The Front

Tom Cruise’s film Digger is on track to lose more than $350 million, making it one of the biggest box-office bombs in history.
Plus, Independent senator David Pocock says the Prime Minister’s office edited a letter raising concerns about artificial intelligence before it was sent to - the Prime Minister.
Read more:
Tom Cruise film Digger set to lose Warner Bros $352m in historic flop
Nikki Gemmell’s review: Tom Cruise delivers an exhausting misfire in new satire Digger
Pocock claims PM’s office heavily vetted AI committee letter
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Firmus is a giant flop - so what happens now to the tens of billions of dollars in AI hyperscaler money flooding into Australia to fund data centres? Chief business correspondent Perry Williams joins us.
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This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Kristen Amiet, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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A drama surrounding the Brethren Christian Church has just accelerated, with the church’s global leader to appear before an Australian parliamentary inquiry into what church members got up to in the leadup to the 2025 federal election. Plus, new hearings from the antisemitism royal commission.
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Bruce Hales says ‘truth will prevail’ in his appearance before inquiry
Plymouth Brethren leader Bruce Hales to appear before parliamentary inquiry despite backlash
Antisemitism royal commission orders extra closed hearings into Bondi terror attack

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Australia’s missed a big opportunity - that’s the accusation from a disappointed impresario Olvier Curtis, who in a decade went from convicted insider trading criminal to data centre billionaire. A public float of his company, Firmus, has fallen flat and Curtis has retreated to Singapore. Today, a wild few days in the life of Firmus.
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Firmus boss Oliver Curtis crisscrosses globe in $20m jet as ASX float fails
Oliver Curtis risks losing billionaire status after Firmus aborts ASX listing for Nasdaq pivot
Firmus spending $14bn building AI factory where locals struggle for clean water
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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The world’s richest man, Elon Musk has a new documentary. It got a five minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, and critics are unanimous in their praise. But Musk hates it. He’s labelled director Alex Gibney a “douche” and a “horrible human”. And now he’s threatening to sue.
Max Aitchison joins Claire Harvey to discuss all the shades of Musk.
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The weekend edition of The Front is co-produced by Claire Harvey and Jasper Leak. The host is Claire Harvey. Audio production and editing by Jasper Leak who also composed our theme.
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