NEW PODCAST: Dear Rachelle

A killer is on the loose in an Australian country town. Excited for the June long weekend, bubbly 23-year-old Rachelle Childs leaves work, calls her sister, and is dead within hours. Her burning, partially naked body is found nine hours later in bushland on a lonely coastal road. Her killer has ne…

Introducing - I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin

Episode 1 is published Sunday 19th April, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts now  

Introducing - Mates Under Fire

This Australian bush fire season has been unprecedented. In this podcast you will hear harrowing accounts of survival and the incredible acts of bravery and kindness which are helping the town of Malua Bay in southern New South Wales on the path to recovery. A new episode is released every Friday a…

Voodoo Medics: Kristin Shorten

The journalist behind The Daily Telegraph's Voodoo Medics investigation Kristin Shorten chats about the project and how it went from a discussion in a Bali bar, to becoming Australia's top news subscription series.  

Voodoo Medics: Peter and Marie Robinson

The bullet that ricocheted into Rowan Robinson’s throat and killed him missed his body armour by millimetres. Just hours earlier, the 23-year-old Special Forces engineer, who was on his second deployment to Afghanistan, had rung his parents Peter and Marie before the mission, like he always did. Th…

Voodoo Medics: David and Mary McCarthy

Signaller Sean McCarthy had thoroughly prepared for the worst before he was killed by a Taliban IED in Afghanistan, even organising a touching gift for friends back home in the event of his death. His parents David and Marty sit down with Kristin Shorten for a heartfelt chat about their son.  

Voodoo Medics: Tom Newkirk

Corporal Tom Newkirk had an advantage while settling into life after 10 years in the military; his wife Kate who also deployed overseas as a medic, assisting tsunami-affected Indonesians in Sumatra. The medic couple forged a strong connection, helping each other adjust to life after the military.  

Voodoo Medics: Clint Marlborough

Former military psychologist Clint Marlborough has described combat medics as “unflappable” soldiers who in most cases, walk away from trauma “feeling fine”.  

Voodoo Medics: Chad Elliott

Chad Elliott was one of the first Australian soldiers to be seriously wounded in Afghanistan. It is a day that the former commando describes as both vivid in parts but “a bit blurry”, and above all “pretty chaotic”.  

Voodoo Medics: Bram Connolly

If you couldn’t be saved by a medic in the field in Afghanistan, you weren’t going to be saved. It’s that simple, according to 20-year Australian Defence Force veteran Bram Connolly who deployed to the Middle Eastern country twice during his 15 years in the Special Forces.