Background Briefing

Many ancient Cambodian artefacts arrived in Australia during the 1960s and 1970s, when the south east Asian country was in turmoil.

Mario Christodoulou investigates how some had come from looted historic sites or passed through the hands of suspected smugglers, and now feature in major galleries around the world.

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged schools across the country like never before, but it's also shone a light on existing issues within the profession such as a chronic shortage of specialised teachers and growing workload stress.

Reporter Mayeta Clark follows teachers in public schools in NSW as they struggle to cover classes and keep their students engaged.

Many states have repealed tough laws that put sex workers at risk of prosecution.

But so far, Queensland hasn't followed suit.

Now, the state government is looking at introducing new safeguards to protect those in the industry.

Reporter Mahmood Fazal investigates.

IVF has grown into a huge industry, with companies competing to provide fertility services.

But in the quest to innovate and gain an edge, one Australian company may have taken things too far.

Now hundreds of those who used a controversial new genetic test are taking legal action

Reporter Rachael Brown investigates.

Reporter Geoff Thompson followed several residents of Lismore as they tried to recover from February's monster flood in Northern NSW.

But before they'd finished the clean-up, the waters started to rise again.

An almost unimaginable crime: two women accused of poisoning their own children at the same Sydney hospital.

Both were charged and spent years separated from their families, but both say they were falsely accused.

Reporter Hannah Ryan investigates whether the system has failed these families.