The Front

Great white sharks are critically endangered – but are they really? As a 35-year-old mother fights for her life in a Sydney intensive care unit, beachgoers around Australia are adjusting to a new reality: fatal shark attacks are now frequent occurrences as shark populations boom and governments hesitate to act.
In NSW, a horror summer is being followed by a shocking winter attack – so how do we stay safe in the water?
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CSIRO needs to fast-track shark research after latest Sydney attack, Andrew Bragg urges
How NSW plans to curb a rising shark threat
State-backed shark cull ‘on the table’ after horror Sydney attack
Young mother loses arm after horror Coogee great white shark attack
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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The Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Dechaineux is flooding deep under the Indian Ocean after a seawater hose burst. Its 60 crew are fighting to save their crippled submarine, with Petty Officer Geordie Bunting trapped under the water in the flooded lower motor room. The commander Peter Scott initiates emergency procedures, but he does not know how bad the flood is or whether it has been stopped.
In episode two, we reveal the extraordinary dramas at both ends of the boat, as Bunting fights for life against the flood while Commander Scott and his crew try to prevent the flooded boat from sinking further towards the ocean bed.
The Flood is a four-part audio and video documentary series by Cameron Stewart, Claire Harvey and Jasper Leak. Watch the video at thefloodpodcast.com, along with stories, graphics and photographs.
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The big-money days are gone in TV and radio, and that means some household names will be taking a very big pay cut. Plus, the TV newsroom that might disappear altogether. Steve Jackson is here with all the best of his Media Diary.
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Read Steve Jackson’s Media Diary here each Monday
Kyle face-off looms as Jackie O presses on with radio lawsuit

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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Once dismissed as dangerous and unworthy, Australian horror is now a global box-office phenomenon. Geordie Gray is here to explore the terrifying new film Leviticus - a Sundance hit that captures the dread of regional isolation - and trace the evolution of the genre from the controversial Wake in Fright to modern ‘elevated’ horror movies like The Babadook and Talk to Me.
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Australian horror was once banned – now it’s booming
Backrooms: Inside the film that began as a meme
The Babadook breathes new life into horror genre
When a young Indigenous couple brings home their baby, things take a sinister turn
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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Manchester mayor Andy Burnham will launch a challenge for the UK Prime Ministership after winning a resounding by-election victory in Makersfield. Plus, a retired Army Major accuses the Australian Defence Force of ‘fabricating evidence’ in crash probe, and The Australian’s Culture section wins journalism’s top prize.
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‘Voted for change’: Burnham sets up Starmer fight with Makerfield win
Analysis by Jacquelin Magnay: Andy Burnham’s win sparks Labour civil war with Keir Starmer’s leadership in peril
Commentary by Patrick Maguire: Labour voters want a revolution or the party’s over
Fatal MRH-90 chopper crash ‘foreseeable’, report ‘corrupted’: test pilots
The Australian’s new Culture section secures top journalism award in its first year
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