Four Corners

Four Corners returns with startling insiders’ revelations on power, politics and policing in one of Australia’s toughest unions.

Drinkers’ diaries… the rollercoaster journeys of three problem drinkers battling to stay sober.

Can governments reduce crime by taking a new approach to repeat offenders?

Megafires … how do we fight the bigger, hotter, fiercer bushfires that are expected from climate change?

Ticky Fullerton takes a voyage into 3D virtual worlds where citizens chase adventure, money and sex.

The politician, the chatroom and the media sting… the collision between one man’s privacy and the public’s right to know.

Why did David Hicks plead guilty?

Does money grow on trees?

A confronting report in which fit and healthy elderly Australians reveal plans to take their own lives before they lose their independence. They are among an increasingly activist minority of elderly Australians who say they will commit suicide before they are overtaken by frailty, illness or dependence. Such a radical step, they claim, is a final act of self-determination and a human right. Some doctors and ethicists are disturbed by what they see as the extremism of elderly people deciding to commit suicide. They worry that it reflects a growing view that to be old and in need of care is to lack dignity, to be a burden on society.

The second of a two part series on torture, "Ghost Prisoners" investigates the goals and hard realities of the controversial rendition program.

Quentin McDermott tallies the mounting stresses on Telstra’s vast workforce – from call centre operators to roaming repairmen - as the telco cuts costs and squeezes jobs.

Jonathan Holmes explores practical, achievable ways for Australians to cut energy consumption.

Did British counter terrorism forces miss the chance to catch the July 7 suicide bombers?

4 Corners reveals the inside story of the radical welfare reforms on the Cape York Peninsula and their links to the Federal Government’s actions in the Northern Territory.

An emotional journey with the children of drug addicts and alcoholics and the parents who risk losing them.

Liz Jackson reports on the controversial approval process for Australia’s largest ever pulp mill.

The miracle cure or the parent trap - Matthew Carney investigates a controversial drug-free treatment for ADHD and other learning difficulties.

Quentin McDermott reports on the costs to society when we no longer value sleep.

A road trip across America’s evangelical heartland.

Chris Masters investigates how the health system has failed to protect patients from unsafe doctors.

How much punishment is enough?

Profits and problem gamblers.

Paul Barry reports on the fallout from the US subprime mortgage crisis and asks what impact it will have on Australia.

Six years after the fall of the Taliban, how has life changed for the women of Afghanistan?

Mohamed Haneef’s own story… in his first in-depth interview, the "exemplary young doctor" tells why he became a terror suspect, what he knew about his radical cousins, why he lent his simcard and why he was dashing home to India.

An undercover report from Burma on the military regime's campaign of violence against its own people.

As the election approaches, an investigation into secret campaigning by the elusive, Exclusive Brethren.

On the run for 43 years, wanted for 15 murders… inside the police manhunt for a Mafia kingpin.

Missing their sting…?

How is the national intervention changing the lives of Indigenous people in the Northern Territory?

Two weeks to go… and Jonathan Holmes sees the election campaign through the eyes of the voters who’ll decide the result.

A look back on some of the 4 corners stories from 2007.