Four Corners — Season 64

Aired 19 February 2024 • 47 min

The cost of living with Coles and Woolworths. We uncover the tactics used by supermarkets to keep prices high - and competition out. Both deny price gouging but there are now six inquiries and reviews targeting the duopoly.

Aired 26 February 2024 • 47 min

A man accused by Rwandan authorities of being involved in brutal atrocities is living in Australia's suburbs. This joint Four Corners and Guardian investigation raise tough questions about our immigration screening processes.

Aired 4 March 2024 • 50 min

Why the rest of Australia should care about what's happening at elite schools. Amid the push for private boys' schools in Australia to go co-educational, we investigate if these institutions are safe places for girls.

Aired 11 March 2024 • 46 min

Inside Israel's war machine. John Lyons asks the tough questions; challenging some of Israel's most powerful political and military voices about the country's strategy and intentions. Is there any way out of this war?

Aired 18 March 2024 • 45 min

Two years since Ukraine was invaded by Russia, Four Corners brings you a rare insight from the other side. Filmmaker Sean Langan's groundbreaking documentary offers a human perspective on life on the Russian frontline.

Aired 25 March 2024 • 47 min

Behind the scenes of David McBride's fight to clear his name. The former Australian military lawyer is credited with exposing war crimes in Afghanistan - but was that his intention when he released government secrets?

Aired 1 April 2024 • 44 min

The weight-loss wonder drugs in high demand and short supply. Elise Worthington meets desperate patients trying to access medications like Ozempic and exposes an Australian scam illegally exporting the suspect drugs overseas.

Aired 8 April 2024 • 47 min

More than three million Australians are living with chronic pain, and it's become a breeding ground for exploitation. We expose the ugly side of medicine with patients in worse pain after having surgery and lives put at risk.

Aired 15 April 2024 • 46 min

The inside story of one of America's biggest national security leaks. We expose the inner circle and the young US Air National Guardsman at the centre of it, who leaked classified defence documents on an online chat platform.

Aired 22 April 2024 • 44 min

Australia's addiction to crystal meth or 'ice' is having devastating consequences, but beyond the street dealer, most are unaware of the drug's murky supply chains - and the faceless figures profiting at the top.

Aired 29 April 2024 • 47 min

A growing number of children are struggling to attend school - they want to go to school but feel like they can't because of anxiety and stress. We meet families battling the blame, shame and fear of missing out on education.

Aired 6 May 2024 • 45 min

A major international investigation into how porn websites operate and exposes their business models. Former employees give inside accounts, and victims whose lives have been destroyed by the videos speak out.

Aired 13 May 2024 • 48 min

For the first time ever, a former spy for China's notorious secret police goes public, exposing the covert and illegal operations he was ordered to carry out on foreign soil, including in Australia.

Aired 20 May 2024 • 45 min

Who's following our children online? It's the age of social media influencers and Australian kids are getting on board. But there's a darker side to this new and unregulated world. How can we keep young people safe?

Aired 27 May 2024 • 45 min

New, tough questions are being asked about Boeing's 737 Max, the fastest-selling jet in the company's history. PBS Frontline and The New York Times investigate the plane's commercial pressures, flawed design and failed oversight.

Aired 3 June 2024 • 47 min

Every year, 19,000 people leave prison in New South Wales. Reporter Linton Besser meets the lucky few who've been given a place at Sydney's Rainbow Lodge - one of the longest continually running halfway houses in the world.

Aired 10 June 2024 • 46 min

A new climate battle is now raging, pitting nature conservation against wind farms. It's fracturing communities and leading to enemies forming alliances. Plus the next frontier for clean energy - giant wind turbines offshore.

Aired 17 June 2024 • 47 min

The long arm of the Indian state in Australia. Avani Dias reveals new details about the local "nest of spies" previously disrupted by ASIO and meets Australian residents who say they've been threatened by India's authorities.

Aired 24 June 2024 • 46 min

One in every 18 births in Australia is now a result of IVF. It's a multi-million-dollar industry creating 'miracle babies'. But when things go wrong, who is holding these fertility clinics to account? Grace Tobin reports.

Aired 1 July 2024 • 46 min

From solar power to 5G, China has transformed into a science and technology superpower - but how does China innovate? What drives its bid for technological supremacy, and what it means for the future of the global economy.

Aired 8 July 2024 • 46 min

Sex work is big business in the Philippines, and men from overseas have fathered many children to sex workers. Children's DNA is being used to identify their sex-tourist fathers, track them down, and demand child support.

Aired 15 July 2024 • 56 min

There has never been a US president like Donald Trump - and now he's back, this time with a detailed plan for his second coming. Mark Willacy sits down with White House insiders who witnessed the chaos of Trump's first term.

Aired 22 July 2024 • 55 min

Donald Trump was talking about immigration on stage during the assassination attempt that left him bloodied and defiant. It's one of the fundamental issues currently dividing the US, alongside the economy, abortion, and race.

Aired 29 July 2024 • 44 min

Mega-fires destroying forests, hungry polar bears invading towns and fishing villages at risk of going underwater - Canada's climate catastrophe. Can one of the world's largest producers of fossil fuels combat global warming?

Aired 5 August 2024 • 45 min

Is a tussle over electric vehicle imports the start of another East-West trade war? Fuelling the conflict are accusations that China is dumping EVs, solar panels and batteries on the global market, at artificially low prices.

Aired 12 August 2024 • 50 min

Channel Seven bills itself as a family network. Four Corners investigates allegations of sexism, exploitation and extreme bullying at the network. In some extreme cases employees have been hospitalised.

Aired 19 August 2024 • 46 min

In the red soil of the Top End a new 'silver bullet' industry is emerging - cotton. Angus Grigg exposes a system riven by conflicts of interest that threatens to destroy some of the NT's most famous tourism destinations.

Aired 26 August 2024 • 47 min

With the Middle East on the brink of war, Four Corners travels to Iran, Lebanon and Israel to investigate why a new regional war is looming. Global Affairs Editor John Lyons and the Four Corners team gain rare access to Iran.

Aired 2 September 2024 • 44 min

A compelling documentary that sheds light on the escalating tensions in the South China Sea, exploring the broader geopolitical implications including the Philippines' deepening partnerships with Australia and Japan.

Aired 9 September 2024 • 45 min

Linton Besser exposes the graft and greed of the strata industry - supposed to protect apartment owners' interests - with shocking stories of financial abuse, unethical practices and a lack of meaningful consumer protection.

Aired 16 September 2024 • 44 min

The execution of one of Australia's most powerful organised criminals in Sydney raised difficult questions. Surveillance recorded the alleged murder plot weeks beforehand, yet police faced a dilemma - Should they intervene?

Aired 23 September 2024 • 44 min

Germany has spent decades reckoning with its Nazi history, but far-right extremism and violent plots, particularly targeting Jews, Muslims and immigrants, have been increasing. Evan Williams investigates the rise of the AfD.

Aired 30 September 2024 • 45 min

What went wrong for Rex Airlines. The regional carrier entered voluntary administration and hundreds of jobs were lost. Emily Baker interviews Rex's former leaders and asks why Australia can't seem to sustain a third airline.

Aired 7 October 2024 • 46 min

Is nuclear a viable answer to Australia's energy woes or is it a quixotic quest never to be realised? Eric Campbell visits the US, the largest producer of nuclear energy in the world and the place where atomic energy began.

Aired 14 October 2024 • 47 min

Multinational Live Nation dominates Australia's live music industry, squeezing out competition by acquiring smaller independent operators. Avani Dias speaks to insiders who expose the company's practices for the first time.

Aired 21 October 2024 • 45 min

Decades of backroom deals between state governments and toll operators have left Australia's biggest cities with a network of private roads that are worsening the cost-of-living crisis. Pat McGrath investigates.

Aired 28 October 2024 • 45 min

The polarising debate over free speech, antisemitism, Israel, the Palestinians and the political forces behind months of chaos and dissent across America's college campuses as student protesters condemn Israel's war on Gaza.

Aired 4 November 2024 • 48 min

The true cost of social media and younger generations facing the brunt of the deadly consequences. As Australia grapples with how to regulate social media, parents in the US are taking tech giants to court.