Background Briefing

Background Briefing

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December 16, 2017 The Base: Pine Gap's role in US Warfighting
Summer series: Top-secret documents exclusively obtained by Background Briefing reveal the extent to which Australia is assisting the United States military in conflicts worldwide. Peter Cronau reports.
44 min
December 16, 2017 The Base: Pine Gap's role in US Warfighting
Summer series: Top-secret documents exclusively obtained by Background Briefing reveal the extent to which Australia is assisting the United States military in conflicts worldwide. Peter Cronau reports.
44 min
December 10, 2017 No place for paedophiles
Summer series: Prisons and aged care providers are sounding the alarm over the growing number of elderly convicted sex offenders and other serious criminals, and the lack of appropriate aged care facilities to take care of them their twilight years. Alex Mann reports.
32 min
December 09, 2017 No place for paedophiles
Summer series: Prisons and aged care providers are sounding the alarm over the growing number of elderly convicted sex offenders and other serious criminals, and the lack of appropriate aged care facilities to take care of them their twilight years. Alex Mann reports.
32 min
December 09, 2017 No place for paedophiles
Summer series: Prisons and aged care providers are sounding the alarm over the growing number of elderly convicted sex offenders and other serious criminals, and the lack of appropriate aged care facilities to take care of them their twilight years. Alex Mann reports.
32 min
December 03, 2017 Fire ant threat: Mismanagement of Australia’s eradication effort
Whistleblowers accuse the agency in charge of the largest pest eradication effort in Australia’s history of mismanagement.
40 min
December 02, 2017 Fire ant threat: Mismanagement of Australia’s eradication effort
Whistleblowers accuse the agency in charge of the largest pest eradication effort in Australia’s history of mismanagement.
40 min
December 02, 2017 Fire ant threat: Mismanagement of Australia’s eradication effort
Whistleblowers accuse the agency in charge of the largest pest eradication effort in Australia’s history of mismanagement.
40 min
December 02, 2017 Fire ant threat: Mismanagement of Australia’s eradication effort
Whistleblowers accuse the agency in charge of the largest pest eradication effort in Australia’s history of mismanagement.
40 min
November 26, 2017 Prescription killer: Australia's imminent fentanyl epidemic
New exclusive figures show alarming numbers of Australians are dying from fentanyl overdoses at increasing rate.
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.

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