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Put down that fuel can: Albo’s here to help
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A $2.6 billion taxpayer-funded fuel crisis ‘solution’ sees Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese flick the switch to spending - but does anyon...
Dezi Freeman’s dead: everything we know
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A cop-killer shot dead while brandishing a dead officer’s gun: the dramatic end to ‘sovereign citizen’ Dezi Freeman’s violent ...
Kyle vs Jackie O: the courtroom face-off
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson will be called as a witness to claim that Kyle Sandilands subjected her to a prolonged campaign of bullying and haras...
Iran’s $3 billion secret art bunker
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s like something out of Indiana Jones - art curators scrambling to save priceless artworks as bombs rain down. When it comes to casualties of...
Sandilands ‘traumatised’ by ARN axing
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sacked radio superstar Kyle Sandilands is seeking to fast-track his legal action against ARN after it tore up his 100 million dollar contract. Plus, t...
The quiet power of our female billionaires
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our richest men are loud and proud with their opinions about government policy and everything else. But why, when we have record numbers of female bil...
Bondi hero given ‘keys to the city’ – and free parking for life
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed an alleged gunman at Bondi Beach on December 14, has been given ‘keys to the city’. Plus, growers’ dire...
The plastic billionaires forced to make everything more expensive
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You can’t make plastic without resins derived from oil - and now the Iran war is making resin scarcer and much more expensive. That means ...
Japan could provide backup if fuel supplies dwindle
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Japan’s ambassador to Australia suggested a fuel-for-LNG swap could be on the cards if Australia’s supplies dwindle. Plus, a former Cannon...
How Pauline Hanson transformed herself
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
She says she’s still the same - but One Nation’s Pauline Hanson has shifted her persona, policies and language to meet the moments. Dennis...
Air traffic controller’s anguish after fatal Air Canada crash
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Details are emerging about how an Air Canada passenger plane collided with a fire truck at one of America’s busiest airports. Plus, ARN’s ...
What is Trump's exit ramp from Iran?
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As Donald Trump says he’s negotiating an end to the war, what does victory look like? Our Washington, DC correspondent Joe Kelly is here. Read m...
Qantas boss says ‘not a single flight cut’ due to fuel shortages
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson told staff the airline hasn’t cancelled a single flight as a result of fuel shortages. Plus, Bluesfest tic...
Kyle and Jackie O are on the same side now
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The greatest gamble in radio history could blow up in the faces of ARN bosses - plus, why is the star of Jacketgate, Nine veteran Amber Sherlock, taki...
Timothee Chalamet is right about opera and ballet, isn't he?
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A frank remark - a global pile-on - and a lost Oscar. Today, the story of Gen Z superstar Timothee Chalamet and some very angry performers. Richard Fe...
Albanese’s mosque visit ‘incredibly positive’, despite hecklers
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were called “genocide supporters” by members of the Stand4Palestine g...
Billionaire disrupters get a taste of their own medicine
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The List: Australia’s Richest 250 has landed for another year – and some of Australia’s tech titans have taken a tumble worth billio...
Why Qantas’ fares are taking off
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Flights are five per cent up already and there’s likely more to come. Plus, bracing for tropical cyclone Narelle - and why Donald Trump is threa...
What’s next for Kyle Sandilands?
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Sandilands says he won’t go down without a legal fight after his multimillion-dollar contract was torn up. He claims he’ll take his f...
‘Everyone is absolutely safe’: Australian air base targeted by Iranian projectile
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
An Australian air base in the United Arab Emirates was targeted by an Iranian projectile. Plus, White Fox founders make their Richest 250 debut and an...
Superstar chef Neil Perry's beef with Ozempic
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Perry, the restaurateur behind Sydney gems Gran Torino and Margaret, plus Qantas’ menu guru, says he’ll never stop making beautiful f...
More mortgage pain for Australian homeowners
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Reserve Bank raised the cash by a quarter of a percent on Tuesday, taking it to 4.1 per cent. Plus, Bowen calls petrol panic-buying ‘un-Aust...
From Iranian jail to reporting on the Lionesses - our journo’s incredible story
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What fate awaits the Lionesses who are returning to Iran? Iranian-Australian journalist Shokoofeh Azar is hoping for the best – that the women w...
Australia’s Academy Awards hopes dashed on Oscars night
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won big at the 98th Academy Awards, while Australian nominees Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi went h...
Hunting down a hermit billionaire
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Crypto-currency titan - and occasional astronaut - Russell Wilson has an incredible story of bouncing back from a multi-million dollar fraud committed...
Why are Oscar-nominated films such a slog these days?
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you love movies as escapist art, you might find the Monday’s Oscars ceremony a bit tedious. Today, our cheat’s guide to the movies vyin...
Missing Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly ‘in a coma’
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was reportedly gravely injured in a strike during the Middle East conflict. Plus, Qantas settles a co...
How we made the smash-hit Sick to Death podcast
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two years, 500 gigabytes of audio, and more than 200 voice actors. The Australian’s podcast adaptation of Hedley Thomas’ best-selling book...
Atlassian blames AI for sacking 1600 staff
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is shedding 10 per cent of Atlassian’s workforce. Also today in The Front’s afternoon headlines, Aust...
Luke Skywalker vs Barnaby Joyce: the Nats’ new hope
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
45-year-old economist Matt Canavan, once the apprentice to Barnaby Joyce, takes the fight for regional Australia to One Nation and his old master. Den...
Petrol panic: a new plan to release millions of barrels of oil
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Should the world release public emergency oil supplies to deal with wildly fluctuating oil prices, diesel shortages and petrol station queues? Plus - ...
The agonising choice of Iran’s soccer heroines
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Go home to war and oppression - or live in fear for your family’s life: that’s the terrible dilemma faced by Iran’s women’s so...
King heckled over Andrew at Westminster Abbey
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why republican protesters are demanding answers from King Charles - plus, Australia’s missiles are rerouted to the Middle East, and Donald Trump...
Did Jackie O give herself a nasty surprise?
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As one half of radio’s warring superstar duo lawyers up, the other says everyone’s got it all wrong. Media Diary editor Steve Jackson is h...
Iranians chant ‘Death to Mojtaba’ at new Supreme Leader
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khameini, the hardline son of the assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei, is elevated in Iran thanks to the Islamic Revolutionary ...
Israelis scoff chips and chocolate as the missiles rain down
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Iran has reneged on a promise to stop attacking its neighbours and assaulted the Gulf states with an array of drones and missiles - that’s as th...
Sherlock Holmes, action hero
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A new generation of the Fiennes family is taking on the most-adapted role in entertainment, with Hero Fiennes Tiffin playing Young Sherlock in Amazon ...
Iran-backed Houthi rebels ‘ready to strike’
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a televised speech, Houthi rebels leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said the Iran-backed proxy militia had their “fingers on the trigger, ready to...
Is the Iran war legal? Does it matter?
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The White House compares Operation Epic Fury to the video game Call of Duty. Pete Hegseth says ‘no mercy’. Should any of that make us sque...
US boasts of ‘punching Iran while it’s down’
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
War secretary Pete Hegseth goes on the offensive, saying Operation Epic Fury is not a fair fight - and America will show no mercy. Also in The Front&r...
Inside Kyle and Jackie O’s $200m bust-up
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After years of laughing along, the highest-earning woman in media finally gets sick of her loudmouth co-star’s antics and walks away. But what&r...
Iran’s ‘new leader’ is the Ayatollah’s son
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Reports are emerging that the so-called Assembly of Experts has elected a new supreme leader: Motjabah Khameini, the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khemen...
Can Iran really close the Persian Gulf?
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Iranian rockets on one side, Houthi terrorists on the other - the Arabian peninsula has suddenly become the flashpoint we all need to know about, beca...
When will flights go back to normal?
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the Gulf airlines - Etihad, Emirates and Qatar - reel from Iranian attacks across the Persian Gulf, travellers and expats are stranded and looking ...
The ruthless brilliance of John Howard, with Paul Kelly
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From wearing a bulletproof vest to the ‘We will decide who comes to this country’ speech, John Howard’s prime ministership, celebrat...
Why Iran is attacking its Gulf neighbours - and when they’ll fire back
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Kuwait City, Bahrain and Jeddah are all under attack as Iran’s desperate regime fires drones and missiles at its...
What will Iran’s terrorist militias do now?
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Our correspondent in the MIddle East, Yoni Bashan, joins us as Iran declares revenge - and 40 days of mourning - for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Musli...
Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. What now?
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A huge US and Israeli airborne assault on Iran has killed the leader of the Shia world, 86-year-old supreme leader Ali Khamenei. As Iran fires waves o...
Wuthering Heights: audacious masterpiece or dog’s breakfast?
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Wuthering Heights - our chief film critic threw 5 stars at it, while our guest Bianca Farmakis said it’s the worst movie she’s ever seen. ...
Hillary Clinton’s Epstein testimony not about ‘feelings’
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly told a House Oversight Committee investigating the crimes of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epst...
A new chapter in the Higgins-Lehrmann legal saga
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a complaint to the Australian Press Council, the former ACT prosecutor Shane Drumgold claimed The Australian misrepresented findings by a Supreme C...
Alleged grandfather killer ‘no mastermind’: lawyer
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The lawyer representing one of the men accused of kidnapping and killing Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian says his client is “no mastermind&r...
The Bluey-obsessed Australian ISIS kids stuck in Syria
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Australian goes inside the camp in northern Syria where 34 Australian women and children are waiting to begin their long journey home. Read ...
Arrests in case of missing grandfather Chris Baghsarian
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Two men were arrested in relation to the alleged kidnapping and murder of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian on Wednesday. That’s after the 85-...
An optimistic take on antisemitism at the Royal Commission
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On day one of the federal inquiry sparked by the Bondi Beach massacre, commissioner Virginia Bell and counsel assisting Richard Lancaster say they bel...
UK Labour lord Peter Mandelson arrested over Epstein
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
British police have arrested Lord Peter Mandelson, a high-ranking Labour party figure who was until recently Sir Keir Starmer’s ambassador in Lo...
Hezbollah is rearming itself through ancient Arab money trails
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mossad’s audacious pager and walkie-talkie attacks hit Shia militia Hezbollah hard - but now the Iran-backed jihadis are using old-world moneyle...
Ex-duchess Sarah Ferguson ‘introduced her goddaughter’ to Epstein
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Emails published by the US Department of Justice in the so-called Epstein files appear to show the former Duchess of York, known as ‘Fergie&rsqu...
The ABC’s Trump edit drama: who really runs the show?
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What’s fair when reporting Donald Trump? He’s suing the BBC over a selective edit of his Jan 6 speech, but the ABC - which did its own sli...
Human or robot? The AI revolution comes to podcasts
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
First, the robots came for art and music. Now, the most human of artforms - podcasts - is being replicated by artificial intelligence models that aren...
Rex vs Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: it’s brother against brother
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Arrested, questioned and released to await possible charges carrying a 20 year jail penalty: it’s a hard fall for the former Duke of York. Today...
Trump’s attack fleet readies to fire on Iran
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest American armada in two decades is assembling in the Middle East as negotiations fail. Today chief international correspondent Cameron Stew...
Premier’s giant blowup over union corruption
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Victorian premier Jacinta Allan has lost her temper in a spectacular way with journalists who were asking about allegations of rampant dodginess in th...
Like it or not, the ISIS brides are coming home
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the government claims it’s not helping a group of so-called ISIS brides return to Australia, we look at how domestic politics is shaping the ...
Are bodies buried on Jeffrey Epstein’s property?
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
US authorities will investigate a sprawling compound once owned by Epstein in the state of New Mexico in an effort to substantiate claims there are bo...
Why Coles and Woolies are fighting so hard for their ‘fake’ discounts
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The ACCC is suing Coles and Woolworths for allegedly misleading customers on price drops and discounts. But why are the supermarket giants defending t...
Tom Cruise fights Brad Pitt over Jeffrey Epstein? It’s fake – but the rage is real
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A stunningly realistic fake clip of movie stars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt having a fist-fight about Jeffrey Epstein is causing a meltdown in Hollywood....
The secret $700k payout to a Ben Roberts-Smith witness
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Just when you thought we were done with the epic defamation trial brought by Australia’s most decorated living soldier, there’s one more t...
Gus Lamont investigation resumes following ‘suspect’ bombshell
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
South Australian police have returned to Oak Park Station, where four-year-old Gus Lamont was last seen five months ago. Plus, alleged Bondi gunman Na...
Journos deny ‘intimidating’ Alan Jones witness
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Preparations for the four-month trial of former broadcaster Alan Jones, who’s fighting indecent assault charges, have been rocked by a com...
Why women are crazy for hot gay romance on screen
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy wins boy back - and everyone’s incredibly ripped. This is the new formula for female-friendly entertainment, f...
The Liberal party’s new nightmare as Ley leaves parliament
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sussan Ley’s resignation from politics will trigger a hotly contested by-election in her seat of Farrer. Plus, a judge rejects the BBC’s b...
Can Angus Taylor actually do this?
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
At 9am on Friday Liberals vote on whether Sussan Ley should be dumped in favour of the little-known Angus Taylor - but does he have a vision for the f...
Ground control to Senator Sarah: $50k family flights are officially grounded
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the federal Liberals line up for a 9am Friday vote on the leadership, the 2025 entitlements scandal (remember that?) delivers one last victim: prom...
When Iran murders its own young people, the pro-Palestine mob is silent. But why?
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Street protests and violent scuffles have delivered the anti-Israel movement a week of great publicity at the expense of Israeli President Isaac Herzo...
A break in the case of TV host’s missing mother
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
US authorities say a person has been detained over the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of an American breakfast TV show host. P...
The uncomfortable truth about Hong Kong
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Does the harsh sentencing of a publisher under Beijing’s new national security laws spell the end of Hong Kong’s “one country, two s...
‘Strip Grace Tame’s Australian of the Year honours’: Joyce
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Barnaby Joyce says 2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame should be stripped of her honours after she led a chant of “globalise the intifada&rdq...
Japan is about to arm itself to the teeth. How angry will China get?
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
With a stunning election mandate, re-elected Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi will end Japan’s formal pacifism, create a national intellig...
Was Jeffrey Epstein a Mossad spy?
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Epstein files reveal an FBI report suggesting he was a Mossad agent, plus extensive communications with former Israeli Labor prime minister Eh...
Why ASIO spies are furious with the ABC
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Intelligence agency ASIO issues a pre-emptive denial of an ABC Four Corners story on the Bondi massacre. It’s awkward timing for the ABC, with e...
Which politician is Australia’s biggest Traitor?
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the reality TV format sweeping the world and we couldn’t resist asking Canberra bureau chief - and Traitors devotee - Richard Ferguso...
‘Absolutely devastated’: Gus’ grandparents react to SA Police bombshell
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
South Australian police say they’ve identified a suspect in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont and confirm they’re now treating...
Andrew and Fergie are destroyed. Epstein’s next victim: Britain’s PM
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer knew Lord Peter Mandelson was closely connected to Jeffrey Epstein, but made him the UK’s ambassador to Washington DC anyway. After...
Bondi Junction killer’s psychiatrist ‘failed to spot psychosis’
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Wholly unsatisfactory”: that’s a coroner’s verdict on the actions of a psychiatrist who took Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauch...
Antisemitism barrister’s daughter is a pro-Palestine protester
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A passionate young woman with strong views about Palestine: Lauren Lancaster is unknown outside student politics, but the former University of S...
Randa Abdel-Fattah and Louise Adler reunite for ‘free speech’ celebration
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Randa’s back: the controversial anti-Israel activist who was at the centre of the collapse of Australia’s oldest writers’ festival, ...
Staffer Fiona Brown was ‘frightened and intimidated’ by Scott Morrison over Brittany Higgins drama
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In new court documents former Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces new accusations he froze out and victimised a senior staffer after the rape of Britt...
Reserve Bank admits they got it wrong
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Reserve Bank of Australia has put the cash rate up for the first time in two years. As mortgage rates follow suit, we explore the thinking behind ...
Who can we blame for interest rates going up?
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Treasurer says it’s not his fault. The Reserve Bank has been caught napping. But it’s clear we are spending too much and going too slo...
Outlaw Dezi Freeman is probably dead, say cops
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
He’s been on the run for six months since allegedly shooting dead two police officers in Victoria’s High Country, and now police are sayin...
How China crushed Beijing’s crazy traffic noise
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
No honking. No blaring engines. No exhaust. The Chinese government has crushed Beijing’s incredible noise pollution, in response to residents&rs...
Timothee Chalamet, Holocaust jokes and ping-pong: Marty Supreme’s magic formula
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Gen Z’s only movie superstar is Oscar-worthy as Marty Mauser - a relentless, charming and often-times horrible hero in a film set in post-WWII J...
Albo’s national gun buyback is a shemozzle
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A national crackdown on gun ownership is in jeopardy, with Anthony Albanese struggling to get the states and territories to sign up to his gun buyback...
Swearing at work can get you sacked now
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What are we allowed to say in the office these days - if we show up at all? As courts thrash out work-from-home rights, the battleground just got a lo...
Right v Right: the Libs’ leadership stalemate
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Headlines: Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor - plus a phalanx of senior Liberal right figures - held a summit on Thursday to work out who can roll Sussan...
Now is Trump’s moment to strike Iran
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump calls it a ‘beautiful armada’: an American aircraft carrier group now pointing its missiles directly at Iran. But will Trump ...
Trump: “You can’t have guns”
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Headlines: A new take on second-amendment rights from Donald Trump, as he dramatically scales back ICE’s immigration enforcement operation in Mi...
ScoMo vs antisemitic hate preachers
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Muslim community must keep the wolves from their flock, says Scott Morrison in a sweeping new proposal to crack down on antisemitic hate speech. W...
Alleged Nazi jailed after Australia Day rant
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Front’s afternoon headlines: A magistrate has denied bail to Sydney man Brandan Koschel, 31, who allegedly made an antisemitic speech at a M...