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The Front

The Australian

News

True Crime

Frequency: 1 episode/1d. Total Eps: 1590

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page-one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insights from our newsrooms.

Read more at theaustralian.com.au and see the video episodes by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-teachers-trial/id1623945753
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Oliver Curtis vents after Firmus fail

Sunday, October 11, 2026 • Duration 14:22

Australia’s missed a big opportunity - that’s the accusation from a disappointed impresario Olvier Curtis, who in a decade went from convicted insider trading criminal to data centre billionaire. A public float of his company, Firmus, has fallen flat and Curtis has retreated to Singapore. Today, a wild few days in the life of Firmus.

Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

Firmus boss Oliver Curtis crisscrosses globe in $20m jet as ASX float fails

Oliver Curtis risks losing billionaire status after Firmus aborts ASX listing for Nasdaq pivot

Firmus spending $14bn building AI factory where locals struggle for clean water

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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Why does Elon Musk hate the 4-hour documentary about himself?

Friday, October 9, 2026 • Duration 12:31

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk has a new documentary. It got a five minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, and critics are unanimous in their praise. But Musk hates it. He’s labelled director Alex Gibney a “douche” and a “horrible human”. And now he’s threatening to sue.

Max Aitchison joins Claire Harvey to discuss all the shades of Musk.

Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

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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ATO Credit card ban paused after business backlash

Friday, October 9, 2026 • Duration 03:36

Small business owners will be able to pay their tax bills using credit cards, after the Australian Taxation Office paused its ban on plastic until 2027. Plus, Firmus multibillion-dollar IPO is scrapped and ‘The Bachelor’ star Sam Wood refused bail in Queensland.

Labor caves in on ATO’s controversial credit card payment ban

Firmus pulls $44bn ASX float and looks to pursue US listing after investor revolt

Inside story: How the $44bn Firmus dream unravelled for Oliver Curtis

From DataRoom: Blame game begins after Oliver Curtis-led Firmus pulls massive ASX listing at final hour

Firmus valuation slashed by billions as Oliver Curtis mega float stumbles before debut

Commentary by Eric Johnston: Forget Curtis and Rosenfield: Firmus’ IPO stall hits Australia’s global AI reputation

Sam Wood refused bail after being charged with strangling wife Snezana in Noosa

Nowhere Dan: What’s with Andrews’ new beachy life?

Thursday, October 8, 2026 • Duration 13:04

He was premier for nine years, a buddy to the billionaires and still a household name today - but Dan Andrews is toxic for his Victorian Labor party and living in a giant house he doesn’t own on the Mornington Peninsula. Today, the mystery of what’s going on with Daniel Andrews.

Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

Daniel Andrews living in luxury Mornington Peninsula home owned by Labor donor

Dan a nowhere man for Labor election campaign

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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Firmus ASX float in doubt as investor interest wanes

Thursday, October 8, 2026 • Duration 02:10

Billionaire Oliver Curtis and his Firmus co-founders may not go ahead with an IPO planned for October 23 after investor interest waned. Plus, talkback tumbles in the latest radio ratings and 170 jobs axed by Penfolds winemaker.

Oliver Curtis’ ASX float in chaos as Firmus slashes share valuation

Oliver Curtis-led Firmus poised to shelve float following market pushback

Talkback tumbles in radio ratings as audiences opt for easy-listening

Treasury Wine Estates makes 170 roles redundant as part of restructure

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Why did Australians walk into Hamas’ racist trap?

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 • Duration 16:43

From the pulpit to the lecture theatre, antisemitism has found voice in Australia – just as Hamas planned with its October 7 slaughter of innocents. But why now? Was hatred of Jews a remnant of our Anglo-Christian heritage? Is it about extreme Islamism? Why would ‘progressives’ sign up to a racist cause? And what role did Israel play? Greg Sheridan is here to help us puzzle it out.

Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

‘Deaf ears’: Trump appointee claims Albanese ‘neutered’ Jillian Segal before Bondi attack

‘I witnessed horror on October 7 and I am still there’

Commentary by Greg Sheridan: Antisemitism is a reminder of left’s distorted world view

Commentary by Cameron Stewart: Three years after October 7, Hamas, not Israel, in ruins

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NSW coal mines forced to consider global emissions

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 • Duration 02:32

New South Wales coal miners will need to consider the global impacts of carbon emissions after the nation’s highest court handed down a landmark ruling on Wednesday. Plus, death-row inmate Christa Pike is reportedly awake following a botched execution, and pro-Palestine protesters gather in Melbourne on October 7 anniversary.

NSW coal mines to be forced to consider overseas emissions in landmark climate ruling

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say

Pro-Palestine protesters gather at Melbourne State Library on October 7 anniversary

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The intriguing search for legendary explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 • Duration 11:02

Friends and family of Sir Ranulph Fiennes say he’s been secreted away in care homes under fake names for months, unable to make contact with the world outside. Now, he’s reportedly living back at his rural property in Shropshire in England. So, how did it come to this?

Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

Ranulph Fiennes ‘placed in care home merry-go-round’ by second wife

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Tiffanty Dimmack. Our music was composed by Jasper Leak.

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Coalition eyes ‘biggest’ migration cut in Australian history

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 • Duration 02:31

The Coalition will cut net overseas migration to 100,000 people per year and slash temporary visas if the Liberals and Nationals win the next election. Plus, fears of supermarket price hikes as Woolworths’ fuel levy triples, and Australian Army soldier dies in NT training exercise.

Coalition vows biggest migration cut in history

Woolworths triples freight fuel levy as Middle East war threatens new supermarket price hikes

Australian Army soldier dies, five injured in vehicle crash at NT training base

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One party, 11 egos: inside the Greens’ meltdown

Monday, October 5, 2026 • Duration 14:44

New leader, same old drama for the Greens, whose outsize capacity for melodrama marks a crisis of confidence for the party that’s become more about Gaza than the grassroots. Today, Richard Ferguson on where the Greens are actually going.

Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

David Shoebridge vows Greens will ‘replace’ Labor as defeated Faruqi rebels

‘I wish we’d listened to Faruqi before Bondi’, Greens leader David Shoebridge says

Commentary by Richard Ferguson: Greens desperately look for their Zohran Mamdani. They have Mehreen Faruqi instead

Commentary by The Mocker: We get it, Mehreen. It’s not easy being Green

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