Four CornersStagione 1995

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An Australian current affairs documentary television programme, the longest running of its kind nationally, produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

Dove guardare Four Corners • Stagione 1995

41 Episodi

  • Parent Abuse
    E1
    Parent AbuseBy Chris Masters. How does our child fostering system deal with the people who make the system work - foster parents?
  • Bugs in the System and Gene Genie
    E2
    Bugs in the System and Gene GenieBy Mick O'Donnell. A two-item report. Infected salami hospitalised 20 children and killed one young girl. Our health authorities quickly tracked down the source, but Four Corners revealed the flaws in our inspection system that allowed this tragedy to happen. The second item, Germ Genie was a BBC-produced report examining the threat of germ warfare
  • The ADD Epidemic
    E3
    The ADD EpidemicBy Norman Swan. Attention Deficit Disorder - an epidemic in our kids or a psychosomatic disorder in our doctors. Is giving kids amphetamines the answer?
  • The Highwaymen
    E4
    The HighwaymenBy Murray Hogarth. As the major media telecommunication and software producers move and shake, who will control the multimedia of the future?
  • The Can-Do Man
    E5
    The Can-Do ManBy Murray McLaughlin. Laurie Brereton has been Paul Keating's mate since they were Young Labor larrikins. As Minister for Transport and Industrial Relations, Laurie tackles the dirty jobs that no-one else wants.
  • The Boy Who Broke the Bank
    E6
    The Boy Who Broke the Banky . Ex BBC: The inside story of how money trader Nick Leeson brought Barings Bank undone
  • Sex and Power
    E7
    Sex and PowerBy Mick O'Donnell. Melbourne University's Ormond College - sexual harrassment or feminist plot? The story that was the basis of Helen Garner's controversial book The First Stone reveals the inability of our institutions to deal with sexual harrassment.
  • The Chief Justice
    E8
    The Chief JusticeBy Liz Jackson. An analysis of the changing role of the High Court of Australia. In the first ever interview by a sitting Chief Justice, Sir Anthony Mason defended the increasing involvement of the court in making law on social and political issues
  • Urgent and Secret
    E9
    Urgent and SecretBy Murray Hogarth. A senior public servant reveals for the first time how Victorian Attorney General Jan Wade tried to undermine the power and independence of the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions
  • Long to Reign Over Us
    E10
    Long to Reign Over UsEx BBC: A British view of the monarchy's future. Will Charlie make it to the throne?
  • The Prophet of Oz
    E11
    The Prophet of OzBy David Millikan. Jeremy Griffith believes he's a great prophet of God and Everest mountaineer Tim McCartney-Snape agrees, but should they be spreading the message through our schools?
  • Hot Rocks
    E12
    Hot RocksBy Murray McLaughlin. A heist story with a difference - these diamonds are pink and the police don't want to know who-dunnit.
  • Paying for Paul
    E13
    Paying for PaulOn the eve of Paul Keating's 13th Budget as Treasurer or Prime Minister we tried to balance his books.
  • Million Dollar Spy
    E14
    Million Dollar SpyEx BBC: For nine years America's most notorious double agent sold his country's secrets to the Soviet Union. At least 10 Soviet spies were executed before the million dollar spy was uncovered.
  • The Gamekeepers
    E15
    The GamekeepersBy Chris Masters. In 1995 the greatest game of all was in the backrooms not on the field as Packer and Murdoch packed down for the right to broadcast football. Whatever your code - League, Union, soccer or AFL - the gamekeepers are changing the rules.
  • Oklahoma Bomber
    E16
    Oklahoma BomberEx BBC: America's worst terrorist attack wasn't the the work of foreign fanatics, it was home grown. A look at America's broken heartland.
  • Academy of Crime
    E17
    Academy of CrimeBy Chris Masters. When Royal Commissioner Justice Woods released damning video evidence of corruption in the NSW Police Force, Four Corners was there with the most comprehensive coverage of the corruption culture that flourished in Sydney's Kings Cross.
  • Tycoon
    E18
    TycoonEx NBC: A fascinating look at the man running your computer - Bill Gates. Where does he want to go today?
  • Minor Surgery, Major Risk
    E19
    Minor Surgery, Major RiskBy Liz Jackson. Four women became infected with HIV after minor operations in a Sydney doctor's surgery. It shouldn't have happened and we would never have known except for the determination of one of those patients. For the first time she tells her story.
  • Deng's Dynasty
    E20
    Deng's DynastyBy Sally Neighbour. Who will run China after the death of Deng Xiaoping? A look at how Deng's children are doing business in new China.
  • Playing Olympic Games
    E21
    Playing Olympic GamesBy Murray Hogarth. The site for Sydney's 'green' Olympics is a toxic waste zone. Can anyone clean it up before the games begin?
  • Waves of Fear
    E22
    Waves of FearBy David Hardaker. As we increase our dosage of electro-magnetic radiation through cellular phones and other devices, are we creating an epidemic of cancer?
  • The Plane Truth
    E23
    The Plane TruthEx BBC: The aviation industry tries to maintain the highest standards of safety, but in the UK and the US there's growing concern about the proliferation of bogus parts.
  • A Very Catholic Affair
    E24
    A Very Catholic AffairBy Murray McLaughlin. For most people Vinnies is a charity running a network of second hand stores, but the Society of St Vincent de Paul is also a political battleground where church factions struggle for control.
  • A Reason to Kill
    E25
    A Reason to Killy Andrew Fowler. When do householders have the right to shoot intruders? In Australia going gun crazy or are honest citizens simply defending themselves against the bad guys?
  • Baby Blues
    E26
    Baby BluesEx BBC: Women speak frankly about the impact of post-natal depression.
  • The Men Who Saved Australia
    E27
    The Men Who Saved AustraliaBy Chris Masters. When the Japanese were on Australia's doorstep we didn't send our frontline troops, we sent our chocolate soldiers. Ill-trained and ill-equipped, they held the Kokoda Trail and defeated the enemy. 50 years after the war, Four Corners talks to the men who saved Australia.
  • Shadow Boxing
    E28
    Shadow BoxingBy Mick O'Donnell. Twenty years after the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, the 27th Province remains 'the stone in the shoe' of Australian-Indonesian relations. Four Corners examines the troubled relationship and speaks to General Herman Mantiri, the Indonesian Ambassador that Australia rejected.
  • The House of Murdoch
    E29
    The House of MurdochBy Ali Cromie. Rupert Murdoch has built up one of the world's most powerful media conglomerates, but who will succeed him?
  • The Lie in the Sky
    E30
    The Lie in the SkyBy David Hardaker. The Nomad was Australia's own aviation marvel - a plane we would market to the world. But the plane was a 'widow maker' and after 20 years of cover up, now we can barely give them away.
  • Easton V Easton
    E31
    Easton V EastonBy Murray McLaughlin. How did a messy divorce and a suicide become the subject of a Royal Commission that threatened the career of Federal Health Minister Carmen Lawrence and dominated national politics?
  • The Bloody Tricolour
    E32
    The Bloody TricolourEx BBC: While Australian attention focussed on French military testing in the Pacific, disturbing questions were being raised about the involvement of the French in the events leading up to the Rawandan genocide.
  • Death in the Water
    E33
    Death in the WaterBy Liz Jackson. The death of millions of pilchards throughout Australia and New Zealand was more than a scientific curiosity. It was a pointer to the failings of our quarantine service. A month later, the exotic Papaya Fruit Fly was discovered in Cairns.
  • Battle for Brent Spar
    E34
    Battle for Brent SparEx BBC: When Shell decided to dispose of a floating oil rig by simply sinking it at sea, Greenpeace went into action with a coordinated political, consumer and media campaign.
  • Title Fight
    E35
    Title FightBy Murray Hogarth. Mabo was supposed to be the dawn of a new era in land rights, but after more than two years, not a single piece of new land has been handed back.
  • ER - Emergency Roulette
    E36
    ER - Emergency RouletteBy Mick O'Donnell. The new case mix system of hospital funding is designed to produce efficient, cost effective medicine, but are hospitals pushing patients out the door before they're ready?
  • A Vain Hope
    E37
    A Vain HopeBy David Hardaker. Drug prohibition isn't working, but a bold plan to trial heroin on prescription for a small group of addicts in Canberra seems unlikely to go ahead in the face of local and international opposition.
  • Broken Hearts and Promises
    E38
    Broken Hearts and PromisesBy Murray McLaughlin. BHP has its reputation on the line. Villagers in Papua New Guinea have taken BHP to court over the environmental damage caused by its Ok Tedi mine, Four Corners examines the politics and the policies of the 'Big Australian' abroad.
  • November 1975
    E39
    November 1975By Paul Kelly. Twenty years on, we cast new light on Australia's greatest constitutional crisis. The dismissal of Gough Whitlam's government reshaped the ALP and renewed the Republican debate in Australia.
  • The Coward's War
    E40
    The Coward's WarChris Masters' story on the human rights atrocities used as weapons of war in former Yugoslavia. The influx of refugees from Bosnia to Australia during those years gave Australians a special stake in the Balkan crisis. The program won a Walkley Award for Best International Report.
  • Unknown
    E99
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