Sun, Mar 22, 2020
Dassi Erlich and her two sisters were brought up in Melbourne's insular Jewish Adass community where they say they were sexually assaulted by their former headmistress Malka Leifer. When the allegations surfaced, the mother of eight went to Israel where she has fought extradition for more than five years. We join Dassi, Nicole and Elly as they return to Israel to investigate why the case has stalled after more than 60 hearings and whether a senior Israeli cabinet minister pressured psychiatrists to declare Malka Leifer unfit for extradition. The sisters are also trying to harness the influence of the global Jewish community to crack what they say is a pervasive culture of cover-up.
Sun, Mar 29, 2020
As Australia faces an unprecedented pandemic, Australian Story tracks the experience of five Australians on five different days during the past week. A choirmaster, an intensivist, a medical researcher, a psychiatrist and a school principal discuss their responses in the wake of the crisis - and reveal some of the innovative solutions they're coming up with to find a way through. Produced over the course of a week, this is a unique insight into a week that changed the nation.
Sun, Aug 30, 2020
When the body of young American Scott Johnson was found at the bottom of a Sydney cliff in 1988, police quickly decided it was suicide. His brother Steve spent the next 30 years campaigning for justice. The multi-millionaire assembled his own crack team of investigators, including lawyers in Australia and the US, journalists, former police officers, and a former coroner. They called themselves "Team Scott" and were convinced Scott's was a gay hate murder. Now after an unprecedented three coronial inquests into the case, a resolution may finally be at hand.