Background Briefing

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December 21, 2019 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 now in tatters after the veracity of his latest fieldwork was criticised by a panel of experts.
Did the charismatic naturalist fake evidence of the green and yellow feathered creature?
Ann Jones investigates a scandal that threatens to undermine conservation efforts.
This is a repeat of a program that aired in March 2019.
44 min
December 14, 2019 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 making it, with millions of streams, major label offers and a national tour.
Today half the group is behind bars.
Osman Faruqi investigates the rapid rise and fall of an Australian hip-hop phenomenon and why one of the country’s most high-profile police strike forces wants to shut them down.
41 min
December 14, 2019 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 making it, with millions of streams, major label offers and a national tour.
Today half the group is behind bars.
Osman Faruqi investigates the rapid rise and fall of an Australian hip-hop phenomenon and why one of the country’s most high-profile police strike forces wants to shut them down.
41 min
December 07, 2019 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 stacked against you?
Steve Cannane lifts the lid on how one of the world’s most successful sports betting agencies, bet365 uses secret tactics to gain an advantage over its customers.
44 min
December 07, 2019 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 stacked against you?
Steve Cannane lifts the lid on how one of the world’s most successful sports betting agencies, bet365 uses secret tactics to gain an advantage over its customers.
44 min
November 30, 2019 'Should have been a wedding, not a funeral'
People are dying in Queensland mines.
Seven workers have been killed since July last year and the pressure to act is mounting.
Soon, some mining bosses could serve jail time if their negligence results in a workplace death, but is it too little too late?
Katherine Gregory investigates.
44 min
November 30, 2019 'Should have been a wedding, not a funeral'
People are dying in Queensland mines.
Seven workers have been killed since July last year and the pressure to act is mounting.
Soon, some mining bosses could serve jail time if their negligence results in a workplace death, but is it too little too late?
Katherine Gregory investigates.
44 min
November 23, 2019 "No water, no us"
What happens when we run out of water?
That might seem a long way off, but after years of drought, taps are running dry in towns all over central New South Wales.
The region's dams have gone from overflowing to almost empty in just three years. So where did all the water go?
Reporter Meredith Griffiths explores life after day zero.
43 min
November 23, 2019 "No water, no us"
What happens when we run out of water?
That might seem a long way off, but after years of drought, taps are running dry in towns all over central New South Wales.
The region's dams have gone from overflowing to almost empty in just three years. So where did all the water go?
Reporter Meredith Griffiths explores life after day zero.
43 min
November 16, 2019 Where to now?
Its been two years since a campaign of brutal violence and mass rape forced almost a million Rohingyas to flee Myanmar.
The International Criminal Court has now agreed to investigate possible crimes against humanity committed against them.
In the weeks leading up to this major development, Sarah Dingle travelled to the world's biggest refugee camp in neighbouring Bangladesh, where close to one million asylum seekers are being hosted.
But as she discovered, compassion is turning into resentment as tensions simmer among locals.
44 min

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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.