The United States says it decimated Iran’s nuclear capabilities in an aerial attack. Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan unpacks what it means for the Middle East. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombe...
Jun 22, 2025•17 min
From K-pop to Netflix’s biggest show, South Korean taxpayers have funded a wildly successful global charm offensive set to culminate in the June 27 release of Squid Game’s Season 3. Today - why do we love all this death and mayhem so? Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. The weekend edition of The Front is co-produced by Claire Harvey and Jasper Leak. The host is Claire Harvey. Audio production...
Jun 20, 2025•11 min
Sleepless nights rushing to the shelter, ballistic missile attacks and babies born underground – our correspondents Yoni Bashan and Liam Mendes reveal what it’s like reporting the Iran-Israel war. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. 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, S...
Jun 19, 2025•18 min
Erin Patterson told lies - but that doesn’t make her a murderer. That’s the core of her defence barrister’s argument in the Victorian Supreme Court, where Patterson, a 50-year-old mother of two, has pleaded not guilty to murdering three elderly relatives and attempting to murder a fourth. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by K...
Jun 18, 2025•10 min
No motive – but no doubt, according to the Crown’s closing argument in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial. The defence says the Crown has failed to prove her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Today, the closing arguments, re-enacted by voice actors. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton....
Jun 17, 2025•22 min
Start making American submarines here now – and don’t panic. That’s the hot tip for Anthony Albanese heading into his first face-to-face with Donald Trump, as doubts grow over the AUKUS deal. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. 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, Stepha...
Jun 16, 2025•10 min
There’s a new Middle East war over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Our experts unpack why Israel is striking now – and what happens next. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Joshua Burton, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who al...
Jun 15, 2025•14 min
Hobart’s beloved arts festival Dark Mofo is all grown up - so does it still have the power to shock? And why does everyone love taking their clothes off in Tasmania’s frigid midwinter? Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. 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 ...
Jun 13, 2025•14 min
After nine days of evidence and cross-examination, accused mushroom killer Erin Patterson spent her final minutes in the witness box explaining how her plans to have liposuction fit into the picture. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. Our team includes Lia...
Jun 12, 2025•15 min
Pleading not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted murder, mushroom cook Erin Patterson takes issue with claims by medical professionals and her two children. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. 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, Stephanie Coombes and J...
Jun 11, 2025•14 min
Erin Patterson is cross-examined in the Victorian Supreme Court, where she’s pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. She denies Crown suggestions she was ‘shocked’ when doctors worked out her lunch guests had eaten death cap mushrooms. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edi...
Jun 10, 2025•13 min
The High Court of Australia will this week consider an application made by Chris Dawson for special leave to appeal a finding that upheld his conviction for the 1982 murder of his wife, Lynette. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Joshua Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Lia Tsamog...
Jun 09, 2025•19 min
A hostile billionaire, bitter media politics, a powerful football titan and a legendary coach: it’s a sporting drama worthy of Ted Lasso as rugby league’s bold new Perth Bears vision takes off. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and produced by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, S...
Jun 08, 2025•12 min
Why we can’t get enough of SBS’ wildly hot franchise about scrappy survivors starving, freezing and slaughtering their way back to civilisation. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
Jun 06, 2025•13 min
Donald Trump’s defence boss wants Australia to massively lift defence spending in preparation for an ‘imminent’ war over Taiwan. So why is Anthony Albanese saying no? Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. 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, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Le...
Jun 05, 2025•12 min
Erin Patterson told the Victorian Supreme Court she ‘lied’ to her elderly relatives at a lunch that left three of them dead and one gravely ill. She’s pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. Our ...
Jun 04, 2025•17 min
Mushroom cook weeps in the witness box as she’s asked for the first time about a beef Wellington lunch that killed three elderly relatives. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Stephanie Coombes. Jasper Leak also compos...
Jun 03, 2025•17 min
A voice-acted recreation of the evidence given by accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson in the Victorian Supreme Court. She’s pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder related to a fatal lunch at her Leongatha home in 2023. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by...
Jun 02, 2025•14 min
The NSW Unsolved Homicide Unit won’t share crucial information with families because it’s worried publicity from podcasts will jeopardise its investigations. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Joshua Burton. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Stephanie Coomb...
Jun 01, 2025•15 min
From Bridget Jones to Prisoner 21003: Cheng Lei has created a powerful memoir and a Sky News documentary about her three years in Chinese detention, falsely convicted of espionage. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. 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 them...
May 30, 2025•19 min
Defence lawyer Colin Mandy SC is probing the police case against accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson, as her trial races toward its conclusion. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey, and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and St...
May 29, 2025•9 min
The jury in mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial hears allegations she swapped SIM cards between mobile phones, remotely reset a phone after it was seized by police – and the phone police have been unable to find. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Kr...
May 28, 2025•9 min
We have voice-acted Erin Patterson’s police interview, as played to the jury in her triple-murder trial. Patterson, who denies any wrongdoing, told police she’d never foraged for mushrooms and didn’t own a dehydrator - just two days after they retrieved her dehydrator from the tip. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen ...
May 27, 2025•16 min
Donald Trump’s plan to bring peace to Ukraine is faltering, but he can’t walk away. We unpack why Vladimir Putin has the President in bind. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. 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, Stephanie Coombes and Jasper Leak, who also composed our m...
May 26, 2025•15 min
Who’s the highest earner on TV? And who earns 600 grand for two hours’ work? Today - the top salaries on free to air television. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Claire Harvey, and edited by Jasper Leak who also composed our theme. Our team includes Kristen Amiet, Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Stephanie Coombes. See ...
May 25, 2025•14 min
Art v Commerce - a tussle as old as time. Seth Rogen’s new show, The Studio on Apple TV, takes a brutal - and hilarious - look at modern-day Hollywood. The creatives, the machine and everything in between. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced and edited by Jasper Leak who also composed our theme. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
May 23, 2025•12 min
A fresh twist in the mushroom triple-murder trial: expletive-laden Facebook messages found on Erin Patterson’s phone that labelled her husband a ‘deadbeat’ and his parents ‘a lost cause’. Today, the case against Erin Patterson. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Li...
May 22, 2025•13 min
As controversy rages about how much Democrats and Biden insiders knew about the former president’s cognitive decline, foreign editor Greg Sheridan joins us to reflect on Biden’s new diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak. Our team includes Kristen Ami...
May 21, 2025•15 min
Nuclear power - and political power games - break up the Liberal-National Coalition. National editor Dennis Shanahan tries to make sense of David Littleproud’s big breakup. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. 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, Stephanie Coombes and Jas...
May 20, 2025•11 min
Disarming Hamas rather than destroying it - and occupying Gaza rather than pounding it. Today - why Benjamin Netanyahu changed up the war. Find out more about The Front podcast here . You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton, and Stephanie Coo...
May 19, 2025•14 min
