The Front

So-called ISIS bride Rayann El Houli will walk free after she was granted bail in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday. Plus, former Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus tells Royal Commission of antisemitic abuse, and Donald Trump photobombs Spain’s winning World Cup moment.
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Accused Islamic State bride granted bail despite allegedly teaching her children jihad
Mark Dreyfus details antisemitic abuse on suburban street
Trump hands out medals to World Cup champions Spain, crashes La Roja’s trophy lift photo
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Australian musicians, artists, writers and workers will all be safe from theft and exploitation from Big AI - that’s Anthony Albanese’s bold promise for world-leading laws as he battles a populist surge and deep community fear about AI. But can Labor really resist Silicon Valley’s billions?
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Anthony Albanese makes about-turn on AI laws
Anthony Albanese unveils sweeping AI plan to attract ‘frontier’ investment
Make AI work for us, unions tell Anthony Albanese
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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Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey is in cinemas now with an epic casting controversy to match. Has Nolan expertly translated this ancient text for a young audience, or ‘lost his integrity’ as Elon Musk alleges?
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Christopher Nolan reinvents an ancient epic in his masterful five-star Odyssey
Christopher Nolan reveals the ‘tender beauty’ behind his epic new film, The Odyssey
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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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The October 9, 2023, protest at the Sydney Opera House and a neo-Nazi rally in late 2025 will be the focus of the next block of public hearings in the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Plus, Donald Trump declassifies documents alleging election fraud and Telstra bosses front a Senate inquiry.
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Antisemitism royal commission to investigate policing of Opera House and neo-Nazi protests
‘Shocking vulnerabilities’: Trump says election system is exposed to foreign interference
Telstra ignored software warnings for years before mass outage
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Moira Deeming - the unpredictable Victorian Liberal MP who took down her own party leader - has come a cropper in a big way and faces the political wilderness. Today, we look at how the straight-talking outsider found herself at odds with her own colleagues, and where she’ll turn next. Our Victorian political editor Anthony Galloway is here.
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Moira Deeming drops court bid against Victorian Liberals; party set to disendorse MP
Commentary by Anthony Galloway: Moira Deeming’s embrace of the ‘woke right’ was her undoing
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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