Four Corners

29/09/2025

A Four Corners investigation has resulted in a landmark case in the Federal Court.

Our program AI Rising revealed the existence of deepfake po*******hy of Australian women, including seven public figures.

Reporter Grace Tobin and producer Amy Donaldson discovered the identity of the anonymous creator by linking usernames, YouTube pages, email addresses and social media accounts. Four Corners tracked the man to the Philippines and alerted Australian authorities.

Antonio Rotondo has now been fined more than $340,000 by the Federal Court in the first case of its kind in Australia.

A man who made deep fake p**nographic images of prominent Australian women and posted them to a website has been fined $343,500 by the Federal Court — the first case of its kind in the country.

23/09/2025

The Australian Taxation Office is responsible for collecting your taxes which helps fund everything from schools, hospitals, roads and government agencies.

They promote their work as world class, but when Four Corners investigated, there was $50 billion dollars they were yet to collect.

Find out more here: https://youtu.be/GgdX6F6NFNg?si=6WlZ3d9ER2j9PWEI

18/09/2025

US President Donald Trump has responded to a question from the ABC by telling the journalist he is "hurting Australia" and suggesting it will damage relations with the US.

Mr Trump was speaking to reporters at the White House when the ABC's Americas editor, John Lyons, asked the president about his business dealings while in office as part of an upcoming Four Corners investigation.

Americas editor John Lyons tells News Breakfast that he did not think that his questions were provocative and that they were fair and based on research.

18/09/2025

Next on Four Corners: Havana Syndrome

17/09/2025

Ben grew up in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church where homosexuality is forbidden. He decided to leave the church and is estranged from his family.

Watch Big Brethren on ABC iview.

16/09/2025

Mick Dover alleges he was repeatedly sexually abused as a child in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. When he decided to sue, he was offered a million dollars on the condition he tell no one. He’s turned it down to tell his story.

Watch the Four Corners documentary, Big Brethren on ABC iview.

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15/09/2025

Lavinia says women are ‘baby makers’ and housewives in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.

Wanting more for her life, she escaped when she was 21 and has been completely cut off from her family.

14/09/2025

Mick was offered $1m to stay silent. Instead he’s told his story to Four Corners.

The controversial church offered to settle with Mick Dover over his allegations of abuse, but only if he signed a non-disclosure agreement and agreed not to disparage them in any way.

12/09/2025

Greg Hunt started working for the company, whose owners won $135 million in government contracts for COVID supplies, within months of leaving parliament.

The Sydney-based church has been described by former members and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as a "cult".

12/09/2025

Polymetallic nodules on the sea floor rich in cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese could be worth trillions of dollars and mining companies want in.

Most nodules lie in international waters where the seabed and its mineral resources are under the jurisdiction of the International Seabed Authority.

The ISA says no mining of the international seabed should happen until global regulations are in place, but US President Donald Trump this year signed an executive order prioritising seabed mining, even in international waters.

Watch Race to the Bottom on ABC iview.

11/09/2025

Next on Four Corners: Big Brethren

10/09/2025

The Metals Company or TMC wants to mine polymetallic nodules, which could be worth trillions, from the sea floor in international waters.

TOML, a TMC subsidiary has a sponsorship agreement with the Kingdom of Tonga, but critics say the small island nation is at risk of being ripped off.