Background Briefing

Background Briefing reporter Tynan King follows 13-year-old Ruby Camisso from Hawkesbury River, NSW, who has sustained seven major concussions and multiple brain bleeds from youth bull riding competitions, leaving her brain damaged enough to lose consciousness from a light touch at a birthday party.

Background Briefing reporter Annika Blau investigates how 18 grey nomad retirees in a caravan park in Kula, New South Wales, invested their life savings in a company-title community run by Graeme Booker and Janet Kelly, only to have the company put into voluntary administration mid-court-case and the park purchased by Graeme and Janet's separate company, leaving the residents' shares worthless.

Journalists Sam Hawley and Andy Burns attend a country football match in rural Australia, setting the scene for a podcast series.

A new investigative documentary series explores one person's childhood realization that much of it was a lie, involving sexual assault.

Background Briefing follows 13-year-old Ruby Camisso, an Australian female bull rider who has suffered eight major concussions and multiple brain bleeds, to the point where the slightest touch — a forehead resting on a friend's shoulder at a birthday party — can knock her unconscious.

Background Briefing's Julia Bergen investigates the sudden appearance of 'internationally acclaimed French sculptor' Jean-Paul Mangin in the Australian art market through his representative, Studio Gallery Group, which sells his perspex sculptures for up to $10,000 each.

Arsene Ostrowski, a Jewish-Australian lawyer and prominent pro-Israel advocate, was shot in the head at the Bondi Hanukkah by the Sea festival on December 14, surviving a bullet that passed millimetres from killing him.

This episode explores the story of a man who showed bravery during the Bondi terrorist attack but has stayed out of the public eye.

Introduction to a new series investigating the background of the Bondi terrorist attack, tracing the perpetrators' origins across multiple countries.

A podcast team visits an op shop and discusses distressing content with volunteers Dot and Joy.

A journalist and her colleague meet a secret helper in Balmoral to review Facebook posts from the night of a pivotal event.

A new investigative documentary series explores one person's childhood realization that much of it was a lie, involving sexual assault.