Tom Joyner

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Naomi Selvaratnam |Tom Joyner

Pick up a packet of tea from any major brand at the supermarket and you'll likely see labels promising consumers the tea inside is ethically sourced. Certification schemes like Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade are meant to ensure tea workers are paid a minimum wage, have safe working and living conditions and can access basic necessities like clean drinking water on tea estates. But do they?

Sep 25, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tom Joyner

An epidemic of copper theft is sweeping South Africa. Syndicates of armed thieves are ripping the metal from power stations, phone cables and railways, destroying public infrastructure. Growth in green technology like electric vehicles, wind farms and solar panels is driving huge overseas demand. South African authorities have been unable to stem the crisis, forcing ordinary people to take the law into their own hands.

Sep 25, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tom Joyner |Marty Smiley

As the price of copper soars, armed criminal syndicates are stripping the country bare in search of easy cash. It was nearly 10pm by the time Faith Nkosi had cleaned up and gotten her youngest child ready for bed. For dinner, she'd made sandwiches of ham and ketchup before helping her eldest daughter with her science homework.

Apr 19, 2024 | abc.net.au | Elsa Silberstein |Alex Barwick |Piia Wirsu |Sharon Gordon |Daniel Franklin |Tom Joyner | +1 more

In a secluded valley in the heart of Australia lies one of the world's most important intelligence facilities. Over almost 60 years it's grown in scale and capability, drawing Australia into wars and eavesdropping on countless countries. Why doesn't the public know more? The room is small and sterile. The walls are bare. Wires wrap around the brown-haired, lanky electrical engineer's chest. David Rosenburg sits nervously in a chair. He's doing his first polygraph test.

Apr 6, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tom Joyner

Young men with heads swaddled in gauze wander through the streets, taking in the sights and sounds of Istanbul. But these aren't regular tourists — they have all come with the same singular mission: to find an antidote to their baldness.