Four Corners

In the 2024 season return, Four Corners uncovers the tactics being used by supermarkets to keep the prices high - and the competition out.

A man accused by Rwandan authorities of participating in one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century is living in Australia's suburbs. This joint Four Corners and Guardian investigation raise tough questions about Australia's immigration screening processes.

Why the rest of Australia should care about what's happening at elite schools. Amid the push for private boys' schools in Australia to go co-educational, we investigate if these institutions are safe places for girls.

Inside Israel's war machine. John Lyons asks the tough questions; challenging some of Israel's most powerful political and military voices about the country's strategy and intentions. Is there any way out of this war?

Two years since Ukraine was invaded by Russia, Four Corners brings you a rare insight from the other side. Filmmaker Sean Langan's groundbreaking documentary offers a human perspective on life on the Russian frontline.

Four Corners goes behind the scenes of David McBride's fight to clear his name. The former Australian military lawyer is credited with exposing war crimes in Afghanistan — but was that his intention when he released government secrets?

The weight-loss wonder drugs in high demand and short supply. Elise Worthington meets desperate patients trying to access medications like Ozempic and exposes an Australian scam illegally exporting the suspect drugs overseas.

More than three million Australians are living with chronic pain, and it's become a breeding ground for exploitation. We expose the ugly side of medicine with patients in worse pain after having surgery and lives put at risk.

Four Corners brings you the inside story of one of America’s biggest national security leaks. PBS Frontline production.

Australia's addiction to crystal meth or 'ice' is having devastating consequences, but beyond the street dealer, most are unaware of the drug's murky supply chains - and the faceless figures profiting at the top.

A growing number of children are struggling to attend school - they want to go to school but feel like they can't because of anxiety and stress. We meet families battling the blame, shame and fear of missing out on education.

A major international investigation into how porn websites operate and exposes their business models. Former employees give inside accounts, and victims whose lives have been destroyed by the videos speak out. By French independent television production company Premières Lignes, originally broadcast on the European channel ARTE.

For the first time ever, a former spy for China's notorious secret police goes public, exposing the covert and illegal operations he was ordered to carry out on foreign soil, including in Australia.

Who's following our children online? It's the age of social media influencers and Australian kids are getting on board. But there's a darker side to this new and unregulated world. How can we keep young people safe?

New, tough questions are being asked about Boeing's 737 Max, the fastest-selling jet in the iconic company's history. After being involved in two crashes that killed 346 people, the troubled commercial aeroplane was forced to make an emergency landing this year after a door plug blew out and a passenger was nearly sucked out of it. This special update to an award-winning investigation from PBS Frontline and The New York Times investigates the plane's commercial pressures, flawed design and failed oversight.

Every year, 19,000 people leave prison in New South Wales. Reporter Linton Besser meets the lucky few who've been given a place at Sydney's Rainbow Lodge – one of the longest continually running halfway houses in the world.

A new climate battle is now raging, pitting nature conservation against wind farms. It's also fracturing communities and leading to enemies forming alliances. Plus the next frontier for clean energy: giant wind turbines offshore (will it hurt whales?).

Narendra Modi's government has been accused of political interference and assassinating dissidents overseas — and now Four Corners has uncovered the long arm of the Indian state here in Australia. Avani Dias reveals new details about the local "nest of spies" previously disrupted by ASIO and meets Australian residents who say they've been threatened by India's authorities.

One in every 18 births in Australia is now a result of IVF. It's a multi-million-dollar industry creating 'miracle babies'. But when things go wrong, who is holding these fertility clinics to account? Four Corners reporter Grace Tobin investigates incidents of the wrong sperm being used to conceive children, a serial donor with potentially 700 offspring, and a lab contamination that destroyed precious embryos.

From solar power to 5G, China has transformed into a science and technology superpower - but how does China innovate? What drives its bid for technological supremacy, and what it means for the future of the global economy.

Sex work is big business in the Philippines, and men from overseas have fathered many children to sex workers. Children's DNA is being used to identify their sex-tourist fathers, track them down, and demand child support.

There has never been a US president like Donald Trump — and now he's back, this time with a detailed plan for his second coming. Four Corners reporter Mark Willacy travels to Washington for the first of a special two-part series.

There has never been a US president like Donald Trump — and now he's back, this time with a detailed plan for his second coming. Four Corners reporter Mark Willacy travels to Washington for the conclusion of a special two-part series.

Mega-fires destroying forests, hungry polar bears invading towns, and fishing villages at risk of disappearing beneath the waves — Canada is facing climate catastrophes.

Is a tussle over electric vehicle imports the start of another East-West trade war? Fuelling the conflict are accusations that China is dumping EVs, solar panels and batteries on the global market, at artificially low prices.

Channel Seven bills itself as a family network, but a Four Corners investigation finds it to be a "second chance club" for senior men, described as a "degrading, soul-crushing" workplace.

In the red soil of the Top End a new 'silver bullet' industry is emerging - cotton. Angus Grigg exposes a system riven by conflicted interests that threaten to destroy some of the Northern Territory's most famous tourism destinations.

With the Middle East on the brink of war, Four Corners travels to Iran, Lebanon and Israel to investigate why a new regional war is looming. Global Affairs Editor John Lyons and the Four Corners team gain rare access to Iran.

Troubled Waters is a compelling documentary that sheds light on the escalating tensions in the South China Sea, marked by a violent clash between the Filipino and Chinese Coast Guards in June this year.

More than 2.5 million Australians now live in an apartment; over the next decade, that number is set to soar. ​ Linton Besser exposes the graft and greed of the strata industry - supposed to protect apartment owners' interests - with shocking stories of financial abuse, unethical practices and a lack of meaningful consumer protection.

The execution of one of Australia's most powerful organised criminals in Sydney raised difficult questions. Surveillance recorded the alleged murder plot weeks beforehand, yet police faced a dilemma - Should they intervene?

Germany has spent decades reckoning with its Nazi history, but far-right extremism and violent plots, particularly targeting Jews, Muslims and immigrants, have been increasing. Evan Williams investigates the rise of the AfD.

What went wrong for Rex Airlines? The regional carrier entered voluntary administration and hundreds of jobs were lost. Journalist Emily Baker exclusively interviews Rex's former leaders, to uncover what went wrong and why Australia can't seem to sustain a third airline.

Is nuclear a viable answer to Australia's energy woes or is it a quixotic quest never to be realised? Eric Campbell visits the US, the largest producer of nuclear energy in the world and the place where atomic energy began.

Reporter Avani Dias speaks to industry insiders and some of the country’s leading musicians who expose multinational company Live Nation's practices for the first time.

Decades of backroom deals between state governments and toll operators have left Australia's biggest cities with a network of private roads that are worsening the cost-of-living crisis. Pat McGrath investigates.

The polarising debate over free speech, antisemitism, Israel, the Palestinians and the political forces behind months of chaos and dissent across America's college campuses as student protesters condemn Israel's war on Gaza. A PBS Frontline Documentary.

The true cost of social media and younger generations facing the brunt of the deadly consequences. As Australia grapples with how to regulate social media, parents in the US are taking tech giants to court.