The Front

Prisoners are threatening to kill Chris Dawson, his lawyer tells the NSW Supreme Court, begging the judge for special protection.  Plus, Hedley Thomas joins us to reveal the podcast that started it all – The Teacher’s Pet – is back on the air. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. Th...

The family of Lynette Dawson has called on the NSW government to follow in Queensland’s footsteps and implement no body, no parole laws.  Plus, what to expect as the government’s hotly anticipated Jobs Summit kicks off in Canberra. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode o...

Christopher Michael Dawson has been found guilty of murdering his wife, Lynette, in 1982. Hedley Thomas reacts to a verdict 40 years in the making. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website 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...

Learn the fate of Christopher Michael Dawson in this special episode of The Front. Dawson was charged with murdering his wife, Lynette, who disappeared from Sydney’s Northern Beaches in 1982. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After 40 years, some certainty in the case of missing mum Lyn Dawson. Her husband Chris Dawson, charged with murder after the case was exposed in The Teacher’s Pet podcast, will hear his fate this morning. Today we bring you stories of Lyn from those who loved her best: her family. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Joshua Burton. The...

With the verdict looming in the Teacher’s Pet murder trial, the family of missing mum Lyn Dawson asks supporters to wear pink. We find out why this case matters for justice - and for journalism. Plus, we find out today if knockabout Australian golfer Cameron Smith will take millions to join the rebel Saudi-backed golf tournament as a human rights controversy swirls. This episode of The Front is pr...

Politicians wrangle over a royal commission into the bungled Robodebt scheme. Plus, kids' books by beloved author Anh Do banned  in US schools. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website 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 Tiff...

A first-of-its-kind Influence Index has revealed who Australians gravitate to online – and you probably don’t know their names. Plus, how a new union deal could super-charge Australia’s tech sector. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Yoni...

Once considered one of Australia’s worst serial killers, Kathleen Folbigg could see another inquiry into her children’s deaths foiled by her ex-husband’s refusal to cooperate. Plus, new data reveals the conspiracy theory websites capturing the attention of Aussies online. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Aus...

The Buy Now, Pay Later revolution has made some Australians very wealthy - so why is the business model looking so fragile? Plus, as mourners gather in Sydney’s gangland, we hear the chilling moment Lametta Faldallah was executed. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of...

As authors rally to support grievously wounded writer Salman Rushdie, we ask: did we lose the war for freedom of expression? And, a revolution in wine tourism that’s seeing visitors turned away from some cellar doors.  Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front i...

The verdict in Christopher Dawson’s murder trial is looming. The Teacher’s Pet creator Hedley Thomas joins us with his thoughts.  Plus, a literary feud over ‘the most important issue of all’. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harve...

The media made me do it: Scott Morrison turns defence into attack.  Plus, the devastating cancer that killed Steve Jobs and Aretha Franklin is targeted in an innovative new clinical trial.  Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey,...

Our political guru Paul Kelly’s searing assessment of Scott Morrison’s “secrecy and deception” in taking on multiple Cabinet jobs.  Plus, lost treasures from the bottom of the sea finally make their way home. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presente...

Even pensioners now have to pay to see a GP - so why are family doctors struggling to survive?  Plus, the secret plan that would empower bureaucrats to shut down farms, mines and resource projects. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire...

Bodies in the street and morgues overwhelmed: that was Scott Morrison’s fear as Covid-19 boomed around the world. And former Prime Minister John Howard drops bombshells from Donald Trump and the Liberal Party to Waltzing Matilda and the Voice.  Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. T...

The young cleaner convicted of a senseless murder, and how one journo sought to find meaning in her story.  Plus, a Scottish family is appealing to stay in Australia, using the precedent of Biloela’s adopted Sri Lankan asylum-seekers, who’ve been granted permanent residency. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The...

Serena Williams ‘evolves’ out of tennis - so what now for the sport, and one of the all-time greats?  Plus, Virginia Tapscott on what happens when a journalist exposes deep family secrets. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey,...

Atlassian co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar stand to make - and spend - billions from a little-known share trading scheme in the next 12 months. Plus, a Kennedy Award-nominated investigation into Queensland’s crumbling island resorts. Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app s...

The NSW Government teeters over a New York job scandal, as former deputy premier John Barilaro goes on the attack.  And the Eora man Bennelong is one of the most significant figures in Australian history - so why has nothing been done to commemorate his final resting place?  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 remarkable scientific mission to save Australian agriculture from a bee parasite, as fears grow for precious crops including almonds and millions of bees are locked down or euthanised.  Plus, the Commonwealth Games wrap up in Birmingham.  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....

Why have the Greens capitulated to Labor’s climate policy - and what do they want in return?  Plus, how an Indigenous man stolen from his mother as a toddler rediscovered his culture through art and design. 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 presen...

United States Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made a contentious trip to the contested island of Taiwan – but is it in her job description? Plus, what agents of Cambodia’s repressive regime are doing in 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 presen...

One of the world’s most wanted terrorists - Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri - has been killed by US forces in a over-the-horizon operation.  We unpack who Al-Zawahiri was - and what Al-Qaeda is doing in Taliban territory. 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...

Wild inflation in construction prices is helping push mortgage rates up - so how did we get here?  Plus, we’re out of eggs because free-range chooks don’t like the cold - so how do we get cruelty-free omelettes that don’t break the bank?  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. Thi...