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Background Briefing brings you true stories not everyone will want you to hear.
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APR 11, 2024
Tears, tea and bloodshed — can violent men ever change?
This week reporter and Dharawal woman Brooke Fryer goes inside a program that's helping violent men turn their lives around.
39 MIN
APR 5, 2024
Finding Jean Nassif
He left a trail of defect-riddled apartment buildings across Sydney and debts exceeding $600m to his creditors. Police have issued a warrant for his arrest. The NSW Premier has even offered to pay for his flight back to Australia. This week, Background Briefing tracks down the notorious and elusive Jean Nassif, who gives his first exclusive sit-down interview since he left Australia more than a year ago.
34 MIN
MAR 28, 2024
Dancing with Bulls
Ruby's barely a teenager, and already she's become a champion bull rider. She's also had eight concussions and multiple brain bleeds. Reporter Tynan King investigates how this extreme sport became her obsession — even as it threatens her life.
34 MIN
MAR 21, 2024
04 Stop and Search | The Botched Backyard Operation
There are only two witnesses to Brad Balzan's final moments: the two officers who chased him into his backyard. But their accounts of what happened don't match up.
26 MIN
MAR 13, 2024
03 Stop and Search | The Numbers Game
As the investigation into Bradley Balzan's death continues, serious questions are raised about how the country’s largest police force uses its search powers.
34 MIN
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