The Front

A $2.6 billion taxpayer-funded fuel crisis ‘solution’ sees Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese flick the switch to spending - but does anyone believe the Government can stop the panic? And why aren’t we rationing fuel?
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Deeper reading: Calls to avoid ‘nanny state’ solutions
The Premier who wants to tap ‘sea of oil’
More analysis from Geoff Chambers
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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A cop-killer shot dead while brandishing a dead officer’s gun: the dramatic end to ‘sovereign citizen’ Dezi Freeman’s violent life.
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‘Coward’ Dezi Freeman shot dead by police
Inside the hunt for a man on the run
From the archive: Why our journo always believed Freeman was alive
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Jackie ‘O’ Henderson will be called as a witness to claim that Kyle Sandilands subjected her to a prolonged campaign of bullying and harassment - an allegation Sandilands will strongly deny. Steve Jackson’s here with the scoop - plus networks Seven and Nine fight legal claims by their own staff.
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Audiences abandon ABC as repeats replace nightly news
Explosive full details of Sandilands’ claim
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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It’s like something out of Indiana Jones - art curators scrambling to save priceless artworks as bombs rain down. When it comes to casualties of war, the most confronting are human, but what about the cultural soul of a nation, with collections valued into the billions also being in the firing line?
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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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Sacked radio superstar Kyle Sandilands is seeking to fast-track his legal action against ARN after it tore up his 100 million dollar contract. Plus, the Pentagon weighs sending ground troops to the Middle East and a landmark ruling against Meta and Google.
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Sandilands arrives for court showdown with ARN
Pentagon weighs sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East
Facebook owner Meta, Google to appeal ruling it was negligent in harming children
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