Background Briefing

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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
November 11, 2019 State of emergency
Extraordinary measures have been ordered across New South Wales.
There's 60 fires burning in that one state alone. Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong are facing catastrophic fire conditions ahead.
That's why we've updated a story we produced a month ago, which asks the question: are our emergency services equipped for what's ahead?
This episode was made in a collaboration between ABC Regional, Landline, and Background Briefing.
55 min
November 11, 2019 State of emergency
Extraordinary measures have been ordered across New South Wales.
There's 60 fires burning in that one state alone. Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong are facing catastrophic fire conditions ahead.
That's why we've updated a story we produced a month ago, which asks the question: are our emergency services equipped for what's ahead?
This episode was made in a collaboration between ABC Regional, Landline, and Background Briefing.
55 min
October 12, 2019 Are Australians aiding China's surveillance state?
In the shadow of the Hong Kong protests on university campuses, Australia's top universities are working with blacklisted Chinese entities involved in Beijing's surveillance state.
This week Background Briefing and Four Corners investigate how Australia's hi-tech ambitions became a high stakes gamble.
Experts warn these partnerships could be a risk to national security.
45 min
October 12, 2019 Are Australians aiding China's surveillance state?
In the shadow of the Hong Kong protests on university campuses, Australia’s top universities are working with blacklisted Chinese entities involved in Beijing’s surveillance state.
This week Background Briefing and Four Corners investigate how Australia’s hi-tech ambitions became a high stakes gamble.
Experts warn these partnerships could be a risk to national security.
45 min
October 12, 2019 Are Australians aiding China's surveillance state?
In the shadow of the Hong Kong protests on university campuses, Australia's top universities are working with blacklisted Chinese entities involved in Beijing's surveillance state.
This week Background Briefing and Four Corners investigate how Australia's hi-tech ambitions became a high stakes gamble.
Experts warn these partnerships could be a risk to national security.
45 min
October 12, 2019 Are Australians aiding China's surveillance state?
In the shadow of the Hong Kong protests on university campuses, Australia’s top universities are working with blacklisted Chinese entities involved in Beijing’s surveillance state.
This week Background Briefing and Four Corners investigate how Australia’s hi-tech ambitions became a high stakes gamble.
Experts warn these partnerships could be a risk to national security.
45 min
October 06, 2019 Prepare to burn
It’s been the most devastating September for bushfires in this country on record.
Experts are warning of more unprecedented weather events than ever before, and they’re calling for urgent national leadership.
In this special collaboration with ABC Regional and Landline, Background Briefing asks if we’re prepared to fight the fires of the future.
54 min
October 05, 2019 Prepare to burn
It’s been the most devastating September for bushfires in this country on record.
Experts are warning of more unprecedented weather events than ever before, and they’re calling for urgent national leadership.
In this special collaboration with ABC Regional and Landline, Background Briefing asks if we’re prepared to fight the fires of the future.
54 min
September 21, 2019 Who is burning sacred objects in the outback?
A new wave of Pentecostal missionaries is dividing remote communities in Australia’s north.
Some are promoting the idea that traditional Aboriginal culture is a type of witchcraft or devil worship, and their followers are setting fire to sacred artefacts in an attempt to drive away the devil.
Aboriginal leaders have accused the preachers of exploiting vulnerable communities.
Erin Parke from ABC Kimberley investigates.
43 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.