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Engine failure caused Qantas flight to make emergency landing at Sydney Airport. Here's what we know
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2 months ago

Engine failure caused Qantas flight to make emergency landing at Sydney Airport. Here's what we know

ABC  

Urgent investigations are underway after a Qantas flight experienced engine failure on take-off, forcing it to turn back to Sydney Airport. Qantas confirmed the flight to Brisbane experienced a "contained engine failure". "Engine failure of this type is very, very rare and it can lead to catastrophic situations," Professor Bartsch said. Professor Ron Bartsch said that plane engine failure was …

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What is Project 2025?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What is Project 2025?

ABC  

Sally Sara: After yesterday's shooting, Trump supporters say nothing will stop the former president's march towards retaking the White House. Mark Willacy: Dans is the director of Project 2025, an alliance of more than 100 right-wing groups that is laying the groundwork for the return of a conservative president, Donald Trump. Mark Willacy: And like the chaos and confusion of …

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How Four Corners investigated alleged torture and mistreatment by Australian soldiers in East Timor
2 years, 8 months ago

How Four Corners investigated alleged torture and mistreatment by Australian soldiers in East Timor

ABC  

"This story began before Afghanistan," said the former SAS soldier. "I wonder if you have ever considered going back to 1999 and East Timor where was one of the first SAS soldiers to be investigated for dubious shooting activity," wrote one former SAS veteran in 2020. "I thought it pertinent to draw your attention to allegations that were made against …

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Inside ABC Investigations' 14-month probe into alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan
4 years, 1 month ago

Inside ABC Investigations' 14-month probe into alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan

ABC  

For 14 months, journalist Mark Willacy and the ABC Investigations team has scrutinised serious and shocking allegations of war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. Journalists Dan Oakes and Sam Clark were under threat of criminal charges for more than a year over their 2017 'Afghan Files' stories, which triggered an Australian Federal Police raid on the ABC's headquarters. …

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Killing Field
4 years, 9 months ago

Killing Field

ABC  

KILLING FIELD SAS SOLDIER: Directly to the front! MARK WILLACY: Within days of deploying with the SAS in Afghanistan, Braden Chapman got a sense of what was to come during a conversation with one of the squadron's senior soldiers. MARK WILLACY: Leading the charge is an SAS operative.who we'll call Soldier A. BRADEN CHAPMAN: Even as other soldiers came into …

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How Four Corners secured unprecedented access to a police watch house to investigate youth detention
5 years, 7 months ago

How Four Corners secured unprecedented access to a police watch house to investigate youth detention

ABC  

Journalist Mark Willacy gives an insight into Inside the Watch House, his three-month investigation into youth detention in Queensland, which uncovered cases of children as young as 10 being held alongside adult criminals in maximum security facilities. "I got a tip when I was working on my last Four Corners story in February which suggested that kids as young as …

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