A teenager is among the first boat arrivals sent to Nauru in nine years - new details on this story from Maddison Connaughton and I abc.net.au/news/2023-10-2…

“They should be there to stop the violence, but they’re bringing the violence to blackfellas.” Vital reporting from Brooke Fryer, Elise Potaka and Jessica Longbottom on the rise of "private security patrols" in the NT. watch: youtube.com/watch?v=0H8Idc…

We've just published episode two of Stop and Search, a special series by Background Briefing - it's a deep dive into the operations of NSW Police and it's approach to 'proactive' policing - Listen in below 👇 abc.net.au/listen/program…

Why has the most powerful army in the Middle East killed so many children? One of my questions to Ehud Barak, former Israeli PM. Part of a #4corners special Monday night. We challenge leading Israelis - inc 2 former Shin Bet chiefs - about the civilian death toll in Gaza #auspol

Ep 3 of Stop and Search is now out. This one's called "The Numbers Game" and in it we scrutinise the system of 'proactive policing' in NSW abc.net.au/listen/program…

THE FOREVER WAR It's a "blunt lie" that Israel is doing everything to avoid civilian deaths, says a former Israeli army commander. Israel has no alternative, says ex Foreign Minister. We interview an ex PM, 2 ex chiefs of Shin Bet on this war ABC iview: ab.co/4ccE4Lr

“The worst outcome imaginable of proactive policing” This is the tragic story of how a man in Western Sydney was shot by police in his own backyard abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1…

A Dangerous Numbers Game: we’ve been investigating the system that turbocharged police searches in NSW and here’s what we learnt 👇👇👇 abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1…

The three crucial words police say they didn’t hear when they botched this arrest - and cost taxpayers $320,000 abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1…

This is such a well made and important series. Highly recommend it.

This is absolutely momentous and raises massive questions about the role of the OAIC - for a decade it has accepted a completely erroneous interpretation of the FOI Act. How many requests for important documents have been lost to the void because of this?

We’re kicking off our election coverage from the southern state of Tamil Nadu. It’s where PM Modi has made 10 trips since the start of the year.

Really honoured to receive this award! Thanks to the brilliant team at Background Briefing for supporting the podcast Stop and Search

The winners for Audio Long, supported by McGrathNicol are: Paul Farrell, the Background Briefing Team, ABC News, Background Briefing. #walkleys

Good luck mate. You'll be great. theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

Some big personal news - I’m thrilled to be joining 153 Phillip chambers as a reader and beginning a new career as a barrister. I've had a blast working as a journalist the last 14 years but I'm really excited for a new adventure. I am, as they say, open to all briefs!