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The Front

The Front

The Australian

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 insight from our newsrooms. 

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.

  • 2 minutes 12 seconds
    The ISIS bride who’s suing Australia

    An ISIS bride left behind in a Syrian refugee camp, is preparing a legal challenge to be allowed to return to Australia. Plus, senior NSW police face uncomfortable questions at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

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    Albanese outlines three points on return of ISIS brides

    ISIS bride barred from Australia named as family prepares urgent legal action

    Royal commission live: Police commander says ‘no need to stay’ email ‘poorly worded’

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    26 May 2026, 6:30 am
  • 12 minutes 18 seconds
    Why our defensive spy boss is on high alert

    Intelligence agencies couldn't have prevented the Bondi attack even if they had more money, says ASIO’s boss Mike Burgess - but he says we’re on the brink of the highest possible terrorist threat alert, and is investigating more suspected Iranian hits on Australian soil. Today, what we’re learning as the Antisemitism Royal Commission drills into the security services.

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

    Royal commission: NSW Police threat assessment highlighted religious celebrations

    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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    25 May 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 4 seconds
    Juiced-up James Magnussen comes last at Enhanced Games

    Gold swimsuit-clad Australian swimmer James Magnussen has finished last in his 100 metres freestyle race at the Enhanced Games. Plus, the government’s CGT reforms face changes, Dezi Freeman inquest gets underway, clear-air turbulence causes problems for Cathay Pacific, and Cheng Lei takes her memoir to the stage.

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    CGT changes to reach beyond tech sector, says PM

    ‘I had no choice’: Freeman’s chilling words after police shootings

    Severe turbulence injures 10 on Cathay flight in a reminder of importance of seatbelts

    Journalist Cheng Lei confronts China’s ‘culture of fear’ with her story

    'Unprecedented' warning followed October 7 attacks

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    25 May 2026, 6:19 am
  • 15 minutes 14 seconds
    Tracy Grimshaw's $500k 60 Minutes gig

    Nine picks up a fifth 60 Minutes reporter from in-house on an old-school giant salary, while rumours fly about a State of Origin dream team reunion. That’s in today’s Media Diary - and editor Steve Jackson is on The Front with Claire. 

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

    Read Steve Jackson’s Media Diary here. 

    Huge moves at Southern Cross Media as McWilliam becomes second biggest shareholder

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

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    24 May 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 17 minutes 55 seconds
    Kylie’s mic drop: Netflix blockbuster reveals the Minogue we never knew

    Australia’s beloved singer is getting the Netflix documentary treatment, but Kylie MInogue waited until the very last minutes of the last episode to reveal the biggest news of all.  

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    Kylie Minogue reveals secret second cancer diagnosis in new documentary and her IVF struggles

    Kylie Minogue’s private family to finally appear on screen in new documentary

    Kylie on entertainment industry: Would be nice not to be asked about your age

    This episode of The Front was produced by Kristen Amiet and hosted by Claire Harvey, with editing by Lia Tsamoglou. Our theme is by Jasper Leak, and our team also includes Tiffany Dimmack and Joshua Burton. 

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    22 May 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 23 seconds
    Iran moves to control more of the Strait of Hormuz

     Information published by the newly established Persian Gulf Strait Authority suggests Iran is expanding its oversight of the Strait of Hormuz to the coastal territories of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Plus, the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission provides long-awaited guidance for single-sex spaces and Rome’s “hot priest” drops a bombshell. 

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    Iran moves to expand Hormuz control into foreign waters

    Single-sex spaces must be based on biological sex, UK rules

    Hot priest is not priest? Papal pin-up is an immaculate deception

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    22 May 2026, 6:00 am
  • 13 minutes 2 seconds
    The spine surgery that changed 12-year-old Oscar’s life

    Today on The Front, a beautiful story about courage and love: a young boy with a powerful will to love, a mother’s devotion and the doctors and nurses in our public hospitals who make magic every single day.

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

    Inside the cutting-edge surgery that will change Oscar’s life for good

    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. 

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    21 May 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 8 seconds
    King Charles alive and well after mistake radio death announcement

    A British radio station has apologised for erroneously announcing King Charles III had died. Plus, economists warn of house price drop after tax reforms and a man who allegedly stole photography equipment from a victim of the Bondi terror attack is named. 

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    Radio station apologises after mistakenly announcing King Charles’ death

    Australian house prices set for major fall after budget tax changes, Morgan Stanley warns

    Danny Ridley charged with stealing camera of Bondi terror attack victim Peter Meagher

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    21 May 2026, 5:59 am
  • 15 minutes 9 seconds
    The furious army of young entrepreneurs coming for Albo

    Young entrepreneurs are smashing up Anthony Albanese on social media, furious about his budget’s changes to capital gains tax, which they say punishes people who try to get ahead. The PM seems to think it’s funny, but this is no joke. Wealth editor Julieanne Sprague is here with her take on a fightback the Government didn’t see coming. 

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

    Anthony Albanese answers flood of internet memes on CGT changes

    Tech workers plan exodus as treasurer’s tax overhaul ‘assaults innovation’

    Budget leak: Tax smack to hit every asset class

    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. 

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    20 May 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 3 minutes 11 seconds
    Kylie’s secret second cancer battle

    Kylie Minogue revealed she had a secret second battle with cancer in a new Netflix documentary. Plus, Chris Minns’ surprise attack on the federal government’s income tax policy and Arsenal’s historic English Premier League win.

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    Kylie Minogue reveals secret second cancer diagnosis in new documentary and her IVF struggles

    Minns blasts Albanese government over bracket creep

    Commentary by Greg Brown: Chris Minns gets the memo that Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers missed on income tax

    Inside the methods that ended Arsenal’s 22-year wait for the Premier League title

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    20 May 2026, 6:00 am
  • 16 minutes 20 seconds
    Shopping for a wife in China’s elite singles market

    Love in today’s China can be hard to find - and some parents are taking matters into their own hands. Today, our correspondent Yoni Bashan reports from the marriage market, where the legacy of China’s infamous one-child policy is being felt in the disparity between highly educated, career-minded young women and men struggling to find a suitable match. 

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

    No photos, laminated fact sheets, and desperate parents: Inside Shanghai’s stunted love market

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

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    19 May 2026, 5:00 pm
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