The Front

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