The Front

From the Bachelor’s Handbag (Woolies roast chook) to the Fridge Cigarette (Coke Zero), Australian slang is evolving far beyond Crocodile Dundee. Meet the anti-influencer behind The Deni Dictionary, a wildly popular Instagram page putting jet fuel into local vernacular.
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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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Canberra must be “terrified” of the One Nation leader, Reform UK’s Nigel Farage tells The Australian’s Helen Trinca on the campaign trail in Clacton-on-Sea. Plus, why Chinese diplomats stormed out of Labor’s national conference.
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Canberra ‘must be terrified of remarkable Hanson’, says Farage
Read Will Glasgow’s exclusive here: China officials storm out of Labor Party conference in Taiwan protest
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Next time your telco melts down, don’t worry, Telstra has a backup plan, and it involves Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network. In the aftermath of yet another embarrassing outage, Technology Editor Jared Lynch analyses Telstra’s so-called solution – and explains exactly how a tech writer makes sure he never goes off the air.
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Warnings ignored: Telstra failed to update technology
Telstra reveals missed update sent network clocks back to 2006, sparking outage
Telstra chief reveals new triple-0 workaround: Starlink texts
Telstra outage compensation: What you need to know and how to claim yours
Commentary by Jared Lynch: Part to blame, but Telstra’s failure is human
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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The so-called Outback Wrangler Matt Wright represented himself in the Federal Court on Thursday in a civil matter brought by Danielle Wilson. Plus, a Sydney boy’s song about birds is a viral sensation, and Origin investigates an alleged hack following questions from The Australian.
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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright represents himself in court after prison sentence
The story of the Sydney schoolboy behind viral hit song Eastern Rosellas
Origin Energy launches urgent probe into alleged mass customer data breach
Commentary by Jared Lynch: It took alleged hacker’s email to The Australian to trigger alarm bells
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Penfolds Grange - the most highly sought after Australian wine - hits shelves today at just under $1000 in a new release that has our senior wine writer Nick Ryan seriously excited.
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‘A wine in no hurry to unravel’: Nick Ryan on Penfolds Grange 2022
Wine glut forces De Bortoli to uproot cherished vines in Riverina and Rutherglen
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.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.