Four Corners

Tony Jones reports on the changing face of the Soviet Union.

John Budd reports on the amphetamine trade in Australia - legal and illegal.

A BBC report sheds new light on the manner in which the Romanian revolution unfolded.

A report into the The Waitangi Treaty, and the ramifiactions of the Maori people in New Zealand.

Investigative programme.

A report into green energy today - essential for our future or a load of hot air?

A review of the 1990 Federal Election.

A look at the continuing struggle of the staff of the Columbian newspaper El Espectador, recording two weeks of the newspaper's coverage of Columbia's notorious drug barons.

Prominent members of the legal profession and their critics debate the cost and availability of justice in Australia.

Mark Colvin reports on how the political instability in Ethiopia was creating difficulties with the distribution of food relief to famine-stricken areas, such as Tigray Province. As a result, millions of people were threatened with death and starvation. Winner of 1990 Walkley Awards for Best Camera Work, for Wayne Harley.

Walter Hamilton examines the opportunities, pitfalls and controversy surrounding the so-called multi-function polis concept proposed by Japan three years ago.

The troubles of John Elliott.

Would the multi-function polls be a high tech city equipping Australia for economic survival in the 21st century, or a foreign enclave serving a new business and scientific elite?

Nelson Mandela, three months after being freed, is not picking at old wounds. Journalist Deborah Snow, who spent about an hour interviewing Mandela, and three weeks in South Africa making this program, explains: "Ask him if he resents being robbed of 27 years of his life and he says, I'm not really bitter about it in some ways it was an enriching experience." But Mandela does not want to talk about himself.

Presented by Andrew Olle.

The Darwin Trade Development Zone and its problems.

An investigation into logging in Western Australia.

How the KGB and the Czechoslovakian secret police engineered the downfall of a government.

Paul Barry presents a report on the precarious situation that Australian shareholders have to face.

Reporter Walter Hamilton visits children's courts and detention centres to see if the "get tough" approach to the treatment of juvenile offenders is working.

Do Australia's three tiers of government federal, state and local perpetuate rivalries left over from our colonial beginnings or do they provide a series of checks and balances that ultimately benefit us all?

Thames Television reporter Julian Manyon investigates the plastic explosive Semtex the lethal trademark of international terrorism.

The chemical defoliant Agent Orange has persistently been blamed by both the Vietnamese people and foreign veterans for a range of serious illnesses. Neil Mercer documents new evidence in the US that has revived the bitter Agent Orange debate.

This report poses doubts as to whether the world's politicians have the will or foresight to tackle the problem of global warming.

Presented by Andrew Olle.

A Budget eve analysis of the Government's economic record since Mr Keating handed down his first budget in 1983.

Can our education system provide for the 21st century? Mark Colvin reports on the quiet but sweeping changes that have taken place in secondary education.

An examination and assessment of the varied Australian and international reactions to the Gulf crisis.

Presented by Andrew Olle.

A report into the American Savings and Loans crisis.

A look at the imminent transportation of 400 tons of nerve gas from Germany to Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. It is the most bitter of ironies that the part of the world which has most caught the imaginations of imperial Europe and America, and still inspires our imagery of 'the perfect holiday', has become a dumping ground for military waste and a test site for nuclear bombs.

A report on corporate tax avoidance.

A report on the disturbing increase in incidences of asthma in Australia and some of the theories behind what is causing it.

Paul Barry reports on Estate Mortgage funds as well a the business affairs of Reuben Lew.

On the eve of Nelson's visit to Australia, David Dimbleby talks with Mr. Mandela, the deputy of the African National Congress, and his former South African President, P.W. de Klerk.

The Great Barrier Reef is in serious trouble because of naturally occurring algae that rapidly multiplies, smothers the coral and eventually kills it.

A look beyond the failure of the commercial network owners to find out what happened to Government control over the industry during the 1980s.

A report from the Middle East on how support for Saddam Hussein is spreading among Arab populations despite their leaders' joining the fight alongside the Allies.