Dig — Saving The Franklin

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Just outside Australia's country music capital, a young man's body is found on the train tracks, surrounded by shattered Christmas presents and discarded wrapping paper. For decades, the mystery has haunted Tamworth. After Unravel's first season 'Blood on the Tracks' brought national attention to the case and won a Walkley award, a new inquest was launched. Now, Muruwari and Gomeroi journalist Allan Clarke returns to where it all began for Unravel, revisiting Tamworth and uncovering what's happened since, as the long-awaited final chapter of the story unfolds, and major new revelations are heard at the inquest.

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Nearly two years ago Erin Patterson served up a lunch of beef wellington, laced with poisonous death cap mushrooms.

Now she's facing a triple-murder and attempted murder trial.

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Australia is a wild continent with some of the most intense weather on the planet. From massive bushfires to severe cyclones and devastating flooding; extreme weather is becoming part of our everyday lives. How do we take what we’ve learned from our past to better prepare and adapt for our future?

Norm Sanders was considered an outsider when he entered the Tasmanian parliament during the Franklin era. He was American, a conservationist, and a member of the Australian Democrats.  

In this interview, Norm shares his story, and what made him eventually crack and quit the job – paving the way for Bob Brown to take his place in parliament. 

The Lake Pedder campaign changed the course of a young Kevin Kiernan's life. His passion for the Tasmanian landscape saw him go from schoolboy activist to studying geomorphology and rediscovering Kutakina cave.

In this extended interview, Kevin shares the lessons he learned as an activist and environmentalist through the Pedder and Franklin campaigns.

Lisa Yeates was on the water in one of the most iconic scenes from the Franklin River blockade: that moment the boat towing a bulldozer broke through a line of protesters floating on rafts.

But she was also there for the months-long occupation of the river, as one of the most determined and devoted young activists.

In this extended interview, Lisa Yeates takes us through her time living in the upriver camp with producer Piia Wirsu.

The Franklin campaign isn't just an environmental conservation story, it's also a story about Aboriginal heritage.

Tasmanian Palawa man, activist and lawyer Michael Mansell talks to Piia Wirsu about this chapter in history, his experience growing up in a white Tasmanian society, and why he saw many of the Franklin activists as racist.

Christine Milne is a name synonymous with the Greens in Australia, and for her, like so many others, her environmental career began after she was arrested at the Franklin blockade.

In this extended interview, Christine takes us through the highs and lows of her career, and why she believes environmental activists should "just keep going".

The Franklin river's fate all comes down to a legal challenge between state and federal powers.

In the final episode of Saving the Franklin: the moment this so-called wilderness war all came to an end.