Tipping the Scales

April 30, 2018

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Four Corners - S58 - E12

Sugar, politics and what's making us fat. Michael Brissenden investigates the power of Big Sugar and its influence on public policy. We reveal the industry's tactics and the access they enjoy, as doctors warn of an obesity crisis.

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Four Corners: Season 58 - 40 Episode s

58x1 - The Billion Dollar Bust
February 5, 2018
Linton Besser reports on the undercover operation to catch the world's most wanted money launderer in The Billion Dollar Bust.
58x2 - Behind Closed Doors
February 12, 2018
The domestic workers treated like slaves in Australia. Louise Milligan investigates the hidden workforce kept behind closed doors, living in slave-like conditions and made to work around the clock.
58x3 - City of Ghosts
February 19, 2018
The search for foreign fighters in the ruins of Raqqa. For four years Islamic State ruled its 'caliphate' from its capital Raqqa. ABC Middle East correspondent Matt Brown goes on an intense journey to the city freed from IS.
58x4 - Everything Forbidden, Anything Possible
February 26, 2018
Dancing, drugs and rebellion in the Islamic Republic of Iran. After decades of strict rules, many young people in Iran are now rebelling. They're taking their lives in their hands and defying the regime to party in secret.
58x5 - Weather Alert
March 5, 2018
How Australia's warming climate is changing the way we live and work. Rather than waiting for politicians, our farmers, small businesses, government planners and corporations are adapting to weather challenges and acting now.
58x6 - Big Australia: Are We Ready?
March 12, 2018
Australia's population is growing fast, we've added almost 400,000 people in the last year, and we're feeling the strain. Ben Knight investigates what a Big Australia means and the difficult choices that will have to be made.
58x7 - Working with Weinstein
March 19, 2018
The women who worked for Harvey Weinstein tell their stories. For the first time, work colleagues and employees who kept quiet fearing legal action and reprisals, are coming forward to allege he used his power to abuse them.
58x8 - Super Risk
March 26, 2018
The millions of Australians missing out on superannuation. Despite having a .5 trillion pool of retirement savings, the rise of the gig economy and freelance workers mean millennials are entering a very different workforce.
58x9 - Mongrel Bunch Of Bastards
April 9, 2018
Taking on the extraordinary powers of the Tax Office. Adele Ferguson puts the actions of the ATO under the microscope, examining how it uses its extensive powers and whether it is acting fairly and ethically.
58x10 - Democracy, Data and Dirty Tricks
April 16, 2018
The undercover investigation that left social media giant Facebook reeling. We unmask the secretive political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica and the dirty tricks they deployed to undermine the democratic process.
58x11 - Green Rush
April 23, 2018
The race to riches for Australia's new marijuana moguls. While entrepreneurs are talking up the potential of products from insomnia cures to chronic pain treatments, patients are struggling to access cannabis products.
58x12 - Tipping the Scales
April 30, 2018
Sugar, politics and what's making us fat. Michael Brissenden investigates the power of Big Sugar and its influence on public policy. We reveal the industry's tactics and the access they enjoy, as doctors warn of an obesity crisis.
58x13 - I Am That Girl
May 7, 2018
The case that put sexual consent on trial. The young woman at the centre of one of Australia's most controversial rape trials has chosen to speak to Four Corners in the hope others will learn from her experience.
58x14 - Banksters
May 14, 2018
The scandalous conduct of a global bank. HSBC is one of the world's largest and most powerful financial institutions, but it has been at the centre of several of the biggest financial scandals uncovered this century.
58x15 - Complicit
May 21, 2018
The workers paying the price for our mobile phone obsession. Smartphones and tablets revolutionised the way we communicate but the technology we are addicted to has had toxic consequences for the factory workers making them.
58x16 - Mind the Gap
May 28, 2018
Millions of Australians fork out big money for private health insurance. In this joint Four Corners investigation with Dr Norman Swan from RN's Health Report, we examine what's driving these out of pocket expenses.
58x17 - Trump/Russia: Follow The Money
June 4, 2018
Four Corners follows the money trail from New York to Moscow, tracking the ties between Trump, his business empire and Russia.
58x18 - Trump/Russia: Secrets, Spies and Useful Idiots
June 11, 2018
Sarah Ferguson continues to chart the extraordinary allegations, interrogating the evidence and interviewing key protagonists in this unfolding drama over members of the Trump team accused of being compromised by Russia.
58x19 - Trump/Russia: Moscow Rules
June 18, 2018
In the final part of our special report, Sarah Ferguson investigates central allegations that members of the Trump team, including possibly the President himself, actively colluded with Russia to subvert American democracy.
58x20 - Second Chance Kids
June 25, 2018
The teenage criminals sentenced to life in jail. Being tough on crime has become a popular mantra for political parties, but calls for a crackdown have led to tougher penalties and mandatory life sentences for some youths.
58x21 - Outbreak
July 2, 2018
The quarantine failures putting the Australian economy at risk. Four Corners investigates some of the worst biosecurity breaches, uncovering sophisticated smuggling operations, inadequate enforcement and corruption.
58x22 - Off Track
July 9, 2018
The Secrets and Scandals of Australian Horse Racing. With a prize pool more than million and employing 50,000 people it's one of our biggest industries, but away from the glamour all is not well in the sport of kings.
58x23 - Out Of The Dark
July 16, 2018
The extraordinary rescue mission to save Thailand's lost boys. Mark Willacy documents the extraordinary international effort to find and rescue 12 school boys and their soccer coach from a remote cave in northern Thailand.
58x24 - Money For Nothing
July 23, 2018
How corporate greed and deception cost AMP its trusted place in Australian life. How AMP ripped off customers including charging fees for no service and the measures it took to conceal its actions as it lied to the regulator.
58x25 - Champagne With Dictators
July 30, 2018
Australia accused of failing to stand up for democracy as Cambodia descends into dictatorship. Sophie McNeill confronts the man whose political opponents have been imprisoned and assassinated in mysterious circumstances.
58x26 - Inside Facebook
August 6, 2018
The undercover investigation exposing how Facebook decides what you see. An undercover reporter, training as a content moderator, is taken through the rules behind the social networking site, secretly filming the process.
58x27 - Beauty's New Normal
August 13, 2018
Welcome to the new world of enhanced 'beauty' where there's nothing natural about the faces and bodies created by cosmetic procedures. Fuelled by social media influencers, cosmetic surgery has entered the mainstream.
58x28 - Parenting 101
August 20, 2018
Having a child is supposed to be the most natural thing in the world, but knowing how to raise children can be daunting. Follow the story of three mothers determined to learn how to become better parents.
58x29 - A Form of Madness
August 27, 2018
How the Liberal Party tore itself apart. This special Four Corners investigation takes you inside a political catastrophe. We chart the rise and fall of Malcolm Turnbull and the enemies that stalked him from within.
58x30 - Populist Revolution
September 3, 2018
Strategist and provocateur Steve Bannon channelled the anger of those who felt left behind by globalism to elect Trump as president. Sarah Ferguson interviews Bannon on his crusade for a global populist-nationalist movement.
58x31 - Manchester Bomb: Our Story
September 10, 2018
The teenage survivors rebuilding their lives. They were young girls and teenagers, out to see their favourite pop star in Manchester. As the show ended, a terrorist detonated a home-made bomb killing 22 and injuring 250.
58x32 - Who Cares? (Part 1)
September 17, 2018
In part one, Four Corners investigates the business of aged care and what that means for the vulnerable residents left in its care. Families speak out with disturbing accounts of overworked staff and neglected residents.
58x33 - Who Cares? (Part 2)
September 24, 2018
In part two, we detail shocking cases of abuse and premature deaths in our nursing homes. Carers and families come forward to tell their stories and reveal the abject failure of government regulation to protect the elderly.
58x34 - Proud Country
October 1, 2018
A portrait of a community surviving the drought. A story from the heart of the drought, a portrait of the land and its people where lack of rain is biting hard. Witness the strength of Quirindi doing all they can to carry on.
58x35 - The Monsanto Papers
October 8, 2018
The secret tactics used by global chemical giant Monsanto to protect its billion-dollar business and its star product, the weed killer, Roundup. We trace the company's influence campaign from the US back to Australian farms.
58x36 - Prisons Uncovered
October 15, 2018
Hidden cameras behind bars reveal the problems facing governments around the world: how to manage soaring prison populations, rife with drugs, violence and squalid living conditions as well as the rise of privately run jails.
58x37 - Big Guns
October 22, 2018
How a cashed up gun industry has Australia's firearms laws in its sights. Sean Nicholls examines a lobby group funded and directed by major firearms sellers and manufacturers employing new tactics, connections and influence.
58x38 - Windsor Inc.
October 29, 2018
The visit by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was a triumph for the House of Windsor brand. We examine the sophisticated corporate campaign to future-proof the Crown and how the Royals modernised and rebuilt their reputation.
58x39 - Crime and Panic
November 5, 2018
According to the media, Melbourne is in the grip of a crimewave, overrun by African street gangs responsible for a wave of violence. Reporter Sophie McNeill is on the ground to get to the truth about "African" crime.
58x40 - Bitter End
November 12, 2018
The final Four Corners for 2018 examines the corporate crisis that engulfed the ABC and brought down both the Managing Director and Chair. Sarah Ferguson speaks with inside players including Michelle Guthrie and Justin Milne.

58x1 - The Billion Dollar Bust

58x2 - Behind Closed Doors

58x3 - City of Ghosts

58x4 - Everything Forbidden, Anything Possible

58x5 - Weather Alert

58x6 - Big Australia: Are We Ready?

58x7 - Working with Weinstein

58x8 - Super Risk

58x9 - Mongrel Bunch Of Bastards

58x10 - Democracy, Data and Dirty Tricks

58x11 - Green Rush

58x12 - Tipping the Scales

58x13 - I Am That Girl

58x14 - Banksters

58x15 - Complicit

58x16 - Mind the Gap

58x17 - Trump/Russia: Follow The Money

58x18 - Trump/Russia: Secrets, Spies and Useful Idiots

58x19 - Trump/Russia: Moscow Rules

58x20 - Second Chance Kids

58x21 - Outbreak

58x22 - Off Track

58x23 - Out Of The Dark

58x24 - Money For Nothing

58x25 - Champagne With Dictators

58x26 - Inside Facebook

58x27 - Beauty's New Normal

58x28 - Parenting 101

58x29 - A Form of Madness

58x30 - Populist Revolution

58x31 - Manchester Bomb: Our Story

58x32 - Who Cares? (Part 1)

58x33 - Who Cares? (Part 2)

58x34 - Proud Country

58x35 - The Monsanto Papers

58x36 - Prisons Uncovered

58x37 - Big Guns

58x38 - Windsor Inc.

58x39 - Crime and Panic

58x40 - Bitter End

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