek and opposing groups of Wiradjuri elders.

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Kevin Rudd tackles Xi Jinping

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The outspoken diplomat takes aim at China’s president, warning the US and Australia must deter Xi Jinping from invading Taiwan or risk catastrophe.

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Is OnlyFans Bruce Lehrmann’s only option?

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Bruce Lehrmann’s returned to court in an attempt to clear his name – and his lawyer says the only way he could pay legal costs is ‘something silly’ like joining OnlyFans.

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Jon Winfield’s side of the story

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:00:27 +0000

In his first and only formal interview with police, Jon Winfield shared his account of what happened to his estranged wife, Bronwyn, in 1993.

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The battle for women’s votes

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

How abortion went from a nothingburger to a big issue for Queensland’s would-be premier David Crisafulli - and Premier Stephen Miles’ own car-crash moment.

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Why judges should be ‘therapists’

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:00:56 +0000

Making court a safe space for offenders - that’s the new guide for judges in specialist court endorsed by one of the country’s most esteemed judicial bodies.

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JD Vance and the abortion battle

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:46:12 +0000

Abortion is the hottest issue in the 2024 US presidential election – and it’s falling to Trump’s sidekick JD Vance to square the Republicans’ position.

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Labor’s big change of tune

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

A dramatic shift on Israel and a new tack on housing legislation: National Editor Dennis Shanahan says ‘too slow’ Albanese is already in election mode.

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The piano-playing soldier who changed Israel

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

On the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, we remember Major Tal Grushka, a 25-year-old killed by Hamas - and revisit an Israel forever changed.

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Lawyer X’s life in hiding

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Nicola Gobbo – also known as Lawyer X – is suing the state of Victoria for compensation after years in witness protection.

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Anthony Albanese’s war of words

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The Prime Minister has struggled to articulate the government’s response to an Iranian attack on Israel. It’s part of a bigger political problem.

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How do you police hatred?

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A political row has erupted over the way police handle breaches of Australia’s new hate speech laws following pro-Hezbollah rallies.

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In politics, there’s no place like Queensland

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

An election will be formally called in Queensland today, kicking off a campaign that’s sure to draw out the state’s unique political character.

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On a knife’s edge in the Middle East

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:15:22 +0000

The world is waiting to see if Iran will retaliate after the leader of one of its Lebanese proxy forces was killed by an Israeli air strike.

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The melancholy beauty of Cold Chisel

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Inside the rehearsal room to talk love, grief, healing and joy with Jimmy Barnes, Charley Drayton and Cold Chisel.

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Israel v Hezbollah: the endgame

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Pagers, walkie-talkies, rockets - and next, a ground invasion? Israel turns its focus to Hezbollah.

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‘Trans rights’ defamation battle hots up

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Superstar barristers Sue Chrysanthou and Matt Collins lock horns over the women’s rights MP booted from the Liberal Party.

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The cops accusing police of racism

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:00:13 +0000

Disgusting racial slurs and physical attacks on Indigenous people are among the allegations against police by 20 Aboriginal officers.

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Mining giants lawyer up

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:00:51 +0000

The Albanese government’s new rules about workers’ entitlements will face their first big challenge in the Federal Court.

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Keith Urban loves a drunk crowd

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

In the US he’s a country music superstar. Here he’s Mr Nicole Kidman. Today - why Keith Urban is not the artist you thought he was.

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A woman’s place is in journalism

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Janet Albrechtsen, Caroline Overington, Ellie Dudley and Claire Harvey debate #MeToo, JK Rowling, Brittany Higgins and consent in this special live episode.

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The Liberal Party’s secret ‘Nazi’ tapes

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Exiled Liberal MP Moira Deeming sues Victorian Opposition leader John Pesutto for expelling her after a rally attended by neo-Nazis.

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Trump and the gunman

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Another wild week in US politics, another alleged assassination plot - and why nobody is talking about gun control.

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Parents are the problem, says Meta

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Social media harm will be a key federal election issue, as Meta blames Apple, Google and parents, and media companies demand tougher government action.

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How Nine jumped the shark

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Once the great powerhouse of TV, Nine is now a sprawling entertainment business that can’t keep its executives. What’s going wrong?

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Donald v Kamala: The best bits

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

For your listening pleasure, the highlights of the US presidential debate – including the question everyone’s asking: who’s eating dogs?

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Princess Catherine takes charge

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A slick video shows unprecedented Royal warmth and love - and maybe a little of the Harry and Meghan effect.

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Defence’s day of reckoning

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000

A 3000-page report has recommended starting from scratch to curb veteran suicides and clamp down on sexual violence in the Defence Force.

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How Queensland Police missed a monster

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

New documents reveal Queensland Police waited days to follow up a complaint that might have seen paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith exposed sooner.

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Netanyahu and the hostages

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Hamas and Israel are deadlocked over a tiny strip of land. Today, why the Philadelphi Corridor is critical to the fate of hostages still held in Gaza.

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Pain and hope for Bronwyn’s family

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A family ‘curse’, an audacious scam, and a remarkable young woman helping to solve the mystery of Bronwyn Winfield’s likely murder.

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‘Lies’ fly in Brittany Higgins v Linda Reynolds case

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Barristers trade barbs in closing addresses to the Linda Reynolds v Brittany Higgins defamation trial.

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A Gaza pianist melodrama

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:38:26 +0000

An activist artist, a startled orchestra and lots of lawyers - how our latest cultural Gaza drama unfolded.

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Brisbane boots Beam over ‘phantom scooters’ scheme

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Brisbane City Council was allegedly robbed of $330,000 by the e-scooter company Beam Mobility last year. Now, it wants its money back.

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Will Australians ever love Qantas again?

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Qantas is spending $230m for better food and finding lost bags, and paying staff more – so can Australians rediscover trust in this brand?

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Can Nine’s CEO survive?

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

A year of catastrophes – from a pushy chairman to an Olympic torch disaster – culminate in a 22pc profit slump at Nine Entertainment.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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John Peros defamation case dismissed

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A QLD Supreme Court judge has dismissed the defamation action brought against The Australian by the man acquitted of killing Shandee Blackburn.

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What next for war in the Middle East?

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Our expert believes airstrikes by Israel and Hezbollah will reduce the risk of war in the Middle East. So what next for the conflict?

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak. Our regular host is Claire Harvey. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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A journalist returns to Beijing

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The Australian’s correspondent Will Glasgow is the first Australian journalist to be granted media credentials by China since 2020.

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Sex and the Super Retail scandal

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Was the ultimate boss of brands like Rebel Sport and Supercheap Auto secretly sleeping with his head of HR? Today - a CEO’s very awkward interview.

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Can Brittany Higgins win from here?

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Brittany Higgins won’t give evidence in the defamation action brought by her former boss. Could her absence hurt her defence?

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The Democrats’ plan to win over women

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Gun reform, abortion – and flipping Donald Trump’s script. That’s the US Democratic Party’s plan to win over America’s women.

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Gaza refugees – are we generous or naive?

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Argy-bargy over the security screening of Palestinian refugees, as Opposition number-crunching reveals Australia is granting thousands more visas than our allies.

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Paul Kelly’s guide to fearless journalism

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

In this episode marking The Australian’s 60th anniversary, editor-at-large Paul Kelly has a message to all journalists: think for yourself, regardless of the consequences.

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Murder charge in podcast cold case

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

In 2015 our podcast The Alibi investigated the unsolved murder of Denise Govendir. Now her husband has been charged with murder.

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Commercial TV’s bloodbath

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

A ‘shocking’ set of numbers for Seven West Media prompts the question: can Australian TV survive?

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ScoMo’s Brittany Higgins moment

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison is grilled in cross-examination in the Linda Reynold’s defamation case against Brittany Higgins.

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A secret immigration scramble

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The Albanese government released dangerous non-citizens into the community with no visas - and no way to monitor them - and then misled the public about it.

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Raygun and the Olympic blame game

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Australian Olympic boss Anna Meares lashes trolls for mocking breakdancer Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn - so where does responsibility really lie?

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How smartphones changed democracy

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Chris Uhlmann’s stark take on the new world’s dramatically altered power structures, in a special episode marking The Australian’s 60th anniversary.

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Why the gun lobby hates Tim Walz

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Kamala Harris has picked a huntin’, fishin’ midwestern political brawler - who famously changed his mind about gun laws - to fire up her Democratic campaign.

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Linda Reynolds v Brittany Higgins: total war

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A defamation trial so wild it makes Lehrmann v Network Ten look like a minor skirmish. Linda Reynolds v Brittany Higgins & David Sharaz is the wildest case we’ve seen.

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What just happened on the sharemarket?

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Market meltdowns have gripped the world this week. But why? Our ultra-zen finance expert Eric Johnston joins us to explain the chaos.

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Why a terror strike is ‘probable’

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Australians should be ‘aware but not afraid’ as ASIO raises the terror threat, warning of young people - radicalised online - and armed with knives or guns.

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Brittany Higgins becomes the defendant

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The twisting legal saga continues as Brittany Higgins is sued for defamation by her former boss, Senator Linda Reynolds

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The man who defied a brain cancer diagnosis

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

When scientist Richard Scolyer was diagnosed with a rare and terminal brain cancer, he was expected to live just 14 months. But an experimental treatment devised by his colleague and friend, Georgina Long, changed those odds.

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Is JD Vance for real?

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The man who once described himself as a ‘never Trumper’ is now Donald Trump's greatest fan and vice-presidential nominee. So which is the real JD Vance?

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Should taxpayers rescue Rex?

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The only airline serving dozens of regional routes is in desperate trouble. Today - what’s gone wrong, and should the Government swoop in to save it?

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Can journalists call someone a murderer?

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

A defamation case sparked by the Shandee’s Story podcast poses the question: can journalists publish evidence that calls a court finding into doubt?

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John Peros v The Australian

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Mechanic John Peros - the man acquitted of murdering Shandee Blackburn - sues over The Australian’s podcast Shandee’s Story.

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Why Albanese sacked two ministers

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

As immigration smoulders, Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles are demoted and a key powerbroker takes both jobs.

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The Princess Leia generation grows up

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Author Shankari Chandran writes on feminism, identity and womanhood for The Australian’s 60th anniversary.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet with support from Bianca Farmakis, and edited by Neal Sutherland. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Does Biden actually want Kamala to win?

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

In today’s episode we decode President Joe Biden’s address to the American people, officially dropping out of the Presidential election.

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Are the Matildas as good as we think?

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Olympic kickoff is imminent, and our reporter in Marseille, Jess Halloran, sizes up how Mary Fowler and the team will fare in women’s football.

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Why the Greens want to freeze house prices

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The Greens want to get more young people into the housing market, but at what cost?

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Stephanie Coombes and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Kamala Harris: Trump’s worst nightmare?

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Loved by the left, mocked by the right - Kamala Harris steps up, to the chagrin of Republicans.

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Joe Biden steps aside

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 18:05:24 +0000

Once considered too young, now unequivocally too old, Joe Biden steps back to give the Democrats a chance of defeating Donald Trump.

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After CrowdStrike, do we all need cash?

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The catastrophic global CrowdStrike internet outage crippled electronic transactions from airlines to supermarkets. Is it too late to save cash from imminent doom?

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Why Trent Dalton loves Australians

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Beloved journalist and author Trent Dalton on the inspiring Australians he’s met while covering tragedy and disaster.

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The hunt for Australia’s next great novel

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Authors today are under pressure to go viral on TikTok in order to get published - but now there’s another way.

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How Elon Musk became the bushie's friend

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Big changes in how we eat - plus, the satellite revolution in Australia’s outback. We’re live from The Australian’s Global Food Forum.

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Is this Donald Trump 2.0?

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Days after an attempt was made on the former president’s life at a rally, Donald Trump has changed his tune – but how long will it last?

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Will Paris be Djokovic’s last stand?

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Polarising in victory, Novak Djokovic is humble in defeat - so is this the end of the Big Three?

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Trump’s courage under fire

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The moment that changes everything – a gunman shoots Donald Trump and kills a bystander. Today – what it means for the presidential race.

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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s radical take on history

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The firebrand Aboriginal leader who helped defeat the Voice on her own vision of Australia’s history - and our future.

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Search for Bronwyn Winfield dives deep

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The Australian’s podcast investigation into the disappearance of Bronwyn Winfield searches a body of water near where she was last seen.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Josh Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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14 defendants face court over diabetic girl’s death

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The extraordinary 14-defendant trial for the alleged murder of Elizabeth Struhs is underway in Brisbane, with dozens of witnesses expected to be called in the three-month proceedings.

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Cheng Lei on what it means to be truly free

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Journalist Cheng Lei reflects on what it means to be free, in an essay written as part of The Australian’s 60th anniversary celebrations.

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Senator’s explosive Brittany Higgins spray

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Linda Reynolds alleges Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz provided false information to some of the government’s most-senior ministers.

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The Gaza Effect on Britain’s election

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

As Britain’s most private PM takes office, we unpack what UK Labour’s complicated landslide means for Australia.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Joshua Burton.

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Bruce Lehrmann’s new rape trial

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

He denies any wrongdoing – but Bruce Lehrmann will now face a jury accused of twice raping a Toowoomba woman.

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Is Biden done?

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Will Joe Biden step aside - and could he really hand the presidency to Kamala Harris?

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The Vatican trial that’s stranger than fiction

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000

As he heads to court in Rome, a former senior Vatican official has cast suspicion on the circumstances of Australian Cardinal George Pell.

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The Government vs Porn

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Kids are being exposed to pornography on social media – and the eSafety commissioner is putting the heat on tech giants to protect them.

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Will Michelle Obama take on Trump?

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

After a ‘demented vs deranged’ presidential debate, we size up the possible replacements for Joe Biden with foreign editor Greg Sheridan.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular producer is Kristen Amiet and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Bruce Lehrmann’s $2m headache

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Bruce Lehrmann has been ordered to pay $2 million in legal fees to Network Ten for the defamation action that saw him declared a rapist.

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Senator Fatima Payman goes rogue

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

First rule of Labor: vote with the party. Except if you’re Senator Fatima Payman, who has defied Anthony Albanese to vote with the Greens on Gaza.

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Rape arrest that changed Julian Assange’s life

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000

As the Wikileaks founder heads for Australia, we go back to the start - two women’s allegations they were raped by Julian Assange.

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The real Mr Darcy set to be PM

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The intriguing backstory of Keir Starmer, UK Labour leader and PM-in-waiting, as the election looms.

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Missing mum’s daughter begged for a new investigation

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Chrystal Winfield didn’t want her step-father to know she’d made a formal statement to police about the night her mum, Bronwyn, vanished.

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Police move on Bronwyn witness

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:43:19 +0000

Big reactions from family and police after our revelation of new eyewitness testimony in the 1993 disappearance of Bronwyn Winfield.

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Huge twist in Bronwyn cold case

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000

A stunning new eyewitness account - including an alleged sighting of Bronwyn Winfield’s body - in Hedley Thomas’ investigative podcast.

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Australia’s energy debate goes nuclear

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Peter Dutton made a major announcement about the Coalition’s nuclear ambitions – and Labor’s feelings about it couldn’t be more clear.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular host is Claire Harvey. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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When Chinese diplomats get pushy

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:30:00 +0000

An extraordinary scene involving an Australian journalist and Chinese diplomats has thrown the nations’ bilateral relationship into doubt.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Lehrmann’s bid to throw out rape case

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A Queensland woman’s claim to have been twice raped by Bruce Lehrmann is heard in closed court, as Lehrmann’s KC says there’s no case to answer.

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Bruce Lehrmann heads back to court

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Bruce Lehrmann is charged with two counts of rape relating to an alleged 2021 incident in Toowoomba. He’s likely to plead not guilty.

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Chris Dawson is staying in jail

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:44:09 +0000

Chris Dawson has suffered another humiliation, losing an appeal against his conviction for the 1982 murder of his wife Lynette in 1982.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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The miracle baby Australia doesn’t want

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A brain-injured baby rescued by an Australian charity worker has been refused citizenship by embattled Immigration Minister Andrew Giles.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Pandastic news for China bond

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0000

China’s premier Li Qiang is coming to talk trade, defence and cuddly ambassadors. So why has Albo been coy about it?

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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The mysterious death of Dr Michael Mosley

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

TV medico Michael Mosley changed all our lives - and died in tragic and mysterious circumstances.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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A daring rescue mission in broad daylight

Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Israel rescued four people held hostage by Hamas on Saturday. We unpack what this means for the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

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Peter Costello denies assault — and a fresh twist in Bronwyn podcast

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Nine chairman denies knocking journalist to the ground – and Hedley Thomas reveals a chilling twist in Bronwyn podcast.

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Jail threat for social media execs

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The Government should impose criminal penalties on social media giants that flout Australian law, says News Corp boss Michael Miller.

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A shocking three-decade criminal rampage

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The New Zealand-born criminal who’s been offending for three decades – and why the federal government hasn’t deported him.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Giles’ drone drama, and Brittany Higgins’ big day

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The immigration disaster engulfing the federal Government is getting worse. Plus, Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz tie the knot.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Swimming rebel’s act of defiance

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

How officials robbed a young woman of her Olympic dream - and the truth about fellow swimmer Dawn Fraser’s 10-year-ban.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Inside the drama at Nine and ABC

Thu, 30 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A senior ABC journalist rebuked by the boss, allegations flying at Nine – what’s going on in Australian media?

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Is this a dead minister walking?

Wed, 29 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A fresh immigration disaster as the Government lets violent foreign criminals stay in Australia. Will the PM sack his minister?

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Can Australia really defend itself?

Tue, 28 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

We can’t hire foreigners to build nuclear subs and don’t have a local workforce either – so is AUKUS doomed?

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Former DPP doubles down on Bronwyn Winfield

Mon, 27 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Nicholas Cowdery told Bronwyn Winfield’s family there was “no evidence” her husband killed her – and he’s sticking by it.

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The billionaire vs the silk

Sun, 26 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

After 14 rollicking, scandal-riven years, Britain’s Conservatives want one more chance - but are Britons inspired by Keir Starmer’s Labour?

This episode of The Front was produced and presented by Claire Harvey and edited by Joshua Burton.

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Hedley Thomas’ new cold case podcast: Bronwyn

Thu, 23 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Where is Bronwyn Winfield? The devoted mum has been missing since 1993 - and the man behind The Teacher’s Pet is on the case.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Fatal turbulence at 37,000 feet

Wed, 22 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Nervous flyer? Maybe you should be. We explain how turbulence killed one Singapore Airlines passenger and injured dozens more in a terrifying mid-air incident.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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The warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest

Tue, 21 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A prosecutor at the UN’s criminal court seeks the arrest of senior leaders of Israel — a democracy — and Hamas, a terror group running a one-party state.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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The mysterious death of Iran’s brutal president

Mon, 20 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Tensions and conspiracy theories in the Middle East as an aged chopper carrying Iran’s president and foreign minister crashes in heavy fog.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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The ‘scamdemic’ costing Australians billions

Sun, 19 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Australians are losing millions to scams run out of brutal “factories” around the globe – but the attention of law enforcement is elsewhere.

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Bonnets are back in fashion - and Dutton’s crime crusade

Thu, 16 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The Opposition Leader stakes his future on tackling domestic violence and knife crime - and we talk the big business of Fashion with Vogue.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Kristen Amiet is our producer and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Dawson’s appeal goes down to the wire

Wed, 15 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The fight over a contentious piece of evidence in the appeal of Christopher Michael Dawson has gone down to the wire as the hearing wraps up.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Chris Dawson’s ‘good character’ questioned

Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

His barrister says Dawson’s good character deserves greater consideration – but the Supreme Court justices hearing his appeal aren’t so sure.

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Lollies for everyone in a ‘tricky’ Budget

Tue, 14 May 2024 11:41:54 +0000

A $9.3 surplus, then years of deficits - our experts on the Budget’s aim to ease living costs while avoiding an inflation sugar rush.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is produced and presented by Claire Harvey, and recorded and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Matt Condon, Josh Burton and Jasper Leak.

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Chris Dawson ‘wanted it all’

Mon, 13 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The convicted murderer from The Teacher’s Pet podcast launches an appeal, arguing he’s not guilty of wife Lyn’s murder.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Paul Kelly on Jim Chalmers’ dilemma

Sun, 12 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he’s got the balance right ahead of the Federal budget. So, what’s driving him – and kind of budget will it be?

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Can Bruce Lehrmann find millions for Ten’s legal fees?

Fri, 10 May 2024 17:45:42 +0000

Justice Michael Lee hits “liar” Bruce Lehrmann with a huge legal bill - and slams Ten and Lisa Wilkinson’s journalism.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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The teacher’s appeal: Dawson heads back to court

Thu, 09 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Almost two years after he was found guilty of murder, Chris Dawson will appeal his conviction in the NSW Supreme Court.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Big Chocolate's problem with Australia

Wed, 08 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Sweets manufacturer Mars says it’s struggling with Australia’s high wages, transport and energy costs, as well as soaring ingredient prices.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Israel moves on Rafah

Tue, 07 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Israel’s assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah has begun. Our expert unpacks what it means for Gazans, Israelis and the rest of the world.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Brittany Higgins’ new court clash

Mon, 06 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Fresh claims in the defamation battle between Brittany Higgins, David Sharaz and Liberal senator Linda Reynolds, who’s suing the pair.

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A ‘radicalised’ teen’s Perth rampage

Sun, 05 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Perth is reeling after a sixteen-year-old boy who made violent threats and stabbed a man was shot dead by police in a suburban car park.

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Jewish students join the protest fray

Thu, 02 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Pro-Gaza and pro-Israel protests face off on campus, amid concerns about rising anti-Semitism and the infiltration of professional activists.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team also includes Josh Burton and Tiffany Dimmack. Our original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Lehrmann’s fresh blow in Ten case

Wed, 01 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A fiery day in the federal court defamation matter of Bruce Lehrmann vs Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson, as lawyers wrangle over costs.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team also includes Tiffany Dimmack, Josh Burton and Jasper Leak, who composed our music.

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The Treasurer’s big Budget pivot

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will give a major speech at the Lowy Institute in Sydney today – and drop big hints about the upcoming Federal Budget.

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Albo’s excruciating protest moment

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A supremely awkward moment for Anthony Albanese at a protest rally, accusations of lying and immense pressure to take action on domestic violence.

This episode includes allegations of violence and murder. If you need support, call 1800RESPECT.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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The kids chanting ‘Intifada’ on campus

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

What’s driving the anti-Israel protests on uni campuses around the world - and now here in Australia?

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes producer Kristen Amiet, editors Tiffany Dimmack, Jasper Leak and Lia Tsamoglou, with original music by Jasper Leak.

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ScoMo’s battles with anxiety - and God

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Golf, God and a serious mental health struggle: just a few of the big revelations in The Australian’s exclusive with Scott Morrison.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Josh Burton. Our team includes producer Kristen Amiet, editor Tiffany Dimmack, multimedia editor Lia Tsamoglou and original music by Jasper Leak.

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A hero reflects on the ANZAC legend

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

What Keith Payne did on a single night in May 1969 earned him the highest and most prestigious award for bravery – the Victoria Cross.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Matthew Condon and edited by Josh Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Long fight for justice ends where it all began

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A NSW State Coroner has found racial bias irrevocably tarnished a police investigation into the 1987 deaths of two Indigenous teenagers.

Aboriginal people are advised that this episode contains the names of people who have died.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet with edit and sound design by Tiffany Dimmack. Our regular host is Claire Harvey. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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DNA disaster victims disappointed again

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Victims of a testing disaster at QLD’s state-run DNA lab have been left stranded after a hotline set up to provide support was disconnected.

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Doping scandal makes waves in world swimming

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

It’s been revealed more than 20 Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, despite positive drug tests.

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The week that shook Sydney

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

A week after six people were killed at Sydney’s biggest shopping centre, there are glimmers of positivity appearing across the city.

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A US Marines makeover for Defence

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

A $330 billion weaponry plan to supercharge Australia’s navy and turn the army into a US Marines-style amphibious fighting force.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Your burning Lehrmann questions answered

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Justice Michael Lee found Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins. We answer your questions following that epic judgement.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Bruce Lehrmann the rapist

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:38:26 +0000

Brittany Higgins was raped but there was no cover-up, finds the judge, as he lets rip on Bruce Lehrmann, Lisa Wilkinson, Network Ten and Higgins herself.

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When two brave women faced a killer

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Mother Ash Good and cop Amy Scott emerge as the heroines of a shocking massacre in Sydney’s Bondi Junction.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Josh Burton. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Iran v Israel: what’s happening?

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 06:26:31 +0000

Iran has launched an airstrike against Israel. Our expert Greg Sheridan explains why -- and what happens now, as Iran warns the US to stay out of it.

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Anti-semitism close up: our correspondents live

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The Australian has reported on the Israel-Hamas conflict in detail. Yoni Bashan and Cam Stewart share their insights in this special episode.

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Why Labor can’t agree on the Middle East

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Penny Wong has gone big on the government’s support for Palestinian statehood – but it’s rattled members of the ALP’s right faction.

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Psychopathic rapist’s taxpayer-funded freedom

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Fears are growing for the NDIS workers who’ll have to help Wayne Wilmot, who’s been deemed a likely reoffender with psychopathic tendencies.

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How one death in Gaza changed everything

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000

After thousands of deaths, the loss of an Australian aid worker galvanises concern about the civilian toll of Israel’s war on Hamas.

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People smugglers’ bold new business model

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

People smugglers are growing bolder and more brazen in their operations. We unpack the government’s big immigration headache.

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Curtains fall again on Lehrmann defamation trial

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:13:02 +0000

It was a wild day in the Federal Court, as the epic defamation showdown between Bruce Lehrmann and Channel Ten took another twist.

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Auerbach claims Lehrmann was ‘on a warpath’

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

TV producer Taylor Auerbach faced a tough-cross-examination and made fresh allegations and denials in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial.

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Courtroom showdown over producer’s wild claims

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Lawyers for Network Ten will call a former Network Seven producer to give evidence about what he claims he knows about Bruce Lehrmann.

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Claim Lehrmann ‘leaked Brittany’s intimate texts’

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

A win for Network Ten, as judge agrees to admit unproven claims Bruce Lehrmann leaked Brittany Higgins’ private texts with ex Ben Dillaway.

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Ten’s big new claim against Bruce Lehrmann

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000

As the defamation judgment looms, a TV network launches a last-ditch assault on Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation claim over the Brittany Higgins case.

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Politics wins in Brisbane’s Olympic race

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Political in-fighting, cost blow-outs and a looming state election have left Brisbane’s Olympics preparations at the starting blocks.

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The bisexual Christian causing political mayhem

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

An asylum-seeker from Iran has lied about his past, says the Government, as it scrambles to kick him out and reshape the migration system.

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The bouncer who became a BHP executive

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

For 15 years, the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation has been transforming the lives of young people like Liam Lawford and Shakyra Garlett-Pinkie.

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‘Ute tax’ hits the skids

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Anthony Albanese backs down on controversial fuel efficiency standards for petrol vehicles - so now what for the electric vehicle future?

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How Princess Kate’s misery was monetised

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

As the Princess of Wales begins preventive chemotherapy, social media bosses back away from the lies and conspiracies they promoted.

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Yoni Bashan and Geoff Chambers on the Israel-Hamas conflict

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Two of The Australian’s correspondents recently travelled to Israel. In this special episode, they share their insights from the front line.

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Trump takes aim at K-Rudd

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Kevin Rudd’s past criticism of his adopted home has landed him in hot water with Donald Trump. Can he survive the next election?

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Palestinian protesters accost a Muslim MP

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Muslim MP Anne Aly was confronted by pro-Palestine activists in Perth. We unpack what it says about Labor’s division on the Middle East.

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Is Facebook harbouring extremists?

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The eSafety Commissioner could slap internet giants with multi-million-dollar fines if they don’t get dangerous content under control.

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Why China loves Paul Keating

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Ultra-powerful Chinese diplomat Wang Yi wants to blow up our US submarine deal - and he’s hoping ex-Labor PM Paul Keating can help.

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Why Jacqui Lambie is f**ing furious

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Australia’s sweariest politician - Senate crossbencher Jacqui Lambie - says Indigenous people like her have been let down by Labor and their own elders.

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The $100 billion women

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Hi Australia’s three richest women control empires worth almost $100 billion dollars – a milestone for The List, Australia’s Richest 250.

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Is Kate’s apology a masterstroke?

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:25:00 +0000

Palace bungling, secret sickness and the Princess at the centre of a global conspiracy frenzy. Today, how the future Queen handled a crisis.

Watch the full analysis of Princess Catherine’s photo-editing flub by The Australian’s Picture Editor Milan Scepanovic on YouTube.

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Can Joe Biden save Gaza’s civilians?

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000

We explore the fate of more than 100 Israeli hostages still in Gaza, as the US President and Israeli PM trade barbs and America seeks to send aid by sea.

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Who's winning an Oscar today?

Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Old-fashioned movies are striking back - and we've got your hot tips for today's Oscars extravaganza.

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The search for Samantha Murphy

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

A 22-year-old man is in custody charged with murdering Victorian mum Samantha Murphy. Now the hunt for her body — and for answers about this baffling crime.

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Joe Hockey on Trump v Biden

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The former Australian Treasurer and Ambassador to the US weighs in on the 2024 US Presidential election, which was set on Super Tuesday.

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Sam Kerr’s big secret

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Matildas superstar Sam Kerr is charged over a police encounter as racism dramas engulf our major sports.

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Exiled journo’s Beijing return

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Our correspondent Will Glasgow is back in China - for the stories and the noodles - as the Communist Party tries to rescue the economy.

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Linda Reynolds faces off with Brittany Higgins

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000

With five successful defamation lawsuits under her belt, former federal minister Linda Reynolds is going after Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz.

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Ric Blum’s ties to missing mum Marion Barter

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan handed down her findings in an inquest into the 1997 disappearance of Queensland mother Marion Barter on Thursday.

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Ex-cop Zach Rolfe goes rogue

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Sweeping allegations of racism at the top of Northern Territory police, as an officer acquitted of murdering an Indigenous man lets rip.

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What now for Beau Lamarre-Condon?

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Hedley Thomas joins us to discuss the future of an alleged killer cop, as the families of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird finally get answers.

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Where are Jesse Baird and Luke Davies?

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Police go back to square one in the search for Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, as alleged murderer, cop Beau Lamarre-Condon, refuses to talk.

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Who is alleged killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon?

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Our reporter Liam Mendes first met cop Beau Lamarre-Condon 10 years ago. Now Beau’s accused of murdering couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

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The angels of queer Australia

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:14:32 +0000

From heartbreak and oppression to dignity and pride - a new home for the history and hopes of the LGBTQI community.

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Woolies boss checks out

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday, making way for Amanda Bardwell after an ‘extensive international search’.

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Is our Navy hopeless?

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:24:58 +0000

Eleven billion dollars, new warships, and some serious artillery form the Government’s plan for a massive upgrade to Australia’s Navy fleet.

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The life and death of Alexei Navalny

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

He was the Russian dissident who dared to call Vladimir Putin a criminal. We step inside Alexei Navalny’s last days in an Arctic prison camp.

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Asylum seekers fly under the radar in WA

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Australia’s Border Force are scrambling to figure out how two groups of asylum seekers reached the mainland undetected in Western Australia.

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A “laughable” Lehrmann conspiracy theory

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Australian’s Janet Albrechtsen on the lawsuit brought by a former prosecutor in which she’s accused of influencing a judge’s thinking.

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Inside the Swiftosphere

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:30:58 +0000

Matthew Condon finds out what happens when life is turned upside down by a previously undetected cabal of rabid Taylor Swift fans.

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Wilkinson victorious in legal bill battle

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Lisa Wilkinson has scored a major victory over Channel Ten in the NSW Supreme Court. Today, what clinched it for the ‘humiliated’ presenter.

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Lisa Wilkinson’s beef with Network Ten

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000

A TV star accuses her ‘cruel’ bosses of humiliating and betraying her, as Ten resists paying her whopping legal bill in the Bruce Lehrmann case.

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Lehrmannheimer

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Remember when Barbie and Oppenheimer collided? Today, brace for two blockbuster court hearings in the Bruce Lehrmann/Brittany Higgins saga.

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Why Coles wants a discount

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Inflation is waning – and supermarket chain Coles wants it wants suppliers to cut prices so it can pass on savings as price pressure builds.

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A grandmother’s tragic legacy

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

A shocking murder may completely change how the Queensland Government and its judiciary approach juvenile crime.

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The right to ignore your boss

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Unwanted after-hours emails and calls can be ignored under new Labor/Greens laws. What does it mean for business - and the economy?

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Cancer and the Royals

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Secrets and lies - that’s how the Royal Family historically deals with illness, from Henry VI to Queen Victoria. Today, why Charles is breaking with tradition.

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Netflix vs Albo

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Australia’s taking on the streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon – and it’s all about how much Australian content they should have to air.

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Lisa Wilkinson fires back, and vale Lowitja O’Donoghue

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000

As the judge considers his verdict in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial, the defendants file their written submissions. Plus, the passing of an Aboriginal legend.

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Megan Schutt’s home ground milestone

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

On the eve of her 200th international match, cricket superstar Megan Schutt reflects on a career she never could have imagined.

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Israel’s hope for child hostages

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The famous red-headed children kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 are still hostage in Gaza. We meet their frantic family.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Matthew Condon with assistance from Kristen Amiet. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Eagle Force to defend us from drones

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

As Defence scrambles to develop counter-drone warfare systems, officials seriously consider conscripting birds of prey for combat duty.

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Aussie breakthrough on a brain cancer cure

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Experts are testing a vaccine that could effectively teach the body to attack brain tumours and improve survival rates in children.

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Controversial Fijian commander’s new job

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Colonel Penioni Naliva has been appointed as deputy commander of Australia’s 7th Brigade – but questions about his past conduct linger.

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A journey into Gaza

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 18:02:03 +0000

The Australian’s correspondent Yoni Bashan, the first Australian journalist to report from inside Gaza, on the shattered landscape and human stories beyond the fence.

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Forgotten airmen find their place in history

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The heroism of Aussie fighter pilots who perished over Denmark near the end of World War II is finally being acknowledged after 80 years.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Matthew Condon with assistance from Kristen Amiet and Lia Tsamoglou. It’s edited by Josh Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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What the Stage 3 shake-up means for you

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The Prime Minister officially backflipped on a long-held election promise on tax reform yesterday. We unpack Albo’s huge political gamble.

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PM in the lurch as Scott Morrison leaves politics

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The architect of the controversial Stage 3 tax cuts is on the way out – and the government has a new battle to fight in Cook and Dunkley.

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Labor’s great divide over tax cuts

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The controversial Stage 3 tax cuts are looming – and the government is split on the path forward. Our expert unpacks Labor’s tricky choice.

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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. Our regular host is Claire Harvey. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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A killer cop’s tale of corruption comes to an end

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Crooked cop Roger Rogerson has died. We trace his sinister demise, from promising cop to cold-blooded murderer.

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Fresh questions in a notorious poisoning mystery

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The prime suspect in a notorious poisoning case has reportedly quietly settled in Australia – and activists are calling for her to be deported.

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Builders go bust in record numbers

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The government’s 1.2 million-home pledge is in jeopardy as builders shut up shop. We unpack what’s driving record-breaking insolvencies.

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Plans for taming the AI beast

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Our laws can’t keep up with rapidly advancing artificial intelligence technology. We unpack the government’s new plan for regulating AI.

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Penny Wong walks a tightrope in the Middle East

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has touched down in Jordan, but not everyone’s happy about her plans for a peacemaking in the Middle East.

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A Tassie girl becomes a Danish Queen

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 18:29:57 +0000

King Frederik and his Australian-born wife, Queen Mary, are Denmark’s new monarchs. We trace the love story that led to a low-key coronation.

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The nobility of beach cricket

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Today, cricket non-expert and journalist Matthew Condon tries to reignite his family’s passion in the noble art of summer beach cricket, with mixed results.

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The Rolling Stones rock on (Best of 2023)

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on October 20.

Our music critic says Hackney Diamonds, the new album from everyone’s favourite octogenarians, is astoundingly good.

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Mystery of the deadly mushrooms (Best of 2023)

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on August 9.

How did a peaceful family lunch turn deadly? We meet the journalist who broke the story of a most-baffling case.

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Ben Cousins’ return to prime-time (Best of 2023)

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on September 25.

In the age of cancel culture, why Channel Seven is taking a big punt on football’s wildest man.

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Chris Dawson convicted again (Best of 2023)

Sun, 07 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on June 29.

She was a vulnerable 16-year-old girl, groomed by her teacher. Now AB has been vindicated, as wife-killer Chris Dawson is found guilty.

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Paul McCartney doesn’t want to seem bossy (Best of 2023)

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on August 4.

At 81, the songwriter who defined a century is on his way to Australia, as a new generation comprehends his pure musical genius.

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At home with Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (Best of 2023)

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on October 18.

The firebrand Senator's parents Bess Price, a former cabinet minister, and her husband, teacher Dave Price, on a remarkable family story.

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The saga of the Titan sub (Best of 2023)

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on June 22.

111 years on, the wreck of Titanic has a terrifying allure. We go inside the hunt for Titan, in the abyssal blackness of the North Atlantic.

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A Shadow of Doubt lingers (Best of 2023)

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on May 19.

Journalist Richard Guilliatt reveals what he believes after years investigating a family sex-abuse nightmare for top-rating podcast Shadow of Doubt.

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Brad Haddin reflects on a huge year in cricket

Sun, 31 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Former vice captain Brad Haddin reflects on Australia’s World Cup wins, cricket’s Olympics berth, and the retirement of one of the game’s greats.

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What’s ethical in Aboriginal art? (Best of 2023)

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on April 12.

Glorious art, desperate poverty and the ethics of black-white relations collide in an investigation into how Aboriginal art is really made.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda loves Bluey, too (Best of 2023)

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on March 7.

‘Hamilton’ creator - and Bluey fan - Lin-Manuel Miranda on his hip-hop heroes and the show that made him a superstar.

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Conversations with a conman (Best of 2023)

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000

This episode of The Front originally aired on February 2

Amateur sleuths searching for missing mum Marion Barter turned up a link to conman Ric Blum - so our reporter Dave Murray gave Blum a call.

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The beauty of the Boxing Day Test

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Cricket great Brad Haddin reflects on the excitement and the nerves of the Boxing Day Test as Australia and India take to the turf at the MCG.

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Bruce Lehrmann’s case: ‘Brittany’s small lies snowballed’

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

The plaintiff’s closing submissions in the federal court defamation trial - and what if the judge finds they did have sex?

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Lisa Wilkinson and Ten’s final pleas

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000

What the judge is thinking - and what the defence lawyers say as Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation action nears its end in the Federal Court.

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All the Lehrmann evidence you missed

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

As the Bruce Lehrmann v. Network Ten defamation trial reaches a crescendo, we break down the crucial moments of evidence so far.

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Ministers ‘ordered’ Fiona Brown to go to cops

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Brittany Higgins’ former boss claims senior ministers wanted police called against Higgins’ wishes.

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Fiona Brown gives evidence in closed court

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

After a long legal fight, Fiona Brown gave evidence to a closed court in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation action against Channel Ten on Monday.

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Qantas’ big blue with sacked baggage handlers

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000

The Transport Workers Union says Qantas has backed out of a court-ordered mediation over compensation claims worth millions of dollars.

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How Ten ‘disappointed’ Lisa Wilkinson

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Lisa Wilkinson says she’s disappointed that Network Ten edited out some balancing detail in their Brittany Higgins story - and says she put her faith in Ten’s legal department and producers.

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Lisa Wilkinson and a ‘wicked’ cover-up

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

TV star says a federal government conspiracy covered up the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins, on the orders of Scott Morrison’s office.

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‘No proof’ of Higgins’ conspiracy claim

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Producer Angus Llewellyn concedes the Project had no proof to back up Brittany Higgins’ claim of a government cover-up, as Lisa Wilkinson prepares to enter the witness box.

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BONUS: ‘West Test’ commences under a cloud of controversy

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 04:00:00 +0000

Cricket great Brad Haddin weighs in on the match that’s got everyone talking: about selection drama, fresh faces, and boardroom drama.

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Brittany Higgins’ secret tapes

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Covert recordings – new and old – make a giant splash in the Bruce Lehrmann/Network Ten defamation trial.

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Brittany Higgins’ mum recounts ‘worst nightmare’

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Brittany Higgins’ parents have told the Federal Court about the moment their daughter disclosed her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann.

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Lip-reader up in Lehrmann trial, and Palasczcuk’s fall

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000

What Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins allegedly said at the bar, and Annastacia Palaszczuk’s shock resignation.

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What Brittany Higgins told her boyfriend

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000

First-hand accounts of the events surrounding an alleged rape in Parliament - and surprising new details of Brittany Higgins’ payout.

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'Passionate kiss’ claim in Lehrmann trial

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

A witness claims she saw Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins passionately kissing and touching. Plus, cricket’s divided over test series selections.

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Brittany Higgins’ $2.3 million payout revealed

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

In the final moments of her cross-examination, Brittany Higgins said the Commonwealth conceded it had failed in its duty of care to her.

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Lehrmann trial turns to political ‘conspiracy’ claim

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

The case of Bruce Lehrmann v Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson - enters a third week with a big decision on evidence Lehrmann wants to introduce.

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Diabetes in terrifying new territory

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Babies are the latest group caught up in a silent epidemic that’s claiming young lives and pushing our public health system to the brink.

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Brittany Higgins is cross-examined

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

In the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, the defence’s star witness admits lies and inconsistencies but insists she was raped in Parliament House.

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‘He raped me’: Brittany Higgins’ evidence

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Star witness Brittany Higgins has given tearful evidence about the night she says she was raped by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann.

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Brittany Higgins in the witness box

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Dr Matthew Collins KC and Sue Chrysanthou SC have made their opening submissions in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case. We unpack what it means.

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Lehrmann’s last days in the witness box

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:13:55 +0000

Bruce Lehrmann has left the witness box after days of gruelling cross-examination. In this bonus episode, we untangle the trial so far.

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Lehrmann's many versions of events

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Bruce Lehrmann has been grilled in court about his conflicting statements – but he won’t be questioned by Lisa Wilkinson’s representative.

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Hostages freed, and cricket’s historic moment

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000

The first hostages freed as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on the weekend. Plus, the WBBL goes it alone at the SCG.

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Bruce Lehrmann under pressure

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:37:50 +0000

A tough cross-examination by Network Ten’s barristers sees defamation plaintiff Bruce Lehrmann grilled in the Federal Court.

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Lehrmann cross-examined, and questions linger in Larrimah

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Bruce Lehrmann has been cross-examined for the first since he was accused of rape. Plus, why everyone’s losing it over Larrimah.

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A granddaughter’s fight

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Israel’s Anat Shoshany, 25, grieves her murdered grandpa David and prays her hostage grandmother Adina will be freed.

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Bruce Lehrmann's giant gamble

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

A ‘de facto rape trial’ kicks off today for the man determined to prove he’s innocent of Brittany Higgins’ allegations.

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How cricket triumphed and rugby tanked

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Inside cricket’s long road to glory - and why moribund Australian rugby just keeps getting it wrong.

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Gun register getting nowhere after tragedy

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 15:52:36 +0000

A year after three people were killed in an ambush, the promised national gun register is tied up in bureaucracy and funding fights.

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Can the Optus boss survive?

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Angry customers, a furious government and now a grumpy parent company - Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin fronts a Senate inquiry today.

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The refugees nobody wants

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Compensation claims loom as the High Court frees stateless offenders including murderers and rapists, and the Government scrambles to respond.

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Teachers to be schooled on classroom management

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Teachers will be given detailed instructions for classroom management by the government as bad behaviour escalates. How did it come to this?

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Why Labor’s got the mid-term blues

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

What’s the point of gladhanding world leaders if you can’t brag back home? Anthony Albanese’s political dilemma, with Dennis Shanahan.

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Horror in Gaza; hatred in Australia

Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Death threats and violent protests swell in Australia as Gaza’s civilian emergency grows. Chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart joins us.

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A combat paramedic’s story

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

A 29-year-old Israeli Air Force major’s account of fighting terrorists and saving lives on October 7.

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Cricket’s curious road back to the Olympics

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Cricket will return to the Olympics for the first time in more than a century in 2028. We unpack what it means for the future of the game.

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Preachers in police sights over anti-Semitic sermons

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Police are investigating inflammatory sermons by Islamic preachers in Sydney. Today, how a new war gave local jihadists a dangerous boost.

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‘Big thaw’ begins in Australia-China relations

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

PM Anthony Albanese met with President Xi Jinping in Beijing. We unpack what it means for the future of Australia’s relationship with China.

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Historic DNA disaster just keeps getting worse

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Our expert unpacks why Queensland’s under-fire DNA lab destroyed thousands of crime-scene samples – and why we’re only hearing about it now.

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Albanese's warning for Israel

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Labor hardens its position on the Israel-Hamas war, warning Israel risks losing the world’s support.

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Fresh probe tip-toes around DNA lab debacle

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000

A decision to dramatically overhaul DNA testing in Queensland could have jeopardised thousands of cases. We unpack why no-one’s copping to it.

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The cricket clash where pride’s on the line

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Australia will face England in the first test since the Ashes on Saturday. We unpack what to expect after an unpredictable ODI World Cup run.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Everything you need to know about Israel-Gaza war

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000

War in the Middle East is underway – but not as expected. Our correspondent unpacks why Israel changed tack in its mission to destroy Hamas.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Forensic bosses in the hot seat

Sun, 29 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0000

A fresh inquiry into Queensland’s DNA lab starts in Brisbane today. What to expect - and why survivors of sex crimes have new reason to hope.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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The Voice 2.0 – and Bruce Lehrmann’s charges

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Name suppression is lifted over unproven sexual assault charges against Bruce Lehrmann. Plus, Yes advocates on the possible way forward.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Operation Nightwolf kicks in ‘crime boss’ doors

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Seven alleged kingpins to face court over a giant alleged money laundry.. Today, the inside story of what got the cops suspicious.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

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Ella survived a massacre, but her parents are hostage

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Over 200 people are being held hostage by Hamas, Ohad and Raz Ben Ami among them. We hear of their daughter’s desperation to find them.

Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jasper Leak. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.