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    The ‘smilier, sexier’ saviour: Can Andy Burnham fix Britain?

    23/06/2026 | 15 mins.
    Keir Starmer’s out and Andy Burnham is waiting to be anointed Britain’s PM. But the ‘King of the North’s first real test is solving the United Kingdom’s cost of living crisis, while controlling a fractious backbench. Our always hilarious UK politics expert Richard Ferguson is here.
    Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.
    What are Andy Burnham’s political views?
    How long will Burnham last before the lectern comes out?
    Commentary by Cameron Stewart: Labour’s ‘Reform whisperer’ Andy Burnham now faces his ultimate political test
    Commentary by William Hague: Burnham will be a better PM with no contest
    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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    Why Andy Burnham will have to call an early election

    23/06/2026 | 13 mins.
    He’s the new British prime minister in all but name - but when will Andy Burnham move into 10 Downing Street, and will furious voters get a chance to throw him and the Labour Party out altogether? Europe correspondent Jacquelin Magnay is here.
    Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.
    Starmer is going but not quite gone: the time lag will only anger Britons
    Andy Burnham seeks to calm markets, calls for orderly transition ahead of ‘coronation’ as PM
    ‘Just a naughty boy’: Andy Burnham arrives in Westminster like a Messiah
    Commentary by Jacquelin Magnay: Keir was a dud prime minister but the country’s pain will only continue
    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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    Why aren’t we culling great white sharks?

    22/06/2026 | 14 mins.
    Great white sharks are critically endangered – but are they really? As a 35-year-old mother fights for her life in a Sydney intensive care unit, beachgoers around Australia are adjusting to a new reality: fatal shark attacks are now frequent occurrences as shark populations boom and governments hesitate to act.
    In NSW, a horror summer is being followed by a shocking winter attack – so how do we stay safe in the water?
    Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.
    CSIRO needs to fast-track shark research after latest Sydney attack, Andrew Bragg urges
    How NSW plans to curb a rising shark threat
    State-backed shark cull ‘on the table’ after horror Sydney attack
    Young mother loses arm after horror Coogee great white shark attack
    This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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    The Flood: Shut all hull valves

    22/06/2026 | 22 mins.
    The Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Dechaineux is flooding deep under the Indian Ocean after a seawater hose burst. Its 60 crew are fighting to save their crippled submarine, with Petty Officer Geordie Bunting trapped under the water in the flooded lower motor room. The commander Peter Scott initiates emergency procedures, but he does not know how bad the flood is or whether it has been stopped.
    In episode two, we reveal the extraordinary dramas at both ends of the boat, as Bunting fights for life against the flood while Commander Scott and his crew try to prevent the flooded boat from sinking further towards the ocean bed.
    The Flood is a four-part audio and video documentary series by Cameron Stewart, Claire Harvey and Jasper Leak. Watch the video at thefloodpodcast.com, along with stories, graphics and photographs.
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    Huge pay cuts looming for media superstars

    21/06/2026 | 15 mins.
    The big-money days are gone in TV and radio, and that means some household names will be taking a very big pay cut. Plus, the TV newsroom that might disappear altogether. Steve Jackson is here with all the best of his Media Diary.
    Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.
    Read Steve Jackson’s Media Diary here each Monday
    Kyle face-off looms as Jackie O presses on with radio lawsuit

    This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter and behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store.
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