Four Corners

The Moonlight State (1987x1)

Date de diffusion: Mai 11, 1987

Chris Masters' investigation into Queensland police corruption reaches all the way up to the Police Commissioner, Terry Lewis. A judicial inquiry is announced the day after broadcast. Over 100 convictions result from the Fitzgerald Inquiry and the Commissioner is eventually jailed. The Inquiry saw the end of the long reign of Queensland Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Masters' story became subject to twelve subsequent years of litigation.