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Four Corners : Season 65
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Air date: 03 Feb '25 - 40 episodesFour Corners is Australia's longest-running investigative journalism/current affairs television program. Broadcast on ABC1 in Australia, it premiered on 19 August 1961 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011. Founding producer Robert Raymond and his successor Allan Ashbolt did much to set the ongoing tone of the program. Based on the Panorama concept, the program addresses a single issue in depth each week, showing either a locally produced program or a relevant documentary from overseas. The program has won many awards for investigative journalism, and broken many high-profile stories. A notable early example of this was the show's epoch-making 1962 exposé on the appalling living conditions endured by many Aboriginal Australians living in rural New South Wales.
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List of Episodes (40)
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1. Party Crashers
03 Feb '25As a federal election looms, Four Corners returns for 2025 with reporter Angus Grigg examining whether our two-party system is collapsing. Independents and minor parties are set to capture more than a third of the vote and become the king makers in the new parliament. In a cost-of-living election, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has plenty to worry about.
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2. Endurance
10 Feb '25With Donald Trump vowing to end the brutal war in Ukraine, Four Corners travels to the front line to investigate: Is peace even possible? As the war's third anniversary looms, Mark Willacy reports from the battlefield. This program contains coarse language and graphic footage of people being killed and injured in war.
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3. Leaving Hate
17 Feb '25Families call on governments to act as loved ones fall into extremism. Reporter Avani Dias investigates the growing threat of homegrown extremism, the painful reality of radicalisation and desperate calls for stronger action.
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4. Trump: The Comeback King
24 Feb '25The Comeback King explores Donald Trump's dramatic resurgence following his 2020 election defeat, examining the pivotal moments and strategies that propelled him back to the forefront as a dominant force in U.S. politics.
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5. Tobacco Wars
03 Mar '25Four Corners investigative journalist Dan Oakes uncovers the secrets of Australia's black-market tobacco trade, where arson attacks, extortion, and deadly feuds are used to control the illegal cigarette market.
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6. Sacrifice
10 Mar '25Four Corners reveals how the Australian War Memorial is increasingly entwined with the global arms industry - raising troubling questions about conflicts of interest, corporate influence and the future of the memorial itself.
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7. Betrayal of Trust
17 Mar '25A one-hour special reveals deep failures and systemic issues in Australia's childcare sector. Adele Ferguson uncovers shocking cases of child abuse, neglect and injury highlighting gaps in childcare safety and accountability.
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8. Truth/Yoorrook
24 Mar '25Australia's first ever truth-telling commission uncovers our hidden history. Bridget Brennan examines how we as a nation reckon with our colonial past and take critical steps towards truth, healing and justice.
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9. Crooked
31 Mar '25A decade-long investigation has uncovered explosive new evidence suggesting that corrupt former NSW Crime Commission assistant director Mark Standen's criminality was far more extensive than the public was led to believe.
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10. The Power of Xi Jinping
07 Apr '25The rise of Xi Jinping and the global impact of his rule. Xi envisions a dominant China - militarily, technologically and on the world stage, but he's being tested by economic instability, mass protests and international pushback.
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11. Can Climate Scientists Save the World?
14 Apr '25From volcano labs in Iceland, to disappearing glaciers in Switzerland and to sun-reflecting clouds in Australia, the bold experiments aimed not just at cutting emissions but removing carbon from the atmosphere.
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12. The Agent Inside
21 Apr '25In an extraordinary Four Corners exclusive, a former ASIO agent reveals to investigative reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop how a resurgent Islamic State network is radicalising Australian teens and plotting violence.
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13. True Colours
28 Apr '25Beyond the campaign slogans, who has what it takes to lead the country? Louise Milligan examines the character, track record, and campaign strategies of the two men vying for power - Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
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14. The Fugitive
05 May '25Over summer, organised crime cast a terrifying shadow over Australia. The Jewish community in Sydney was left reeling - shaken by a wave of attacks. Now the caravan plot "mastermind" speaks for the first time.
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15. Hammered: Inside the Bunnings Machine
12 May '25Bunnings has become one of Australia's most dominant and profitable retailers. Critics say it's a corporate predator systematically picking off independents, shutting down competition and abusing its dominance with suppliers.
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16. The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram
19 May '25They call themselves Terrorgram - a group of "militant accelerationists" using extreme violence to bring down governments and create new white "ethnostates". The deadly consequences of unfettered free speech on social media.
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17. Decimated
26 May '25Can the Liberal Party ever recover from its historic election loss? With the Nationals walking away from the Coalition, the Liberals face the very real prospect that they may never govern again. Patricia Karvelas talks to Liberal insiders as they grapple with the existential crisis of what the Liberal Party stands for and who it represents.
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18. Emergency
02 Jun '25Doctors and frontline health workers warn they are witnessing the collapse of public mental health care in NSW. Staff say they're being forced to release people who are still seriously unwell because there aren't enough beds.
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19. Heavy Hitters
09 Jun '25Australian mixed martial arts say they were pushed to their physical and financial limits while the UFC made over a billion dollars in revenue. Former fighters describe a culture of exploitation, secrecy, and lasting damage.
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20. Submerged
16 Jun '25As the US launches a review into AUKUS, Four Corners examines the future of the $368 billion submarine deal. Mark Willacy speaks with key players inside the US Congress and the defence community, as senior UK figures warn of cost blowouts and delays.
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21. Diddy: In Plain Sight
23 Jun '25With Sean "Diddy" Combs on trial for alleged sex trafficking, this film uncovers first-hand accounts and unseen footage, exploring how silence, complicity and power allowed the allegations to stay hidden for so long.
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22. Trading In Chaos
30 Jun '25A week before the 90 day pause expires on Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs, we examine the chaos, confusion, uncertainty and fear generated by his whiplash-inducing tariffs, policies that experts say will increase the cost of living, make the US poorer and the world a less prosperous and secure place.
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23. Generation Cancer
07 Jul '25Australians in their 30s and 40s are facing an alarming surge in cancer diagnoses and researchers are scrambling to understand why. From bowel and breast to liver and kidney, aggressive cancers are hitting younger people; they're often detected late, with devastating outcomes. Dr Norman Swan investigates what's behind the change.
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24. Rage Against the Regime
14 Jul '25For decades, Iranians have resisted a regime built on fear, repression and religious control. This film reveals the voices of those who live the struggle, exiled dissidents, young protesters and women who dared to speak out.
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25. God Complex
21 Jul '25For years, a star neurosurgeon operated inside Australia's hospital system despite repeated allegations of sexist and inappropriate behaviour, and a string of legal claims by devastated patients. This is the hidden story of the toxic culture that enabled him.
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