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The Front
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.
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Episodes
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How the Teal sausage gets made
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…
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Is Netflix’s Adolescence worth the ordeal of watching it?
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…
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What’s going on with Virginia Giuffre?
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…
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Why don’t schools understand boys?
A new study shows boys slipping further behind in schools as debate about their mental health and online influences dominates the culture. Find out more about…
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Chinese spy ships in Australian waters: what’s Beijing up to?
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
In the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, Christopher Michael Dawson – who was covered in our podcast The Teacher’s Pet – says he’s not…
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Albo v Dutton: Let the mind games begin
This election will get deeply personal as Labor tries to wrong foot Peter Dutton and the Coalition homes in on Anthony Albanese’s judgment. Find out more…
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The White Lotus: who’s dead - and whodunnit?
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…
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Nobody’s fired: How Donald Trump is handling an epic group chat fail
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
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. Find out more about The…
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Surprise! A teeny tiny tax cut in the Budget
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…
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A dispute between two Australian Jewish lawyers hits the courts
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? Find…
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What are Albo and Chalmers really up to with this Budget?
National editor Dennis Shanahan breaks down the strategy Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers think might help them win an election. Find out more about The Front…
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Mystery of the abandoned baby: Nicole Kidman brings Liane Moriarty’s The Last Anniversary to TV
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…
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Guided by God to an online gambling fortune
Virtual Gaming Worlds founder Laurence Escalante is one of the new faces of wealth in Australia, featured in The List: Australia’s Richest 250. Find out…
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Cannon-Brookes break-up shakes up Australia’s Richest 250
Another Richest 250 list – another billionaire breakup to keep things interesting, and a new name cracks into the Top 10. Find out more about The Front…
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Trans athletes are about to be banned from the Olympics
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…
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What’s Acknowledgement of Country got to do with a law degree?
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
Investor John Hancock says dealing with his billionaire mother Gina Rinehart is ‘not easy’ and critiques some of her investment decisions. Find out…
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How do we feel about Michael Jackson the musical?
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…
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How celebrity chef Matt Moran won over the bushies who hated him
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. Find out more about…
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Jewish Australians aren’t feeling reassured about anti-Semitism
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…
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Trump brawls with Malcolm Turnbull, as huge tariffs kick in
Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull are at each other’s throats just hours before tariffs kick in. What does it mean for our economy? Find out more about…
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Gambling titans roll the dice on Star Casino
Star Entertainment has been saved from failure by competing takeover bids by the US-based Bally’s Corporation and partners from Hong Kong. Find out more…
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Critics hate Meghan Markle’s TV show. Why does Netflix want Season 2?
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…
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Dragon sex: how romantasy became a billion-dollar book genre
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…
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WA loves Labor – but not Anthony Albanese
Western Australians will go to the polls on Saturday, but a likely state Labor victory won’t necessarily spell success for the Federal government. Find…
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Are we sending troops to Ukraine?
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…
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Labor’s hydrogen hopes fade
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? Find out more…
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Albo and the art of the soft-soap interview
‘Tis the season for politicians in Hawaiian shirts with their glowing partners to reveal ‘the real me’. And Anthony Albanese’s found a…
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Vance’s rage, Trump’s appeasement: now what for Ukraine?
Donald Trump wants to be like Winston Churchill. But is he really like Neville Chamberlain, appeasing Vladimir Putin as Chamberlain appeased Adolf Hitler in…
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A deep dive into The Cruel Sea
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…
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‘Bronwyn’ Live: behind the scenes of our blockbuster podcast
Momentum is building around The Australian’s blockbuster investigative podcast Bronwyn, about the unsolved disappearance of mother Bronwyn Winfield. On…
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The Google search that could have averted Khaled Sabsabi art disaster
Artworks depicting Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah and the 9/11 attacks were missed by bureaucrats choosing Khaled Sabsabi for the Venice Biennale. Creative…
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Slater + Gordon’s ‘fake email’ nightmare
Secret salary details, brutal takedowns of colleagues - and a furious workforce. Today, the HR disaster engulfing plaintiff law firm Slater + Gordon. A podcast…
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The tech sex scandal blowing up WiseTech
Australian businessman Richard White founded a billion-dollar tech business before a series of personal dramas caused mayhem. Now his brainchild WiseTech seems…
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Pope Francis - and who will be next?
The legacy of a Pope who infuriated many traditionalists and disappointed some progressives - and the most likely candidates to replace him. Find out more…
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Is Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter really a country album? No - it’s bigger
Is Beyonce’s Grammy-winning Album of the Year Cowboy Carter really a country album? No - it’s something much bigger. Find out more about The Front…
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Trump vs Zelensky
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…
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Koh Samui braces for the White Lotus Effect
The glittering HBO global blockbuster The White Lotus has already transformed the economies of Sicily and Hawaii, and now Thailand’s next. Today, we…
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Get ready for an April election
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…
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Khaled Sabsabi and the Venice Biennale art scandal
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…
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Aboriginal boy Cassius Turvey’s murder ‘not about race’
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 -…
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Spit and the secrets of movie music
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…
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The lies of Belle Gibson and Apple Cider Vinegar
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…
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Sam Kerr’s own goal
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…
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Ita Buttrose in the witness box
Antoinette Lattouf v the ABC in the Federal Court heard from former ABC chair, 83-year-old media doyenne Ita Buttrose. Find out more about The Front podcast…
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Dodging Trump’s huge steel tariff
Anthony Albanese and Kevin Rudd scramble for an exemption from Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium. Find out more about The Front…
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Labor’s by-election bloodbath
Crime and the cost of living have dealt Victorian Labor a potentially devastating political blow in the heartland seat of Werribee. Find out more about The…
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Guy Pearce’s brilliant baddie in The Brutalist
From Neighbours to Priscilla to the Oscars: Guy Pearce’s star turn as a very bad man in The Brutalist. Find out more about The Front podcast here. You…
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Trump’s trans revolution
The headspinning pace of Donald Trump’s executive orders shifts to trans people’s participation in women’s sport. Find out more about The…
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Sam Kerr accuses cops of racism
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…
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The ABC’s ‘Antoinette problem’
Legal action brought against the ABC by freelance journalist Antoinette Lattouf is under way in the Federal Court. Find out more about The Front podcast here…
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Unpacking Donald Trump’s trade war
Our panel of experts weigh in on the tariffs that have prompted a new trade more and sent global politics into a spin. Find out more about The Front podcast…
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Bibas babies’ fate hangs in the balance
Questions are swirling around the fate of some of the Middle East conflict’s youngest hostages after their father was freed by Hamas. Find out more about…
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Asia’s rock gods Mayday are heading our way
Catchy, dreamy, wildly entertaining Taiwanese superstars Mayday aim to entice Australians to their Beatles-with-glowsticks giant stadium gigs. Find out more…
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Is Steve Smith the last batting legend?
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? Find out more…
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Inside Albo’s ‘exquisite’ visit to Toorak
Anthony Albanese and Dan Andrews attended a lavish dinner in one of Melbourne’s ritziest suburbs. But it’s the company that’s prompted…
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How DeepSeek is shaking up AI
China’s DeepSeek AI model sent shockwaves through the tech industry and financial markets this week. So, what is it? Find out more about The Front…
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How Trump forced Colombia to buckle
A sweeping immigration crackdown and a short-lived resistance - today, how Donald Trump is living up to his ‘shock and awe’ promises. Find out more…