Elise Potaka

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Maddy King |Elise Potaka

Experts and families are warning that the current system to intervene and rehabilitate people who have joined extremist groups is flawed, putting Australians at risk. There's concern that too much focus is put into policing and not enough into prevention. Figures obtained by Four Corners show that only six people have been referred to a federally funded intervention program via the National Security Hotline since July 2023. The hotline is the country's main tool for reporting extremists.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Elise Potaka |Maddy King |Avani Dias

It's Australia Day, 2024, and Emily is watching a group of Neo-Nazis on the six o'clock news. Their leader, Thomas Sewell, is promoting white supremacy at a makeshift press conference. Near him is a boy wearing a black face mask and sunglasses. Despite the disguise Emily recognises him right away. It's her teenage son Scott. He'd told her he was going on a boxing trip with friends. Now he's standing with one of Australia's most notorious Neo-Nazis.

Sep 30, 2024 | abc.net.au | Emily Katherine Baker |Elise Potaka |Lara Sonnenschein

The cash poured into failed Australian airline Bonza is being examined as part of a US investigation into money laundering. The US Department of Justice is investigating whether private investment firm 777 Partners and its primary source of funding, insurer A-CAP, have violated US money-laundering laws. Investigators are examining whether policyholders' money was invested where it was supposed to be, including why some funds meant for 777's football teams instead went to Bonza.

Sep 29, 2024 | abc.net.au | Emily Katherine Baker |Elise Potaka |Lara Sonnenschein

There's a saying in the aviation business: when things go wrong, they go wrong very quickly. The same can be said of Rex. After almost two decades as a successful regional airline, it decided to take on the industry's big two: Qantas and Virgin. The bold move was supposed to give Australians more options and lower airfares — and for a time it did.

Sep 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Emily Katherine Baker |Elise Potaka |Nick Wiggins

Bill Astling says he knows what it takes to start a new airline in Australia. "You have to be insane," he says. "You have to have a degree of insanity."Astling is the chief executive of Koala Airlines, a company hoping to avoid the fate of others that have tried to take on Qantas and Virgin. "I've had a few people who've said: 'Have you appointed the liquidator yet?'" he jokes. Australia's airline graveyard is littered with carriers who have tried and failed to beat the "big two".