The Front

$600 a month to lose weight. Migraine drugs that are nigh impossible to get at any price. The market for pharmaceutical products in Australia is all topsy-turvy, and it’s part red-tape nightmare, part geopolitical standoff. Our health editor Natasha Robinson has been investigating what’s going wrong, and she’s here in just a moment to diagnose the real problem.
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Mounjaro rejection explains why our access to cheaper medicines if failing
Australian patients risk losing lifesaving medicines amid pharmaceutical subsidy crisis
Australia’s drug approval system faces reckoning as patients await reform
New-gen medicines are available for migraine and arthritis – but only if you fail the old drugs
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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Karl Stefanovic won’t be returning to Channel Nine and now there are suggestions he might also lose his radio gig, with executives at broadcaster ARN cancelling promotional ads for his new show. Plus, Fortescue faces a class action lawsuit over discrimination claims, and the government’s next backdown over tax reforms.
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Karl Stefanovic and ARN in ‘chats’ as radio giant considers axing his podcast
Fortescue faces class action over alleged ‘culture of sleaze’ and sexual harassment
Government backs down on ‘widows tax’ after crossbench pressure
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He’s raw and uncensored - and unemployed. Karl Stefanovic, the Nine star and podcaster, will leave Nine Entertainment with an interview with far-right figure Tommy Robinson. Steve Jackson is here.
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Nine axes Karl Stefanovic from Today show after Tommy Robinson podcast
Karl Stefanovic podcast pulled amid Tommy Robinson backlash
Labor quietly introduces terrorism passport rules six months after listing
This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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Keir Starmer’s out and Andy Burnham is waiting to be anointed Britain’s PM. But the ‘King of the North’s first real test is solving the United Kingdom’s cost of living crisis, while controlling a fractious backbench. Our always hilarious UK politics expert Richard Ferguson is here.
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What are Andy Burnham’s political views?
How long will Burnham last before the lectern comes out?
Commentary by Cameron Stewart: Labour’s ‘Reform whisperer’ Andy Burnham now faces his ultimate political test
Commentary by William Hague: Burnham will be a better PM with no contest
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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He’s the new British prime minister in all but name - but when will Andy Burnham move into 10 Downing Street, and will furious voters get a chance to throw him and the Labour Party out altogether? Europe correspondent Jacquelin Magnay is here.
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Starmer is going but not quite gone: the time lag will only anger Britons
Andy Burnham seeks to calm markets, calls for orderly transition ahead of ‘coronation’ as PM
‘Just a naughty boy’: Andy Burnham arrives in Westminster like a Messiah
Commentary by Jacquelin Magnay: Keir was a dud prime minister but the country’s pain will only continue
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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