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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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Small business owners will be able to pay their tax bills using credit cards, after the Australian Taxation Office paused its ban on plastic until 2027. Plus, Firmus multibillion-dollar IPO is scrapped and ‘The Bachelor’ star Sam Wood refused bail in Queensland.
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Labor caves in on ATO’s controversial credit card payment ban
Firmus pulls $44bn ASX float and looks to pursue US listing after investor revolt
Inside story: How the $44bn Firmus dream unravelled for Oliver Curtis
From DataRoom: Blame game begins after Oliver Curtis-led Firmus pulls massive ASX listing at final hour
Firmus valuation slashed by billions as Oliver Curtis mega float stumbles before debut
Commentary by Eric Johnston: Forget Curtis and Rosenfield: Firmus’ IPO stall hits Australia’s global AI reputation
Sam Wood refused bail after being charged with strangling wife Snezana in Noosa
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He was premier for nine years, a buddy to the billionaires and still a household name today - but Dan Andrews is toxic for his Victorian Labor party and living in a giant house he doesn’t own on the Mornington Peninsula. Today, the mystery of what’s going on with Daniel Andrews.
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Daniel Andrews living in luxury Mornington Peninsula home owned by Labor donor
Dan a nowhere man for Labor election campaign
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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Billionaire Oliver Curtis and his Firmus co-founders may not go ahead with an IPO planned for October 23 after investor interest waned. Plus, talkback tumbles in the latest radio ratings and 170 jobs axed by Penfolds winemaker.
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Oliver Curtis’ ASX float in chaos as Firmus slashes share valuation
Oliver Curtis-led Firmus poised to shelve float following market pushback
Talkback tumbles in radio ratings as audiences opt for easy-listening
Treasury Wine Estates makes 170 roles redundant as part of restructure
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From the pulpit to the lecture theatre, antisemitism has found voice in Australia – just as Hamas planned with its October 7 slaughter of innocents. But why now? Was hatred of Jews a remnant of our Anglo-Christian heritage? Is it about extreme Islamism? Why would ‘progressives’ sign up to a racist cause? And what role did Israel play? Greg Sheridan is here to help us puzzle it out.
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‘Deaf ears’: Trump appointee claims Albanese ‘neutered’ Jillian Segal before Bondi attack
‘I witnessed horror on October 7 and I am still there’
Commentary by Greg Sheridan: Antisemitism is a reminder of left’s distorted world view
Commentary by Cameron Stewart: Three years after October 7, Hamas, not Israel, in ruins
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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New South Wales coal miners will need to consider the global impacts of carbon emissions after the nation’s highest court handed down a landmark ruling on Wednesday. Plus, death-row inmate Christa Pike is reportedly awake following a botched execution, and pro-Palestine protesters gather in Melbourne on October 7 anniversary.
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NSW coal mines to be forced to consider overseas emissions in landmark climate ruling
Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say
Pro-Palestine protesters gather at Melbourne State Library on October 7 anniversary
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Friends and family of Sir Ranulph Fiennes say he’s been secreted away in care homes under fake names for months, unable to make contact with the world outside. Now, he’s reportedly living back at his rural property in Shropshire in England. So, how did it come to this?
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Ranulph Fiennes ‘placed in care home merry-go-round’ by second wife
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton and Tiffanty Dimmack. Our music was composed by Jasper Leak.
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The Coalition will cut net overseas migration to 100,000 people per year and slash temporary visas if the Liberals and Nationals win the next election. Plus, fears of supermarket price hikes as Woolworths’ fuel levy triples, and Australian Army soldier dies in NT training exercise.
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Coalition vows biggest migration cut in history
Woolworths triples freight fuel levy as Middle East war threatens new supermarket price hikes
Australian Army soldier dies, five injured in vehicle crash at NT training base
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New leader, same old drama for the Greens, whose outsize capacity for melodrama marks a crisis of confidence for the party that’s become more about Gaza than the grassroots. Today, Richard Ferguson on where the Greens are actually going.
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David Shoebridge vows Greens will ‘replace’ Labor as defeated Faruqi rebels
‘I wish we’d listened to Faruqi before Bondi’, Greens leader David Shoebridge says
Commentary by Richard Ferguson: Greens desperately look for their Zohran Mamdani. They have Mehreen Faruqi instead
Commentary by The Mocker: We get it, Mehreen. It’s not easy being Green
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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