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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 insight from our newsrooms. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store.

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5:09

‘Absolutely devastated’: Gus’ grandparents react to...

The Front ·

2026/02/06

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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16:41

Andrew and Fergie are destroyed. Epstein’s next...

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2026/02/05

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? Read more about this story attheaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team

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3:42

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

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2026/02/05

“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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:17

Antisemitism barrister’s daughter is a pro-Palestine...

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2026/02/04

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. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. This

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2:20

Randa Abdel-Fattah and Louise Adler reunite for ‘free...

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2026/02/04

Randa’s back: the controversial anti-Israel activist who was at the centre of the collapse of Australia’s oldest writers’ festival, Randa Abdel-Fattah, will appear alongside literary figure Louise Adler at a so-called celebration of free speech event in Adelaide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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13:57

How the Brittany Higgins case caused panic in Prime...

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2026/02/03

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. Read

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2:08

Reserve Bank admits they got it wrong

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2026/02/03

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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15:19

Government spends too much. Interest rates go up. How...

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2026/02/02

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. View an edited transcript of this episode, plus photos, videos and additional reporting, on the website or on The Australian’s app. Read more about this story

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2:22

Outlaw Dezi Freeman is probably dead, say cops

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2026/02/02

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. .See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:58

How China crushed Beijing’s crazy traffic noise

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2026/02/01

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. Read Yoni’s story - and see the video - by subscribing to our YouTube channel and checking us out at theaustralian.com.au and our app, available in your app store. This episode of The Front is produced and presented by Claire Harvey

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15:02

The wildest Oscar campaign in film history

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2026/01/30

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. Find out more about The Front podcasthere. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. The weekend edition of The Front is co-produced by Claire Harvey and Jasper Leak. The host is Claire Harvey. Audio production and editing by Jasper Leak who also composed our

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3:05

Albo’s national gun buyback is a shemozzle

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2026/01/30

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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:00

Swearing at work can get you sacked now

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2026/01/29

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. This story’s live now attheaustralian.com.au, along with all Australia’s best journalism. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Jasper Leak. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack,

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2:29

Right v Right: the Libs’ leadership stalemate

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2026/01/29

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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:45

Now is Trump’s moment to strike Iran

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2026/01/28

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? Read more about this story, plus see photos, videos and additional reporting, on the website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet,

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3:01

Trump: “You can’t have guns”

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2026/01/28

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:12

Should Muslim preachers be monitored?

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2026/01/27

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. Read more about this story, plus see photos, videos and additional reporting, on the website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team

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3:53

Alleged Nazi jailed after Australia Day rant

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2026/01/27

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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16:34

Why is TV's biggest star going rogue?

The Front ·

2026/01/26

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. Read more about this story, plus see photos, videos and additional reporting, on the website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented

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2:35

‘Intifada’ chants at Australia Day rallies

The Front ·

2026/01/26

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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