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Foreign Correspondent : Season 27
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Air date: 10 Jul '18 - 12 episodesAustralia's leading international affairs program featuring fascinating, in-depth stories from the ABC's unrivalled network of foreign correspondents.
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List of Episodes (12)
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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1. On His Own Terms
10 Jul '18This is the inside story of 104-year-old activist David Goodall's last days in Europe as he farewells family and campaigns for the right to die, up to his final hour.
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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2. Don't Call Australia Home!
17 Jul '18Australia is detaining, cuffing and deporting more New Zealanders than any other group. Guest reporter Peter FitzSimons finds it's riling Kiwis and straining relations across The Ditch. Is this how we treat an old mate?
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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3. Blockchain Island
24 Jul '18A tropical paradise is racked with bankruptcy then smashed by a killer hurricane. In rides a cavalry of digital evangelists selling hi-tech revolution. Will they save the day? Eric Campbell reports.
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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4. Bloodland
31 Jul '18Are attacks on white South African farmers aimed at terrorising them off the land? Should Australia offer them special haven, as some MPs here have suggested? Jonathan Holmes investigates.
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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5. Tipping Point
07 Aug '18China sent Australia's recycling industry into a spin when it banned most waste imports. Now it's tackling a home-grown rubbish crisis. Bill Birtles looks at China's own war on waste and asks: is it winning?
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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6. To Burn or Not to Burn
14 Aug '18There's a new push in Australia to build giant incinerators to burn waste. Is this the way to go? Those clever Swedes think so. Foreign Correspondent sends War on Waste's Craig Reucassel to Sweden to investigate.
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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7. The Village
21 Aug '18Sean Dorney got thrown out of PNG for his reporting yet he received one of its top honours. He skippered its footy team and fell for a local girl. Now suffering motor neurone disease, he makes an emotional final visit.
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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8. Homeland
28 Aug '18Berlin was Holocaust headquarters - but for young Israeli Jews it's the paragon of cool. Eric Campbell tracks one of the odder modern migrations as he goes inside Berlin's Jewish diaspora in Homeland.
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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9. The French Letter
04 Sep '18Is it OK for a man to proposition a woman in the street or at work? Some leading French women say yes. In Paris, guest reporter Annabel Crabb asks what happens when #MeToo rubs up against Pepe Le Pew.
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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10. A Big Piece of Good News
11 Sep '18A wild piece of coast was threatened by malls and McMansions... until a reclusive billionaire couple arrived with the gift of a lifetime. Zoe Daniel reports.
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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11. Leave No Dark Corner
18 Sep '18China is marrying Big Brother to Big Data. Every citizen will be watched and their behaviour scored in the most ambitious and sophisticated system of social control in history. Matthew Carney reports.
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Foreign Correspondent (1992)
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12. Eye of the Fire
25 Sep '18It's a Greek tale of tragedy, heroism and mind-blowing incompetence. Eric Campbell tells the story of the world's deadliest bushfire since Australia's Black Saturday in 2009 - and the fury in its aftermath.
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