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Information published by the newly established Persian Gulf Strait Authority suggests Iran is expanding its oversight of the Strait of Hormuz to the coastal territories of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Plus, the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission provides long-awaited guidance for single-sex spaces and Rome’s “hot priest” drops a bombshell.
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Iran moves to expand Hormuz control into foreign waters
Single-sex spaces must be based on biological sex, UK rules
Hot priest is not priest? Papal pin-up is an immaculate deception
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Today on The Front, a beautiful story about courage and love: a young boy with a powerful will to love, a mother’s devotion and the doctors and nurses in our public hospitals who make magic every single day.
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Inside the cutting-edge surgery that will change Oscar’s life for good
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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A British radio station has apologised for erroneously announcing King Charles III had died. Plus, economists warn of house price drop after tax reforms and a man who allegedly stole photography equipment from a victim of the Bondi terror attack is named.
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Radio station apologises after mistakenly announcing King Charles’ death
Australian house prices set for major fall after budget tax changes, Morgan Stanley warns
Danny Ridley charged with stealing camera of Bondi terror attack victim Peter Meagher
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Young entrepreneurs are smashing up Anthony Albanese on social media, furious about his budget’s changes to capital gains tax, which they say punishes people who try to get ahead. The PM seems to think it’s funny, but this is no joke. Wealth editor Julieanne Sprague is here with her take on a fightback the Government didn’t see coming.
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Anthony Albanese answers flood of internet memes on CGT changes
Tech workers plan exodus as treasurer’s tax overhaul ‘assaults innovation’
Budget leak: Tax smack to hit every asset class
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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Kylie Minogue revealed she had a secret second battle with cancer in a new Netflix documentary. Plus, Chris Minns’ surprise attack on the federal government’s income tax policy and Arsenal’s historic English Premier League win.
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Kylie Minogue reveals secret second cancer diagnosis in new documentary and her IVF struggles
Minns blasts Albanese government over bracket creep
Commentary by Greg Brown: Chris Minns gets the memo that Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers missed on income tax
Inside the methods that ended Arsenal’s 22-year wait for the Premier League title
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Love in today’s China can be hard to find - and some parents are taking matters into their own hands. Today, our correspondent Yoni Bashan reports from the marriage market, where the legacy of China’s infamous one-child policy is being felt in the disparity between highly educated, career-minded young women and men struggling to find a suitable match.
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No photos, laminated fact sheets, and desperate parents: Inside Shanghai’s stunted love market
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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The United States won’t launch fresh strikes on Iran after leaders from Gulf nations purportedly begged President Donald Trump to hold off. Plus, Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire sign with ARN and the government’s contentious tax reforms will take their time to get to parliament.
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Trump says planned Iran attack on hold after Gulf leaders’ request
Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire unite for new ARN show
PM flags delay on drafting trusts tax grab
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People with autism and other disabilities are living in fear over huge reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme - so how does it feel to be the man wielding the axe? Today, our reporter Sarah Ison joins us with the latest from the minister in charge of slicing 190 million dollars and 165,000 people out of the NDIS.
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NDIS growth jumps to 11.3 per cent in year
Family supports to be considered before NDIS funding granted
Budget 2026: NDIS savings set to hit $185bn
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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The ex-girlfriend of maverick New South Wales politician Mark Latham has refuted claims she received insider trading tips from billionaire tech founder Richard White. Plus, Donald Trump’s latest White House renovation plans.
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Trump’s latest White House renovation plan: a helipad on the South Lawn
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Underbelly and Blue Murder weretaken down when court proceedings got under way - but Nine won’t budge on its Ben Roberts-Smith documentary Truth On Trial. Plus - how Seven surprised everyone - especially Media diarist Steve Jackson - by winning the ratings in the crucial evening news slot.
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Complex BRS case will test Defence
Seven’s Ray Kuka plots Nine’s demise
This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.
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