The Front

A week on from a shocking riot in Alice Springs, what are relations really like between police and Aboriginal people? Today, Liam Mendes joins us from the red centre, where he’s covering the sorry business for a five-year-old child, the justice process for the man accused of murdering her, and what relations are really like between cops and community in some of our most troubled communities.
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Man accused of murdering Kumanjayi Little Baby skips first court appearance
Court in 2024 ordered Kumanjayi Little Baby’s alleged killer Jefferson Lewis to live at her town camp
Sorry business must not stop debate on town camps, says Indigenous commissioner
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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Australian workers will receive what Treasurer Jim Chalmers is calling an ‘earned income offset’ of up to $300 in next week’s Federal budget. Plus, a Jewish man tells the Antisemitism Royal Commission police encouraged him to drop his complaint against the alleged perpetrator of an antisemitic attack.
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Budget scoop: Jim Chalmers’ cash handouts for every working Australian
Reserve Bank lifts cash rate to 4.35pc as inflation pressures persist
Police 'encouraged' victim of antisemitic attack to drop case
Live blog: Bondi massacre inquiry: Virginia Bell royal commission public hearings day two live
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On day one of public hearings, the Royal Commission into antisemitism and social cohesion stamps its intention clearly: to identify and root out racist abuse of Jews - and not get distracted by semantics.
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Commissioner Virginia Bell calls for community recognition of dangers
Justice for the dead, freedom from the ‘worst of us’: Alex Ryvchin takes royal commission stand
Jewish Council wins role to challenge antisemitism definition at royal commission
One Nation makes accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith its poster boy for Farrer by-election
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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Labor will break an election promise if it follows through on changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions in next week’s federal budget. Plus, the PM says Australia and Japan are ‘closer than ever’ and public hearings in the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion get underway.
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Jim Chalmers says winding back property tax concessions is the ‘right decision’
Commentary by Nick Cater: He helped create the problem, now Jim wants you to pay
PM tells Japanese counterpart 'alliance never stronger'
Takaichi says joint alliance with the US 'indispensable'
Commissioner Bell says hearings will examine 'sharp spike' in antisemitism
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A war over copyright where the Daily Mail are not the villains for a change. A surprise hire at Network Seven and a new twist in the King versus Alan Jones - it’s all in today’s Media Diary. Steve Jackson is here.
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Steve Jackson’s Media Diary every Monday
ABC star Sarah Ferguson ‘executive producer’ of animal rights doco
A lifetime of journalism, reduced to a label
This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Jasper Leak. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack and Joshua Burton, who also composed our music.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.