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eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant urged online gaming platforms to “lift their game”, after it was revealed children are being exposed to sexual exploitation and extremism on their sites. Plus, Jai Arrow tribute line-up revealed, and ANZ dumps KPMG after audit scandal.

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Gaming giants must ‘lift their game’ on child safety, eSafety boss urges

Amy Shark to lead music stars in Jai Arrow NRL grand final tribute

ANZ plots KPMG breakup after 59 years as external auditor

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An incredible mid-air cockpit attack  - and claims of an Iranian cell lurking outside a military base: from the Middle East to Britain, authorities are on high alert after two alleged terrorism incidents. Today - what really happened with RAF Fairford and Flydubai 1073.

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Hero Flydubai pilot managed to open cockpit door despite being stabbed by a co-pilot

‘Who’s going to save you?’ Hero pilot lauds highly trained aircrew

Australians Carol and Steven Moss caught in FlyDubai hijack drama

RAF Fairford terror plot ‘foiled when suspect called police’

Locals say RAF Fairford security ramped up in week before ‘terror plot arrests’

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The Australian Tax Office has declared it’ll no longer accept payments made with credit cards, leaving some businesses declaring they've been blindsided. Plus, UK PM Andy Burnham opens the door to a second Brexit vote and championship coach Chris Fagan to leave the Brisbane Lions.

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Small businesses given eight hours’ notice before ATO credit card change

Andy Burnham says a second Brexit referendum is an option

Three time premiership coach Chris Fagan to step down as Brisbane coach

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If you thought the AFL Grand Final was entertaining, strap in for a rugby league spectacular - the flash Harry Sydney Roosters versus the hardscrabble Newcastle Knights. There’s already been tears, ambulances, dust-ups and dramas and we’ve got the game’s best commentator  who’s already scooping everyone.

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How NRL plans to honour brave Jai Arrow at decider with ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’

Knights consider starting Thomas Cant for Phoenix Crossland

‘Pull the pin’: Nick Politis considers walking away if Sydney Roosters win grand final

Ultimate NRL Grand Final Guide: Everything you need to know

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says there’s no beef between Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock over the source of stubborn inflation. 

Plus, new crime scene evidence in the double-murder trial of former cop Beau Lamarre Condon, and one of Australia’s most prestigious universities takes a tumble in global rankings. 

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'I agree with both': Albanese says no split over inflation

Commentary by Paul Kelly: Albanese and Chalmers are stuck in vicious economic loop of their own making

Commentary by Robert Gottliebsen: Four economic blows set to trigger brutal Australian downturn and widespread job losses

Blood stain trail and the ‘missed’ bullet hole in Baird home

Hard-left senator David Shoebridge named the Greens’ third federal leader in over a year

Top Australian universities revealed in global Times Higher Ed rankings

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The target cash rate is up to a 15-year high and unemployment is up too - but the Treasurer says the budget’s looking better than even he expected. Why? Record tax revenue - and a big chunk of it is from all of our superannuation accounts. Economics correspondent Matthew Cranston is here.

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Deficit $6bn lower ahead of expected rate hike, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says

Jim Chalmers’ deficit reduction helped by increased superannuation tax take

Commentary by Matthew Cranston: Jim Chalmers’ higher-than-expected tax take in final budget outcome comes from super

Interest rates rise to 4.6 per cent, 15-year high, in blow to homeowners and Anthony Albanese

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OpenAI has apologised for a breach of Australian government websites, including Medicare – but its chief executive Sam Altman won’t answer questions from a parliamentary committee about how the hack happened. Plus, the Greens are in the market for a new leader after Larissa Waters steps down.

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OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack amid warnings over Australia’s vulnerable government systems

OpenAI to send chief strategy officer to explain Medicare breach

OpenAI scraps release of new AI model over safety concerns

Greens to choose new leader 'in days' at Sydney retreat

Commentary by Richard Ferguson: Greens desperately look for their Zohran Mamdani. They have Mehreen Faruqi instead

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As Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine enters a fifth brutal winter, Jacquelin Magnay reports from Europe on the fresh fight to bring home Ukrainian kids who were taken behind enemy lines, some of whom face being conscripted to fight for Russia. Plus - is Australia’s fresh $60m commitment going to make any difference? 

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Image: 8-year-old Ukrainian girl Lisa Shtanko near the frontline in the first year of the war. Picture: AFP 

Nobel nominee Mykola Kuleba battles to rescue stolen Ukrainian children before Russian military conscription

You think Russia isn’t at war with Europe? Think again

PM signs security deal with Ukraine

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Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly told a friend he’d dispose of a body in bushland and dump their belongings in rubbish bins before allegedly murdering two people.

Plus, thousands of Virgin Airways passengers left stranded by cancellations and delays, and cash to make a comeback as surcharge ban comes into effect. 

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Cop told friend how he would hide bodies after break-up, jury told

Thousands of Virgin Australia passengers delayed after exhausted cabin crew reject extra shifts

RBA card surcharge ban triggers cash comeback and discounts

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Pauline Hanson is now the Queen of the North – a political celebrity like nobody else on the scene today – as evidenced by Australia’s most authoritative opinion tracker, Newspoll. 

One Nation has overtaken Labor and the Coalition on primary votes in NSW and Queensland and is only one point behind Labor in Western Australia and South Australia, according to exclusive Newspoll quarterly analysis prepared for The Australian by Pyxis Polling & Insights. 

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The Queen of the North: Sunshine State voters want Hanson as prime minister

Commentary by Geoff Chambers: Is there no stopping the rise of Hanson?

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When ‘America’s most hated Bachelor’, Clayton Echard, moved to Arizona, a routine real estate meeting spiralled into a massive paternity scandal. Hit podcast Love Trapped examines the complex resulting legal case, and an unlikely story of vindication.

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China-based businessman Nick Wilshire faces potential jail time following a court scuffle, with the embassy unable to intervene. Also in The Front’s afternoon headlines edition, the University of Sydney faces outrage as a student group seeks election under the party name 'Globalise the Intifada'.

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Australian businessman faces ‘headbutt’ charge

‘Intifada’ group reaches uni elections

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He’s blown up racing, revved up rugby league and now Peter V’landys is cementing his authority as the most powerful person in sport by becoming the National Rugby League’s first ever executive chairman. Today, our columnist Andrew Webster on the take-no-prisoners titan of the toughest game of all. 

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Peter V’landys officially announced as NRL executive chairman

Commentary by Andrew Webster: For Pete’s sake, fix refs and leave rules alone

Commentary by Andrew Webster: Peter V’landys’ global vision must deliver for the fans

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The jury in the double murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon has seen CCTV footage allegedly showing the former NSW Police officer gauging the size of a surfboard bag he’d allegedly later use to conceal the body of his former partner. 

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Lamarre-Condon surfboard bag purchase before alleged murders among 14,000 hours of CCTV footage in murder case

Task force to undertake ‘rapid’ probe of ‘unacceptable’ Medicare breach by OpenAI agent

Commentary by Eric Johnston: Medicare hack couldn’t have come at a worse time for AI

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The Trump administration has delivered a withering take-down of Anthony Albanese’s proposed tech regulations, but the PM says it’s about handing control back to Australians. Back in Sydney, AI evangelist Andrew Charlton vowed to protect Australian creativity while reaping the rewards of the data centre boom.

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Jesse Baird’s ex-boyfriend told the murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon the TV presenter was “petrified” by Lamarre-Condon’s alleged social media posts. The former police officer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated break and enter. The New South Wales Supreme Court trial is expected to run for around three months. 

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‘Has a gun’: Jesse Baird’s ‘petrified’ warnings of ex Beau Lamarre-Condon before alleged murders

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We love solar - maybe a bit too much. We’re about to embrace data centres - but can our grid cope? And can we finally talk about nuclear again? Today The Australian’s Energy Nation forum tackles the big energy policy questions - and we’re setting the scene with chief business correspondent Perry Williams.

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AI data centres face green power mandates and location bans near homes and schools

Anthropic signs mega data centre deal in Queensland

AGL tells NSW its electricity network reforms proposed for data centres should reuse existing high-capacity connections

Snowy Hydro sits on contractor cost review for three months amid blowout fears

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Hear our re-enactment of words spoken in the trial of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, who says he accidentally shot his former lover Jesse Baird and then struggled with Baird's boyfriend Luke Davies, who fatally shot himself in the melee. Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder. 

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Rolling coverage: Lamarre-Condon says victim shot himself 

Alleged killer expressionless as victims’ families weep

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Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon made a last-ditch bid to plead guilty to the manslaughter of his former boyfriend Jesse Baird - but the Crown rejected that, and is pressing ahead with a prosecution of Lamarre-Condon for the murders of Baird and his new partner Luke Davies. Lamarre-Condon is pleading not guilty. Today, we’re re-enacting the words spoken in court.

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Lamarre-Condon ‘stalked victim’ before alleged murders

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Budget deficits for the next 40 years and fewer births than deaths: that’s the confronting forecast from the Government’s intergenerational report. Plus, AFL fans to fork out thousands of dollars for Grand Final flights and KIIS FM’s new breakfast presenters are revealed.

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Deficits for the next 40 years and a shrinking, ageing Australia in Jim Chalmers’ intergenerational report

Airlines cash in as Brisbane and Perth AFL fans face $3000 Melbourne flights

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Shocking allegations against the King, raised by his once brother-in-law: it’s the new royal drama centred on the aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. So why is Charles Spencer choosing this moment, 29 years later, to accuse King Charles? And what does it mean for Diana’s sons? Jacquelin Magnay joins us from London. 

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‘Like a lottery winner’: Earl Spencer accuses King Charles of elation after Diana’s death

Charles Spencer details explosive Princess Diana funeral row with Prince Charles in new memoir

Earl Spencer v King Charles - the battle for Diana’s legacy

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Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour collapsing over Gaza certainly wasn’t on our bingo card. After opening act Macklemore chanted 'Free Palestine' at a New Jersey gig, he was dropped from the lineup - sparking a mass exit of the remaining support acts. Now, fans are left wondering: can the tour even go on?

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‘You don’t get to decide’: Macklemore’s axing should be welcomed

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Shocking failings in the care of Indigenous children will be explored at a national roundtable of ministers and First Nations leaders in Perth next week. Plus, Reserve Bank boss Michele Bullock warns of further rate rises and international travellers held up by a smart-gate glitch. 

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National roundtable to be held on Indigenous child safety crisis

RBA warns of rate hikes, inflation ‘risks’

Border Force manually processes travellers as airport e-gate outage hits holiday rush

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How do you find your way back to happiness after watching your friends die? For veteran Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who sustained life-threatening injuries in a Russian strike while reporting from Ukraine, his wife and daughters lit the way. Today, Benjamin Hall shares his remarkable story – and why there’s only one thing he’d change.

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‘Daddy, get out’: War correspondent Benjamin Hall reveals how daughter saved him in Ukraine

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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke unveiled the government’s plan to reduce net overseas migration to 75,000 people per year in a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday. Plus, the US interest rates are raised for the first time in three years and Route 666 roars towards its 100th anniversary.

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Students and backpackers targeted in Labor’s migration plan

US Fed chairman Kevin Warsh puts inflation first with US rate hike

America’s legendary Route 66 roars back to life ahead of 100th anniversary

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The Bondi Beach massacre revealed flaws in Australia’s paediatric trauma preparedness, with surgeons and nurses revealing in The Australian their deeply moving struggle to save the life of a 10-year-old girl. 

Now the NSW Government is creating a new paediatric trauma unit to prepare for the next major crisis. In today’s episode, how a state has coped in the aftermath of Bondi’s antisemitic rampage. 

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Inside the emergency room battle for Bondi’s youngest victim: Sydney medicos speak for the first time

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Ed Sheeran’s United States tour has caused an almighty political and cultural ruckus after the rapper Macklemore announced his support for Palestine at a concert on September 5. Today - how superstar singer Pink, a powerful football team owner and a lineup of artists have clashed over accusations of antisemitism and censorship. 

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Brendan O'Neill: Spare us from sanctimonious keffiyeh-wearers

Ed Sheeran’s American tour implodes after support acts and his band quit in solidarity with Macklemore

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The Albanese Government is actively considering changing copyright law so that artificial intelligence companies can train their models here, by ingesting all of human knowledge. The idea is to make us all more productive, and supercharge our economy with a data centre building boom. But to get there, Anthony Albanese would have to break his promise to musicians, artists and writers to protect their copyright – and back down on his vow that all data centres should run on green energy. Would the compromise be worth the pay-off? 

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Leaked Cabinet documents reveal secret ‘opt out’ AI plan

OpenAI’s ultimatum: dilute creatives’ rights or we won’t discuss renewables

Nvidia, Anthropic, OpenAI wooed by Labor for data centre spending blitz

Commentary by Caroline Overington: Hand it all over to big AI tech? Content? Not at all. Outraged

The 13 things you need to know about AI

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Pauline Hanson says doesn’t want to upset anyone and regrets comments where she called Aboriginal people ‘primitive’. Plus, Apple introduces age verification on its devices in Australia.

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Hanson sorry for ‘most primitive’ slur

Apple now requires Australians to prove their age for 18+ apps and content

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Launch an attack, then watch while your opponent looks like the bad guy: Pauline Hanson and One Nation get the headlines while the major parties flail for the right response. Today, Dennis Shanahan on how the ‘politics of resentment’ are playing out. 

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Barnaby Joyce’s backs One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s criticism of PM’s mum

Barnaby Joyce questions Anthony Albanese’s ‘log cabin’ tactic after Hanson’s attack on late mother

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson calls Indigenous Australians ‘most primitive race’

How Ben Roberts-Smith and a cartoon led to Andrew Hastie’s biggest strike on Pauline Hanson

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The Fair Work Ombudsman recovered almost half a billion dollars in unpaid wages and entitlements for more than 180,000 workers in the 2025-26 financial year. Plus, Victoria’s ‘pothole crisis’ claims the life of a motorcycle club president, and Jordan Petaia returns to the Wallabies.

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Big employers behind almost half of $453 million in recovered unpaid wages

Victoria’s pothole peril claims life of beloved motorcycle club president

Analysis by John Ferguson: Victoria’s multi-billion dollar pothole crisis blamed on years of government neglect

Wallabies call up Jordan Petaia three years on from last cap

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Journalist Hedley Thomas joins us with a special insight into where his blockbuster podcast investigation The Poisoned Wife is heading. After the 1986 murder of Rosslyn McQueen, the Homicide Squad rolls into tiny Lockwood, Victoria to question husband Ray, who is infatuated with a teenage girl - and the police interview changes everything. 

He suspects a neighbour of poisoning his wife Ros. Meanwhile, Ray’s attention is focused on a vulnerable 17-year-old girl. 

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Husband accused of murder sent ‘strange’ neighbour to find poisoned wife

Poisoned wife Rosslyn McQueen feared husband was having an affair with babysitter

McQueen marriage under ‘considerable stress’ due to finances, friend told police

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Production house A24 released a trailer this week for You Can See Everything that broke the internet. A24 is known for horror, while host Nathan Fielder is famous for comedy. Together, they promise an intimate look into Elizabeth Holmes’ final 36 days of freedom, in a documentary bound to be more than the sum of its parts.

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Former PWC and Carlton bigwig Luke Sayers has apologised to his estranged wife Cate Sayers for falsely accusing her of posting a nude image of him on his own social media account. Also in today’s afternoon headlines, Donald Trump’s ‘go to hell’ gag at the Republican convention and the jet lag theory surrounding an American football clash at the MCG. 

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Sayers v Sayers; ‘dick pic defo’ case settles, Luke apologises to ex-wife

Trump warns attendees they'll go to hell if they don't vote

NFL Melbourne LA Rams v San Francisco 49ers

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A whistleblower, a secret document and a self-inflicted scandal that’s cost hundreds of jobs and shattered reputations. Today, how KPMG blew itself up, with the journo who’s been breaking all the scoops, our own Tansy Harcourt.

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Ex-KPMG chief collects $4m payout amid firm’s devastating audit scandal

Former KPMG exec Eileen Hoggett sues firm seeking documents

KPMG begins brutal 500 jobs cull amid audit scandal fallout

Labor government extends ban on KPMG work for public service

KPMG partners lied to deputy general counsel, parliamentary inquiry hears

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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.

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Labor’s trust tax reform creates ‘newborn tax’

Commentary by Robert Gottliebsen: Treasurer’s trust tax changes risk ‘long-term disaster’ for families, Aus economy

Jim Chalmers warned trust tax plan will bury businesses in costs and delays

State revenue offices leave door open to tax trusts switching to fixed distribution model

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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.

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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 82

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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.

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‘Drugs, deviance’: Questions Warren Pickering refuses to answer about his past

Commentary by Jamie Walker: Pickering’s past should have raised red flag for leader

Pauline Hanson deflects on historic claims against One Nation Victoria leader Warren Pickering

One Nation leader Warren Pickering’s drink-driving record revealed

Revealed: One Nation Victorian leader Warren Pickering ordered to repay home owner grant

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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.

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OpenAI signs multibillion-dollar deal with Oliver Curtis’ Firmus, fuelling record float

We want to find out why’: Aussie surfers’ parents face suspected killers as Mexico trial begins

Sydney’s iconic Boomerang mansion back on the market with a $100m price tag

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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.  

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Sacked ABC journalist’s dramatic terror raid story ‘never happened’

Sacked ABC journalist’s ‘terror raid’ story exposed as a Gold Coast drug bust

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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.

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Hanson rejects claims early super access will fuel price pressures

How cheap Chinese brands made electric cars the top choice for Australian drivers

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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. 

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Tit-for-tat attacks in ‘under control’ Strait of Hormuz

Commentary by Cameron Stewart: Donald Trump bets on long game to weaken Iran’s war-torn economy

Iran releases video of supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei

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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.

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Behind the magic of Jim Henson as huge creature exhibition opens in Queensland

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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.

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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 cabin

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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.

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The great wine heist: Collectors left abandoned by storage giant

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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.

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Former KPMG exec Eileen Hoggett sues firm seeking documents

The Antichrist may already be among us, claims JD Vance

& Sons: A bloodless and inert film even Bill Nighy cannot save

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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. 

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Whoops! Pauline Hanson’s $750-an-hour lawyer suffers epic email clanger

From 2019: One Nation rift erupts in Senate showdown

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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.

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Children of surrogates give emotional evidence to law review

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The Great Game gets down and dirty as China throws a tantrum about Taiwan’s inclusion in thePacific Islands Forum, and key regional PMs suddenly decide against attending. Ben Packham is here to help us work out what is really going on. 

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Pacific Islands Forum preparations thrown into disarray

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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.

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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 Court allows Trump to keep building White House ballroom

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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.

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Hanson accuses Albanese of directly inciting violence against her

Top barrister Tom Percy demands inquest into Hawke children’s deaths citing ‘exceptional circumstances’

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 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. 

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Sarah Ferguson listed as ‘key creative’ in funding bid despite ABC chief’s denial

Sarah Ferguson’s two-year delay to disclose secret film link

ABC rejects Sarah Ferguson doco amid row over ethics and funding

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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. 

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New Spider-Man film sees a tortured Tom Holland grapple with adult loneliness

Spider-Man and The Odyssey smash records in second-biggest weekend for Australian cinema

'Spider-Man' soars to huge $355 million opening in North America

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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?

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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?

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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

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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

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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’ 

When love and kinship collide

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Does the world need another Barbie movie? And even if we did, would we get it? The follow-up to the 2023 blockbuster starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is caught up in big business negotiations that may mean it never gets made. The Australian’s Richard Ferguson is here to break it all down.

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Margot Robbie’s most radical Hollywood move? Refusing Barbie 2

US clears Paramount's $111 bn Warner Bros. takeover

California calls Paramount's threat to leave state 'blackmail'

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The husband of a pregnant mother killed with rat poison almost 40 years ago says he has nothing to do with her death. Ray McQueen was charged but never convicted over the murder of Rosslyn McQueen in 1986 and has told The Australian’s Liam Mendes he is not a killer. The story is the subject of our blockbuster new podcast investigation The Poisoned Wife, available now wherever you listen. Plus, Albo’s apology and the Swans’ fresh denial are in The Front’s afternoon edition. 

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‘I didn’t kill her’: Ray McQueen confronted over his wife’s poisoning death

Anthony Albanese admits appearance on Bush Deep podcast with Nikki Osborne was an ‘error’

‘Only five players’; Swans hit back at lawyer’s claims that club ‘leaders’ were in Pullman Hotel room

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Who killed Rosslyn McQueen? Today’s launch day for something very special here at The Australian: a new Hedley Thomas cold case investigation. The Poisoned Wife is a podcast examination of how a 30-year-old pregnant mother died of strychnine poisoning in her own home - and nobody has been brought to justice.

Who killed Rosslyn McQueen?

How key witness in Rosslyn McQueen murder broke her 40-year silence on case

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The Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan Markle have enrolled their two children, Archie and Lilibet, in English schools and are planning an imminent return to the country they left in 2020 amid a storm of claims about bullying, racism and family divisions.  Plus, missing hiker Lily Cooper found deceased and KPMG to cut hundreds of staff.

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Harry and Meghan to return to live in the UK

Hiker Lily Hooper, 18, found dead after eight days in NSW Southern Highlands

KPMG begins brutal 500 jobs cull amid audit scandal fallout

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A ‘colossal failure’ and a ‘catastrophic miscarriage of justice’: that’s the claim from mushroom murderer Erin Patterson’s lawyers as she launches a bid to get out of jail. Today, the appeal - and how the Crown is trying to ensure Pattersons is put away for even longer. 

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Appeals in mushroom killer case: Freedom bid or more time for Erin Patterson

Inside the court where Erin Patterson will learn whether she will be freed

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson’s appeal kicks off

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The Queen reveals how difficult it was in 2024 to remain silent about the King’s - still undefined - cancer diagnosis, as it’s revealed Princess Diana’s brother will write a book about her life. Plus, the Sydney Swans take action against players caught up in an alleged late-night Melbourne incident, although nobody has been charged.

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Diana’s brother Charles promises ‘revelations’ in book on her life

Voice architect Marcia Langton calls for national agency on social cohesion

Sydney players stood down for remainder of season over serious breach of club standards

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Anew study shows cannabis use is linked to the early onset of psychosis - and so-called medicinal cannabis is just as risky as rolling a joint. So why is this product legal? That’s today’s story. 

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Medicinal cannabis risks adult psychosis, Australia-led study finds

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Transport billionaire Arthur Tzaneros has resigned from his positions as managing director and chief executive of his family-owned company ACFS Port Logistics. Plus, new details have emerged about an alleged sexual assault involving Sydney Swans AFL players.

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ACFS chief Arthur Tzaneros resigns after Scots College WhatsApp comments

Swans alleged sexual assault incident sparked by claims of ‘inappropriate touching’

AFL great Luke Hodge says ‘Bloods Culture’ is broken as Dean Cox, Sydney leaders speak on alleged sexual assault

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It’s ISIS Brides all over again: today, Paul Garvey joins us with the tale of a 50-year old child sex offender from Sierra Leone who says his bridging visa is making him so stressed he is a further risk to the community. 

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Taxpayers foot nine-month hotel bill for high-risk immigration detainee

Abuse survivor deemed ‘credible’ by judge now faces deportation to Nauru

Government blunder reveals secret Nauru deal details lawyers ‘will not forget’

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Victorian Police are investigating claims of a sexual assault at a Melbourne hotel allegedly involving Sydney Swans players. Plus, bonus bets and enhanced odds will be restricted and Australians will be able to register to opt out from online wagering ads under new changes to the federal Government’s gambling reform package.

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Sydney Swans players linked to ‘sexual assault allegations’ after MCG game

Labor to tighten gambling reform bill as talks continue

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One week in, a whole lot of technical drama and a huge payday: the Kyle Sandilands Live app already has 55,000 subscribers. That’s an exclusive by our Media Diary editor Steve Jackson, and he’s here to discuss how KS Live is shaping up as Kyle and crew enter week two, straight off an exhausting weekend trying to fix the gremlins. 

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Jenna Clarke’s take on Kyle’s pirate radio setting sail

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What is it about modern men that has women lusting over everything from wicker furniture to dragon sex? It’s not even  in cinemas yet, but the new film Wicker has kicked our fantasy obsession into overdrive – and revealed something curious about the state of modern romance. 

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From wicker men to IKEA benches: The romantasy trend driving a new obsession

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Anthony Albanese knew what he was in for when he appeared on a racy podcast, according to host Nikki Osborne, who says she invited the PM by sliding into his direct messages on Instagram. 

Plus, one of Australia’s top pilots says the air traffic control system at Sydney Airport is at “breaking point”, and Jacinta Allan quits politics. 

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Anthony Albanese defends controversial ‘melon’ remarks and shifts blame to comedian

Commentary by Gemma Tognini: DJ Albo’s latest spin can’t hide the rot at the top

Commentary by Dennis Shanahan: How did a podcaster catch a question-avoidant Anthony Albanese on Takaichi’s melons?

Sydney Airport air traffic control ‘at breaking point’ after three near-disasters

Former Victorian premier Jacinta Allan quits politics weeks after being forced from top job

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Three months after the budget that blew up the property sector, Anthony Albanese’s claiming triumph for first homebuyers - but if that’s the case, why are new mortgage applications crashing and auctions falling silent? And what about fresh predictions of 14.5 per cent price slumps crushing confidence so hard we end up in recession? We've brought our property writer Mackenzie Scott in to make it all make sense. 

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Anthony Albanese’s housing fix offers little hope for struggling first-home buyers

Perth and Brisbane property prices tumble as housing market enters ‘perfect storm’

Banks set to slash home loan rates in looming mortgage war

Property bosses warn the worst is yet to come for tenants

Albanese’s housing targets in doubt as new home construction faces slump

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Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady is getting a pay rise after an embarrassing network outage. Also today in The Front’s headlines edition: counsel for former radio host Alan Jones has asked a witness - the former girlfriend of a man known as Complainant J - if she fabricated her evidence in anticipation of financial reward. The witness rejected the suggestion - but there’s fresh drama in the proceedings after prosecutors amended the charges against Jones. 

Alan Jones trial: Crown prosecutors extend timeline of alleged assaults by two years

Telstra chief’s pay jumps 11pc to $6.8m despite bonus cut over triple-0 failure

Darwin slips disaster robs Bangladesh of dream start

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Something alarming is going on at Australian airports: aircraft on the tarmac involved in near-miss incidents that could have been catastrophic. Plus, critical shortages of air traffic controllers and a public fight between the Government and the agency in charge of keeping us safe.

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Flight attendant injured in second near miss at Sydney Airport in a fortnight

Sydney Airport near misses spark dressing down of Airservices chief by Minister King

Two Qantas planes in runway near-miss at Sydney Airport prompts safety probe

Sydney Airport chaos strands passengers as major airlines face widespread delays

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Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has put a number on immigration for the coalition, which says it wants to link net overseas migration to housing completions. Plus, Nigel Farage to face an opponent with a bin on his head in this week’s Clacton by-election.

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Bragg puts a number on Coalition migration plan, attacks One Nation monoculture

Nigel Farage faces off with Count Binface in very British by-election

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Nobody covers politics like Dennis Shanahan, and today our National Editor is here with a withering take on the big story lighting up politics this week: Anthony Albanese, a gross joke about melons and breasts, and a disastrous attempt to spin the PM out of trouble.

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Japan formally raises Anthony Albanese’s ‘melons’ podcast joke

Anthony Albanese denies he made a crude joke out of Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s ‘melons’

Anthony Albanese refuses to apologise to Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in QT ‘melons’ stoush

Commentary by Dennis Shanahan: 

Anthony Albanese mired in a melon-drama of his own making

Anthony Albanese’s ‘melons’ gaffe was bad – Tanya Plibersek’s defence is worse

Why shaky Albanese should be wary of his midterm slump

Commentary by Shingo Yagami: PM’s sexist melon joke was not only ungracious, it betrayed the close bond of our two nations

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Is working from home a workplace right? That question is blowing up Victorian politics as Premier Ben Carroll seeks to appease furious businesspeople by delaying a work from home law until July 2027 - after the State election. Also in The Front’s afternoon headlines edition: the Reserve Bank keeps the cash rate on hold at 4.35 per cent but is still warning inflation is too high. 

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Commentary by Anthony Galloway: Victorian Labor wedged itself on work from home

Interest rates held steady as weak inflation and housing fears mount

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Warring wives, competing values and a broken culture:Tech Bros, a new book byThe Australian’s John Stensholt and Perry Williams, reveals the inside story of how Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes built Australia’s most successful tech business and lost their friendship.  

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Atlassian founders’ rift so deep they endured a ‘year of not talking’

Scott Farquhar’s ‘easy’ password sparked crisis that almost destroyed Atlassian

‘Annie is going to be really jealous’: Mike Cannon-Brookes’ closest staffer ‘bullied’ wife

Margin Call: Billionaire Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes’ tough reading task for new hires

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Sacked radio host Kyle Sandilands has returned to the airwaves in the hotly anticipated launch of his independent production. Plus, Iran releases footage of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, and Australians ditch diesel cars for Chinese EVs.

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Kyle Sandilands spotted leaving Sydney studio after podcast launch disaster

Iran releases video of supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei

Australian interest in diesel cars dives amid cheap Chinese EV boom

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Former broadcaster Ray Hadley will this week enter the witness box to give evidence in the criminal trial of his former close colleague and rival Alan Jones, who’s pleaded not guilty to 22 charges involving sexual contact with young men. Jones’ barrister has already told the trial Hadley wanted to destroy Jones, and he’ll be giving evidence for the Crown. Liam Mendes joins us. 

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Jones accuser lied to his mother, court hears

Sordid Alan Jones claims echo around his ears

Media Diary: Hadley to face off against Jones in court

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Ariana Grande is a 33-year-old superstar who is vanishing before our eyes. Are we allowed to say that? Is it OK for the rest of us to have opinions about the body of one of the world’s most photographed women? 

By expressing concern – or something else – about someone who looks so unwell, are we making things worse: projecting our own problems and hang-ups on the most talented among us? 

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Ariana Grande withdraws from London musical, seeks to 'step back'

Commentary by Bianca Farmakis: Ariana Grande is the latest symbol of an issue we still haven’t resolved

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Meta has been ordered to pay $1.34 billion in penalties for social media harms to children. Plus, a new defence pact has been established against Iran, and significant staff shortages have caused delays at Sydney Airport.

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Saudi, Pakistan, Turkey to sign defence pact amid warnings of attacks by Iran proxies

Meta ordered to pay $1.34bn to address harm to kids from social media

Sydney Airport chaos strands passengers as major airlines face widespread delays

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Emotions are running high at the Bondi Beach massacre Royal Commission, with accusations of grandstanding and the pursuit of clickbait - and even the commissioner’s getting fired up. In today’s episode, how one Jewish leader found himself being cross-examined about the actions of Israel at a forum that many thought would be about easing tensions, rather than inflaming them.

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Royal Commission: Peak Jewish body slams protest lawyers’ ‘clickbait theatrics’

NSW Premier Chris Minns slams lawyers for ‘disappointing’ royal commission questions

Teen misogyny fuels rise in racism and extremism in schools, expert tells royal commission

‘We were the bad guys’: Former neo-Nazi tells royal commission how he was radicalised

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The ABC’s managing director Hugh Marks has told Gina Rinehart the broadcaster is sorry for a skit aired in the Race Around The World program on July 12. Plus, experts say Australia should be urgently vaccinating birds and other animals against the H5N1 bird flu, and Geelong’s secret concussion deal with player.

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ABC apologises for airing ‘disgusting’ Gina Rinehart video on Race Around the World

Our bird flu vaccinations are grounded while Kiwis fly

AFL club Geelong strikes secret deal to make player liable for future brain injuries

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It’s the bombshell report sending shockwaves through Victorian politics. After an eight-year investigation, findings by Operation Richmond into dealings between the Andrews government and the United Firefighters Union are out in the open. And though no findings of corruption have been made, it’s creating a massive headache for Victoria’s new premier, who’s preparing to hit the campaign trail.

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‘Serious concerning conduct’: IBAC slams Dan Andrews, his ministers and Peter Marshall over union dealings

UFU chief Peter Marshall slams damning IBAC report as ‘creative writing’

‘C-bombs, f-bombs and secrets’: Inside the backroom deal that landed Dan Andrews and Peter Marshall in IBAC

Commentary by Damon Johnston: A 116-page guide to how Dan Andrews stuffed Victoria

‘We are extremely proud of Jane, we miss her every day’; family’s tribute to courageous minister

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. 

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The parent company of Facebook and Instagram has lost billions of dollars in profits as bills from multiple lawsuits stack up. Plus, the government winds back its so-called “widow’s tax”, a new desl to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Jetstar passengers facing a new fee for using overhead lockers, 

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Meta’s soaring $2.4bn legal bill wipes out profit growth amid multiple lawsuits

Labor moves to neutralise ‘widow’s tax’ and testamentary discretionary trust issues

US aiming for Hormuz deal on Wednesday: Axios

Jetstar to charge passengers for using overhead lockers for carry-on bags

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Multi-lingual migrant students are boosting literacy and numeracy results in schools across Australia. That’s according to the latest results from the National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy, released on Wednesday.

Education Editor Natasha Bita unpacks this year’s NAPLAN results – and goes inside one school that’s boosting skills the old-fashioned way. 

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Bilingual students top the class in surprise NAPLAN results

Old-school teaching methods paying off with startling results

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by  Joshua Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. 

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Hundreds of Qantas back office roles could move offshore as the airline scrambles to save on costs. Plus, Acting PM Marles plays down Australia’s property slump, new Victorian Premier Ben Carroll braces for the release of a bombshell anti-corruption report, and Australian cinema sees its second-biggest day in box-office history. 

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Qantas in talks with Accenture to move hundreds of back office roles overseas

Richard Marles downplays $230bn housing slump

Bombshell IBAC report on Daniel Andrews-era union scandal set for release

Spider-Man and The Odyssey smash records in second-biggest weekend for Australian cinema

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The Albanese government wanted to turn down the temperature on Australia’s housing market and help young people get a foot on the property ladder. But just months after Labor’s property tax shake-up, home values are crashing, investors are running scared, and taxpayers are underwriting billions of dollars of debt. So, was this all part of the plan?

The Australian’s political editor Geoff Chambers is here.

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Sydney and Melbourne lead property slump as investor confidence collapses

High earners flood first-home buyer scheme after Labor axes income caps

‘Two years to sell or face 10 years’ jail’: One Nation housing plan update clarifies non-permanent residents

Commentary by Geoff Chambers:Labor plays roulette with fragile housing market

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet with assistance from Lia Tsamoglou, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. 

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One Nation has unveiled the team that will take on Labor and the Liberals at the Victorian state election in November. Plus, Alan Jones’ trial gets underway in Sydney, two die in a Greek helicopter crash, and Delta Goodrem closes the Commonwealth Games in style. 

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One Nation bans ABC, The Guardian as Victorian team unveiled

Alleged assaults detailed as blockbuster Alan Jones trial begins in Sydney

Queensland fire helicopter explodes after deadly mid-air collision kills two

‘Alive and kicking’ Glasgow Games conclude with spectacular party

‘You know you just never give up’: Australian marvel, 76, wins gold in dramatic lawn bowls final

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He was once the most-powerful man in Australian broadcasting. Now, Alan Jones will defend himself in court against accusations of indecent assault and sexual touching dating back decades – allegations he strenuously denies. 

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It’s the endlessly quotable film that captured Australia’s soul almost 30 years ago – and, now, The Castle is hoping to capture the hearts of a new generation. The Kerrigan family’s fight for their beloved home is coming to the stage in a new play from The Castle’s creators.

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Iconic Australian film The Castle to be revived as a major stage play

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Hamas militants and other Palestinian militias will purportedly lay down their arms under a deal designed to bring peace to the Middle East. Plus, runner Rose Davies makes history in Glasgow and Conroy clarifies his US subs comments.

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‘Monumental step’ says Trump as Hamas agrees to disarm

Rose Davies wins 5000m in thrilling finish, cyclists come to gold medal party

Conroy scrambles to clarify AUKUS plan after calling time on US subs

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Pizza chain Domino’s will close as many as 60 stores – half of them in Australia and New Zealand – after posting its biggest loss in decades. Investors are focusing on the positives, prompting a share price jump. But Domino’s is far from out of the woods, as skyrocketing inflation and some risky business decisions bite.

So, can the servers of super-cheap pizza bounce back? Senior Business Reporter Eli Greenblat is here.

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Domino’s Pizza hit by $300m impairment as global expansion plan backfires

This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes, Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. 

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