The Front

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has big ambitions for bringing Irish-Australian tradies home. Plus, Anthony Albanese ends the Pacific Islands Forum on a high note. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Hareem...

Bikie-at-large Mark Buddle will fight like hell against his extradition from Turkey - so what’s Australian authorities’ next move? Plus, the secretive backroom manoeuvres to choose a new British Prime Minister. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is pr...

As Anthony Albanese jets to Fiji, the US announces a giant pivot to the Pacific. Plus, how airlines can get through a patch of severe turbulence. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Hareem Khan and Kristen Ami...

Christopher Dawson is on bail awaiting the verdict in his murder trial, after a dramatic final-day street encounter for the former teacher.  Plus, NSW has done it again: jobs-for-mates allegations blow up in the nation’s most colourful parliament.  To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app...

A heartstopping tennis clash for the ages. Plus, a fresh roll of the dice for Crown Resorts  - and billionaire James Packer. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Hareem Khan and Kristen Amiet, and edited by Jos...

Britain is looking for a new PM, as Boris Johnson quits as Tory leader and leaves the shattered party to pick up the pieces.  Plus, Wimbledon destiny awaits Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios, and so does an assault allegation. So what’s at stake for Kygios, and for tennis? To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for Th...

Chris Dawson’s missing wife Lyn might be ‘lost at sea’ like former PM Harold Holt, says the defence in the Teacher’s Pet murder trial. Plus, fourth Covid jabs will be available to over-30s - but there’s a simple prevention measure we could all be taking. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in you...

Chris Dawson is the victim of police incompetence and a wife who just abandoned him and their kids - and not a killer, the defence says in its closing address.  Plus, is it going to rain all summer too? To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented...

Lyn Dawson was alive and sharing wine and Jim Beam in a pub with a stranger after her 1982 disappearance - that’s the remarkable claim made by the defence’s solo witness in the Chris Dawson murder trial. Plus, more skilled migrants are urgently needed - so how does Labor stand up to the unions’ wishes? To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Austral...

Spectacular tennis and shaken opponents  - Nick Kyrgios’ mind games are working a treat at Wimbledon, where he leads four Australians into the final week. And, murder accused Chris Dawson may now begin calling witnesses to his good character - so who’ll speak up? Plus, top Liberal women warn the party will languish in the electoral wilderness without more female MPs.  To find out more about The Fr...

Chris Dawson had never heard of one of Australia’s most notorious criminals, Arthur Neddy Smith, he claimed in a private phone call intercepted by police. And a new fight with China, which says Anthony Albanese has ruined the budding reconciliation by talking tough on Taiwan. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for...

Our electricity use will double by 2050. How do we get renewables ready to rumble? Plus, the Teacher’s Pet murder trial hears accused killer Chris Dawson’s exasperated private phone calls, mocking the police and calling investigations into missing wife Lyn “bullshit”. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Aus...

A special episode of The Front, featuring Hedley Thomas fresh from the witness box after his evidence in the murder trial of Christopher Dawson. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by...

Journalist Hedley Thomas tells the Chris Dawson trial how he came to the view Dawson was a murderer.  And, the cashed-up Sydney and Melbourne investors distorting property markets around Australia.  To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by C...

Health watchdogs target ‘dangerous’ e-cigarettes, saying they don’t help smokers quit - but are politicians willing to take on Big Tobacco?   And the Chris Dawson murder trial finally hears evidence from investigative journalist Hedley Thomas, who joins us today, four years on from The Teacher’s Pet. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australia...

A self-published author makes history, shortlisted for the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award after the publishing industry rejected him. Is Donald Trump’s Republican star waning, as the January 6 riot hearings line him up for possible charges? To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your a...

Australian researchers’ big breakthrough on quantum computing that could solve the energy crisis and make food cheaper. And, why are the Republicans and half the Middle East unhappy with Buzz Lightyear? To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented...

‘Fairness’ before trans inclusion is the right path for sport, says tennis great and LGBT pioneer Martina Navratilova. The Brittany Higgins trial is delayed indefinitely by a furious judge after Lisa Wilkinson’s Logies speech. And an author accused of bias in the Teacher’s Pet trial.   To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or...

Trans women who’ve been through male puberty are banned from elite swimming, but may be welcome in soccer. So what’s fair? Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says she was ‘surprised’ to be dumped from her beloved education portfolio, but determined to get on with the job. And another big twist in the Chris Dawson trial, with a legendary detective denying he tipped Dawson off.  To find out more a...

Energy policy is turning into Anthony Albanese’s first big test, as he battles to fix a broken system while bringing emissions down. Plus, Australia’s richest man has taken over RM Williams and demand is skyrocketing - so how does a boutique bootmaker take on the world?  To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link h...

Hotly-awaited testimony from the heart of Sydney gangland in the Chris Dawson murder trial.  Plus, what schoolkids are learning about a very controversial chapter in our history.  And, why renewables could be the solution to our energy crisis. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your...

$40 a week for cleaners, carers and waiters - what will it do to the economy? Our workplace expert cuts through the spin. And the Teacher’s Pet murder trial hears claims police failed to follow up sightings of Lyn Dawson - and their suspicions were being ‘pushed’ by a bitter ex-wife To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australia...

Blackouts, failing coal power and and sky-high gas prices: who’s to blame, and can we fix it?  Plus, Chris Dawson in a new phone intercept with sister Lynette, discussing her claim Lyn Dawson was ‘in a hippie commune’. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store....

Bruno Borges was tattooed, superfit Brazilian adventurer - so how did he end up dead in Newcastle Harbour during an allegedly botched cocaine importation? Feelings of dread in Cocos and Christmas Islands as locals watch people-smuggler boats return. And, new US ambassador Caroline Kennedy starts work in Canberra.  To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from...

An electrifying speech by young massacre survivor Cameron Kasky as Americans beg for gun control. And, cricket legends Doug Walters and Shane Warne lead a list of rebels and larrikins in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Plus, SA creates its very own Voice to Parliament to reassure wary voters. To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australi...