Background Briefing is Australia’s leading audio investigations program. Our award-winning team of reporters spend weeks doing forensic research to uncover the hidden stories at the heart of the country’s biggest issues.
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Sunday 7 Jan 2018
The colour of your skin influences your life in prison, from sharing food to celebrating birthdays.
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Thursday 4 Jan 2018
How do you make a podcast inside prison? Ear Hustle's Nigel Poor talks risky stories, Australian listeners and toilet humour.
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Sunday 24 Dec 2017
Summer series: How Katherine Hospital turned its fortunes around and the lessons to be learned.
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Sunday 17 Dec 2017
Summer series: Top-secret documents exclusively obtained by Background Briefing reveal the extent to which Australia is assisting the United States military in conflicts worldwide. Peter Cronau reports.
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Sunday 10 Dec 2017
Summer series: Prisons and aged care providers are sounding the alarm over the growing number of elderly convicted sex offenders and other serious criminals, and the lack of appropriate aged care facilities to take care of them their twilight years. Alex Mann reports.
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Sunday 3 Dec 2017
Whistleblowers accuse the agency in charge of the largest pest eradication effort in Australia’s history of mismanagement.
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Sunday 26 Nov 2017
New exclusive figures show alarming numbers of Australians are dying from fentanyl overdoses at increasing rate.
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Sunday 19 Nov 2017
Why do bushfire arsonists commit their crimes? Alex Mann investigates.
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Sunday 12 Nov 2017
Repeat: How Katherine Hospital turned its fortunes around and the lessons to be learned.
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Sunday 5 Nov 2017
The BBC's File on Four program investigates claims that some families of children diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis are being accused of abuse by the authorities. Matthew Hill reports.
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Sunday 29 Oct 2017
Can a failing school be turned around with money and community engagement? Brendan King investigates.
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Sunday 22 Oct 2017
The technology behind cryptocurrency could revolutionise our financial system—but is this unregulated innovation worth the risk?
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Sunday 15 Oct 2017
First-hand accounts and leaked documents reveal the extent of the Fijian government’s control over the media and public service, and why freedom of the press is at an all-time low. Hagar Cohen reports.
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Sunday 8 Oct 2017
Why did Chinese police enter Fiji and deport 77 of their own citizens? Hagar Cohen investigates.
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