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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 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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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.
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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
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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?
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Revealed: Labor to target students, visitor visas in migration crackdown
Commentary by Geoff Chambers: Can Labor pull off its ‘tough on immigration’ act?
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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Sydney couple Sreedharan and Lakshmi Iyer are missing in the aftermath of devastating flash floods that have killed thousands in Nepal and Tibet, along with their two sons, Rishab and Rudhra. Also in The Front’s afternoon headlines: a huge AFL fine for the Geelong Cats and tributes for the late actor Tim Curry and artist Yayoi Kusama.
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One man's ‘agonising’ wait for mate as Wong confirms ‘at least’ 34 Australians missing
‘It came at lightning speed’: how the sudden flood devastated Nepal
Geelong hit with $140,000 fine over Jake Kolodjashnij concussion waiver
Rocky Horror’s Tim Curry dies aged 80
Yayoi Kusama, legendary artist of polka dots and pumpkins, dies aged 97
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Where’s my castle? Where’s my pony? Those are perfectly reasonable questions for a young prince or princess to ask - and now Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor are about to get the answers as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex splash down on a sceptical Britain. So what will the Meghaissance actually look like? Jacquelin Magnay joins us from London.
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California dreams kaput, Harry and Meghan plan their UK comeback
Britons want Harry to make up with Will, but see trouble ahead
Prince Harry and Meghan’s return could be short-lived
Prince Harry’s third act: will it be a drama - or cause a crisis?
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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Beloved artist, savvy businesswoman, ‘Aunt Granny’ to her family, just Dolly to the world: the incomparable Dolly Parton made detailed plans for her legacy: starting now.
Tributes are pouring in for country music superstar Dolly Parton, who died following a short illness on Tuesday. Plus, the final report by Antisemitism Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell will be delayed.
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Dolly Parton, the big haired, big hearted queen of country
From poverty to global superstardom: Dolly Parton dies, aged 80
Antisemitism royal commission pushes back final report to avoid Bondi massacre anniversary
Antisemitism royal commission a ‘lost opportunity’ without an extension: security chiefs
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The Australian’s economics editor Matthew Cranston scooped everyone before the federal Budget and keeps breaking huge yarns about more nasty surprises you weren’t supposed to know about. Now Matt’s revealing another whopper: the tax change that means super funds will pay a higher effective tax rate on some investments.
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Labor’s hidden super tax to hit $372bn worth of assets despite promises to carve out retirees
Jim Chalmers faces new backdown over ‘stealth tax’ hitting millions of super funds
Labor backbencher goes to ground after she admits tax changes might be too broad
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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Former talent agent Ralph Carr will spend up to six years in a Victorian prison after he was convicted of raping a woman at his home in Melbourne in 2023. Plus, ANU apologises to a whistleblower academic and the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion wraps up early.
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Celebrity agent Ralph Carr jailed for six years for raping woman
ANU payment, apology to Julie Bishop whistleblower Liz Allen for ‘indefensible treatment’
Royal commission to end by Wednesday, shortening final hearings
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Concussion is possibly the greatest threat to the football codes Australians love. Some insurers say head trauma has such potentially devastating lifelong consequences they won’t insure against it. So where does that leave the players who put their bodies - and brains - on the line?
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AFL concussion crisis deepens as players are stripped of head injury insurance
Hostplus quietly targets AFL players with concussion cover as insurance crisis deepens
Sponsor GMHBA ‘monitoring’ Geelong Cats closely over controversial concussion player pact
Geelong Cats concussion waiver sparks push for mandatory player safety clauses
Corporate standards forgotten by AFL directors ‘sniffing the liniment’ says Jeff Kennett
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion should be longer and more comprehensive, according to a growing chorus of Jewish and other leaders – and NSW Premier Chris Minns backs an extension of public hearings. Plus, Sydney Swans players scrapped from the Brownlow Medal ceremony and police raids at the CFMEU.
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Chris Minns says antisemitism royal commission should run a ‘couple of weeks’ more if needed
AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon fronts the media for the first time amid Sydney Swans scandal
CFMEU HQ raided by Victoria Police, five people in custody
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Today, one woman’s powerful account of how her own daughter became a victim - and then a perpetrator - of shocking violence. Of how bureaucrats terrified of creating another stolen generation left three indigenous children to be murdered. But Dorothy Papertalk, an articulate and dignified Yamatji-Wajarri lady, wants you - and all of us - to listen.
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I just wanted to keep my grandies safe
Kumanjayi Little Baby remembered as a ‘peacemaker’
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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