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In Saving The Franklin, revisit the biggest environmental movement Australia has ever seen: the 1982 Franklin River Blockade. This story is nuts. Missing people, death threats, savage political moves, young people flooding into Tasmania to put their bodies in front of bulldozers.
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01 | A mystery in paradise, before the Franklin River fight
The fight to save the Franklin River started in a totally different part of Tasmania's wilderness: with a proposal to dam the paradise inland beach of Lake Pedder.
Duration: 34 minutes
Published: with Jo Lauder
02 | The battle lines: 'Greenies' vs workers
The Franklin Dam proposal symbolised a lifeline to struggling communities on Tasmania's West Coast, recovering from the end of a mining era. Yet for environmentalists, it symbolised destruction and greed.
Duration: 39 minutes
Published: with Jo Lauder
01 | Sirens Are Coming – The Great Survivor
In 1958, the Rat Pack were born — three dirty cops who would use bribery and extortion for the next forty years in Queensland to wield power over sex workers.
Duration: 36 minutes 24 seconds
Published: with Matthew Condon
02 | Sirens Are Coming – From Kickbacks to Payback
In the early 1970s, The Rat Pack faced a challenge. Shirley Brifman — who lied at the National Hotel Inquiry to protect these crooked cops — would turn from their biggest ally to their greatest threat.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds
Published: with Matthew Condon
03 | Sirens Are Coming – The Fallout
Just when the Rat Pack look set to crumble, Shirley Brifman is found dead. Meanwhile Dorothy Edith Knight, fresh from taking down Glen Hallahan in the sting operation, realises her ordeal with the police is only just beginning.
Duration: 31 minutes 23 seconds
Published: with Matthew Condon
01 | The Ring In – My Friends Call Me Haitch
Meet Hayden Haitana, the lovable, ever-so-slightly dodgy horse trainer who lands himself in Australia's biggest racing scandal. He's going straight, no more shortcuts to win.
Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds
Published: with Veronica Milsom
02 | The Ring In – The Painted Pony
A week out from race day disaster strikes. The fast horse meant to replace Fine Cotton is injured and his sub-in is the wrong colour. The creative solution? Multiple trips to the chemist and a long boozy night of applying women's hair dye to a horse.
Duration: 46 minutes 13 seconds
Published: with Veronica Milsom
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