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The Australian’s economics editor Matthew Cranston scooped everyone before the federal Budget and keeps breaking huge yarns about more nasty surprises you weren’t supposed to know about. Now Matt’s revealing another whopper: the tax change that means super funds will pay a higher effective tax rate on some investments.
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Labor’s hidden super tax to hit $372bn worth of assets despite promises to carve out retirees
Jim Chalmers faces new backdown over ‘stealth tax’ hitting millions of super funds
Labor backbencher goes to ground after she admits tax changes might be too broad
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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Former talent agent Ralph Carr will spend up to six years in a Victorian prison after he was convicted of raping a woman at his home in Melbourne in 2023. Plus, ANU apologises to a whistleblower academic and the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion wraps up early.
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Celebrity agent Ralph Carr jailed for six years for raping woman
ANU payment, apology to Julie Bishop whistleblower Liz Allen for ‘indefensible treatment’
Royal commission to end by Wednesday, shortening final hearings
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Concussion is possibly the greatest threat to the football codes Australians love. Some insurers say head trauma has such potentially devastating lifelong consequences they won’t insure against it. So where does that leave the players who put their bodies - and brains - on the line?
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AFL concussion crisis deepens as players are stripped of head injury insurance
Hostplus quietly targets AFL players with concussion cover as insurance crisis deepens
Sponsor GMHBA ‘monitoring’ Geelong Cats closely over controversial concussion player pact
Geelong Cats concussion waiver sparks push for mandatory player safety clauses
Corporate standards forgotten by AFL directors ‘sniffing the liniment’ says Jeff Kennett
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 Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion should be longer and more comprehensive, according to a growing chorus of Jewish and other leaders – and NSW Premier Chris Minns backs an extension of public hearings. Plus, Sydney Swans players scrapped from the Brownlow Medal ceremony and police raids at the CFMEU.
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Chris Minns says antisemitism royal commission should run a ‘couple of weeks’ more if needed
AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon fronts the media for the first time amid Sydney Swans scandal
CFMEU HQ raided by Victoria Police, five people in custody
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Today, one woman’s powerful account of how her own daughter became a victim - and then a perpetrator - of shocking violence. Of how bureaucrats terrified of creating another stolen generation left three indigenous children to be murdered. But Dorothy Papertalk, an articulate and dignified Yamatji-Wajarri lady, wants you - and all of us - to listen.
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I just wanted to keep my grandies safe
Kumanjayi Little Baby remembered as a ‘peacemaker’
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Does the world need another Barbie movie? And even if we did, would we get it? The follow-up to the 2023 blockbuster starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is caught up in big business negotiations that may mean it never gets made. The Australian’s Richard Ferguson is here to break it all down.
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Margot Robbie’s most radical Hollywood move? Refusing Barbie 2
US clears Paramount's $111 bn Warner Bros. takeover
California calls Paramount's threat to leave state 'blackmail'
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 husband of a pregnant mother killed with rat poison almost 40 years ago says he has nothing to do with her death. Ray McQueen was charged but never convicted over the murder of Rosslyn McQueen in 1986 and has told The Australian’s Liam Mendes he is not a killer. The story is the subject of our blockbuster new podcast investigation The Poisoned Wife, available now wherever you listen. Plus, Albo’s apology and the Swans’ fresh denial are in The Front’s afternoon edition.
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‘I didn’t kill her’: Ray McQueen confronted over his wife’s poisoning death
Anthony Albanese admits appearance on Bush Deep podcast with Nikki Osborne was an ‘error’
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Who killed Rosslyn McQueen? Today’s launch day for something very special here at The Australian: a new Hedley Thomas cold case investigation. The Poisoned Wife is a podcast examination of how a 30-year-old pregnant mother died of strychnine poisoning in her own home - and nobody has been brought to justice.
How key witness in Rosslyn McQueen murder broke her 40-year silence on case
Subscribers to The Australian hear new episodes first on Apple Podcasts, on The Australian’s app and thepoisonedwife.com, where you’ll find photos, videos, timelines, stories and more.
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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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The Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan Markle have enrolled their two children, Archie and Lilibet, in English schools and are planning an imminent return to the country they left in 2020 amid a storm of claims about bullying, racism and family divisions. Plus, missing hiker Lily Cooper found deceased and KPMG to cut hundreds of staff.
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Harry and Meghan to return to live in the UK
Hiker Lily Hooper, 18, found dead after eight days in NSW Southern Highlands
KPMG begins brutal 500 jobs cull amid audit scandal fallout
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A ‘colossal failure’ and a ‘catastrophic miscarriage of justice’: that’s the claim from mushroom murderer Erin Patterson’s lawyers as she launches a bid to get out of jail. Today, the appeal - and how the Crown is trying to ensure Pattersons is put away for even longer.
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Appeals in mushroom killer case: Freedom bid or more time for Erin Patterson
Inside the court where Erin Patterson will learn whether she will be freed
Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson’s appeal kicks off
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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