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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. Read more at theaustralian.com.au and see the video episodes by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

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11:26

Congratulations! It’s a birth tax

The Front ·

2026/09/09

We’ve had the widow’s tax and the super tax - now there’s a birth tax hidden in the federal Government’s shakeup to the way trusts work. The Australian’s revealing today the changes could make it harder for tradies and small business owners to hand over to a new generation. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Labor’s trust tax reform creates ‘newborn tax’ Commentary by Robert

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2:54

Arrests in multi-state CFMEU raids

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2026/09/09

Three people were arrested in a raid of the Brisbane headquarters of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees’ Union on Wednesday. Plus, Andrew Hastie’s blistering attack on Pauline Hanson and author Blanche d’Alpuget dies. Read more: Police raid CFMEU headquarters over Brisbane 2032 Olympic corruption claims Andrew Hastie coy on leadership ambition but slams ‘lying cowards’ One Nation Blanche d’Alpuget, author and widow of Bob Hawke, dies aged 82See

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14:36

Drink, drugs and a drama One Nation didn’t need

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2026/09/08

Drink-driving, unpaid fines, and allegations about serious drugs: these are not the talking points One Nation wanted for its bold bid to become part of Victoria’s government. But Pauline Hanson’s handpicked state president Warren Pickering, a former soldier, is having a tough week thanks to exclusives broken by The Australian’s Jamie Walker. Read more about this story attheaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. ‘Drugs, deviance’:

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3:29

Ex-prisoner’s giant AI deal

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2026/09/08

Firmus - the tech company part-owned by Oliver Curtis, who served prison time for insider trading - has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with OpenAI to build two data centres in Malaysia as part of a multi-year partnership. Plus, the trial of three men accused of killing Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson gets under way in Mexico, and an iconic Sydney mansion is rumoured to be back on the market. Read more: OpenAI signs multibillion-dollar deal with Oliver Curtis’ Firmus, fuelling

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14:33

Did cops try to suppress stories by a sacked...

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2026/09/07

The mysterious Mahmood Fazal - a bikie turned journalist who was hired, and then fired by the ABC, is at the centre of another drama: did the Australian Federal Police try to suppress his work as a reporter? That’s today’s story. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Sacked ABC journalist’s dramatic terror raid story ‘never happened’ Sacked ABC journalist’s ‘terror raid’ story

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1:57

One Nation’s big plan for super

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2026/09/07

One Nation has a new policy for Australians’ superannuation account: the opportunity for renters and homeowners to hold onto a portion of compulsory superannuation contributions. Plus, electric vehicles are officially more popular than old-fashioned gas guzzlers. Read more: Hanson rejects claims early super access will fuel price pressures How cheap Chinese brands made electric cars the top choice for Australian driversSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:37

Actually, it is about me: Trump’s wild midterm gamble

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2026/09/06

Just eight weeks until the midterm elections and Donald Trump is switching strategy, asking his base to vote Republican as if his own name were on the ballot. But as the Iran war sends cost of living spiralling, will voters buy his claim that America is winning? Cameron Stewart joins us. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Tit-for-tat attacks in ‘under control’ Strait of Hormuz Commentary by Cameron Stewart:Donald

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11:48

Nostalgic magic for a digital age: Jim Henson’s new...

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2026/09/04

Characters developed over six decades have opened the door to Jim Henson’s world for a whole new generation. Now, Henson’s culture-defining works, from the Muppets to The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, will feature in an immense new exhibition at Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Behind the magic of Jim Henson as huge creature exhibition opens in Queensland This episode of The

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2:40

Kyrgios enters treatment, ending drug ban

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2026/09/04

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios will enter a drug treatment program, effectively ending his three-month suspension from the sport. Plus, bird flu appears in Sydney, and Emirates new premium economy upgrades. Read more: Nick Kyrgios enters drug treatment program as his three month ban for cocaine use comes to an end Bird flu detected in Sydney for first time Emirates unveils ‘world first’ privacy screens for its premium economy cabinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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15:52

Audacious wine heist leaves Australian collectors in...

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2026/09/03

It’s Friday and many of us need a stiff drink – especially the veteran wine collectors who’ve allegedly been robbed in what appears to be an audacious heist from storage facilities around the country. It’s the high-end version of a crime epidemic that’s sweeping retail and our journo Eli Greenblat, who broke the yarn, is here. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. The great wine heist: Collectors left

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3:45

Ousted KPMG operations boss sues following audit scandal

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2026/09/03

The nightmare engulfing professional services giant KPMG just got worse, with news the firm’s former Chief Operations Officer Eileen Hoggett is suing. Plus, JD Vance says the world may have reached its so-called “end days”, and The Australian’s Chief Film Critic Nikki Gemmell’s first-ever one-star movie review. Read more: Former KPMG exec Eileen Hoggett sues firm seeking documents The Antichrist may already be among us, claims JD Vance & Sons: A bloodless and inert

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11:47

Dear Pauline: The secret One Nation email that fell...

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2026/09/02

We all know the feeling; you accidentally CC the wrong person and suddenly you’re in a world of email-induced pain. Today, how a confidential One Nation legal note found its way to The Australian and what it tells us about the party’s behind-the-scenes melodrama. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Whoops! Pauline Hanson’s $750-an-hour lawyer suffers epic email clanger From 2019: One Nation rift erupts in

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12:09

‘A spit in the face’: surrogate kids rewrite the rules

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2026/09/01

Every kid wants to know they were wanted. Children born to surrogate mothers know that for sure - but they also have very strong opinions about the strict laws governing surrogacy in Australia, from whether birth mothers should be paid to who their real parents are. Today, thoughts from inside these very modern families. Read more about this story attheaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Children of surrogates give emotional evidence to law review This episode

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9:26

Island meltdown: China’s massive blow-up rocks the...

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2026/09/01

The Great Game gets down and dirty as China throws a tantrum about Taiwan’s inclusion in the Pacific Islands Forum, and key regional PMs suddenly decide against attending. Ben Packham is here to help us work out what is really going on. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Pacific Islands Forum preparations thrown into disarray This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by

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3:32

‘I knew’: Tsitsipas drops Kyrgios drug bombshell

The Front ·

2026/09/01

Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas says Nick Kyrgios’ alleged use of cocaine was an open secret on the tour. Plus, Anthony Albanese’s pushes back against China at a crucial meeting of regional leaders, and Donald Trump’s White House ballroom will resume construction without approval from Congress. Read more: Stefanos Tsitsipas claims he knew about Nick Kyrgios alleged drug use before ban was handed down Albanese pushes back at China’s warning shot over Taiwan Supreme

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3:27

Pauline Hanson fires up after byelection win

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2026/08/31

Anthony Albanese is inciting violence against One Nation – that’s Pauline Hanson’s claim after winning another by-election. Plus, legal experts say Western Australia’s Attorney-General should launch a coronial inquest into the deaths of three Indigenous children in Port Hedland in 2022. Read more: Hanson accuses Albanese of directly inciting violence against her Top barrister Tom Percy demands inquest into Hawke children’s deaths citing ‘exceptional

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16:16

The ABC’s Sentient scandal: Sarah Ferguson’s...

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2026/08/30

It’s the story the ABC doesn’t want you to know about - the drama over who knew what and when about an external project. Today, Media diarist Steve Jackson joins us to reveal how the ABC even edited a politician’s words to cut all mention of the controversy. Read more about this story attheaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Sarah Ferguson listed as ‘key creative’ in funding bid despite ABC chief’s denial Sarah

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12:14

The lonely hero: a very Gen-Z Spider-Man is here to...

The Front ·

2026/08/28

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has made more than $2 billion at the box office. Today, The Australian’s editor of Culture, Milanda Rout joins us to explore how the complex, interconnected stories of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe are helping superheroes grow up - and making the movies cool again. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. New Spider-Man film sees a tortured Tom Holland grapple with adult loneliness

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3:52

Virgin’s smart fuel hedge leads to bumper profit

The Front ·

2026/08/28

Virgin Australia announced a bumper profit on Friday, with shareholders set to receive their first dividends in almost two decades. Plus, Australia will provide $5 million in aid to Nepal. Read more: Fresh flood warning for Himalayas as search continues for 39 missing Australians Outdoor education leader Michael Keats named among 39 Australians missing in Nepal floods Albanese details aid package for Nepal Virgin Australia posts strong profit and dividend after dodging fuel price crisis See

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14:18

Stop the visa hop: inside Labor’s migration crackdown

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2026/08/27

Nothing makes Labor politicians sweat like an immigration controversy – and now the federal government has come up with a crackdown to bring migration numbers down in the attempt to appease the right, while trying not to alienate the left. Will it work? And what problem are we trying to solve, anyway? Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Revealed: Labor to target students, visitor visas in migration crackdown Commentary by

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