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37:54

Fashion victims

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2023/06/29

Kym Ellery, the founder of collapsed Australian fashion label Ellery Land, tells reporter Rachael Brown that business collapses are sometimes the price of working in the fashion industry.

29:51

Inside the battle to keep cocaine out of Australia

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2023/06/22

Reporters Ty King and Mayeta Clark are granted a behind-the-scenes look at the dangerous game of cat and mouse played by cops and cartels.

36:30

False Witness

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2023/06/16

Reporter Heidi Davoren provides an extraordinary insight into a parenting dispute, where a mother and father come together after a Family Court psychologist harmed their family.

36:38

Grim Prospects | 02

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2023/06/08

In part two of the investigation into the deaths of Ray and Jennie Kehlet, reporters Rebecca Trigger and Ash Davis examine the story of the last man to see the couple alive.And they speak to a police insider who raised concerns about the direction of the investigation back in 2015.

40:54

Grim Prospects | 01

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2023/06/01

Two campers go missing while prospecting for gold in the Western Australian outback.

41:11

The woman who offers one last chance for an...

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2023/05/25

Australia's migrant workers can wait for years to find out whether they can stay here, and while they do they can become targets for opportunistic operators offering a short cut.

36:21

Remy was 12 when she became a drug dealer

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2023/05/20

As a teenager, Remy learnt to survive by hustling on the streets of Parramatta.

41:57

The Fine Print

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2023/05/11

The consumer genetic testing industry has become big business.

41:10

Prisoner of the State

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2023/03/23

In a nursing home lives an elderly man who is being held against his will.

36:31

The Psychedelic Rush

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2023/03/17

Reporters Geoff Thompson and Annika Blau investigate how Australia became the first country to give scripts for trips.

31:31

Dead Man's Secrets | 02

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2023/03/09

In the second and final episode of Dead Man's Secrets, reporter Josh Robertson investigates the grisly murder of the powerful Papuan executive who negotiated one of Australia’s biggest foreign assistance packages.

32:53

Dead Man's Secrets | 01

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2023/03/02

A shocking murder takes place in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

31:45

How the system failed to save Darcey and Chloe | 02

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2023/02/23

When two infants die after being left inside a hot car, their family seek answers to how this could have happened.

38:35

How the system failed to save Darcey and Chloe | 01

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2023/02/15

Queensland authorities failed to heed multiple serious warnings that a young pair of sisters were in danger, before it was too late.

36:30

The psychiatrist and his star patient

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2023/02/09

Kate thought she'd finally found a psychiatrist who cared about her.

38:13

Under the Eye of Iran | 02

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2023/02/03

Massoud was heading to a protest outside Tehran's embassy in Canberra when a phone call confirmed his worst fears had come true.

37:25

Under the Eye of Iran | 01

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2023/01/26

Protesters say they're being ordered to read false confessions and their activities are under surveillance.

37:38

The tiny device that can cause huge pain

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2023/01/19

It's one of the most effective forms of contraception available.

38:35

Summer Season | Meet the teens at the frontline of...

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2023/01/12

There's a violent territorial dispute between rival gangs in Sydney’s west.

39:46

Summer Season | Catching a Fugitive | 02

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2023/01/05

Charles Batham has been in hiding for years, and after two narrow escapes the trail goes cold. Then, reporter Erin Parke gets a tip-off that that brings the global investigation back from the brink – but will the truth ever come out about Batham’s dark past?

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