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The Australian’s economics editor Matthew Cranston scooped everyone before the federal Budget and keeps breaking huge yarns about more nasty surprises you weren’t supposed to know about. Now Matt’s revealing another whopper: the tax change that means super funds will pay a higher effective tax rate on some investments.  Read more about this story at  theaustralian.com.a...

Former talent agent Ralph Carr will spend up to six years in a Victorian prison after he was convicted of raping a woman at his home in Melbourne in 2023. Plus, ANU apologises to a whistleblower academic and the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion wraps up early.  Read more:  Celebrity agent Ralph Carr jailed for six years for raping woman ANU payment, apology to Julie...

Concussion is possibly the greatest threat to the football codes Australians love. Some insurers say head trauma has such potentially devastating lifelong consequences they won’t insure against it. So where does that leave the players who put their bodies - and brains - on the line?  Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube chann...

The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion should be longer and more comprehensive, according to a growing chorus of Jewish and other leaders – and NSW Premier Chris Minns backs an extension of public hearings. Plus, Sydney Swans players scrapped from the Brownlow Medal ceremony and police raids at the CFMEU. Read more:  Chris Minns says antisemitism royal commission sho...

Today, one woman’s powerful account of how her own daughter became a victim - and then a perpetrator - of shocking violence. Of how bureaucrats terrified of creating another stolen generation left three indigenous children to be murdered. But Dorothy Papertalk, an articulate and dignified Yamatji-Wajarri lady, wants you - and all of us - to listen.  Read more about this story at  t...

Does the world need another Barbie movie? And even if we did, would we get it? The follow-up to the 2023 blockbuster starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is caught up in big business negotiations that may mean it never gets made. The Australian’s Richard Ferguson is here to break it all down. Read more about this story at  theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our...

The husband of a pregnant mother killed with rat poison almost 40 years ago says he has nothing to do with her death. Ray McQueen was charged but never convicted over the murder of Rosslyn McQueen in 1986 and has told The Australian’s Liam Mendes he is not a killer. The story is the subject of our blockbuster new podcast investigation The Poisoned Wife, available now wherever you listen. Plu...

Who killed Rosslyn McQueen? Today’s launch day for something very special here at The Australian: a new Hedley Thomas cold case investigation. The Poisoned Wife is a podcast examination of how a 30-year-old pregnant mother died of strychnine poisoning in her own home - and nobody has been brought to justice. Who killed Rosslyn McQueen? How key witness in Rosslyn McQueen murder broke her 40-y...

The Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan Markle have enrolled their two children, Archie and Lilibet, in English schools and are planning an imminent return to the country they left in 2020 amid a storm of claims about bullying, racism and family divisions.  Plus, missing hiker Lily Cooper found deceased and KPMG to cut hundreds of staff. Read more:  Harry and Meghan to return to live in t...

A ‘colossal failure’ and a ‘catastrophic miscarriage of justice’: that’s the claim from mushroom murderer Erin Patterson’s lawyers as she launches a bid to get out of jail. Today, the appeal - and how the Crown is trying to ensure Pattersons is put away for even longer.  Read more about this story at  theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribi...

The Queen reveals how difficult it was in 2024 to remain silent about the King’s - still undefined - cancer diagnosis, as it’s revealed Princess Diana’s brother will write a book about her life. Plus, the Sydney Swans take action against players caught up in an alleged late-night Melbourne incident, although nobody has been charged. Read more: Diana’s brother Charles promis...

A new study shows cannabis use is linked to the early onset of psychosis - and so-called medicinal cannabis is just as risky as rolling a joint. So why is this product legal? That’s today’s story.  Read more about this story at  theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel . Medicinal cannabis risks adult psychosis, Australia-led study finds Th...

Transport billionaire Arthur Tzaneros has resigned from his positions as managing director and chief executive of his family-owned company ACFS Port Logistics. Plus, new details have emerged about an alleged sexual assault involving Sydney Swans AFL players. Read more:  ACFS chief Arthur Tzaneros resigns after Scots College WhatsApp comments Swans alleged sexual assault incident sparked by cl...

It’s ISIS Brides all over again: today, Paul Garvey joins us with the tale of a 50-year old child sex offender from Sierra Leone who says his bridging visa is making him so stressed he is a further risk to the community.  Read more about this story at  theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel . Taxpayers foot nine-month hotel bill for high-risk i...

Victorian Police are investigating claims of a sexual assault at a Melbourne hotel allegedly involving Sydney Swans players. Plus, bonus bets and enhanced odds will be restricted and Australians will be able to register to opt out from online wagering ads under new changes to the federal Government’s gambling reform package. Read more:  Sydney Swans players linked to ‘sexual assau...

One week in, a whole lot of technical drama and a huge payday: the Kyle Sandilands Live app already has 55,000 subscribers. That’s an exclusive by our Media Diary editor Steve Jackson, and he’s here to discuss how KS Live is shaping up as Kyle and crew enter week two, straight off an exhausting weekend trying to fix the gremlins.  Read more about this story at  theaustralian....

What is it about modern men that has women lusting over everything from wicker furniture to dragon sex? It’s not even  in cinemas yet, but the new film Wicker has kicked our fantasy obsession into overdrive – and revealed something curious about the state of modern romance.  Read more about this story at  theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTu...

Anthony Albanese knew what he was in for when he appeared on a racy podcast, according to host Nikki Osborne, who says she invited the PM by sliding into his direct messages on Instagram.  Plus, one of Australia’s top pilots says the air traffic control system at Sydney Airport is at “breaking point”, and Jacinta Allan quits politics.  Read more:  Anthony Albanese...

Three months after the budget that blew up the property sector, Anthony Albanese’s claiming triumph for first homebuyers - but if that’s the case, why are new mortgage applications crashing and auctions falling silent? And what about fresh predictions of 14.5 per cent price slumps crushing confidence so hard we end up in recession? We've brought our property writer Mackenzie Scott in t...

Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady is getting a pay rise after an embarrassing network outage. Also today in The Front’s headlines edition: counsel for former radio host Alan Jones has asked a witness - the former girlfriend of a man known as Complainant J - if she fabricated her evidence in anticipation of financial reward. The witness rejected the suggestion - but there’s fresh dram...

Something alarming is going on at Australian airports: aircraft on the tarmac involved in near-miss incidents that could have been catastrophic. Plus, critical shortages of air traffic controllers and a public fight between the Government and the agency in charge of keeping us safe. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel . Flight...

Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has put a number on immigration for the coalition, which says it wants to link net overseas migration to housing completions. Plus, Nigel Farage to face an opponent with a bin on his head in this week’s Clacton by-election. Read more:  Bragg puts a number on Coalition migration plan, attacks One Nation monoculture Nigel Farage faces off with Count Binface in...

Nobody covers politics like Dennis Shanahan, and today our National Editor is here with a withering take on the big story lighting up politics this week: Anthony Albanese, a gross joke about melons and breasts, and a disastrous attempt to spin the PM out of trouble. Read more about this story at  theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel . Japan formally rai...

Is working from home a workplace right? That question is blowing up Victorian politics as Premier Ben Carroll seeks to appease furious businesspeople by delaying a work from home law until July 2027 - after the State election. Also in The Front’s afternoon headlines edition: the Reserve Bank keeps the cash rate on hold at 4.35 per cent but is still warning inflation is too high.  Read m...

Warring wives, competing values and a broken culture: Tech Bros, a new book by The Australian’s John Stensholt and Perry Williams, reveals the inside story of how Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes built Australia’s most successful tech business and lost their friendship.   Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube...