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You can hear the first part of Josh's investigation here: abc.net.au/radionational/pro… There's a second episode dropping later this week.

Dead Man's Secrets | 01 - ABC listen

A shocking murder takes place in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape orders corruption watchdog to investigate PNG Ports, in response to an investigation by @jrojourno for Background Briefing, and the @OCCRP abc.net.au/news/2023-03-06/p… via @ABCaustralia

'Very concerned': Corruption watchdog probe ordered on payments to PNG Ports linked to Gold Coast...

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape says the country's corruption watchdog will investigate the state-owned PNG Ports Corporation in response to revelations by the ABC.

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Josh Robertson@jrojourno3 Mar 2023
A shocking murder takes place in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The victim? A key negotiating partner in a deal with the Australian Government worth more than half a billion dollars. Dead Man's Secrets | Part 1 abc.net.au/radionational/pro…

Dead Man's Secrets | 01 - ABC listen

A shocking murder takes place in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

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LISTEN: Dead Man's Secrets | 01 by @jrojourno abc.net.au/radionational/pro…

Dead Man's Secrets | 01 - ABC listen

A shocking murder takes place in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

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Josh Robertson@jrojourno2 Mar 2023
One of the biggest beneficiaries of Australian foreign funding - the PNG Ports Corp - could face police probe after the ABC uncovered questionable payments linked to top officials @BackgroundBrief abc.net.au/radio/programs/am…

PNG ports could face police probe - ABC listen

Papua New Guinea's ports authority could face a police investigation, after the ABC uncovered questionable payments linked to top officials.

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LISTEN: How the system failed to save Darcey and Chloe | Episode 02 by @alexblucher abc.net.au/radionational/pro…

How the system failed to save Darcey and Chloe | 02 - ABC listen

When two infants die after being left inside a hot car, their family seek answers to how this could have happened.

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Former child safety officer believes she could have saved Darcey and Chloe if not for a high caseload abc.net.au/news/2023-02-23/c… via @alexblucher

Alexandra Boscoe says that if she had more time and a lower caseload, she could have saved Darcey...

A former caseworker says that systemic problems within Queensland's Child Safety unit may have prevented her from saving Darcey and Chloe.

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Kerri-Ann Conley sentenced to nine years' jail for manslaughter after toddler daughters died in car that reached 61C abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/k…

Father dissatisfied with nine-year sentence for woman who left 'defenceless' daughters to die in...

Two-and-a-half-year-old Darcey and her 13-month-old sister Chloe-Ann died after being left inside their mother's car at their Waterford West home in November 2019.

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Linton Besser@lb_online14 Feb 2023
Powerful and revelatory reporting from @alexblucher How Queensland's child protection system failed Darcey and Chloe Conley abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/h…

Weeks before Darcey and Chloe died in a hot car, child safety was warned. Why didn't it intervene?

Before Darcey and Chloe Conley died inside a hot car, authorities prematurely closed their file on the children and failed to heed later warnings that the toddlers were at risk, an ABC investigation...

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Alexandra Blucher@alexblucher15 Feb 2023
"If the backup’s failing, what happens then? Are we just going to watch them all die?" Revelations that Queensland's child safety department failed to act to protect Darcey and Chloe before they died. More to come on @BackgroundBrief @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/h…

Weeks before Darcey and Chloe died in a hot car, child safety was warned. Why didn't it intervene?

Before Darcey and Chloe Conley died inside a hot car, authorities prematurely closed their file on the children and failed to heed later warnings that the toddlers were at risk, an ABC investigation...

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Sam Tomlin@SamTomlin53915 Feb 2023
Phenomenal reporting from @alexblucher @BackgroundBrief - horrifying to think just how many of these Child Protection failures could be happening across the country.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/h…

Weeks before Darcey and Chloe died in a hot car, child safety was warned. Why didn't it intervene?

Before Darcey and Chloe Conley died inside a hot car, authorities prematurely closed their file on the children and failed to heed later warnings that the toddlers were at risk, an ABC investigation...

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LISTEN: How the system failed to save Darcey and Chloe | 01 A Background Briefing investigation by @alexblucher abc.net.au/radionational/pro… @Fanoupanou @lb_online

How the system failed to save Darcey and Chloe | 01 - ABC listen

Queensland authorities failed to heed multiple serious warnings that a young pair of sisters were in danger, before it was too late.

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READ: How Queensland's child protection system failed Darcey and Chloe Conley. An investigation by @alexblucher abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/h…

Weeks before Darcey and Chloe died in a hot car, child safety was warned. Why didn't it intervene?

Before Darcey and Chloe Conley died inside a hot car, authorities prematurely closed their file on the children and failed to heed later warnings that the toddlers were at risk, an ABC investigation...

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.@BackgroundBrief - Mental health workers allowed to keep practising despite sexual relationships, drug use with patients abc.net.au/news/2023-02-11/m… via @RadioNational

'This will ruin you too': How Kate was manipulated by her psychiatrist

An ABC investigation has uncovered hundreds of cases of misconduct by health workers, including a psychiatrist who impregnated a patient and another who injected their patient with heroin, yet the...

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LISTEN: The psychiatrist and his star patient, a powerful investigation by @emlybkr into what happens when a psychiatrist crosses a professional boundary. abc.net.au/radionational/pro…

The psychiatrist and his star patient - ABC listen

Kate thought she'd finally found a psychiatrist who cared about her.

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LISTEN: The psychiatrist and his star patient, a powerful investigation by @emlybkr into what happens when a psychiatrist crosses a professional boundary. abc.net.au/radionational/pro…

The psychiatrist and his star patient - ABC listen

Kate thought she'd finally found a psychiatrist who cared about her.

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