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There’s something shaping what appears in your newsfeed that you might not be aware of. Reporter Gina McKeon investigates.
This week, reporter Annika Blau gets the inside story of a union powerbroker’s rise, and the people who risked it... more
Take a stroll around Sydney and you'll find his name on many venerated buildings. But this man, a 101-year-old billionaire,... more
A former oil tycoon has just bought the streaming rights to Australia’s great homegrown sports, the AFL and NRL. This... more
Millennial content makers can influence election outcomes from their home studios. After witnessing the power of podcasts in the US... more
They're not household names. But they wield serious power under the radar.
This week, Bri Lee investigates tech-assisted gendered abuse by schoolboys against their peers and teachers.
Three decades after the first ordinations of women to the Anglican priesthood, women are still struggling to reach leadership —... more
A court found that Garry Davis injected three victims with lethal doses of insulin during a 48 hour period. But... more
When reporter Anne Connolly discovers that Garry Davis had a collection of strange items under his bed, it changes the... more