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Will Stefanovic lose his radio job too? · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's Biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Kyl Stefanovick won't be returning to
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  Speaker 1: Channel nine, and now there are suggestions he might also
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  Speaker 1: lose his radio gig, with executives at broadcaster ARN canceling
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  Speaker 1: promotional ads for his new show. Stefanovick is supposed to
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  Speaker 1: host a podcast called The Long Weekend with Eddie Maguire
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  Speaker 1: on Fridays, and the show's only gone to air on
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  Speaker 1: the Gold Network twice since launch, but now Stefanovic's expected
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  Speaker 1: to be missing from this Friday's episode. Arn's having a
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  Speaker 1: tough year. It got tangled in a messy dispute with
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  Speaker 1: its two biggest stars, Kyl Sanderalans and Jackie Henderson, after
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  Speaker 1: dumping their show in February. Stefanovick was on his final
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  Speaker 1: year with nine's Today program and is now to leave
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  Speaker 1: the job early, likely with a payout, after he used
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  Speaker 1: his independent podcast, The Karl Stefanovic Show to air at
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  Speaker 1: interview with far right activist Tommy Robinson. The Australian's Steve
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  Speaker 1: Jackson broke the news on Stefanovic late on Wednesday and
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  Speaker 1: has more to come. You can hear Jacko on the
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  Speaker 1: front by scrolling back in your feed to this morning's
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  Speaker 1: episode entitled How Karl Stefanovick Blew Himself Up. Fordesque is
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  Speaker 1: facing a class action lawsuit by female employees who say
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  Speaker 1: they were subjected to sleees, harassment and sexual violence at
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  Speaker 1: the mining giant. The law firm JGA Sadler filed the
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  Speaker 1: class action on behalf of two lead applicants on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: Their case is being bankrolled by British litigation funder Aristata.
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  Speaker 1: It contains allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination dating
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  Speaker 1: back decades, and claims there was a hostile environment at
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  Speaker 1: the company's Minds and accommodation in Western Australia's Pilboro region.
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  Speaker 1: The applicants claim female employees were warned against washing their
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  Speaker 1: underwear in communal laundry forcasies because they may be stolen
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  Speaker 1: by male members of staff. A ford ESCU spokesperson said
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  Speaker 1: it would be inappropriate to comment. Another backdown from the
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  Speaker 1: government on its tax reforms. Now there'll be an exemption
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  Speaker 1: for people who inherit property after someone's death. On Budget Night,
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  Speaker 1: Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced negative gearing for investment properties and
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  Speaker 1: discount on the capital gains tax would be scrapped for
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  Speaker 1: new investors. Those who took over assets after death or
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  Speaker 1: divorce would also miss out. Critics called it a widow's tax.
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  Speaker 1: Now the government's back down, saying they can grandfather the
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  Speaker 1: benefits just like existing investors. You can read all about
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  Speaker 1: that right now at the Australian dot com dot au
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  Speaker 1: and come back to the front first thing in the
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  Speaker 1: morning for our look at why some medications like the
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  Speaker 1: weight loss super drug Munjaro are unbelievably expensive in Australia
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  Speaker 1: compared to the rest of the world. That's right here,
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  Speaker 1: Friday morning.