Judges, barristers and court transcribers reveal what it's like to work in criminal law, from how they handle the sordid, lurid details to the complex, nefarious characters they come across.

Insight is Australia's leading forum for ideas and powerful first-person stories, offering a unique perspective on news and current affairs. Each week, Gold Walkley award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie drives a discussion that examines a single topic. Insight brings together in one forum people with personal experience on an issue as well as experts and those with strong opinions.

Australia has around 1,800 long-term missing people. For their families and loved ones, the ambiguity surrounding their fate can be a living nightmare. This week on Insight: living with the unknown when someone you love goes missing.

Australia has around 1,800 long-term missing people. For their families and loved ones, the ambiguity surrounding their fate can be a living nightmare. This week on Insight: living with the unknown when someone you love goes missing.

What happens when trying to be healthy becomes unhealthy? This week on Insight, we hear from people whose healthy habits have strayed into the dangerous territory of disordered eating. At what point did they tip over into being unhealthy? And how have they dealt with it?

What happens when trying to be healthy becomes unhealthy? This week on Insight, we hear from people whose healthy habits have strayed into the dangerous territory of disordered eating. At what point did they tip over into being unhealthy? And how have they dealt with it?

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data shows the number of women over 55 accessing support for homelessness is increasing at a faster rate than it is for men. This week on Insight, we reveal the true extent of a largely hidden issue: older women and homelessness.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data shows the number of women over 55 accessing support for homelessness is increasing at a faster rate than it is for men. This week on Insight, we reveal the true extent of a largely hidden issue: older women and homelessness.

This week Gold Walkley award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie drives a discussion that asks: Are our soldiers equipped for everyday life?

This week Gold Walkley award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie drives a discussion that asks: Are our soldiers equipped for everyday life?