Accused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon asked a friend to dispose of a mobile phone connected to two men he’s accused of murdering. Plus, taxpayers foot the bill for Michelin stars in South Australia. 

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Beau Lamarre-Condon asked friend to dump phone in WA after murders, court hears

IBAC exposes $285m Covid government cover-up in Victoria

11 Michelin-star winners in South Australia revealed

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Snowy 2.0 was supposed to be the renewable energy dream made real right here in Australia. But a decade of catastrophic delays and blowouts have the whole project literally at risk of getting squeezed to death by Australia’s ancient geology - and now, The Australian is revealing the Commonwealth government considered sacking the builder that was meant to save this enormous project. 

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Snowy Hydro blame game erupts amid cost blowout tensions

Snowy Hydro sits on contractor cost review for three months amid blowout fears

Snowy Hydro’s poor governance to blame for $12bn Snowy 2.0 blowout, report finds

Commentary by Robert Gottliebsen: Fate of $12bn Snowy 2.0 hangs in balance as new drill tackles impassable rock

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he wasn’t undercut by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on a controversial Tax Office plan to ban credit card payments.

Plus, China’s first foreign military base and Powerfinger’s tour ticket frenzy sparks new shows. 

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Chalmers rejects claim PM undercut him on credit card backdown

Anthony Albanese admits overruling Chalmers on ATO credit card ban

Commentary by Dennis Shanahan: PM’s blame game has begun and Jim Chalmers is at the centre of it

China opens first foreign air base as it ‘encircles’ Vietnam

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In a post-negative gearing world, property investors have to find a completely different kind of property to buy - and they’re shaking up the entire market. Today - what it means for renters, owners and the price of all our places. Mackenzie Scott is here. 

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Property investors target high-yield suburbs as negative gearing ban triggers spring market slump

Temporary rental relief as price growth slows, but crisis not over

Australian home sales plunge 17.4pc in massive blow to state budgets

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Tom Cruise’s film Digger is on track to lose more than $350 million, making it one of the biggest box-office bombs in history. 

Plus, Independent senator David Pocock says the Prime Minister’s office edited a letter raising concerns about artificial intelligence before it was sent to - the Prime Minister.

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Tom Cruise film Digger set to lose Warner Bros $352m in historic flop

Nikki Gemmell’s review: Tom Cruise delivers an exhausting misfire in new satire Digger

Pocock claims PM’s office heavily vetted AI committee letter

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Firmus is a giant flop - so what happens now to the tens of billions of dollars in AI hyperscaler money flooding into Australia to fund data centres? Chief business correspondent Perry Williams joins us.

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

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A drama surrounding the Brethren Christian Church has just accelerated, with the church’s global leader to appear before an Australian parliamentary inquiry into what church members got up to in the leadup to the 2025 federal election. Plus, new hearings from the antisemitism royal commission. 

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Bruce Hales says ‘truth will prevail’ in his appearance before inquiry

Plymouth Brethren leader Bruce Hales to appear before parliamentary inquiry despite backlash

Antisemitism royal commission orders extra closed hearings into Bondi terror attack

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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.

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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

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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. 

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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. 

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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

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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. 

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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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