The Australian reports climate activists accused the ABC of betraying them, after Four Corners footage handed to police by the national broadcaster led to the arrest of three more protesters for their alleged involvement in a protest at the Perth home of Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neill. The ABC is understood to have given police more than 20 hours of previously unseen footage, shot as part of a recent Four Corners report about Disrupt Burrup Hub’s actions against oil and gas producer Woodside Energy.
What, betraying them for stalking out someone’s place? If she walked out of her house and went around the block and back, are you sure she would arrive back in the state she left in? Unlikely.
Despite this, Ms Mackey, the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner, subsequently asked her deputy, Jeffrey Chan, to stand aside instead. He was later suspended, leading him to sue the commission and Ms Mackey in the Federal Court, saying he has been made a scapegoat and seeking compensation for the harm he has suffered.
For the past two weeks, the commission has tried to suppress the release of details in the case but Justice Yaseen Shariff ruled on Friday that the court documents should be made public, saying the matter is one that quintessentially calls for an open and public hearing.
He also ruled that Dr Chan’s suspension should be temporarily lifted and he should be allowed to return to work while the case proceeds.
Post script to Tunnel Vision story
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Four Corners: Super Power: The cost of living with Coles and Woolworths
Monday 19 February at 8:30pm
Super Power reported by Angus Grigg goes to air Monday 19 February at 8:30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. See more at ABC News online and on social media platforms.
In the 2024 season return, Four Corners uncovers the tactics being used by supermarkets to keep the prices high - and the competition out.
Coles and Woolworths have reported record profits amid a rise in the cost of living - and while both deny price gouging, there are now six inquiries and reviews targeting the duopoly.
Reporter Angus Grigg interviews the CEOs of both Coles and Woolworths, addressing concerns from frustrated customers.
“They’re the ones that are getting screwed. It just means higher prices at the shelf because the supermarkets are extremely greedy,” one industry insider told Four Corners .
The arrogance of those two CEO’s. Astounding.
Neither of them were good spokespersons for their employer!
And i hope that click and collect worker still has her job. I’m not convinced 4 Corners should have identified her and shown (supposedly) the building where she lives.
My exact thought. Whoever ok’d them to do those interviews made a big mistake.
I thought this too but then also thought maybe she is a part of a whisteblower set up. She seemed very comfortable talking about it all.
I’d be surprised if the worker hadn’t already left Coles since filming. Most organisations have policies prohibiting employees from talking to the media without authorisation and I doubt the ABC would have aired it as they did if she still worked there. The two CEOs were terrible.
I’m not sure I’d have expected anything different from them to be honest
Just reported that Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci is stepping down.
I didn’t see him surviving that disaster of an interview tbh.
But am a bit surprised how quickly the announcement has followed the telecast. Maybe timed to paper over another increase in profits for the half-year?
The Coles CEO was also less than impressive, but at least kept her cool for the most part.
The ABC posted the episode (minus the Four Corners opening) on YouTube after the broadcast, for those who don’t have an iView account. It has now attracted more than 240,000 views.
The Wanted
Monday 26 February at 8:30pm
A Four Corners and Guardian Australia exclusive investigation
The Wanted will air early on digital platforms on Monday 26 February 2024. Watch on ABC iview from 6am and on ABC TV at 8.30pm. Read more on ABC News website and The Guardian website from Monday and listen to Guardian Australia’s dedicated Full Story episode.
A man accused by Rwandan authorities of participating in one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century is living in Australia’s suburbs, a joint Four Corners and Guardian Australia investigation has found.
More than half a million people were killed during Rwanda’s genocide against its Tutsi minority in 1994.
Thirty years on, Guardian reporter Ben Doherty travels to Rwanda to investigate the allegations — and confronts the man accused of being involved in several killings, who is now an Australian citizen.
The findings of the year-long joint Four Corners and Guardian investigation raise tough questions about Australia’s immigration screening processes.
The Guardian Australia has now published Ben Doherty’s article and the Full Story podcast.
The ABC online article
Old School
Monday 4 March 8:30 pm
Four Corners: Old School will air at 8.30pm on Monday 4 March on ABC TV and ABC iview. See more at the ABC News website and on ABC News social media platforms.
Amid the push for private boys’ schools in Australia to go co-educational, Four Corners investigates if these institutions are safe places for girls.
Sydney’s elite Cranbrook School – where captains of industry and billionaires have studied or send their own children – was repeatedly identified in a petition about allegations of schoolboy sexual assaults.
Now, Four Corners reporter Louise Milligan exposes new allegations, speaking to female staff who have left the school, and investigates a wider history.
