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Four Corners: Series 2007

39 episodes · first aired Feb 12, 2007

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1 The Culture Feb 12, 2007 · 45m It's blokey and it's bolshie, the envy of other unions, with near blanket coverage of its workforce. For decades it has sought to influence election campaigns, dragged concessions out of…
2 Battling the Booze Feb 19, 2007 · 45m You don't have to be sitting on a street corner urinating in your trousers and shadow boxing to be a drunk. I'm living proof of that... - Ian
3 The Denial Machine Feb 26, 2007 · 45m For years the global warming debate has swirled like a firestorm. Science has been tossed about in a tornado of spin from doomsayers and doubters, deep green activists and fossil fuel…
4 The Road to Return Mar 5, 2007 · 45m Who's tough on crime? It's an election season ritual: the law and order auction to see which party will put more cops on the streets or increase sentences or build more jails.
5 Firestorm Mar 12, 2007 · 45m Across southern Australia, fire chiefs are anxiously waiting for the cool draughts of autumn to extinguish another stress-filled season of sparks, flare-ups and rushed responses.
6 You Only Live Twice Mar 19, 2007 · 45m Our world might be getting smaller, thanks to technology, but virtual worlds and games are booming. Millions of people venture daily into these new and constantly evolving landscapes where…
7 A Hidden Life Mar 26, 2007 · 45m In May 2005, citizens of Spokane, USA, woke to startling news about their city's mayor, Jim West. The outwardly conservative Republican, who had pushed legislation barring gay teachers…
8 David Hicks' Story Apr 2, 2007 · 45m With a wispy moustache and long, lank hair, it was a different David Hicks who just faced US military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. No longer the clean-cut young man smiling familiarly…
9 Treechange Apr 9, 2007 · 45m Australia is planting trees. After years of debate about logging old growth forests what could seem more sensible or more worthy? And yet a national quarrel has developed about tree…
10 Earth, Wind and Fire Apr 16, 2007 · 45m Picture a windswept hillside lined with slender white skyscrapers, each crowned by a giant whirring rotor longer than a jumbo jet. Or a swathe of desert covered by a sea of mirrors drawing…
11 Painting the Mind Apr 23, 2007 · 45m Imagine surviving a massive brain injury, then waking up in hospital to discover your personality has completely transformed.
12 The Dark Arts Apr 30, 2007 · 45m "Well mate... let me just say this to you. I mean you wouldn't know this but I'm not a f...... good enemy to have..." (Brian Burke on the telephone)
13 Dr Rosanna Capolingua May 7, 2007 · 45m A confronting report in which fit and healthy elderly Australians reveal plans to take their own lives before they lose their independence. Is this a new fact of life in greying Australia?
14 Mississippi Cold Case May 21, 2007 · 45m One spring day in 1964, Charles Moore and Henry Dee were hitchhiking in rural Mississippi. The two black men were picked up by the Ku Klux Klan, tortured, locked in a car boot and driven…
15 A Private Affair May 28, 2007 · 45m Nick off, it's not for sale!... Qantas shareholder's answer to the takeover offer.
16 Torture Jun 4, 2007 · 45m "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment." (Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
17 Ghost Prisoners Jun 11, 2007 · 45m Shackled, gagged and blindfolded, they are bundled on to spy planes, spirited to Third World capitals and dumped in prison hellholes. There they face repeated interrogations that typically…
18 Tough Calls Jun 18, 2007 · 45m "We run an absolute dictatorship and that's what's going to drive this transformation and deliver results... If you can't get the people to go there and you try once and you try twice…
19 The Home Front Jun 25, 2007 · 45m While politicians clash noisily over global warming and how to fight it, millions of Australians are trying modestly to cut their energy use, to be a small part of a big solution.
20 Forward Base Afghanistan Jul 2, 2007 · 45m Like Star Wars figures beamed back to the 17th century, Australia's hi-tech, lethally-equipped soldiers cut a surreal presence as they cautiously patrol the baking dustbowl of southern…
21 Real Spooks Jul 9, 2007 · 45m Across Britain counter terrorism forces are gathering evidence against the planners of the failed car bomb plots in London and Glasgow. The forensic information gleaned from the vehicles…
22 The Cape Experiment Jul 16, 2007 · 45m "If they don't take responsibility then we will step in. We want the system to work so that when people don't take responsibility we're able to step in ... you could lose your freedom if…
23 For The Children's Sake Jul 23, 2007 · 45m "My baby was the last thing that I thought about until I pulled that needle out of my arm." Sharon, drug user.
24 Grist to the Mill Jul 30, 2007 · 45m It started with dinner in a Hobart restaurant. The head of Tasmania's biggest timber company and the then Deputy Premier chatted about future plans for the forest industry in Tasmania…
25 The Behaviour Business Aug 6, 2007 · 45m An angry child, lashing out at the world, struggling at school, labelled a 'problem'. The desperate parents, looking for help, hoping that one day their child will have a normal life. This…
26 EYES WIDE OPEN Aug 13, 2007 · 45m When was the last time you had a good night's sleep? Are you one of the million-plus Australians who spend their nights watching the minutes tick by, dreading the morning, knowing you'll…
27 Friends of God Aug 20, 2007 · 45m "I don't think you can win without them. And I think if they're unified, you'll lose if they go against you. John Kerry learned that. Al Gore learned that and Hillary will learn that in…
28 First Do No Harm Aug 27, 2007 · 45m How do you know if you can trust your doctor? How do you know if they have the skills to heal you? How do you find out, what all too often, the medical profession already knows: who to go…
29 When Kids Get Life Sep 3, 2007 · 45m The crimes are shocking, the perpetrators alarmingly young. A 15-year-old who brutally murdered his parents; a 15-year-old participant in a fatal car-jacking; a 17-year-old who killed a…
30 Hokey Pokie Sep 10, 2007 · 45m "There's no country in the world that has gambling in clubs and pubs in the way that we do in Australia." Professor Jan McMillen.
31 Mortgage Meltdown Sep 17, 2007 · 45m "When the US sneezes the rest of the world gets the cold."
32 Afghanistan Unveiled Sep 24, 2007 · 45m The pictures were shocking. A woman swathed in a blue burqa, stumbling across the ground, barely able to see. Forced to her knees, then shot in the head. Publicly executed in a soccer…
33 The Trials of Dr Haneef Oct 1, 2007 · 45m On Saturday June 30 an explosives-filled Jeep Cherokee careered into Glasgow's airport terminal. Images of the flaming car and one of the attackers, Kafeel Ahmed, grotesquely burnt and…
34 Burma's Secret War Oct 8, 2007 · 45m Democracy will just have to wait. The rallies have been crushed and the protesters are in captivity, in hiding, or fleeing the country. Military vehicles sweep Burma's main city Rangoon…
35 The Brethren Express Oct 15, 2007 · 45m They don't vote and they repudiate any organised role in politics. It's God's call, they say, whether governments stand or fall.
36 The Real Godfather Oct 22, 2007 · 45m They called him The Tractor. "He mowed people down," explained an informant.
37 Flying Blind Oct 29, 2007 · 45m "If you think about all the planes that are available as being puppies in a litter, the Super Hornet is the runt." US aviation analyst James Stevenson
38 Tracking the Intervention Nov 5, 2007 · 45m After decades of hollow promises, it was time to cut the talk. In Canberra's eyes the rolling scandal of child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities demanded action, swift and certain.
39 The Undecided Nov 12, 2007 · 45m In the political marketplace, their votes are gold dust. People like Matthew, Nicole, Mark, Deanne and George will determine who governs Australia after November 24. All are marginal seat…