The Front

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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Journalist Hedley Thomas joins us with a special insight into where his blockbuster podcast investigation The Poisoned Wife is heading. After the 1986 murder of Rosslyn McQueen, the Homicide Squad rolls into tiny Lockwood, Victoria to question husband Ray, who is infatuated with a teenage girl - and the police interview changes everything.
He suspects a neighbour of poisoning his wife Ros. Meanwhile, Ray’s attention is focused on a vulnerable 17-year-old girl.
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Husband accused of murder sent ‘strange’ neighbour to find poisoned wife
Poisoned wife Rosslyn McQueen feared husband was having an affair with babysitter
McQueen marriage under ‘considerable stress’ due to finances, friend told police
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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Production house A24 released a trailer this week for You Can See Everything that broke the internet. A24 is known for horror, while host Nathan Fielder is famous for comedy. Together, they promise an intimate look into Elizabeth Holmes’ final 36 days of freedom, in a documentary bound to be more than the sum of its parts.
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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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Former PWC and Carlton bigwig Luke Sayers has apologised to his estranged wife Cate Sayers for falsely accusing her of posting a nude image of him on his own social media account. Also in today’s afternoon headlines, Donald Trump’s ‘go to hell’ gag at the Republican convention and the jet lag theory surrounding an American football clash at the MCG.
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Sayers v Sayers; ‘dick pic defo’ case settles, Luke apologises to ex-wife
Trump warns attendees they'll go to hell if they don't vote
NFL Melbourne LA Rams v San Francisco 49ers
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A whistleblower, a secret document and a self-inflicted scandal that’s cost hundreds of jobs and shattered reputations. Today, how KPMG blew itself up, with the journo who’s been breaking all the scoops, our own Tansy Harcourt.

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Ex-KPMG chief collects $4m payout amid firm’s devastating audit scandal
Former KPMG exec Eileen Hoggett sues firm seeking documents
KPMG begins brutal 500 jobs cull amid audit scandal fallout
Labor government extends ban on KPMG work for public service
KPMG partners lied to deputy general counsel, parliamentary inquiry hears

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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