The Front

It’s like something out of Indiana Jones - art curators scrambling to save priceless artworks as bombs rain down. When it comes to casualties of war, the most confronting are human, but what about the cultural soul of a nation, with collections valued into the billions also being in the firing line?
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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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Sacked radio superstar Kyle Sandilands is seeking to fast-track his legal action against ARN after it tore up his 100 million dollar contract. Plus, the Pentagon weighs sending ground troops to the Middle East and a landmark ruling against Meta and Google.
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Sandilands arrives for court showdown with ARN
Pentagon weighs sending 10,000 more troops to Middle East
Facebook owner Meta, Google to appeal ruling it was negligent in harming children
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Our richest men are loud and proud with their opinions about government policy and everything else. But why, when we have record numbers of female billionaires, aren’t the women as prominent?
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Find this year’s list at richest250.com.au
Gina Rinehart leads the 37 women who control $140bn of Australian wealth
Inside the secretive empire of White Fox founders and their $429m fashion phenomenon
New billionaire Pamela Wall’s plans to give away her entire Codan fortune
This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey with 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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Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed an alleged gunman at Bondi Beach on December 14, has been given ‘keys to the city’. Plus, growers’ dire fertiliser warning and Qantas puts the big planes to work as Euro summer approaches.
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‘Desperately short’: fertiliser the new fuel as farm crisis hits
Qantas adds 1400 seats to Europe by swapping planes on US and domestic routes
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You can’t make plastic without resins derived from oil - and now the Iran war is making resin scarcer and much more expensive. That means (you guessed it) the price of everything that comes in plastic - so, everything - is about to go up. Our retail expert Eli Greenblat is here.
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Global packaging crisis threatens to drive up cost of everyday essentials
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.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.