Background Briefing

ABC (Australia)

Background Briefing is daring narrative journalism: Australian investigations with impact. Our award-winning reporters forensically uncover the hidden stories at the heart of the country’s biggest issues.

Episodes

The fight for control over Black births

Will any koalas be left in Australia's east by 2050?

What goes on inside Australia's first long COVID clinic?

Kidnapping the Gods | Part 2

Kidnapping the Gods

The teachers are not alright

Why Queensland's sex workers say the law puts their lives at risk

INTRODUCING – Face Value

The 'holy grail' of IVF that went wrong

When the floodwater goes, what's next?

The mums accused of poisoning their kids

The end of Australia's biggest coal fired power plant

The quiet drug crisis you haven't heard about

The scientists questioning a serial murder case

Inside aged care's Omicron chaos

Catching a Fugitive | Part 2

Catching a fugitive | part 1

The boss you can't escape from

How COVID chokes a hospital

The kids who broke out of detention