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ABC Australia

Background Briefing is the ABC's flagship investigative journalism podcast. Its award-winning investigations and documentaries expose cover-ups, corruption, real-life mysteries, whistleblowing, crime, fraud and miscarriages of justice — often before these stories receive mainstream attention.

The Background Briefing podcast brings you true stories not everyone will want you to hear, told by trusted reporters across Australia.

This Australian podcast makes investigative journalism bingeable. From scams and fraud to schooling and health scandals, tech and social media digs, police exposes and various unsolved cases, each episode of the Background Briefing podcast is a must-listen.

Recent series include:

Hometown Boys exposed how a terrible crime fractured a local community around a local football club.

The Invisible Killer: a forensic investigation into unexplained deaths in aged care after a doctor makes an unusual discovery.

The Favourite: how a schoolyard secret stayed hidden for years.

Stop and Search, which uncovered the mechanics of power and police accountability.

Before and After investigated medical hype, telehealth, body image, cosmetic procedures and consumer risk.

Beef: how small feuds escalate into serious disputes.

Background Briefing

The federal government says it's been "quietly" removing children from Nauru "in accordance with our policies", but lawyers in Australia tell a different story.

They've been fighting the Department of Home Affairs in the Federal Court to secure the evacuation of sick kids on the island.

In part two of our special investigation, Olivia Rousset is given exclusive access to the solicitors working tirelessly on behalf of refugees, asylum seekers, and their families.

Breaking point: Australia under pressure to evacuate sick children from Nauru (Part 2)

He promised to ''drain the swamp'' in Washington, but has Donald Trump kept his word? The upcoming midterm elections are shaping up as a referendum on his presidency so far.

Reporter James Bennett travelled to Virginia to investigate whether the businessman and reality TV star can maintain support from working class Americans, who abandoned the Democrats in 2016.

Two years of Trump: Is America great again?

Has the federal government been ignoring a mental health crisis among child refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru?

Background Briefing has obtained dozens of questionnaires that provide a snapshot of how kids on the island were faring between 2015 and 2017.

A prominent psychiatrist says the results would have been given to senior immigration department bureaucrats yet requests for medical evacuations were repeatedly denied. 

Olivia Rousset investigates.

Breaking point: Australia under pressure to evacuate sick children from Nauru (Part 1)

Across the country, there have been more than 100 reports of needles found inside strawberries picked and packed for public consumption. 

The contamination scandal brought an industry to its knees and police are no closer to the truth. It's a mystery ripe for investigation.

Hagar Cohen reports.

Seeds of doubt: The strawberry punnet whodunit

In this episode, Alex Mann investigates how Australia's alt-right movement is covertly influencing mainstream politics.

He tracks operatives from a secretive fight club in Sydney to the moment one member was elected to the NSW executive of the Young Nationals. 

He also confronts the men involved and asks what is their vision for Australia, and how far are they willing to go to achieve it?

Haircuts and hate: The rise of Australia's alt-right

On New Year's Eve, 1983, the driver of a train passing through Kempsey in NSW made a grim discovery. The body of Lewis "Buddy" Kelly was strewn across the tracks.

Police said the 16-year-old's death was an accident, but his family suspects foul play. The case is one of three eerily similar mysteries. Is there a pattern here? Allan Clarke investigates.

More than a fight: Was the death of an Indigenous teenager an accident or murder?

It was a $20 million investment scheme that saw the retirement savings of more than 100 investors used as a piggy bank for company directors who borrowed funds to cover cash flow problems and even a divorce settlement. 

This week, Mario Christodoulou updates his investigation after sighting internal documents suggesting the firm behind the scheme was lying to regulators and associating with "undesirables".

Update: The talented Mr Daly

They're legal in most states, subject to conditions, so why are women so often denied late surgical abortions? 

In this episode, Hagar Cohen goes inside the only private clinic in the country where pregnancies can be terminated between 20 and 24 weeks.

The clinic of last resort: Why it's so hard to get a late surgical abortion

We now have our seventh prime minister in 10 years. What the hell is going on?

This week, Background Briefing brings you a three-part special on the Liberal Party's leadership crisis.

We witness the downfall of Malcolm Turnbull, speak to the conservative insurgents who challenged a sitting PM, and look at the consequences for our nation. 

(Language warning: This program contains profanity.)

Burning down the house: The Liberal Party leadership crisis

Peter Daly projects confidence and success. He wears gold rings, gold cufflinks, and a gold watch. The market, he says, is his backyard and he knows it "damn well".

But the 59-year-old is actually in a world of trouble.

The corporate watchdog, ASIC, accuses his network of companies of mismanaging funds, misleading investors, and breaching the Corporations Act.

Against the advice of his public relations team, Mr Daly agreed to an interview with Background Briefing.

Reporter Mario Christodoulou investigates.

The talented Mr Daly: The story of a businessman, 150 investors, and a $20 million opportunity

The Australian Senate passed an amendment to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan this week. 

This means that remaining water recovery, more than 600 billion litres, for the environment will not go ahead.

Reporter Sarah Dingle and executive producer Alice Brennan cover this and other developments since our investigation went to air.

Update: A Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan has concluded with a scathing report accusing the Commonwealth government authorities of maladministration, negligence, and unlawful actions. You can read it here: 
https://www.mdbrc.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/murray-darling-basin-royal-commission-report.pdf?v=1548898371
Media Award: Background Briefing's two-part investigation into the declining health of Australia's largest river system won the UN Day Media award for Promotion of Responsible Consumption and Production. See all the winners here: 
https://unaavictoria.org.au/media-awards/winners-finalists/current-winners-and-finalists/
Earlier: This story is subject to an editorial complaint. Please refer to this statement: https://about.abc.net.au/complaints/background-briefing-29-april-6-may-2018-abc-news-facebook-26-april-2018/.

Best laid plans update: The Senate votes

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