Episodes

  • Headlines: Kentucky crash death toll expected to rise
    Nov 5 2025

    Andy Beshear, Governor of the US state of Kentucky, said he expected the death toll from a plane crash at Muhammad Ali International Airport to rise. Plus, Becks is knighted and the Ashes squad is unveiled.

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    3 mins
  • One journo’s raw account of the day Australian politics changed forever
    Nov 4 2025

    It’s nearly 50 years since the dismissal of the Whitlam government - a story that shaped the journalism, and the life, of our own editor-at-large Paul Kelly, who back then was a 28-year-old political correspondent literally sprinting through Parliament to break the news. I interviewed Paul for a documentary we’re publishing today - and in this episode of The Front, he tells us his story of Australian politics’ most dramatic day.

    You can see the full documentary, plus see photos, videos and additional reporting, on The Australian’s website or YouTube channel.

    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, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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    20 mins
  • Erin Patterson’s get-out-of-jail bid
    Nov 4 2025

    She’s in virtual solitary confinement in a women’s prison surrounded by terrorists and child abusers - but mushroom murderer Erin Patterson isn’t going quietly, lodging an appeal against her convictions. The DPP is appealing too, against the ‘manifestly inadequate’ 33-year minimum sentence.

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    4 mins
  • Optus: when offshoring goes horribly wrong
    Nov 3 2025

    Senior heads will roll at Optus over September’s fatal triple 0 outage - just not yet. That’s the takeout from a Senate inquiry into the three deaths, including a baby, that resulted when emergency calls failed after the telco botched a routine network upgrade.

    You can read more about this story, plus see photos, videos and additional reporting, on the website or on The Australian’s app.

    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, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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    12 mins
  • Ex-prince Andrew could lose his Falklands War medal
    Nov 3 2025

    The British government is examining stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of the medals he won in 1982’s Falklands War, where he served as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot.

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    4 mins
  • Can Sussan Ley survive the ‘Killing Season’?
    Nov 2 2025

    The Coalition has sunk to its worst approval rating in 40 years of Newspoll, while leader Sussan Ley has plunged further into the negatives. Can she – and the party – continue?

    You can read more about this story, plus see photos, videos and additional reporting, on the website or on The Australian’s app.

    This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

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    11 mins
  • ‘My dog could do that’: Australia’s war on contemporary art
    Oct 31 2025

    Today on The Front. Remember Piss Christ? Bill Henson. Blue Poles. Why do Australians get so angry about art?

    Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.

    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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    17 mins
  • How William and Kate swung the axe on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
    Oct 31 2025

    Three generations of Royals have brutally frozen out their own siblings - Elizabeth, William and now Charles, who’s buckled to pressure from the Prince and Princess of Wales to strip Prince Andrew of his title.

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    5 mins