Artificial intelligence is already changing how we live and work, while being sold as the technology that could cure disease, transform productivity and solve some of the world's biggest problems. Steve Cannane investigates the race to build ever more powerful AI systems and asks whether it is moving faster than governments and communities can keep up with.

The AI Race

Escaping Kabul

Brutal Force

A powerful two-part special on the Bondi massacre. Mark Willacy brings the definitive account of what happened on that December day, as told by the people who were there, survivors of the attack and families of those killed.

Bondi: Light Over Darkness (Part 1)

Four Corners' two-part special on the Bondi massacre continues with Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop's investigation into the secret lives of the terrorists, uncovering astonishing new information leading up to the attack.

Bondi: Path to Terror (Part 2)

The Liberal Party is hurtling towards a reckoning. This isn't just a battle that will decide who leads the Liberal Party; it's a battle for the party's identity, and direction. Patricia Karvelas takes you inside the contest that will shape the future of the Coalition.

Realignment

How a prominent Melbourne gynaecologist carried out repeated laparoscopic surgeries that senior specialists describe as unnecessary and harmful. Louise Milligan examines how complaints, warnings and red flags were ignored.

Scarred

South Australia's algal bloom is one of the worst environmental disasters in Australian waters, continuing to devastate parts of the coastline. What did the government know about the health risks and what was the public told?

Toxic Tide

Wealthy tech titans Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and David Sacks were instrumental in Trump's rise to power and now hold sway far beyond Silicon Valley. How did they accumulate such unprecedented influence? Who's really in control?

Trump and the Tech Titans

Australian universities are in turmoil. Deep cuts to jobs and courses are triggering fury on campuses. Steve Cannane investigates how years of shrinking public funding, rising debt and increasingly corporate decision-making have pushed some unis to breaking point.

Campus Chaos

As the US bombards Iran, sparking region-wide conflicts and unleashing a global economic crisis, Four Corners interrogates one of President Donald Trump's key reasons for war: Did Iran pose a nuclear threat?

Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question

Whistleblowers from the social media giants reveal how their companies deliberately built a business model powered by outrage and division, paving the way for radicalisation, real-world violence and fractured societies.

Inside The Rage Machine

Four Corners unveils Australia's first comprehensive national map of Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), revealing stark differences by location. Dr Norman Swan reports.

Attention Deficit

After four years of war, in Russia there is close to zero public opposition to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. But a few are prepared to speak out.

The Zero Line: Inside Russia's War

Tasers are meant to be a safer way for police to stop dangerous situations, without taking a life. But people are still dying. When something goes wrong after a taser is used, who decides what actually happened?

Taser Tactics

The Salvadoran president's deal with Trump to imprison deportees, and what each stood to gain. With reporting from the news outlet El Faro, President Nayib Bukele's tangled history with the gangs the US says it is fighting.

The Deal: Trump, Bukele and the Gangs of El Salvador

A look at Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, from high-profile ICE raids to the death of activist Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, exploring questions around civil liberties, accountability and who is being targeted.

Caught in the Crackdown

Worth almost $300 billion, BHP is the world's largest mining company. Despite publicly touting its green credentials over the last decade, Four Corners investigates how the company quietly halted green projects in the Pilbara and put off action on climate change. Angus Grigg teams up with journalist Marian Wilkinson to investigate how BHP went cold on climate change and what this means for Australia's climate targets.

The BHP Files

A confronting Four Corners investigation into alleged police misconduct in NSW and the hidden accountability system accused of failing victims and the public. We ask, when police abuse their power, who holds them to account?

Escaping Kabul tells the dramatic story of the secret international mission to rescue Afghanistan's female cyclists after the Taliban's return to power placed them in grave danger.

As native forest logging ends in some states, we investigate where the industry is heading next. Jessica Longbottom examines the flow of timber across state borders and the growing battle over the future of native forestry.

Timber Turmoil

As the AFL pushes for growth, Four Corners uncovers startling new evidence of brain disease in younger players. Families of players diagnosed with CTE speak out about the risks of repeated head trauma, and whether the AFL has been transparent about the risks.

Collision

As artificial intelligence reshapes modern warfare, Four Corners investigates how AI-powered targeting systems are changing battlefield decisions from Ukraine to Gaza, and what this means for the future of conflict.

Click To Kill: The AI War Machine

Australia has been promised a solution to the housing crisis: affordable rentals delivered with private developers, public money and big investors. Four Corners investigates whether affordable housing is really affordable.

Unaffordable: Australia's Broken Housing Promise

From IV drip bars to recovery studios to plush longevity clinics and online biohacking, the longevity industry is booming. Dr Norman Swan examines whether the race to slow ageing is outpacing the science.

The Race To Reverse Ageing

Can Australians trust the labels on the food they buy? In Part 1 of a major two-part Four Corners investigation, Adele Ferguson teams up with forensic food scientists to examine the integrity of Australia's food supply.

Duped: Food Exposed (Part 1)

Adele Ferguson follows the trail from Australian supermarkets to international supply chains, revealing how products can be adulterated long before they reach the shopping trolley or are linked to unethical labour practices.

Duped: Food Exposed (Part 2)

President Trump's escalating campaign to pressure the "fiercely independent" Federal Reserve and Jerome Powell into cutting interest rates threatens the central bank's autonomy, with ramifications reaching far beyond the US.

The President vs The Fed

Anne Connolly investigates the government's new "once-in-a-generation" aged care reforms - finding families waiting in limbo and a secretive algorithm that experts say often gets funding wrong.

The Waiting Game

Four Corners investigates Australia's lobbying industry, where top operators reveal how they win access to ministers, as critics say lax regulation leaves the system open to undue influence.

Access All Areas

The Christian Brothers faced more abuse claims than any Catholic order in Australia - and now say they're broke. Four Corners investigates, with the Chair of the schools' body giving his only interview about the Brothers' financial turmoil.

Christian Brothers Inc.

Chinese EVs are surging in Australia, but their cameras, microphones and internet connectivity expose gaps in our privacy and cyber security laws. Four Corners investigates the risks of surveillance and sabotage.

Asleep at the Wheel

Four Corners investigates the forces driving One Nation's growing influence, how the party operates and whether it's ready for power.

Behind the Orange Wave

Australian veterans put their lives at risk serving their country, now their lives are at risk in a system that's failing them.

Defenceless

The story of Iran - the protests, the war and beyond - as told by those who lived it. Features footage and first-hand accounts of Iranian citizens giving a rare glimpse of what the conflict was like for those on the ground.

Inside Iran: War and Revolution

How being pregnant or a mother can still cost women their jobs. Avani Dias spoke to women who say they've been fired, demoted, discriminated against or offered sham redundancies when they were pregnant or returning to work.

The Pregnancy Penalty

Four Corners is Australia's longest-running investigative journalism/current affairs television program. Broadcast on ABC1 in Australia, it premiered on 19 August 1961 and celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2021. Founding producer Robert Raymond and his successor Allan Ashbolt did much to set the ongoing tone of the program.

Based on the Panorama concept, the program addresses a single issue in depth each week, showing either a locally produced program or a relevant documentary from overseas. The program has won many awards for investigative journalism, and broken many high-profile stories. A notable early example of this was the show's epoch-making 1962 exposé on the appalling living conditions endured by many Aboriginal Australians living in rural New South Wales.

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