ABC Australia

Background Briefing is a news podcast hosted by ABC Australia. It has 250 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Background Briefing is the ABC's flagship investigative journalism podcast. Its award-winning investigations and documentaries expose cover-ups, corruption, real-life mysteries, whistleblowing, crime, fraud and miscarriages of justice — often before these stories receive mainstream attention.The Background Briefing podcast brings you true stories not everyone will want you to hear, told by trusted reporters across Australia.This Australian podcast makes investigative journalism bingeable. From scams and fraud to schooling and health scandals, tech and social media digs, police exposes and various unsolved cases, each episode of the Background Briefing podcast is a must-listen.Recent series include:Hometown Boys exposed how a terrible crime fractured a local community around a local football club.The Invisible Killer: a forensic investigation into unexplained deaths in aged care after a doctor makes an unusual discovery.The Favourite: how a schoolyard secret stayed hidden for year

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