Four Corners celebrates 50 years of broadcasting
Four Corners today celebrates 50 years of broadcast. At the forefront of Australian current affairs for half a century ABC News 24 will air a selection of programs from each decade over the coming five weeks, starting Sunday 28 August.
To coincide, a multimedia exhibition at Ultimo’s ABC Atrium from Monday 22 August to Friday 25 November, open Monday to Friday 9am-6pm.
Highlights over the five weeks include:
The Price of Equality by reporter Frank Bennett examining the action of the Gurindji stockmen, striking over the right to equal pay at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory which would later lead to the first return of land to Aboriginal people when Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, Originally broadcast on 1 October 1966, to be aired Sunday 28 August
Kerry O’Brien follows Whitlam the Campaign Trail, while Allan Hogan follows Fraser on the Campaign Trail, Originally broadcast on 6 December 1975, to be aired Sunday 4 September
Chris Masters’s investigation on The Moonlight State, into the Queensland Police Service in 1987 which would lead to the Fitzgerald Inquiry, a commission to run for two years resulting in a charge of perjury against Premier Sir Joh. Originally broadcast 11 May 1987, to be aired on Sunday 11 September.
In The Bali Confessions, Sally Neighbour reports on the investigations into the Bali bombing and retraced the mission that killed at least 190 people including 88 Australians and shed light on what motiveated the bombers, , who they were really targeting. Originally broadcast 10 February 2003, to be aired on Sunday 25 September.
For more information, visit abc.net.au/4corners/50years
