The Front

Breathtaking criminality - and a penalty that could have been much, much higher. The casino operator Star has had a huge judgment in the Federal Court with huge implications for the rest of the gaming sector - and for the punters. That’s today’s story.
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Star Entertainment secures lifeline as Federal Court spreads $260m penalty over 19 months
Federal Court hits Star with $260m fine for money laundering breaches
Crown in the black as casinos under the pump
This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey, and edited by Jasper Leak. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack and Joshua Burton. Jasper Leak also composed our music.
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Huge claims and no clear winner - yet: that’s the state of play in the high-stakes Israeli elections that have seen Arab Israeli parties emerge as the potential power players. Also in the Front’s afternoon headlines: inflation’s up - are interest rates next?
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Israel election latest: No clear winner as count continues
Israelis vote in record numbers for knife-edge election
Albanese, Chalmers deflect blame for rising inflation, as rate hike looms


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Among the many revolting crimes of the failed Islamist movement ISIS was the enslavement and mistreatment of women and girls. They are Yazidis, a long-persecuted ethnic minority. Now, a Yazidi woman says she was enslaved and raped as a nine year old girl in the house of an Australian woman, Hodan Abby. Abby - who’s not been proven to have done anything wrong - is still stranded in the Middle East and wants to come home. Her alleged victim, Aisha, wants Australia to hold her to account.
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‘I want justice’: Yazidi slave survivor’s plea
One Nation fails in bid to block brides’ return
This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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Senior ABC brass have told a Senate committee they’re investigating whether or not a journalist they used to help cover the Israel-Hamas conflict was in fact a Hamas operative. Also in today’s afternoon headlines - the Government denies it is assisting another ISIS bride who is planning to return to Australia.
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ABC investigates whether journalist Roshdi Sarraj was Hamas terrorist
ABC news boss under fire for 'flippant' response to terror claims
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We all furiously agree public discourse is nasty and dangerous. But can politicians really change their ways - or will they just blame the manosphere, social media and their enemies? Dennis Shanahan is here.
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We’ll tackle the manosphere, says Albo
Dennis Shanahan: Echoes of a 25-year-old tragedy
This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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