Background Briefing

Economic modelling says inland towns are finished. But after travelling to the Tasmanian town of Scottsdale Di Martin finds a community defying the death knock

Following the death of a kickboxer in NSW a review of combat sports found an industry that resembled the Wild West, with a lack of regulation, unlicensed fights, poor safety and a high risk of corruption. Hagar Cohen investigates. 

As the former Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic starts his defence against genocide charges at the International Criminal Court, we go back to the scene of the worst atrocity in Bosnia—the siege and massacre at Srebrenica.

As it embarks on its annual fundraising weekend, one of the our oldest charities is facing claims of child sexual abuse. The Salvo's has at least one known paedophile in its ranks. Sarah Dingle investigates.

More than half the people in prison will re-offend and return, creating a huge burden for us all. So why is the NSW government dumping a service that helps released prisoners? Ann Arnold investigates.

Two weekends ago, as 4 people were killed and 35 wounded in shootings in one American city, a few hours away 70,000 people gathered to oppose gun controls, at a meeting of the National Rifle Association. It’s a contrast that typifies the divide over guns in the U.S. In this program two intimate stories explore the complicated relationship between Americans and guns.

A discredited story about fox cubs being released in Tasmania triggered a decade-long hunt for the predators but despite millions of public funds spent on an eradication program, an independent review says there’s been no evidence of foxes living in Tasmania. Ian Townsend investigates.

With Australian electricity prices amongst the highest in the world, more and more households are going solar. The big power companies say the Renewable Energy Target is pushing up prices and undermining their businesses and the federal government agrees. So who is to blame for the high price of power? Jess Hill investigates.

It’s a fundamental principle of our legal system that courts should be open and the media should be free to report on court proceedings. Yet the man known as Patient A has been held in the NSW Forensic Hospital for 12 years and cannot be identified. Tom Morton reports.

Hundreds of migrants die each year trying to enter the United States illegally from Mexico and those who don’t make it often aren’t found for years. Will Grant reports on the investigative work being done to find and identify the missing migrants.