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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Amy Donaldson |Maddy King
"I actually wasn't surprised."That was NSW mental health minister Rose Jackson's response to our Four Corners story exposing the state of the system she oversees. We uncovered that people are waiting up to four days for critical mental health treatment in one of the country's busiest emergency departments. Doctors revealed they feel pressured by higher ups to discharge patients too soon.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Amy Donaldson |Maddy King
Desperate and grieving families say they're living with the consequences of the crisis in New South Wales' public mental health system. Their loved ones are part of a group the system does not adequately care for, known as "the missing middle" — people with complex mental health needs who are too unwell for a GP, but not sick enough to be admitted to hospital.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Amy Donaldson |Maddy King
A corridor, in one of the country's busiest emergency departments, has become a makeshift waiting room. People wait on chairs and sleep on the floor. In April, one man in desperate need of help waited 93 hours — almost four days — for a mental health bed. The man forced to wait in Sydney's Westmead Hospital has schizoaffective disorder, a condition that combines psychosis with mood episodes like mania or depression.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop |Kyle Taylor |Maddy King |Michael Workman
Australia's domestic spy agency, ASIO, was repeatedly warned about a potential attack on a Sydney bishop almost two years before it happened, according to explosive claims by a former undercover agent.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
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.
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Feb 16, 2025 | 
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.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Pat McGrath |Maddy King |Dylan Welch |Maryanne Taouk
Drivers are paying more than ever on toll roads, but some suburbs are feeling the pain more than others. One company, Transurban, owns 18 of Australia's 21 toll roads. With the price of tolls pegged to inflation, it is reaping the rewards of the cost-of-living crisis. Who is feeling the pinch most? Four Corners analysed commutes in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. We found rising toll road prices are hitting residents in outer suburbs the hardest. Sydney is threaded with toll roads.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Angus Grigg |Mary Fallon |Maddy King |Nick Wiggins
/ Posted 9 minutes agoAt the desert oasis of Bitter Springs, tourists float lazily through water so clear it reflects the piercing blue sky. Ringed by a rare palm forest, this spring, near the town of Mataranka, is a must for those on a road trip between Darwin and Alice Springs. But there are fears these thermal pools and the nearby Roper River, famous for barramundi fishing, are under threat. Water levels are dropping. And if it dries up further this oasis may not survive a bushfire.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Angus Grigg |Mary Fallon |Maddy King
Deep in coal country, a lifelong environmentalist and one-time Greens candidate is feeling the applause. It's Thursday night at a Gladstone pub and Stephen Nowakowski has won over sceptical locals. His message is a simple one; he believes a wave of new windfarm developments threatens to smash hilltops and turn koala habitat into "industrial zones". The green movement, he says, are in "la-la land" over windfarms, a comment that draws nods and knowing smiles from the audience.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
thewest.com.au | Maddy King
Western Australian has always been one of the main drivers of wealth for this nation. Our modern resources industry creates well paid jobs and helps pay for everything we take for granted. We can thank the resources sector for the continuing strength of our economy, our schools, roads, hospitals and our security.
