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EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 1 MIN

Introducing | Tammy's Story

from Background Briefing · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Tammy Shipley asked to be arrested so she could feel safe. After she was placed under 24-hour surveillance, something terrible took place. A new three-part series by Kirstie Wellauer and Joanna McCarthy investigates how it unfolded.A loving mother of five, Tammy could really make her kids laugh.  But she'd started to believe she was in danger — that someone was out to get her.  A couple of weeks before Christmas, she walked into a Sydney police station looking for protection. She asked to be arrested and just wanted to feel safe. She was put under 24-hour surveillance. Then, over the course of several hours, something terrible took place. Something no one noticed. Tammy's Story is a three-part investigation into how this could have happened.

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