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Background Briefing brings you true stories not everyone will want you to hear.

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Background Briefing brings you true stories not everyone will want you to hear.

    Notorious 01 | Inside the scam factory

    Notorious 01 | Inside the scam factory

    On the outskirts of Dubai there is a secret scam factory, where hundreds of employees smoke, eat, and pretend to be glamorous women — but one has a secret plan to shut it all down.

    • 33 min
    Introducing... Notorious

    Introducing... Notorious

    There's a saying that every good story needs a bad guy. 

    • 1 min
    The whistleblowers who stared down threats from Australia's biggest bank

    The whistleblowers who stared down threats from Australia's biggest bank

    How the Commonwealth Bank tried to stop a royal commission by using dirt files, intimidation, threats and surveillance against whistleblowers and journalists. Reporter Adele Ferguson investigates.

    • 38 min
    The whistleblower who believed his employer was covering up an oil spill

    The whistleblower who believed his employer was covering up an oil spill

    Three dead dolphins turn up in an oil spill.

    • 33 min
    The whistleblower who exposed Australia’s secretive offshore detention system

    The whistleblower who exposed Australia’s secretive offshore detention system

    "Simone" arrived on a remote island to help asylum seekers. But she witnessed something there that convinced her to leak over 2000 documents. Reporters Paul Farrell and Maddison Conaughton investigate what happened.

    • 35 min
    The Whistleblower who brought down Australia's Dr Death

    The Whistleblower who brought down Australia's Dr Death

    When patients start unexpectedly dying at a regional hospital, nurse Toni Hoffman takes a big risk to blow the whistle on a negligent surgeon. But years later, it's still unclear why she was ignored for so long. 

    • 38 min

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