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Background Briefing

Background Briefing is daring narrative journalism: Australian investigations with impact. Our award-winning reporters forensically uncover the hidden stories at the heart of the country’s biggest iss... Read more

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The problem with winning

The problem with winning

Australians lose more money gambling than any other country in the world. But what if you found out the odds were stacke... Read more

7 Dec 2019

44mins

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Summer special: This meth we’re in

Summer special: This meth we’re in

Jacki Whittaker thought one of the bedrooms in her Melbourne rental home smelt like "cat piss". But the real culprit was... Read more

4 Jan 2020

45mins

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Summer special: Flight of Fancy

Summer special: Flight of Fancy

When he rediscovered the elusive night parrot in 2013, John Young became a hero in the bird world. But his reputation is... Read more

21 Dec 2019

43mins

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Licence to drill

Licence to drill

Sydney hip-hop group OneFour are one of Australia’s most popular new musical acts.A month ago they were on the cusp of m... Read more

14 Dec 2019

40mins

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Summer special: Welfare to worse

Summer special: Welfare to worse

Whistle-blowers from inside Australia's lucrative employment services industry are claiming profits are being prioritise... Read more

28 Dec 2019

45mins

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Summer special: The Birdman of Surry Hills

Summer special: The Birdman of Surry Hills

From piles of rubbish to leaking sewers, rats, and gas leaks.Pierre the Birdman is on a one-man mission to save his publ... Read more

11 Jan 2020

43mins

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'People will die': Country hospital fears it won't cope with coronavirus

'People will die': Country hospital fears it won't cope with coronavirus

What does it take to prepare for a pandemic? Many hospitals around the world are already overwhelmed by patients infecte... Read more

4 Apr 2020

38mins

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Summer special: Murder on trial

Summer special: Murder on trial

In 2011, Boronika Hothnyang was accused of fatally stabbing her best friend, William Awu, directly in the heart.But when... Read more

25 Jan 2020

40mins

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He wanted an ambulance. He got a police "dog box".

He wanted an ambulance. He got a police "dog box".

Tristan was a kind and gentle 23-year-old surfer from Byron Bay.One night he suffered a drug-induced psychotic episode.A... Read more

21 Mar 2020

41mins

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Summer special: The Golden Nugget Affair

Summer special: The Golden Nugget Affair

The annual Uluru Camel Cup attracts a prize pool of tens of thousands of dollars, but is largely unregulated under NT la... Read more

18 Jan 2020

40mins

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How we're getting through this

How we're getting through this

Coronavirus is changing the way the entire human race lives.Emergency workers are scrambling together contingency plans,... Read more

28 Mar 2020

53mins

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This judge’s unfair decisions upended people’s lives. What can be done about it?

This judge’s unfair decisions upended people’s lives. What can be done about it?

These Australians were denied a fair hearing by one controversial judge. Now, for the first time, they're speaking out a... Read more

1 Feb 2020

41mins

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This predator targeted victims on Tinder for years. Why wasn’t he stopped sooner?

This predator targeted victims on Tinder for years. Why wasn’t he stopped sooner?

Glenn Hartland is a serial rapist who lured four Melbourne women on Tinder. His victims say he continued to use dating a... Read more

8 Feb 2020

41mins

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Inside the brazen tax scam where the homeless are made company directors

Inside the brazen tax scam where the homeless are made company directors

It's a long-running ‘dummy director’ scam that’s siphoned tens of millions of dollars from workers, small businesses and... Read more

15 Feb 2020

39mins

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How fracking could threaten Australia's Paris target

How fracking could threaten Australia's Paris target

The Morrison Government claims Australia will meet its emissions targets "in a canter".It points to Australia's status a... Read more

29 Feb 2020

37mins

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'If I can't get my house fixed, I'm homeless'

'If I can't get my house fixed, I'm homeless'

Even after the black summer Australians have just endured, it's not bushfires that's keeping the nation's insurers awake... Read more

7 Mar 2020

38mins

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How were the kids in this town contaminated?

How were the kids in this town contaminated?

For children in Port Pirie there is no 10 second rule. When you grow up in a “lead town” eating off the floor is forbidd... Read more

30 May 2020

40mins

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Having a baby alone: How the pandemic has changed how we give birth

Having a baby alone: How the pandemic has changed how we give birth

Pregnancies and births around the world have been radically changed by the spread of COVID-19. Background Briefing repor... Read more

21 May 2020

13mins

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Drive-by dinners: Food relief in the time of Corona

Drive-by dinners: Food relief in the time of Corona

Social distancing measures have robbed many charities of the human connection so crucial to their already vulnerable cli... Read more

19 May 2020

10mins

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