The Front

Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady is getting a pay rise after an embarrassing network outage. Also today in The Front’s headlines edition: counsel for former radio host Alan Jones has asked a witness - the former girlfriend of a man known as Complainant J - if she fabricated her evidence in anticipation of financial reward. The witness rejected the suggestion - but there’s fresh drama in the proceedings after prosecutors amended the charges against Jones.
Alan Jones trial: Crown prosecutors extend timeline of alleged assaults by two years
Telstra chief’s pay jumps 11pc to $6.8m despite bonus cut over triple-0 failure
Darwin slips disaster robs Bangladesh of dream start
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Something alarming is going on at Australian airports: aircraft on the tarmac involved in near-miss incidents that could have been catastrophic. Plus, critical shortages of air traffic controllers and a public fight between the Government and the agency in charge of keeping us safe.
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Flight attendant injured in second near miss at Sydney Airport in a fortnight
Sydney Airport near misses spark dressing down of Airservices chief by Minister King
Two Qantas planes in runway near-miss at Sydney Airport prompts safety probe
Sydney Airport chaos strands passengers as major airlines face widespread delays
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.
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Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has put a number on immigration for the coalition, which says it wants to link net overseas migration to housing completions. Plus, Nigel Farage to face an opponent with a bin on his head in this week’s Clacton by-election.
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Bragg puts a number on Coalition migration plan, attacks One Nation monoculture
Nigel Farage faces off with Count Binface in very British by-election
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Nobody covers politics like Dennis Shanahan, and today our National Editor is here with a withering take on the big story lighting up politics this week: Anthony Albanese, a gross joke about melons and breasts, and a disastrous attempt to spin the PM out of trouble.
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Japan formally raises Anthony Albanese’s ‘melons’ podcast joke
Anthony Albanese denies he made a crude joke out of Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s ‘melons’
Anthony Albanese refuses to apologise to Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in QT ‘melons’ stoush

Commentary by Dennis Shanahan:
Anthony Albanese mired in a melon-drama of his own making
Anthony Albanese’s ‘melons’ gaffe was bad – Tanya Plibersek’s defence is worse
Why shaky Albanese should be wary of his midterm slump
Commentary by Shingo Yagami: PM’s sexist melon joke was not only ungracious, it betrayed the close bond of our two nations
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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Is working from home a workplace right? That question is blowing up Victorian politics as Premier Ben Carroll seeks to appease furious businesspeople by delaying a work from home law until July 2027 - after the State election. Also in The Front’s afternoon headlines edition: the Reserve Bank keeps the cash rate on hold at 4.35 per cent but is still warning inflation is too high.
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Commentary by Anthony Galloway: Victorian Labor wedged itself on work from home
Interest rates held steady as weak inflation and housing fears mount
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