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Long Read | Australia: burnout capital, or how to get a career break right
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This week, Annie Louey discovers what happens when your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing means your career is no longer worth the money.
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This week, Annie Louey discovers what happens when your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing means your career is no longer worth the money.
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This week, Nick Bryant returns to the US for the first time in four years, finding a country that doesn't want to talk about politics, despite being in the eye of the Trump storm.
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An Australian doctor sells his car and writes a will — unsure if he’ll ever make it back home. He crosses the concrete walls that surround the Gaza Strip and begins work inside the last functioning hospital in the north. But in the chaos of war, something unfolded that no one, including him, could have predicted. This week, reporter Marty Smiley brings us the story of Dr Mo's impossible mission.…
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1 04 Beef | YouTube detectives uncover PlayStation guru’s shocking secret 39:17
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It started with a bizarre customer-service experience and soon transformed into something darker. Outrage rippled across Youtube, spurring an army of online vigilantes into action. But as reporter Maddison Connaughton discovered, the stakes were higher than anyone anticipated.
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1 03 Beef | Pensioner takes big bank to court to prove a point 36:48
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Ian Williams woke up one morning to find $1338 has been stolen from his account. Two years later, the 73-year-old is taking on NAB at the Supreme Court, seeking more than $300m in damages, with no lawyers to help him.
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Most Aussies see wombats as an iconic native. But reporter Tynan King discovered one regional NSW town where farmers see them through a scope.
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1 01 Beef | Big Rob versus just about everyone in town 43:25
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Big Rob has gone from online vigilante to censured politician, starting little fights that have become big problems for his divided city.
A new series by Background Briefing investigates when small feuds take on a life of their own. First episode coming June 28.
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1 Long Read | The hunt for the next pandemic is on our shores 19:04
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This week, reporter Catherine Taylor investigates a new strain of avian flu virus that's running rampant across Europe, Asia, South America and the US. How long can we keep it from reaching us?
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1 Long Read | Can Wikipedia survive the rise of AI and Trump? 25:14
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Rhiannon Stevens investigates the existential threats facing Wikipedia from artificial intelligence and Trump’s America.
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1 Long Read | Australia: burnout capital, or how to get a career break right 20:59
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This week, Annie Louey discovers what happens when your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing means your career is no longer worth the money.
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1 05 Agents of Influence | The letters journalists fear 36:39
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There’s something shaping what appears in your newsfeed that you might not be aware of. Reporter Gina McKeon investigates.
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1 04 Agents of Influence | The powerbroker unseated by ‘traitors’ 37:20
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This week, reporter Annika Blau gets the inside story of a union powerbroker’s rise, and the people who risked it all to stop her
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1 03 Agents of Influence | The man whose name is all over Sydney 42:09
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Take a stroll around Sydney and you'll find his name on many venerated buildings. But this man, a 101-year-old billionaire, has also created machines that risk ruining their users' lives.
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1 02 Agents of Influence | The Billionaire's New Sport 41:51
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A former oil tycoon has just bought the streaming rights to Australia’s great homegrown sports, the AFL and NRL. This week, reporter Marty Smiley investigates one of the richest men in the world - who is Len Blavatnik?
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1 01 Agents of Influence | The PM's secret strategists 36:16
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Millennial content makers can influence election outcomes from their home studios. After witnessing the power of podcasts in the US election, our political leaders are lining up to get a piece of the action.
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They're not household names. But they wield serious power under the radar.
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1 Long Read | How deepfakes, nudes and teen misogyny have changed growing up 22:23
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This week, Bri Lee investigates tech-assisted gendered abuse by schoolboys against their peers and teachers.
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1 Long Read | The church’s disappearing women 20:37
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Three decades after the first ordinations of women to the Anglican priesthood, women are still struggling to reach leadership — and now the congregation is changing too.
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1 05 The Invisible Killer | Did police miss a murder? 40:43
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A court found that Garry Davis injected three victims with lethal doses of insulin during a 48 hour period. But what if there was another victim? Is it possible police failed to collect crucial evidence to prove someone else had also been killed?
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When reporter Anne Connolly discovers that Garry Davis had a collection of strange items under his bed, it changes the course of her investigation, and raises new fears about the true scale of his crimes.
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Garry Davis has now been convicted of murdering two residents at SummitCare and attempting to murder a third. But all the evidence against him is circumstantial. Is it possible someone else could have been responsible for the insulin injections?
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Someone injected three residents with lethal doses of insulin at an aged care facility in Newcastle. Now, the race is on to catch the killer. Will the police find the clues they need to catch the culprit before any more deaths occur?
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1 01 The Invisible Killer | Doctor’s discovery 32:31
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When residents start falling ill at a nursing home in Newcastle, the workers don't think much of it. After all, people die in aged care all the time. But then, one eagle-eyed doctor finds something that makes him suspect a killer is on the loose.
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1 More to the story... Kathy Jackson’s missing millions 14:19
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It looked like the Health Services Union might finally be returned millions of dollars owed by the whistleblower turned convicted fraudster, Kathy Jackson. Then, the money went missing again.
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1 More to the story... Who controls the Murdoch empire? 12:16
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Lachlan Murdoch is caught in an ongoing court battle with his siblings to maintain control of the family empire when Rupert Murdoch dies. Now there’s been a judgement.
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1 More to the story... Meeting your mum as an adult 11:59
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After Background Briefing's investigation, Anna was flooded with messages from Korean adoptees all over the world. The overwhelming response prompted her to embark on an emotional journey to South Korea, where she arranged to meet her birth mother for the first time. However, more surprises lay ahead.…
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1 More to the story... Sex, lies and 'big coconut balls' 11:22
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When Background Briefing last investigated testosterone salesman Michael Farrelly, he was nowhere to be found. Then, a few weeks ago, came a surprising phone call.
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1 More to the Story... My friend, the cop killer 14:34
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Police and politicians labelled the Wieambilla killers evil terrorists. But what really went on inside their heads?
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Scam baiter Jim Browning recently helped bring down a multinational scam syndicate in Dubai. His next target is a scam with potential links to the Russian mafia.
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1 03 Births, Deaths, and Marriages | ‘Horror stories’ from inside the funeral industry 38:49
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Ani Valatava went to see her sister’s body at a funeral home in suburban Sydney. She could never have prepared for what she saw next. Reporter Gina McKeon investigates what goes on behind the scenes of Australia’s funeral industry, revealing ‘horror stories’ and the families left to pick up the pieces.…
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1 02 Births, Deaths and Marriages | Facebook's sperm marketplace 37:29
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When a couple are quoted $13,000 to access a sperm donor through a clinic, they decide to take matters into their own hands. On Facebook, they find a thriving sperm exchange, where they hope they'll have more control over the process. But as reporter Annika Blau discovers, there are pitfalls they didn’t foresee.…
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1 01 Births, Deaths and Marriages | The Wedding Celebrant 29:28
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When Becc and Nathan decided to get married, they wanted something intimate — a small ceremony at home with just their closest friends and family. There was just one problem — the celebrant wasn't who he appeared to be.
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Michelle went to hospital on three occasions, complaining of searing chest pains. She was told to go home and seek therapy for her "anxiety issues". It would not be until months later that she was diagnosed with pericarditis — doctors believe it was caused by the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. She's now one of nearly two thousand people fighting a class action against senior government figures, claiming they were victims of negligence during Australia’s pandemic response.…
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1 The cop accused of sharing a suspect's explicit video 34:18
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After a police squad stages a tense siege against a dangerous fugitive, a phone is recovered from the crime scene, carrying vital information. But the detective in charge soon finds himself accused of a serious crime and loses his career over it. For years, he's tried to clear his name. In an exclusive interview with BB, he finally speaks out. His story raises serious concerns about what can go wrong when police investigate police in NSW.…
Will Lachlan Murdoch succeed in brushing his rival siblings aside to command control over the future of his family’s media empire? Or could we be looking at the end of the century-old family dynasty that runs the world's most powerful conservative news organisation?
For much of his youth, Lachlan Murdoch seemed ambivalent about being next in line to control the family’s global media empire. So why is his father Rupert now fighting a high stakes battle against three of his other children to ensure Lachlan becomes his successor?
Are we looking at the end of the Murdoch family's global media empire? That's the question journalists Paddy Manning and Alex Mann investigate in this special three-part series. This week, they take you inside the family's inner sanctum and examine why Lachlan, Rupert's chosen successor, may not have always been an obvious choice.…
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The Murdoch family is locked in a secret court battle.
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Dots are so strongly associated with traditional Aboriginal visual language that Shane gets asked why he doesn’t paint them.
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1 'This must be a joke': the homes for sale without owners' knowledge 39:57
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In a caravan park in central NSW, a group of grey nomads were sold a Utopia - a “home base” to hang up the keys and enjoy “real estate security”. They sunk their life savings into houses in the park, with the ads promising it “couldn’t be sold out from underneath” them. But then, it was.
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1 Stop and Search | 04 The Botched Backyard Operation 26:55
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There are only two witnesses to Brad Balzan's final moments: the two officers who chased him into his backyard. But their accounts of what happened don't match up.
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As the investigation into Bradley Balzan's death continues, serious questions are raised about how the country’s largest police force uses its search powers.
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1 Stop and Search | 02 Last Moments Before Gunshots 27:54
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Brad Balzan is shot dead in his own backyard after a police encounter goes wrong. In episode two of Stop and Search, a new mini-series by Background Briefing, reporter Paul Farrell asks why was he running away, and why did the officers chase him down?
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A 20-year-old is chased by four plain-clothes police officers into his western Sydney backyard. But he hasn't committed a crime. He hasn't even done anything wrong. He's shot twice, and then dies. In a special miniseries by Background Briefing, the final moments that led to this tragic incident are pieced together. The reporter is Paul Farrell.…
Ruby's barely a teenager, and already she's become a champion bull rider. She's also had eight concussions and multiple brain bleeds. Reporter Tynan King investigates how this extreme sport became her obsession — even as it threatens her life.
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