Background Briefing

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November 25, 2018 The Implant Files: Global investigation reveals extent of harm caused by medical devices (Part 1)
At their best, they save lives. At their worst, they end them. There are more than 57,000 medical devices approved for use in Australia, but how safe are they?
An investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in partnership with Background Briefing reveals the extent of the damage caused to patients across the world.
In part one of this special series, our reporter Mario Christodoulou explains why many medical devices known to be dangerous are still on the market.
47 min
November 24, 2018 Burning obsession: The fight to stop bushfire arson
Why would someone intentionally start a bushfire? And if authorities knew why, could they stop them?
Background Briefing gains rare access to convicted arsonists and at-risk teens to find out.
Alex Mann investigates a new approach that fire authorities say could split those with an interest in fire from those with a burning obsession.
This is a repeat of a program that aired in November 2017.
34 min
November 24, 2018 Burning obsession: The fight to stop bushfire arson
Why would someone intentionally start a bushfire? And if authorities knew why, could they stop them?
Background Briefing gains rare access to convicted arsonists and at-risk teens to find out.
Alex Mann investigates a new approach that fire authorities say could split those with an interest in fire from those with a burning obsession.
This is a repeat of a program that aired in November 2017.
34 min
November 17, 2018 Slavery in the suburbs: Migrant women abused for dowry
It’s domestic violence with the added threat of deportation.
In many South Asian cultures, the bride’s family often pays the groom. But sometimes the demands for dowry don’t stop with the wedding.
Migrant women in Australia speak to Sarah Dingle for the first time about falling unwittingly into abusive relationships.
44 min
November 17, 2018 Slavery in the suburbs: Migrant women abused for dowry
It’s domestic violence with the added threat of deportation.
In many South Asian cultures, the bride’s family often pays the groom. But sometimes the demands for dowry don’t stop with the wedding.
Migrant women in Australia speak to Sarah Dingle for the first time about falling unwittingly into abusive relationships.
44 min
November 07, 2018 Breaking point: Australia under pressure to evacuate sick children from Nauru (Part 2)
The federal government says it's been "quietly" removing children from Nauru "in accordance with our policies", but lawyers in Australia tell a different story.
They've been fighting the Department of Home Affairs in the Federal Court to secure the evacuation of sick kids on the island.
In part two of our special investigation, Olivia Rousset is given exclusive access to the solicitors working tirelessly on behalf of refugees, asylum seekers, and their families.
23 min
November 07, 2018 Breaking point: Australia under pressure to evacuate sick children from Nauru (Part 2)
The federal government says it's been "quietly" removing children from Nauru "in accordance with our policies", but lawyers in Australia tell a different story.
They've been fighting the Department of Home Affairs in the Federal Court to secure the evacuation of sick kids on the island.
In part two of our special investigation, Olivia Rousset is given exclusive access to the solicitors working tirelessly on behalf of refugees, asylum seekers, and their families.
23 min
November 03, 2018 Two years of Trump: Is America great again?
He promised to ''drain the swamp'' in Washington, but has Donald Trump kept his word? The upcoming midterm elections are shaping up as a referendum on his presidency so far.
Reporter James Bennett travelled to Virginia to investigate whether the businessman and reality TV star can maintain support from working class Americans, who abandoned the Democrats in 2016.
42 min
November 03, 2018 Two years of Trump: Is America great again?
He promised to ''drain the swamp'' in Washington, but has Donald Trump kept his word? The upcoming midterm elections are shaping up as a referendum on his presidency so far.
Reporter James Bennett travelled to Virginia to investigate whether the businessman and reality TV star can maintain support from working class Americans, who abandoned the Democrats in 2016.
42 min
October 27, 2018 Breaking point: Australia under pressure to evacuate sick children from Nauru (Part 1)
Has the federal government been ignoring a mental health crisis among child refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru?
Background Briefing has obtained dozens of questionnaires that provide a snapshot of how kids on the island were faring between 2015 and 2017.
A prominent psychiatrist says the results would have been given to senior immigration department bureaucrats yet requests for medical evacuations were repeatedly denied.
Olivia Rousset investigates.
38 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.