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Feb 15, 2023 • 39min

How the system failed to save Darcey and Chloe | 01

Queensland authorities failed to heed multiple serious warnings that a young pair of sisters were in danger, before it was too late.
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Feb 9, 2023 • 37min

The psychiatrist and his star patient

Kate thought she'd finally found a psychiatrist who cared about her.
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Feb 3, 2023 • 38min

Under the Eye of Iran | 02

Massoud was heading to a protest outside Tehran's embassy in Canberra when a phone call confirmed his worst fears had come true.
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Jan 26, 2023 • 37min

Under the Eye of Iran | 01

Protesters say they're being ordered to read false confessions and their activities are under surveillance.
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Jan 19, 2023 • 38min

The tiny device that can cause huge pain

It's one of the most effective forms of contraception available.
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Jan 12, 2023 • 39min

Summer Season | Meet the teens at the frontline of organised crime

There's a violent territorial dispute between rival gangs in Sydney’s west.
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Jan 5, 2023 • 40min

Summer Season | Catching a Fugitive | 02

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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Dec 29, 2022 • 35min

Catching a fugitive | part 1

A tall, eccentric Englishman with a secret double life flees Australia. For nine years he remains on the run. What he doesn't know is that two Australian women are tracking his movements from afar. Reporter Erin Parke was one of them.
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Dec 22, 2022 • 41min

Summer Season | Is getting quality care at medicinal cannabis clinics just pot luck?

When Jordan wanted to treat his insomnia, he turned to an experimental therapy: medicinal cannabis.
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Dec 15, 2022 • 41min

Summer Season | Kidnapping the Gods | 02

Precious artefacts looted from Cambodia and Thailand made their way into prominent collections here in Australia, and around the world.In the second and final episode of his investigation, Mario Christodoulou investigates why it’s taking so long for these precious works to be returned to their rightful home.

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