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Four Corners

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9333 1500

Address: ABC Ultimo Centre, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo 2007 Sydney, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 The Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial has been halted in what drug maker AstraZeneca described as a "routine" action taken when there is a potentially unexplained illness among participants.

25.01.2022 Qantas will cut at least 6,000 jobs across all parts of the business as part of its long-term response to the coronavirus pandemic and will not resume substantial international travel until July 2021. Read more: https://ab.co/3lhsynl AAP: Mick Tsikas

25.01.2022 #BREAKING. Rescuers have spotted another pod of about 200 whales stranded further south in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmanias West Coast. The whales were found by an aerial reconnaissance flight this morning in Macquarie Harbour. Authorities say most of the whales in the new pod have died.... That takes the total number of whales stranded on Tasmanias west coast to 470. More to come.

25.01.2022 The women behind the Cobargo Bushfire Relief Centre (who also were featured in a story of ours) have been added to the NSW Government’s 2020 Hidden Treasures Honour Roll, which celebrates rural women volunteers. Since early January, Danielle Murphy and Chris Walters have worked for free to get food, water, and basic living supplies into the hands of those in need. They have been instrumental in sourcing caravans, container homes, water tanks, grants and funding for the Cobarg...o community. Danielle and Chris feature in our story, Hard Winter. You can find it on ABC TV + iview: https://ab.co/3oAzttJ Or on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2G7QdqK

24.01.2022 The aggressive marketing of dangerously potent and addictive opioids by pharmaceutical companies has driven an alarming rise in global drug addiction and death.

24.01.2022 The Victorian Government has announced roadmaps to move Melbourne and regional Victoria out of coronavirus restrictions. Many businesses and industry groups have raised concerns about the plans.

23.01.2022 More than a third of the nations businesses are relying on the Federal Governments JobKeeper payments to survive. So, what's the financial fallout for everyday Australians?

23.01.2022 Loneliness isn't a new community phenomenon. It isn't a symptom of COVID-19. But its vast escalation is a cruel side effect of humanity's only current strategy in the fight against this virus.

23.01.2022 Two Australian reporters working in China have been rushed out of the country, after police demanded interviews with both journalists, resulting in an extraordinary diplomatic standoff. Bill Birtles, our ABC News correspondent based in Beijing, and Mike Smith, the Australian Financial Review's correspondent based in Shanghai, boarded a flight to Sydney on Monday night after the pair were questioned separately by China's Ministry of State security. Birtles had spent four days sheltering in Australia's Embassy in Beijing, while Smith took refuge in Australia's Shanghai consulate as diplomats negotiated with Chinese officials to allow them to safely leave the country.

23.01.2022 Grace has been dancing since she was three, and hoped it would become a career. Now, with soaring unemployment, border closures and a recession - she's reconsidering. Read how the class of 2020 is preparing for their future during a pandemic: https://ab.co/3ehVOHC.

22.01.2022 The World Health Organization says governments covering two-thirds of the world's population have joined its coronavirus vaccine distribution alliance, including Australia, but China and the US have yet to sign up.

22.01.2022 Tinder allows users to ‘unmatch’ with people they’ve been talking to - which instantly deletes the message history between two users. For Brooke, this feature gave the man she says raped her, the power to disappear from her phone and erased evidence she could have used to report him to police.

22.01.2022 Australia has officially fallen into recession for the first time in almost 30 years, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Statistics. The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed a financial wrecking ball through the Australian economy. In April, we investigated the political scramble to contain the then-impending recession. Watch it here: https://bit.ly/3gQkmr5.... Reuters: Bryan R Smith

21.01.2022 NSW's gaming regulator has banned Crown Resorts from opening its $2.2 billion Barangaroo casino next month, after the company admitted money laundering had likely occurred through some of its VIP accounts.

21.01.2022 Anybody else spend their weekend binge-watching season four of The Crown? Well, did you recognise the Four Corners set in the interview with Bob Hawke? The then-Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke (played Richard Roxburgh) is pictured being interviewed in our Canberra studios in 1983.... It was ahead of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s royal tour of Australia and New Zealand. The left picture is our original, and the right is from season four episode six. Credit: Netflix.

21.01.2022 Sad news out of Tasmania. About a third of the 270 pilot whales stranded on a sandbar on the states west coast have died, rescuers say. Read more: https://ab.co/33N4qBk.

20.01.2022 #BREAKING: James Gargasoulas's murderous Bourke street rampage was helped by a "perfect storm" of police deficiencies, a Victorian coroner has found. Coroner Jacqui Hawkins said "poor planning, a lack of assertive leadership [and a] lack of adequate resources", combined with "inflexible attitudes", allowed Gargasoulas to roam across Melbourne before speeding through the lunchtime crowds in Melbourne's CBD. Ms Hawkins said a plan to persuade Gargasoulas to surrender was destined to fail. In 2019, a Four Corners investigation revealed many of the troubling failures to catch and hold James Gargasoulas.

20.01.2022 Hey Netflix . Huge fan. While we’re loving the fact that you’ve featured us in The Crown, we’re in the business of facts and there are a few things we want to clear up. Firstly, the 1983 Bob Hawke interview you recreated in season 4 was in fact from February 12, not February 26. We went back and found a TV guide just to check our archivists are as sharp as we thought, and they’re spot on (see comments below). Secondly, the Hawke interview was in Melbourne, not in our Canber...ra studios as you say in the show (although we’re impressed with your knowledge of our nation’s capital). And while we’ve enjoyed your creative license, Hawke did not call the Queen a pig on our show and say, "You wouldn't put a pig in charge of a herd of prime beef cattle, even if it does look good in twin set and pearls." Watch what he really said in the interview below. Thnx!

20.01.2022 A detainee who is close to death after being unable to eat properly following his seven years in an Australian immigration detention centre is being refused release into the community despite a United Nations recommendation.

19.01.2022 The class of 2020 is about to graduate with a new level of resilience. From Mount Isa to Melbourne, they say the pandemic has changed their lives.

18.01.2022 Tinder has been failing to respond to complaints of rape and letting serial sexual predators roam, all while making billions of dollars in revenue. Watch our Four Corners and Hack on triple j investigation.

18.01.2022 Paula took her own life after being raped by a man she met on Tinder. Her parents are calling on the app to stop offenders from making multiple profiles.

18.01.2022 Joe Biden is set to become the next president of the United States. After a divisive election campaign, it should come as little surprise that the response on the ground has been pretty mixed. Here are some amazing photos of what it looks like on the ground in Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan.... More: https://ab.co/3k9gMdh

18.01.2022 #BREAKING: The chief executive of Virgin Australia, Paul Scurrah, will leave the airline when the sale to new owners Bain Capital is complete. Mr Scurrah will remain as boss until the handover is complete, which is currently expected to be in early November.

17.01.2022 Unconditional income support is sometimes called a Guaranteed Living Wage or a Universal Basic Income. This means that just as we can rely on basic health care and education, everyone in a society has a guaranteed minimum amount of money that they can rely on. Would you support or oppose a guaranteed living wage being introduced in Australia?

17.01.2022 People need to know that in the 21st-century people can be used for money and treated like animals. That story needs to be told. The hunt for Britains slave gangs: the investigation that exposed a predatory network of human traffickers.

16.01.2022 TINDER INVESTIGATION UPDATE Federal Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said he’s met with Tinder’s parent company, Match Group, and demanded changes to the way the app keeps users safe. It comes a after a joint Four Corners and triple j Hack investigation found a pattern of sex offenders using Tinder's unmatching feature to block their victims after assaulting them.... Watch our investigation on ABC TV + iview here: https://ab.co/3j0Ka4x. And on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/3nP89Y8. Mr Fletcher said that Match Group has promised to look at ways to better protect users of the multi-billion dollar app. It's all very well for them to give that high-level commitment but we need to see that actually be delivered on - when a victim, usually a young woman goes to police and complains or reports a sexual assault, we need to see the practical cooperation from them, he said.

16.01.2022 Two Four Corners investigations have just won the 2020 Lowy Insitute Media Award. Congratulations to Sophie McNeill, Echo Hui and Jeanavive McGregor for their work in exposing disturbing evidence of how China is effectively operating the world's largest prison. Revelations included how the Uyghur population is being rounded up, detained or monitored using AI technology and mass surveillance tools. Watch Tell the World here: https://ab.co/35CfPVi. In 2019, the same team took you to the frontlines of the Hong Kong uprising, where pro-democracy protestors repeatedly seized control of key parts of the city. In Rebellion, we introduced you to those behind the masks, who are risking everything for their cause: https://bit.ly/2WI4Dn8.

16.01.2022 The new school year is beginning in the United States, but with the country still recording tens of thousands of new cases of COVID-19 each day, some parents, teachers and students are facing an agonising choice.

16.01.2022 In conflict zones around the world, battles are increasingly being fought by private military contractors operating as guns for hire. Four Corners investigates this murky world and the Australian military men at the heart of it.

16.01.2022 When my parents were visiting me from Kerala, my Dad started sunbathing in cold weather. He'd heard an Australian scientist say that sunlight could prevent COVID-19. My dad had fallen for coronavirus misinformation online.

15.01.2022 A senior geriatrician overseeing the fight against COVID-19 in aged care says the industry still does not have enough staff to respond with a surge workforce if multiple facilities are hit with outbreaks at the same time.

15.01.2022 The class of 2020 are graduating without the usual rites of passage, and teenagers are entering adulthood facing soaring unemployment, border closures and a recession. They may be less likely to get severely ill from the virus, but their futures will be forever shaped by it.

15.01.2022 Brooke was raped by a man she met on Tinder. Then he unmatched her.

15.01.2022 Where space travel was once only the preserve of government agencies, now billionaire entrepreneurs are competing to colonise the moon and to control its rich resources. Four Corners examines the extraordinary opportunities and challenges of the new space age, in which travel beyond our own planet is suddenly affordable.

14.01.2022 Familiar but apocalyptic scenes coming out of the US. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate as wildfires have burned nearly 1.9 million hectares across the country. More: https://ab.co/2FnEIdU.

14.01.2022 Nurses sent in to help Melbourne's COVID-ravaged aged care facilities fear the worst in the short and long term for the health of residents and tell of one woman who is refusing to eat, drink or take medication because she says she "would rather die than live like this".

14.01.2022 I am telling this story for the first time. After my departure from China I was reluctant to report what had happened because I did not want to harm the ABC's operations in China, put staff at risk or threaten the chances of my successor as bureau chief, Sarah Ferguson, being granted a journalist's visa to China. But all that changed

14.01.2022 Sixty years ago, the world watched in wonder at the dawning of the space age. The moon landing showed the seemingly impossible was achievable. Now, we are on the brink of a new space revolution.

14.01.2022 #BREAKING: The NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority says Crown will not be allowed to open its gaming facilities at Barangaroo as planned. Instead of December 14, the gaming operations will be delayed until at least February 2021, when the authority receives a report into Crown’s fitness to hold a licence. Today’s decision was in part prompted by an admission from Crown that money laundering has likely occurred through Crown’s VIP facilities.

14.01.2022 Shocking scenes out of California. Eight people have been killed, and more than 3,300 structures have been destroyed in the fires. California's Governor says the state is not equipped to fight the fires on its own, and has requested assistance from Australian firefighters.

13.01.2022 For many of us, Google is the internet. But the tech giant is threatening to pull its search engine from Australia. So, what does this mean for you? And could we all soon be relying on Ask Jeeves?

13.01.2022 #BREAKING: Crown 'unsuitable' to hold Sydney casino licence, inquiry hears. An inquiry into Crown Resorts has been told the company is not suitable to hold the licence for the soon-to-be-opened multi-billion dollar casino in inner Sydney. The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has been examining the conduct of Crown in its current casinos in Melbourne and Perth, including its international VIP gaming operations.... In his summary, Counsel Assisting the inquiry Adam Bell today told the hearing he believed Crown was not suitable to hold the licence in the new Barangaroo premises. "We submit that the evidence presented to this inquiry demonstrates that the licensee is not a suitable person to continue to give affect to the licence and that Crown Resorts is not a suitable person to be a close associate of the licensee," Mr Bell told the inquiry. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she would seek urgent and immediate advice on the matter. Commissioner Patricia Bergin is expected to give her final decision early next year. Photo: Supplied

13.01.2022 For the class of 2020, their final year of school has been challenging in ways they never imagined. The year 12 students will graduate into the midst of a pandemic and the bleakest economy in decades. How has this year shaped them? Find out on Monday night.

12.01.2022 Record drought. Record heat. Unstoppable fires. Fire experts say Australia's Black Summer is being repeated in the United States. See more of the terrifying photos here: https://ab.co/33DtVoz. AP: Noah Berger

12.01.2022 "I am so overjoyed to inform everybody that yesterday I was reunited with my wife, who I have not seen for three years, and my son, who I had not yet met. I never thought this day would come and I would dearly like to thank everyone who worked so hard to reunite us."

11.01.2022 Cheng Lei is being held by Chinese authorities under a program critics warn could involve torture. What else should she expect while in detention?

11.01.2022 Posts made on Chinese social media platform Weibo have said some families in the north-eastern city of Tonghua have gone without food since Friday. Other residents have also been posting their addresses to obtain critical medicines and other items because they say supermarkets and pharmacies have been shut in order to prevent virus transmission.

10.01.2022 Some wonderful news For three years, Sadam Abudusalamu has been separated from his wife and their son, who is an Australian citizen, after being caught up in China's crackdown on Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. Yesterday, the three were reunited and Sadam met his son, Lutfy, for the very first time.... In 2016, Sadam went back to Xinjiang to marry his girlfriend Nadila, who became pregnant on their honeymoon. He returned to Australia in early 2017 for work, while she waited in Xinjiang for her spouse visa to be approved. Not long after Lutfy was born, Sadam received the news his wife had been forbidden from travelling. Last year it was estimated more than 1 million Uyghurs were detained in re-education camps in Xinjiang, while those not detained had their passports taken away, making it impossible for them to leave China. Sadam told us that Nadila was frequently subjected to police interrogations, despite Beijing claiming it would offer, "necessary assistance, after Australia formally requested Nadila and Lutfy be allowed to leave the country. Three years on, the family are back together in Australia. Sadam spoke out about his family's predicament on Four Corners in 2019. You can watch it on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/3qFbMRU, or on ABC TV + iview here: https://ab.co/3nbnul9. Photos: @SMusapir

10.01.2022 The NSW Government has been plunged into crisis after the Nationals have decided to boycott party meetings with Liberals and stop supporting government legislation until their demands over a koala policy are met. Heres our researcher's take on it. Read more: https://ab.co/3iwRaah.

10.01.2022 #LIVE: US president-elect Joe Biden is delivering a victory speech with vice-president-elect Kamala Harris. Watch it live. MORE: https://ab.co/32kiJNB

10.01.2022 A global pandemic and the bleakest economy in decades. This is the world teenagers are set to graduate into. If this is you, and youre in year 12 or in your first year out of school, we want to hear from you. If not, share this with somebody who is. How has COVID-19 impacted your life? How are you feeling? And what are your thoughts about the future?... Get in touch at: [email protected]

09.01.2022 It is vitally important that all politicians maintain the highest possible standard of proper conduct. On Monday, our explosive investigation questions the conduct of some of Australia's most senior politicians.

09.01.2022 Ten years ago today, 440 passengers boarded Qantas Flight 32 bound for Sydney. Six minutes in, an explosion sent pieces of searing hot metal shooting out of the engine faster than the speed of sound.

09.01.2022 US President Joe Biden has directed his administration to conduct a full assessment of the risk of domestic extremism in the wake of the attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump.

09.01.2022 Does the world really need another artist? This is the question year 12 graduates Grace, Joseph and Amy have been asking themselves since the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

09.01.2022 Just because you used a dating app to meet someone doesn’t mean you deserve to be treated that way. After being sexually assaulted on a Tinder date, Emily wants others who have experienced sexual violence to know they’re not alone.

08.01.2022 Around Australia, there are families carrying an immense burden of grief and loss. They live with the knowledge a loved one has committed a violent crime while suffering a severe mental health crisis. We investigate how the mental health system is failing to protect the community and the patients themselves.

08.01.2022 Our ongoing investigation has revealed that Tinder exposes its users to assault, fails to act on complaints, and allows sexual predators to cover their tracks. You may be wondering, what now?

07.01.2022 On the polling alone, Trump needs a miracle to win re-election. But he needed one in 2016, too.

07.01.2022 Barriers facing mature-age job seekers could get bigger, with concerns that a scheme announced in the Federal Budget to subsidise the hiring of younger people out of work could come at the cost of jobs for older Australians.

07.01.2022 National Cabinet has vowed to open all domestic borders (except WA) by Christmas. Where will you go? Read more: https://ab.co/3lvzihs.

06.01.2022 Donna Dickson lives in fear of people coming to her house convinced shes cheated them out of thousands. But now she has found an unlikely ally.

05.01.2022 China is touting its COVID-19 vaccines as an alternative to those produced by Western firms, but there is still much we don't know about them. That hasn't stopped countries from purchasing shipments in droves.

05.01.2022 #BREAKING. The United States has recorded more deaths in a single day than the 9/11 terror attack toll.

05.01.2022 #BREAKING: Tasmania and the Northern Territory are now ordering those arriving from South Australia to undergo self-quarantine after 17 coronavirus cases are linked to a cluster in Adelaide's northern suburbs. More: https://ab.co/2H7xa0k.

05.01.2022 Bumble will now allow users to retain messages and report another user even if they have been unmatched after a Hack on triple j and Four Corners investigation revealed sexual predators are using it to erase evidence and avoid accountability. Watch our joint investigation here: https://bit.ly/3liAGnn.

04.01.2022 To date, the South-East Asian nation of more than 95 million people has recorded a total of just 1,068 COVID-19 cases roughly the same number as Queensland. About 35 people have died, a lower number than the toll in New South Wales. Virtually all lockdown restrictions in the resort city of Da Nang, where an outbreak of over 550 cases began in late July, have now ended. So, how did Vietnamese authorities get on top of the spread of COVID-19?

04.01.2022 #BREAKING: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced stage 4 restrictions will continue in Melbourne for another two weeks, with some changes. The changes include a social bubble for people who live on their own, changing the curfew from 8pm - 5am to 9pm - 5am, and increasing exercise time limits from one hour to two hours. MORE INFO HERE: https://ab.co/330ELoq.

04.01.2022 Tinder has been downloaded more than 100 million times worldwide. It’s reinvented the way we meet people. But is the company doing enough to protect users from sexual predators? Four Corners and Hack on triple j investigate.

04.01.2022 Tinder has made billions from romantic pursuits. But our investigation has found sexual predators are using to app to cover their tracks.

04.01.2022 A database of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians, has been leaked from the Shenzhen company Zhenhua Data, which is believed to be used by China's intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security.

02.01.2022 For the first time since being detained in January 2019, democracy advocate Yang Hengjun was this week granted access to a lawyer but is still defying Chinese pressure to confess to espionage. In a message conveyed to his family and supporters Dr Yang has declared "I am innocent and will fight to the end", promising to "do my best", and to "never confess to something I haven't done".

01.01.2022 The sight of Australian journalists fleeing China should strip anyone of their illusions about this dangerous period in the world. The future looks increasingly like Cold War 2.0, writes Stan Grant.

01.01.2022 If you're a gamer, the partner, parent or friend of a gamer, or you work in the industry, we'd like to hear from you.

01.01.2022 Julian Assange is fighting an attempt by the United States to extradite him to face charges on what it says was "one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States". So, what's at stake at Assange's long-awaited hearing?