The Front
by The Australian
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Cummins v Khawaja and Warner: what the cricketers say
Cummins v Khawaja and Warner: what the cricketers say
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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 insights from our newsrooms.
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- Cummins v Khawaja and Warner: what the cricketers say · 9 minPat Cummins says Usman Khawaja is “100 per cent wrong” about his allegations that the entire Australian test team knew that three members were using sandpaper on the field to…
- After Jensen Huang: why the honey trap is every boardroom's new problem · 11 minJensen Huang has resigned effective immediately from the world's most powerful company, Nvidia, after alleged affairs with an employee and a woman American officials believe is a…
- Cricket captain Pat Cummins finally speaks on fresh ‘sandpapergate’ claims · 3 minAustralian test cricket captain Pat Cummins will on Friday address allegations made by his former teammate Usman Khawaja about a notorious ball-tampering saga on Friday. Plus…
- Pants down, stolen kisses: The fall of David Walliams · 16 minAfter fighting all the way to the UK’s High Court to protect his identity and warning he was suicidal, the world’s most successful living children’s author and wildly popular…
- Revealed: the David Jones stores to close · 3 minDavid Jones has announced the closure of 19 stores and the shedding of thousands of jobs as FTI Consulting attempts to navigate the retailer's difficulties. Also in The Front’s…
- Usman, where’s the proof? Khawaja’s sandpaper bombshell unpacked · 18 minUsman Khawaja has re-opened Australian cricket's deepest wound, revealing in his new autobiography Sabr that the entire team knew about the 2018 Sandpaper-gate ball-tampering…
- Judge’s powerful condemnation of rapist Russell Brand · 4 minEntertainer Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison following his convictions for rape and sexual assault. Meanwhile, Qantas is cutting 850 jobs and…
- Sex, spies and Nvidia: the Jensen Huang bombshell · 15 minNvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to an affair with a woman American investigators allege is a Chinese spy. As tech stocks slide and Washington faces calls for a congressional…
- What’s Usman Khawaja’s end game? · 3 minToday on The Front’s afternoon headlines: Usman Khawaja opens up about the 2018 sandpaper scandal in his new autobiography, accusing teammates and Cricket Australia of dodging…
- JD Vance vs Kamala Harris: Could this nightmare come true? · 16 minJD Vance thought he had a Donald Trump-endorsed golden ticket to the White House - but after the Republicans got hammered in the midterms, it looks more like golden handcuffs. So…
- John Malkovich, the CIA, and Easter Island: inside Wild Horse Nine · 15 minInside Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine: the ‘bloody buddy comedy’ taking on the Oscars. Senior reporter Sarah Elks joins host Claire Harvey on The Front to break down one of…
- ‘Killer cop’ says he’s ‘responsible’ for ex’s death – but ‘didn’t want to kill him’ · 4 minAccused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon admits he’s responsible for his ex-boyfriend’s death – but claims it was a tragic accident. He’s pleaded not guilty to two counts of…
- Who killed David Jones? Inside the butchering of a beloved brand · 13 minPrivate equity, foreign owners, terrible service, real estate missteps, angry landlords and bemused customers: David Jones died a slow and ugly death and now we’re asking: can…
- ‘I’m not a little creep’: Beau Lamarre-Condon in the witness box · 10 minAccused killer cop Beau Lamarre-Condon is giving evidence in his own defence in his double-murder trial. He’s pleaded not guilty to murdering TV presenter Jesse Baird and Baird’s…
- Billionaire’s brutal Canva shakeup: 1200 out, everyone else back in · 13 minTech heroine Melanie Perkins calls Canva’s massive 1,200-person layoff a "refounding" of the tech unicorn. But behind the PR spin and a strict new return-to-office mandate lies a…
- Not my fault: Trump reacts to midterm walloping · 3 minDonald Trump has lost control of the Senate and the House of Representatives in the United States midterm elections, with results flowing in throughout the coming hours. The…
- Learjet 60 crash: The incredible composure of 20-year-old co-pilot Nathalia Filgueiras · 17 minWhy did a Bombardier Learjet 60 plunge 32,000 feet a minute into a Florida road? Aviation writer Robyn Ironside joins Claire Harvey to break down the final, chilling air traffic…
- Dissent inside the RBA board about rate rise · 4 minPoint of Law won the Melbourne Cup by a country mile - and rates went up just as everyone expected them to. In fact the only surprise this afternoon is that three members of the…
- Why do Democrats keep choosing the wrong candidates? · 17 minThe midterms are on in America - and you’d expect voters to give the widely unpopular Donald Trump the kind of walloping presidents can usually expect in congressional and state…
- Pauline Hanson’s lieutenant rules out a run in 2028 · 2 minPauline Hanson’s lieutenant James Ashby turns down a run for parliament, as National Party leader Matt Canavan heads to the House of Representatives. Plus, the 27-year old Afghan…
- BMWs and broken promises: Inside the specialist fee war · 13 minWith specialist out-of-pocket costs surging by 73% since 2010, the Albanese government is pushing ahead with a mandatory website requiring medical specialists to display their…
- The smart women fantasising about dragon sex · 16 minThis week’s bookshop frenzy for a new romantasy title - A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J Maas - prompts some big questions. Why are romantasy plots so silly? Why do smart…
- Mushroom killer likely to die in jail after freedom bid rejected · 4 minMushroom killer Erin Patterson will likely die in jail after the Victorian Court of Appeal rejected her bid for freedom and increased her sentence to life imprisonment without…
- Israel’s Arab kingmakers: Which PM will blink first? · 16 minIsrael’s gloriously messy democracy has thrown up a real doozy: parliamentary elections that have two potential prime ministers both saying the other guy lost. The Australian's…
- ASIC to probe banks behind failed Firmus float · 3 minThe Australian Securities and Investments Commission is making “targeted inquiries” into the actions of the bankers behind the canned multibillion-dollar stock-market float of…
- Inside a casino crime wave: bags of cash, Rolexes and a $250m fine · 14 minBreathtaking criminality - and a penalty that could have been much, much higher. The casino operator Star has had a huge judgment in the Federal Court with huge implications for…
- Did Israel just re-elect Benjamin Netanyahu? · 3 minHuge claims and no clear winner - yet: that’s the state of play in the high-stakes Israeli elections that have seen Arab Israeli parties emerge as the potential power players…
- The Australian ISIS bride accused of enslaving a 9-year-old · 13 minAmong the many revolting crimes of the failed Islamist movement ISIS was the enslavement and mistreatment of women and girls. They are Yazidis, a long-persecuted ethnic minority…
- Did the ABC hire a Hamas terrorist? · 3 minSenior ABC brass have told a Senate committee they’re investigating whether or not a journalist they used to help cover the Israel-Hamas conflict was in fact a Hamas operative…
- Albo, the shit sheet and the Helen Haines blame game · 16 minWe all furiously agree public discourse is nasty and dangerous. But can politicians really change their ways - or will they just blame the manosphere, social media and their…
- Taxpayers stump up for a $34 million five-star climate junket · 3 minRevealed today: the total likely cost to Australians of a climate change conference - in Fiji - to prepare for a bigger climate change conference later this year - in Turkey…
- France’s Pauline Hanson? How Marine Le Pen is winning · 18 minMarine Le Pen is topping France’s presidential polls as her National Rally party’s anti-immigration, economic nationalist, law-and-order policies are supercharged by student…
- Tom Cruise’s $350m ‘flop’ Digger is actually a masterpiece · 12 minMost critics have Digger down as a dud. But what if they’re wrong? Ben Affleck says Digger’s a “pretty ambitious, interesting movie made by interesting people that have talent”…
- Labor on the defensive over Helen Haines ‘dirt file’ · 5 minLabor is on the defensive over a so-called “dirt file” compiled about independent MP Helen Haines just weeks before she was attacked outside her electorate office. Plus, a…
- He’s right, she’s left: no wonder Gen-Zs aren’t having sex · 14 minAs young men increasingly drift towards conservative political worldviews, young women are becoming more progressive - and they’re increasingly unwilling to consider partners…
- Ben Roberts-Smith doubts ‘fair trial’ on war-crimes charges · 7 minDisgraced commando Ben Roberts-Smith told 2GB’s Ben Fordham he doesn’t know if he’ll get a fair trial when he faces court on war crimes charges. He’s consistently denied…
- Why the ATO is declaring war on credit cards · 12 minThere’s a whole subculture out there of points junkies - the people for whom every purchase is a tactical opportunity. Today - the frequent flyer hacks complicating the Tax…
- MP car-attack accused ‘has rare disorder’ · 2 minBrendan Nugent, the man accused of deliberately running over independent MP Helen Haines with his car, has a rare neurological disorder. That’s according to his lawyer, who…
- The crazies threatening Australian politicians from every side · 14 minTurn the temperature down - that’s the refrain from Anthony Albanese as independent MP Helen Haines battles to survive injuries sustained in a shocking vehicle attack. But what…
- What we know about Helen Haines’ alleged attacker · 3 minWhat could motivate someone to mow down a grandma, nurse and widely respected MP? Although no charges have been laid, questions emerge about the alleged grievances of Brendan…
- France has terrible aircon. Why is that causing a generational riot? · 15 minIt’s the most French of stories: a public grievance blows up into a major conflagration with town halls burnt and synagogues ransacked. This time, anger over classroom conditions…
- Tax Office accidentally creates a points bonanza · 2 minBackflipping and confusion over credit card surcharges seem to have left points junkies able to pay their tax on plastic and reap a one-time-only points haul. Plus, Vladimir…
- The old warhorses uniting to fight Netanyahu · 14 minNobody thought Benjamin Netanyahu could survive the Hamas onslaught, a scandal over unheeded warnings and the sprawling Gaza-Iran-Lebanon-Houthi conflicts that have arisen. As…
- Did AI secretly write the biggest song of the year? · 14 minFrench DJ Florent Hugel has a monster global hit on his hands - and now he’s frantically trying to refute claims the whole thing came from artificial intelligence. Today, Claire…
- Media boss says his wife wants DV charges dropped · 3 minThe media mogul accused of attacking his wife, Anthony Catalano, now says he wants to move overseas with her and their children. Plus, the jury in the double-murder trial of Beau…
- Are we forgetting Kokoda? · 12 minFear, exhaustion and elation combine on the 96-kilometre Kokoda Track, where trekkers honour one of our greatest military victories. But is this ultimate immersive experience…
- Cop ‘asked friend to ditch phone’ after murders · 4 minAccused 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…
- The great Snowy squeeze: how the ‘world’s biggest battery’ got stuck · 13 minSnowy 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…
- ‘Completely agreed’: Albanese denies rolling Chalmers on ATO credit card ban · 3 minTreasurer 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…
- Landlords pull a giant u-turn on investment · 13 minIn 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…
