The Front

He’s blown up racing, revved up rugby league and now Peter V’landys is cementing his authority as the most powerful person in sport by becoming the National Rugby League’s first ever executive chairman. Today, our columnist Andrew Webster on the take-no-prisoners titan of the toughest game of all.
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Peter V’landys officially announced as NRL executive chairman
Commentary by Andrew Webster: For Pete’s sake, fix refs and leave rules alone
Commentary by Andrew Webster: Peter V’landys’ global vision must deliver for the fans
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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The jury in the double murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon has seen CCTV footage allegedly showing the former NSW Police officer gauging the size of a surfboard bag he’d allegedly later use to conceal the body of his former partner.
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Lamarre-Condon surfboard bag purchase before alleged murders among 14,000 hours of CCTV footage in murder case
Task force to undertake ‘rapid’ probe of ‘unacceptable’ Medicare breach by OpenAI agent
Commentary by Eric Johnston: Medicare hack couldn’t have come at a worse time for AI
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The Trump administration has delivered a withering take-down of Anthony Albanese’s proposed tech regulations, but the PM says it’s about handing control back to Australians. Back in Sydney, AI evangelist Andrew Charlton vowed to protect Australian creativity while reaping the rewards of the data centre boom.
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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our theme. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Joshua Burton.
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Jesse Baird’s ex-boyfriend told the murder trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon the TV presenter was “petrified” by Lamarre-Condon’s alleged social media posts. The former police officer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of domestic violence-related murder and one count of aggravated break and enter. The New South Wales Supreme Court trial is expected to run for around three months.
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‘Has a gun’: Jesse Baird’s ‘petrified’ warnings of ex Beau Lamarre-Condon before alleged murders
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We love solar - maybe a bit too much. We’re about to embrace data centres - but can our grid cope? And can we finally talk about nuclear again? Today The Australian’s Energy Nation forum tackles the big energy policy questions - and we’re setting the scene with chief business correspondent Perry Williams.
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AI data centres face green power mandates and location bans near homes and schools
Anthropic signs mega data centre deal in Queensland
AGL tells NSW its electricity network reforms proposed for data centres should reuse existing high-capacity connections
Snowy Hydro sits on contractor cost review for three months amid blowout fears
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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