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The centre of the frame, the centre of the fork, the centre of the hub are fixed (if undamaged). The position of the flanges can vary according to circumstances. A non-disc front hub would typically have both flanges equidistant from the centre line of the hub and the resulting wheel would not therefore need to be dished.
A rear hub needs to accommodate some sort of drive arrangement such as a freehub so the flanges cannot be equidistant from the centre line of the hub. The same would be true for a front disc hub where the disc mount must force the flange nearest to it to move inwards towards the centre line of the hub. The spoke line on this side of the hub then follows shallower angle to the centre line of the wheel than the other side. The wheel therefore is dished, albeit not so much as a rear wheel but dished nevertheless.
Otherwise use a non-disc front hub if you really want zero dishing. What's the prob with a bit of dishing anyway?