The Front

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