Four Corners returns for 2005 with a provocative report on the Asian tsunami and the world's unprecedented response to it.
An Australian insider reveals the secrets behind the fruitless search for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
"Thirty eight per cent of the world’s known uranium deposits … that’s like the Holy Grail." Craig Copetas, author of "Metal Men".
After a Christmas shopping spree that saw our combined credit card bill top $30 billion, the credit industry is lobbying for more access to consumers’ personal financial information.
Young cannabis users in treatment for psychosis speak openly about their experiences, while doctors and drug specialists explain what the new research means for young people’s mental health.
Through candid interviews with underworld figures, family members, investigators and corruption-fighters, Chris Masters paints a chilling picture of the criminal sub-culture that thrives beneath Melbournes respectable surface and has infected some of its police.
Scientists have discovered that the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface has been diminishing.
Four Corners takes a close-up look at what could be the toughest job in Australia – it’s hard work, low pay, few holidays, high stress...
Debbie Whitmont uncovers disturbing new evidence in the case of Cornelia Rau, who needed help but instead got ten months inside a jail and a detention centre.
Jonathan Holmes reports on the Vioxx controversy – the biggest drug recall in history.
How 18 words about the Miss World beauty contest spun a country into chaos, triggering riots that left hundreds of people dead.
The inside story of the making of the new pope, as told by a select group of people caught up in the politics, the prayer and the passion.
Who on Earth will be masters of outer space?
Four Corners pieces together the last days and minutes of Hariri's life and looks at the likely motive behind his assassination.
In this compelling report Chris Masters investigates the case of the murder of Wayne Tonks, featuring the first interview with the young man who is serving a sentence for the killing.
An exploration of the child sex offender’s psyche and prospects for rehabilitation.
"Rape in a Small Town" chronicles story of an elderly assault victim’s ordeal and her 12 year struggle for justice.
Four Corners reveals that an Australian mining company has been implicated in a massacre of at least 100 people.
Jonathan Holmes examines the flaws in Australia’s child support system and the likely winners and losers from reform.
Four Corners presents a poignant journey inside the 'new asylums' - prisons crammed with the mentally ill.
What’s a university degree worth in the 21st century?
Behind the tragedy of flight 675...
Four Corners presents a report on London's rush hour bomb attack.
Matthew Carney reveals new evidence of Japan’s secret deals to resume commercial whaling.
The scientific world may be on the cusp of discovering the origin of gender: What makes a boy?
Chris Masters asks if the country should expect to receive a helping hand.
In "A Boy's Life": the powerful story of Robert, an emotionally troubled seven-year-old, and the forces that shape him.
Quentin McDermott investigates cyber-fraud, the crime of the 21st century, revealing a new security breach involving Australians’ personal data.
Four Corners asks the contentious question: is it time Australians considered the prospect of nuclear power?
An investigation into the burgeoning – and lethal - worldwide trade in counterfeit drugs.
From Olympic glory to market gutser...
New science on one of medicine’s great controversies...
Matthew Carney journeys into the netherworld inhabited by thousands of Australia’s mentally ill - as they rough it on the streets, in doss-houses and in jails.
The clash between a giant industry that makes an essential product and a small community dogged by illness and struggling for survival.
What happens when a circle of accusing elders – not a judge – takes on the job of punishing offenders?
Who is to blame for the child overweight and obesity epidemic that is fast becoming a national health crisis?
The right to know versus the right to privacy...
What is the evidence against the accused Australian terrorist as he prepares for a US military trial?
Chris Masters presents this exclusive and compelling insight into Australia’s most feared jail – Goulburn's high risk management unit, Supermax – and considers the eternal dilemma of prison policy: how to square the primary demand for public safety against the rights and welfare of prisoners, and their possible rehabilitation.
ABC2 will be broadcasting previously unseen extended Four Corners interviews from throughout 2005.
ABC2 are screening some of the best Four Corners of the year during the summer season.
Four Corners looks back over the year.