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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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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.
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The cast: Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Anne Hathaway. The brands: ALL of them. The result: The Devil Wears Prada 2, of course. But is the most anticipated movie event of the year more than the sum of its parts? The answer from our film critic Nikki Gemmell is a resounding yes, who laughed and cried during this “delicious” comedy.
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A murdered child and a community wild for justice: that’s the explosive mix in Alice Springs, where our reporter Liam Mendes is on the story that’s broken Australians’ hearts.
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NT chief restricts alcohol, boosts police as Little Baby’s family calls for calm
Riot erupts at hospital after vigilante group finds, beats Little Baby’s accused killer
Body of Kumanjayi Little Baby, 5, found days after alleged abduction from Alice Springs home
Commentary by Jacinta Nampijinpa Price: Tragic case of Kumanjayi Little Baby highlights a national disgrace
Alice Springs ‘hell hole’ town camp where girl was taken
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Politicians should get counter-terror training, the gun buyback must be expedited and security should be amped-up for all ‘high-risk’ gatherings of the Jewish community. Today - where the interim report by Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell get us?
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Antisemitism royal commission interim report: Iran war heightens risk for Jews
Commentary by Geoff Chambers: Anthony Albanese can’t whitewash security failures exposed by Bell report
Commentary by Alex Ryvchin: Virginia Bell’s report findings a step in the right direction, but little has changed
Funding for counter-terrorism fell 'significantly', says Bell
Terror training for PM, national cabinet: Bell report
This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet with Claire Harvey, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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Police say they have informed the family of a missing five-year-old Alice Springs girl that she has been found dead. The family has requested the child now be referred to as Kumanjayi Little Baby, in keeping with Aboriginal tradition. The girl was the niece of Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and was living in squalid conditions in an Alice Springs town camp. Plus, the mother of an accused double murderer to spend time in police custody after being charges laid, and LIV Golf’s uncertain future after Saudi funding is pulled.
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Body of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby found in Alice Springs as police accuse fugitive Jefferson Lewis of murder
Jacinta Price reveals she is aunt of missing NT five-year-old
Alice Springs ‘hell hole’ town camp where girl was taken
Alleged killer cop’s mum makes legal move in court
Saudi Arabia pulls funding from LIV golf. Its star players face a painful road back
How the collapse of LIV Golf would affect Aussies stars Cameron Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Elvis Smylie
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