The Front

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke unveiled the government’s plan to reduce net overseas migration to 75,000 people per year in a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday. Plus, the US interest rates are raised for the first time in three years and Route 666 roars towards its 100th anniversary.
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Students and backpackers targeted in Labor’s migration plan
US Fed chairman Kevin Warsh puts inflation first with US rate hike
America’s legendary Route 66 roars back to life ahead of 100th anniversary
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The Bondi Beach massacre revealed flaws in Australia’s paediatric trauma preparedness, with surgeons and nurses revealing in The Australian their deeply moving struggle to save the life of a 10-year-old girl.
Now the NSW Government is creating a new paediatric trauma unit to prepare for the next major crisis. In today’s episode, how a state has coped in the aftermath of Bondi’s antisemitic rampage.
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Inside the emergency room battle for Bondi’s youngest victim: Sydney medicos speak for the first time
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Joshua Burton.
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Ed Sheeran’s United States tour has caused an almighty political and cultural ruckus after the rapper Macklemore announced his support for Palestine at a concert on September 5. Today - how superstar singer Pink, a powerful football team owner and a lineup of artists have clashed over accusations of antisemitism and censorship.
This afternoon headlines episode of The Front is hosted by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak.
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Brendan O'Neill: Spare us from sanctimonious keffiyeh-wearers
Ed Sheeran’s American tour implodes after support acts and his band quit in solidarity with Macklemore
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The Albanese Government is actively considering changing copyright law so that artificial intelligence companies can train their models here, by ingesting all of human knowledge. The idea is to make us all more productive, and supercharge our economy with a data centre building boom. But to get there, Anthony Albanese would have to break his promise to musicians, artists and writers to protect their copyright – and back down on his vow that all data centres should run on green energy. Would the compromise be worth the pay-off?
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Leaked Cabinet documents reveal secret ‘opt out’ AI plan
OpenAI’s ultimatum: dilute creatives’ rights or we won’t discuss renewables
Nvidia, Anthropic, OpenAI wooed by Labor for data centre spending blitz
Commentary by Caroline Overington: Hand it all over to big AI tech? Content? Not at all. Outraged
The 13 things you need to know about AI
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our theme. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Joshua Burton.
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Pauline Hanson says doesn’t want to upset anyone and regrets comments where she called Aboriginal people ‘primitive’. Plus, Apple introduces age verification on its devices in Australia.
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Hanson sorry for ‘most primitive’ slur
Apple now requires Australians to prove their age for 18+ apps and content
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