Background Briefing

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February 25, 2017 No shelter at the showground
An Australian town rises up against homeless people who set up a tent shantytown at the local showground. Bronwyn Adcock reports on a big city problem that's come to Nowra on the NSW south coast.
43 min
February 19, 2017 Up the creek: Less water for the Murray-Darling Basin
The strategy to fix the Murray-Darling hangs in the balance as states and irrigators squabble over returning more water back to the river.
38 min
February 18, 2017 Up the creek: Less water for the Murray-Darling Basin
The strategy to fix the Murray-Darling hangs in the balance as states and irrigators squabble over returning more water back to the river.
38 min
February 12, 2017 Surrogacy secrets
As Asian countries crack down on surrogacy, it's booming here in Australia. The rules say a surrogate can't be paid, but desperation is driving some people to flout the law.
33 min
February 11, 2017 Surrogacy secrets
As Asian countries crack down on surrogacy, it's booming here in Australia. The rules say a surrogate can't be paid, but desperation is driving some people to flout the law.
33 min
February 05, 2017 Bullied to death: the short life of Tyrone Unsworth
The 13-year-old Brisbane schoolboy committed suicide after years of being bullied at schools for being different. David Lewis investigates did his school let him down?
33 min
February 04, 2017 Bullied to death: the short life of Tyrone Unsworth
The 13-year-old Brisbane schoolboy committed suicide after years of being bullied at schools for being different. David Lewis investigates did his school let him down?
33 min
January 29, 2017 Why did my baby die?
Summer series: Six babies are born still every day in Australia. Up to a third of those deaths might be preventable, but experts say fatalistic and outdated attitudes are holding back progress. Hager Cohen investigates.
37 min
January 28, 2017 Why did my baby die?
Summer series: Six babies are born still every day in Australia. Up to a third of those deaths might be preventable, but experts say fatalistic and outdated attitudes are holding back progress. Hager Cohen investigates.
37 min
January 22, 2017 Death in Kalgoorlie
Summer series: The death of a young indigenous boy sparked a town riot at the court house, and the search for answers as to why he died. Sarah Dingle reports.
41 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.