The Front

He was premier for nine years, a buddy to the billionaires and still a household name today - but Dan Andrews is toxic for his Victorian Labor party and living in a giant house he doesn’t own on the Mornington Peninsula. Today, the mystery of what’s going on with Daniel Andrews. 

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Daniel Andrews living in luxury Mornington Peninsula home owned by Labor donor

Dan a nowhere man for Labor election campaign

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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Billionaire Oliver Curtis and his Firmus co-founders may not go ahead with an IPO planned for October 23 after investor interest waned. Plus, talkback tumbles in the latest radio ratings and 170 jobs axed by Penfolds winemaker. 

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Oliver Curtis’ ASX float in chaos as Firmus slashes share valuation

Oliver Curtis-led Firmus poised to shelve float following market pushback

Talkback tumbles in radio ratings as audiences opt for easy-listening

Treasury Wine Estates makes 170 roles redundant as part of restructure

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From the pulpit to the lecture theatre, antisemitism has found voice in Australia – just as Hamas planned with its October 7 slaughter of innocents. But why now? Was hatred of Jews a remnant of our Anglo-Christian heritage? Is it about extreme Islamism? Why would ‘progressives’ sign up to a racist cause? And what role did Israel play? Greg Sheridan is here to help us puzzle it out. 

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‘Deaf ears’: Trump appointee claims Albanese ‘neutered’ Jillian Segal before Bondi attack

‘I witnessed horror on October 7 and I am still there’

Commentary by Greg Sheridan: Antisemitism is a reminder of left’s distorted world view

Commentary by Cameron Stewart: Three years after October 7, Hamas, not Israel, in ruins

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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New South Wales coal miners will need to consider the global impacts of carbon emissions after the nation’s highest court handed down a landmark ruling on Wednesday. Plus, death-row inmate Christa Pike is reportedly awake following a botched execution, and pro-Palestine protesters gather in Melbourne on October 7 anniversary.  

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NSW coal mines to be forced to consider overseas emissions in landmark climate ruling

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say

Pro-Palestine protesters gather at Melbourne State Library on October 7 anniversary

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Friends and family of Sir Ranulph Fiennes say he’s been secreted away in care homes under fake names for months, unable to make contact with the world outside. Now, he’s reportedly living back at his rural property in Shropshire in England. So, how did it come to this?

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Ranulph Fiennes ‘placed in care home merry-go-round’ by second wife

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Tiffanty Dimmack. Our music was composed by Jasper Leak.

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The Coalition will cut net overseas migration to 100,000 people per year and slash temporary visas if the Liberals and Nationals win the next election. Plus, fears of supermarket price hikes as Woolworths’ fuel levy triples, and Australian Army soldier dies in NT training exercise. 

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Coalition vows biggest migration cut in history

Woolworths triples freight fuel levy as Middle East war threatens new supermarket price hikes

Australian Army soldier dies, five injured in vehicle crash at NT training base

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New leader, same old drama for the Greens, whose outsize capacity for melodrama marks a crisis of confidence for the party that’s become more about Gaza than the grassroots. Today, Richard Ferguson on where the Greens are actually going. 

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David Shoebridge vows Greens will ‘replace’ Labor as defeated Faruqi rebels

‘I wish we’d listened to Faruqi before Bondi’, Greens leader David Shoebridge says

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

Commentary by The Mocker: We get it, Mehreen. It’s not easy being Green

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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Bachelor star Sam Wood will spend the next three nights in a Queensland watch house after he was charged with domestic violence offences.

Wood’s lawyer Matthew Cuskelly said on Monday his client intends to defend the charges and will apply for bail on Thursday. 

Plus, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor takes the Thames Valley police to court, and Australia’s Rugby League World Cup Squad revealed.

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Bachelor star Sam Wood stood down from business; charged with domestic violence offences after alleged Noosa incident

Andrew takes UK police to court over Epstein files arrest

Kangaroos squad revealed: Six debutants, big returns, No.1 battle

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It’s the sequel nobody asked for but we’ll all be watching. Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong face off in Aaron Sorkin’s new Facebook movie, charting the destabilisation of the Metaverse from within. Bianca Farmakis joins us to discuss where Sorkin is taking the story, 16 years after the original Facebook movie The Social Network became accidental inspo for a new generation of tech wannabes. 

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‘I didn’t mean to mythologise him’: Sorkin takes on Zuckerberg

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

Inside Story: Facebook’s foul underbelly and how it cashes in on kids

Labor vows crackdown on tech giants exploiting child social media ban loopholes

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 theme. 

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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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