Hollywood’s mind-control games

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke unveiled the government’s plan to reduce net overseas migration to 75,000 people per year in a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday. Plus, the US interest rates are raised for the first time in three years and Route 666 roars towards its ...  Show more

The Bondi Beach massacre revealed flaws in Australia’s paediatric trauma preparedness, with surgeons and nurses revealing in The Australian their deeply moving struggle to save the life of a 10-year-old girl. Now the NSW Government is creating a new paediatric trauma unit to prep ...  Show more

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of alleged sexual harassment, and a fictional portrayal of domestic violence.

Over the last few weeks, the Hollywood stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have gone to battle over exactly what happened during the making ...

A defamation case sparked by the Shandee’s Story podcast poses the question: can journalists publish evidence that calls a court finding into doubt?  Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australia ...  Show more

What happens inside a Hollywood smear machine? This week Blake Lively filed a legal complaint which revealed private messages detailing an alleged campaign to tarnish her, after she accused director and co-star Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.” Where ...  Show more

The first episode of this podcast ever recorded was about Amber Heard and the online public’s inability — or unwillingness — to distinguish between their organic feelings about celebrity abuse allegations and their participation in a strategic, well-funded smear campaign against ...  Show more