The Front

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...

When TV stars - and barons - go rogue

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As Nine baffles its staff by allowing Karl Stefanovic to launch his own rival show, the beancounters are about to become all-powerful at rival network...

‘Intifada’ chants at Australia Day rallies

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Today's afternoon headlines from The Front: at Australia Day rallies across the nation, chants of 'Intifada' and scuffles between rival protestors. Pl...

Defiant Sussan Ley says she’s not going anywhere

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sussan Ley says she’s confident she’ll be leader of the Liberal party when parliament resumes next month. Plus, Osaka apologises after hea...

How long has Sussan Ley got?

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Coalition has split again and Sussan Ley’s leadership is hanging by a thread. So, how long has she got – and will she jump or wait to ...

The Coalition calls it quits – again

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Nationals leader David Littleproud announced his party is walking away from the Coalition for the second time in less than a year. Plus, Australia rem...

After Adelaide, who are writers festivals for?

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Australia’s longest-running writers festival was sensationally cancelled after a controversial author was axed from the line-up. Is bringing her...

Headlines: Trump will ‘work something out’ on Greenland

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

US President Donald Trump has downplayed tensions with NATO leaders, but didn’t rule out taking Greenland by force. Plus, rebel Nats await their...

Greenland: How far Trump will really go?

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The President claims the United States needs to buy or take the Danish territory to stop China or Russia from moving in – but is it a bad deal? ...

Brooklyn Beckham’s explosive rant about his famous folks

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a lengthy Instagram post, 26-year-old Brooklyn Beckham accused his parents, Victoria and David, of trying to “endlessly ruin” his relat...

Is High Court battle a sign of Prince Harry’s homecoming?

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Prince Harry returns to England’s high court for what may be the final time this week. Could it open the door to reconciliation with his royal f...

‘It starts with me’: Albanese’s vow to Bondi families

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with family members of the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack following the opening of an extraordinar...

Albo’s shot at redemption after Bondi backflips

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian’s National Editor Dennis Shanahan says the Albanese government can redeem itself after weeks of flat-footedness and confusion by ...

Does everyone hate the hate speech laws?

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Unsalvageable. Rushed. Too far. Not far enough. Everyone’s got something to say about a bill designed to curb antisemitism and prevent another t...

Why Iran's mullahs fear Trump - and Netanyahu

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It was supposed to be a glorious Islamic revolution, but since 1979 Iran’s regime has brutally repressed its own people and sponsored terror aro...

The fate Alan Jones fears most

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Former talkback superstar Alan Jones is fighting serious charges in the local court. Today, media diary editor Steve Jackson joins us to discuss how t...

Loyalty and labour in the brutal business of beauty

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mecca is a billion-dollar Australian cosmetics empire with legions of devoted fans, thanks to a genius loyalty scheme. Its founder Jo Horgan, one of t...

Is this Novak Djokovic’s last dance?

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

He’s won here more than anywhere else – but will the 2026 Australian Open mark the end of Novak Djokovic’s monumental career?  ...

Left to die: The haunting questions after Lizard Island cruise ship tragedy

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Suzanne Rees died after allegedly being left on tropical Lizard Island by the Coral Expeditions cruise company late in 2025, even after a historic tra...

What are Erin Patterson’s chances on appeal?

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Erin Patterson, the mushroom murderer, has always denied deliberately poisoning four elderly relatives - and she’s indicated she will appeal her...

Why Meghan Markle’s podcast flopped - and some truly great shows to enjoy

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Nobody does hilarious advice like the Brits - and nobody does sanctimonious girl-talk like the Californians. Today, we recommend some great podcasts t...

The epic humiliation of Prince Andrew - and Virginia Giuffre’s mysterious last days

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Prince Andrew has always denied participating in the sexual abuse of Virginia Giuffre - but her powerful memoir cost the former Duke of York everythin...