Background Briefing

Bali bombing survivor Peter Hughes makes an emotional journey back to the scene of the blasts. On the tenth anniversary he asks, how safe is Bali today and what has happened to the Balinese victims?

Denial, division and disbelief; key players tell reporter Hagar Cohen what was happening inside Fairfax as the internet ate its newspaper business.

The Catholic church and Catholic clubs are at odds over gambling reforms. The church backs them but the clubs oppose them, insisting they don’t profit from problem gamblers. Wendy Carlisle investigates the ‘Catholic casinos’.

Unmanned aerial vehicles have spread from war zones to toy shops. Now anyone can use a drone to point a camera into your private spaces and privacy laws can’t stop them. James Woodford investigates.

A hacked AP Twitter account claiming two bombs had gone off in the White House wiped out US136 billion from the NY stock exchange. How did this happen? Stan Correy looked at the dangers of high frequency trading in his 2012 program.

Robot traders are dominating stock markets using high speed computer algorithms. Human traders and government regulators can’t keep up, and markets could be one programming glitch away from the next big crash. Stan Correy investigates.

More pubs and more bars, open for more hours, more extreme binge drinking, more extreme violence and more hospital admissions! What is being done to stem the alcohol tide?

Heroin addicts wanting to kick the habit have been thwarted by insufferably long waiting lists to join methadone programs…and in Newcastle lives may already have been lost. Brendan King investigates.

Tasmania’s fishers are up in arms over the arrival of a Dutch super trawler, the FV Margiris. These boats are blamed around the world for overfishing and Tasmania’s anglers are convinced the super trawler will deplete local populations of fish and in doing so drive away the prized blue-fin tuna. Australia’s fishing regulator says the quota is based on sound science, and they say they’ll be able to effectively police the catch. So who’s right?  Reporter: Wendy Carlisle