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The Front
by The Australian
The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page-one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insights from our newsrooms.Read more at theaustralian.com.au and see the video episodes by subscribing to our YouTube channel.
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The old warhorses uniting to fight Netanyahu
Nobody thought Benjamin Netanyahu could survive the Hamas onslaught, a scandal over unheeded warnings and the sprawling Gaza-Iran-Lebanon-Houthi conflicts that have arisen. As Israel’s October 28 elections near, rivals Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid say it’s time to end the Bibi…
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‘Movin to the Sun’: the AI drama engulfing a mega-hit
French DJ Florent Hugel has a monster global hit on his hands - and now he’s frantically trying to refute claims the whole thing came from artificial intelligence. Today, Claire and Jasper Leak peel the layers off ‘Movin’ to the Sun’ to work out what’s real and what’s audacious spin. Read more...
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Media boss says his wife wants DV charges dropped
The media mogul accused of attacking his wife, Anthony Catalano, now says he wants to move overseas with her and their children. Plus, the jury in the double-murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon visits the scene of the alleged crime, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make their first public...
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Are we forgetting Kokoda?
Fear, exhaustion and elation combine on the 96-kilometre Kokoda Track, where trekkers honour one of our greatest military victories. But is this ultimate immersive experience being forgotten by Australians, as tourist numbers dwindle and PNG is gripped by extreme poverty and violence? Our own…
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Cop ‘asked friend to ditch phone’ after murders
Accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon asked a friend to dispose of a mobile phone connected to two men he’s accused of murdering. Plus, taxpayers foot the bill for Michelin stars in South Australia. Read more: Beau Lamarre-Condon asked friend to dump phone in WA after murders, court hears IBAC...
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The great Snowy squeeze: how the ‘world’s biggest battery’ got stuck
Snowy 2.0 was supposed to be the renewable energy dream made real right here in Australia. But a decade of catastrophic delays and blowouts have the whole project literally at risk of getting squeezed to death by Australia’s ancient geology - and now, The Australian is revealing the Commonwealth...
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‘Completely agreed’: Albanese denies rolling Chalmers on ATO credit card ban
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he wasn’t undercut by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on a controversial Tax Office plan to ban credit card payments. Plus, China’s first foreign military base and Powerfinger’s tour ticket frenzy sparks new shows. Read more: Chalmers rejects claim PM undercut him on...
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Landlords pull a giant u-turn on investment
In a post-negative gearing world, property investors have to find a completely different kind of property to buy - and they’re shaking up the entire market. Today - what it means for renters, owners and the price of all our places. Mackenzie Scott is here. Read more about this story at...
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Tom Cruise’s ‘obnoxious’ movie is an historic bomb
Tom Cruise’s film Digger is on track to lose more than $350 million, making it one of the biggest box-office bombs in history. Plus, Independent senator David Pocock says the Prime Minister’s office edited a letter raising concerns about artificial intelligence before it was sent to - the Prime...
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Will the Firmus flop kill our hyperscaler future?
Firmus is a giant flop - so what happens now to the tens of billions of dollars in AI hyperscaler money flooding into Australia to fund data centres? Chief business correspondent Perry Williams joins us. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our...
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Brethren leader to face parliamentary inquiry
A drama surrounding the Brethren Christian Church has just accelerated, with the church’s global leader to appear before an Australian parliamentary inquiry into what church members got up to in the leadup to the 2025 federal election. Plus, new hearings from the antisemitism royal commission.…
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Oliver Curtis vents after Firmus fail
Australia’s missed a big opportunity - that’s the accusation from a disappointed impresario Olvier Curtis, who in a decade went from convicted insider trading criminal to data centre billionaire. A public float of his company, Firmus, has fallen flat and Curtis has retreated to Singapore. Today…
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Why does Elon Musk hate the 4-hour documentary about himself?
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk has a new documentary. It got a five minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, and critics are unanimous in their praise. But Musk hates it. He’s labelled director Alex Gibney a “douche” and a “horrible human”. And now he’s threatening to sue. Max...
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ATO Credit card ban paused after business backlash
Small business owners will be able to pay their tax bills using credit cards, after the Australian Taxation Office paused its ban on plastic until 2027. Plus, Firmus multibillion-dollar IPO is scrapped and ‘The Bachelor’ star Sam Wood refused bail in Queensland. Read more: Labor caves in on ATO’s...
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Nowhere Dan: What’s with Andrews’ new beachy life?
He was premier for nine years, a buddy to the billionaires and still a household name today - but Dan Andrews is toxic for his Victorian Labor party and living in a giant house he doesn’t own on the Mornington Peninsula. Today, the mystery of what’s going on with Daniel Andrews. Read more about...
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Firmus ASX float in doubt as investor interest wanes
Billionaire Oliver Curtis and his Firmus co-founders may not go ahead with an IPO planned for October 23 after investor interest waned. Plus, talkback tumbles in the latest radio ratings and 170 jobs axed by Penfolds winemaker. Read more: Oliver Curtis’ ASX float in chaos as Firmus slashes share...
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Why did Australians walk into Hamas’ racist trap?
From the pulpit to the lecture theatre, antisemitism has found voice in Australia – just as Hamas planned with its October 7 slaughter of innocents. But why now? Was hatred of Jews a remnant of our Anglo-Christian heritage? Is it about extreme Islamism? Why would ‘progressives’ sign up to a…
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NSW coal mines forced to consider global emissions
New South Wales coal miners will need to consider the global impacts of carbon emissions after the nation’s highest court handed down a landmark ruling on Wednesday. Plus, death-row inmate Christa Pike is reportedly awake following a botched execution, and pro-Palestine protesters gather in...
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The intriguing search for legendary explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Friends and family of Sir Ranulph Fiennes say he’s been secreted away in care homes under fake names for months, unable to make contact with the world outside. Now, he’s reportedly living back at his rural property in Shropshire in England. So, how did it come to this? Read more about this story…
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Coalition eyes ‘biggest’ migration cut in Australian history
The Coalition will cut net overseas migration to 100,000 people per year and slash temporary visas if the Liberals and Nationals win the next election. Plus, fears of supermarket price hikes as Woolworths’ fuel levy triples, and Australian Army soldier dies in NT training exercise. Read more:...
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One party, 11 egos: inside the Greens’ meltdown
New leader, same old drama for the Greens, whose outsize capacity for melodrama marks a crisis of confidence for the party that’s become more about Gaza than the grassroots. Today, Richard Ferguson on where the Greens are actually going. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see...
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‘Bachelor’ star to stay behind bars after alleged DV incident
Bachelor star Sam Wood will spend the next three nights in a Queensland watch house after he was charged with domestic violence offences. Wood’s lawyer Matthew Cuskelly said on Monday his client intends to defend the charges and will apply for bail on Thursday. Plus, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor...
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The Social Reckoning: Jeremy Strong steps into Mark Zuckerberg’s villain era
It’s the sequel nobody asked for but we’ll all be watching. Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong face off in Aaron Sorkin’s new Facebook movie, charting the destabilisation of the Metaverse from within. Bianca Farmakis joins us to discuss where Sorkin is taking the story, 16 years after the...
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‘Lift your game’: Online gaming platforms put on notice
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant urged online gaming platforms to “lift their game”, after it was revealed children are being exposed to sexual exploitation and extremism on their sites. Plus, Jai Arrow tribute line-up revealed, and ANZ dumps KPMG after audit scandal. Read more: Gaming…
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Is terrorism morphing to find a new front line?
An incredible mid-air cockpit attack - and claims of an Iranian cell lurking outside a military base: from the Middle East to Britain, authorities are on high alert after two alleged terrorism incidents. Today - what really happened with RAF Fairford and Flydubai 1073. Read more about this story…
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Credit card fury as Tax Office brings in tough new rule
The Australian Tax Office has declared it’ll no longer accept payments made with credit cards, leaving some businesses declaring they've been blindsided. Plus, UK PM Andy Burnham opens the door to a second Brexit vote and championship coach Chris Fagan to leave the Brisbane Lions. Read more…
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Andrew Webster’s ultimate NRL grand final preview
If you thought the AFL Grand Final was entertaining, strap in for a rugby league spectacular - the flash Harry Sydney Roosters versus the hardscrabble Newcastle Knights. There’s already been tears, ambulances, dust-ups and dramas and we’ve got the game’s best commentator who’s already scooping...
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No beef between Treasurer and RBA boss, PM says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says there’s no beef between Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock over the source of stubborn inflation. Plus, new crime scene evidence in the double-murder trial of former cop Beau Lamarre Condon, and one of Australia’s most prestigious...
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How your super is fuelling Jim Chalmers’ budget brag
The target cash rate is up to a 15-year high and unemployment is up too - but the Treasurer says the budget’s looking better than even he expected. Why? Record tax revenue - and a big chunk of it is from all of our superannuation accounts. Economics correspondent Matthew Cranston is here. Read…
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OpenAI apologises for hack, but boss won’t answer questions
OpenAI has apologised for a breach of Australian government websites, including Medicare – but its chief executive Sam Altman won’t answer questions from a parliamentary committee about how the hack happened. Plus, the Greens are in the market for a new leader after Larissa Waters steps down.…
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Inside Ukraine’s fight for the next generation
As Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine enters a fifth brutal winter, Jacquelin Magnay reports from Europe on the fresh fight to bring home Ukrainian kids who were taken behind enemy lines, some of whom face being conscripted to fight for Russia. Plus - is Australia’s fresh…
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‘Killer cop’ told friend ‘nobody would ever find’ body
Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly told a friend he’d dispose of a body in bushland and dump their belongings in rubbish bins before allegedly murdering two people. Plus, thousands of Virgin Airways passengers left stranded by cancellations and delays, and cash to make a comeback...
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Pauline, Queen of the North
Pauline Hanson is now the Queen of the North – a political celebrity like nobody else on the scene today – as evidenced by Australia’s most authoritative opinion tracker, Newspoll. One Nation has overtaken Labor and the Coalition on primary votes in NSW and Queensland and is only one point behind...
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Imaginary babies: the woman who tried to trap a Bachelor
When ‘America’s most hated Bachelor’, Clayton Echard, moved to Arizona, a routine real estate meeting spiralled into a massive paternity scandal. Hit podcast Love Trapped examines the complex resulting legal case, and an unlikely story of vindication. Read more about this story at...
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The Australian facing Chinese jail for ‘headbutting cop’
China-based businessman Nick Wilshire faces potential jail time following a court scuffle, with the embassy unable to intervene. Also in The Front’s afternoon headlines edition, the University of Sydney faces outrage as a student group seeks election under the party name 'Globalise the Intifada'....
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Total football: Peter V’landys just got even more powerful
He’s blown up racing, revved up rugby league and now Peter V’landys is cementing his authority as the most powerful person in sport by becoming the National Rugby League’s first ever executive chairman. Today, our columnist Andrew Webster on the take-no-prisoners titan of the toughest game of…
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Cop ‘sized up body-bag’ before murders
The jury in the double murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon has seen CCTV footage allegedly showing the former NSW Police officer gauging the size of a surfboard bag he’d allegedly later use to conceal the body of his former partner. Read more: Lamarre-Condon surfboard bag purchase before alleged...
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‘Super intelligence’: Trump’s AI slapdown for Albo
The Trump administration has delivered a withering take-down of Anthony Albanese’s proposed tech regulations, but the PM says it’s about handing control back to Australians. Back in Sydney, AI evangelist Andrew Charlton vowed to protect Australian creativity while reaping the rewards of the data...
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Murder victim was ‘petrified’ of cop, court hears
Jesse Baird’s ex-boyfriend told the murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon the TV presenter was “petrified” by Lamarre-Condon’s alleged social media posts. The former police officer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated break and enter....
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Our energy grid can’t power AI data centres. Do we need nuclear?
We love solar - maybe a bit too much. We’re about to embrace data centres - but can our grid cope? And can we finally talk about nuclear again? Today The Australian’s Energy Nation forum tackles the big energy policy questions - and we’re setting the scene with chief business correspondent Perry...
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‘Killer cop’ Beau Lamarre-Condon claims victim shot himself
Hear our re-enactment of words spoken in the trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, who says he accidentally shot his former lover Jesse Baird and then struggled with Baird's boyfriend Luke Davies, who fatally shot himself in the melee. Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to…
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‘You won’t exist’: Inside the murder trial of ex-cop Beau Lamarre-Condon
Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon made a last-ditch bid to plead guilty to the manslaughter of his former boyfriend Jesse Baird - but the Crown rejected that, and is pressing ahead with a prosecution of Lamarre-Condon for the murders of Baird and his new partner Luke Davies.…
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Forty years of deficits ahead: Intergenerational Report
Budget deficits for the next 40 years and fewer births than deaths: that’s the confronting forecast from the Government’s intergenerational report. Plus, AFL fans to fork out thousands of dollars for Grand Final flights and KIIS FM’s new breakfast presenters are revealed. Read more: Deficits for...
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Diana’s brother or King Charles: who’s telling the truth?
Shocking allegations against the King, raised by his once brother-in-law: it’s the new royal drama centred on the aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. So why is Charles Spencer choosing this moment, 29 years later, to accuse King Charles? And what does it mean for Diana’s sons?...
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Is Ed Sheeran too big for the keffiyeh crowd to cancel?
Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour collapsing over Gaza certainly wasn’t on our bingo card. After opening act Macklemore chanted 'Free Palestine' at a New Jersey gig, he was dropped from the lineup - sparking a mass exit of the remaining support acts. Now, fans are left wondering: can the tour even go on?…
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Care of Indigenous children to be scrutinised at national summit
Shocking failings in the care of Indigenous children will be explored at a national roundtable of ministers and First Nations leaders in Perth next week. Plus, Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock warns of further rate rises and international travellers held up by a smart-gate glitch. Read more:...
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‘Daddy, get out’: A war correspondent’s incredible escape
How do you find your way back to happiness after watching your friends die? For veteran Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who sustained life-threatening injuries in a Russian strike while reporting from Ukraine, his wife and daughters lit the way. Today, Benjamin Hall shares his remarkable...
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Labor’s crackdown on student and holiday visas
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke unveiled the government’s plan to reduce net overseas migration to 75,000 people per year in a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday. Plus, the US interest rates are raised for the first time in three years and Route 666 roars towards its 100th…
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The desperate fight to save a 10-year-old terror victim
The Bondi Beach massacre revealed flaws in Australia’s paediatric trauma preparedness, with surgeons and nurses revealing in The Australian their deeply moving struggle to save the life of a 10-year-old girl. Now the NSW Government is creating a new paediatric trauma unit to prepare for the next...
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Ed Sheeran’s tour implodes amid antisemitism row
Ed Sheeran’s United States tour has caused an almighty political and cultural ruckus after the rapper Macklemore announced his support for Palestine at a concert on September 5. Today - how superstar singer Pink, a powerful football team owner and a lineup of artists have clashed over accusations...
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The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page-one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insights from our newsrooms.Read more at theaustralian.com.au and see the video episodes by subscribing to our YouTube channel.
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