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Before the Storm
This week’s program goes behind the scenes with a tenacious regional newspaper reporter who last year won Australia’s top journalism award. Joanne McCarthy’s exposure of a national scandal emerging in the Newcastle and Hunter Valley region played a large part in the establishment of one of Australia’s biggest-ever Royal Commissions. Her efforts so impressed former Prime Minister Julia Gillard that one of her last acts in office was to send a personal note to Ms McCarthy. As this program reveals, it’s been a marathon effort for both Joanne McCarthy and some of those closest to her, including her parents and ten siblings....
Aired: Aug 25, 2014 Genre: Documentary NewsCasts:Duration: 30m Rating: 0 Country:Production:
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01: The Other Side02: The Back of His Mind03: No Half Measures04: Call Me Cate05: His Driving Force06: An Unnatural History07: The House of Tara08: Out of the Box09: Set in Stone10: A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 111: A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 212: A Man Called Boy13: A Very Good Rascal14: The Edge of the Mountain15: In Tracy's Corner16: All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 117: All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 218: Out of the Kitchen19: The Last Commando , Part 120: The Last Commando , Part 221: Driving Miss Davis22: Forget Me Not23: Talk of the Town24: The Game Changer25: Leaps and Bounds26: Divide and Conquer27: Lock Me Away28: Searching for C1129: Searching for C11 (2)30: Before the Storm31: Out of the Shoebox32: Getting the Hang of It33: The Past Is a Foreign Country34: The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)35: The Pursuit of Happiness36: I Am Jack37: Vanishing Act38: The Innocent39: The Innocent (2)40: How I Met Your Father41: Just Call Me Bob42: Just Call Me Bob (2)43: Letter from Wooleen