Australian Story · SEASON 19

Before the Storm

Episode 30 · 2014-08-25

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Episode overview

This week’s program goes behind the scenes with a tenacious regional newspaper reporter who last year won Australia’s top journalism award. Joanne McCarthy’s exposure of a national scandal emerging in the Newcastle and Hunter Valley region played a large part in the establishment of one of Australia’s biggest-ever Royal Commissions. Her efforts so impressed former Prime Minister Julia Gillard that one of her last acts in office was to send a personal note to Ms McCarthy. As this program reveals, it’s been a marathon effort for both Joanne McCarthy and some of those closest to her, including her parents and ten siblings....

30 minutes

Season 19 episodes

1. The Other Side2014-02-03 2. The Back of His Mind2014-02-10 3. No Half Measures2014-02-17 4. Call Me Cate2014-02-24 5. His Driving Force2014-03-03 6. An Unnatural History2014-03-10 7. The House of Tara2014-03-17 8. Out of the Box2014-03-24 9. Set in Stone2014-03-31 10. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 12014-04-07 11. A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 22014-04-14 12. A Man Called Boy2014-04-21 13. A Very Good Rascal2014-04-28 14. The Edge of the Mountain2014-05-05 15. In Tracy's Corner2014-05-12 16. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 12014-05-19 17. All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 22014-05-26 18. Out of the Kitchen2014-06-02 19. The Last Commando , Part 12014-06-09 20. The Last Commando , Part 22014-06-16 21. Driving Miss Davis2014-06-23 22. Forget Me Not2014-06-30 23. Talk of the Town2014-07-07 24. The Game Changer2014-07-14 25. Leaps and Bounds2014-07-21 26. Divide and Conquer2014-07-28 27. Lock Me Away2014-08-04 28. Searching for C112014-08-11 29. Searching for C11 (2)2014-08-18 30. Before the Storm2014-08-25 31. Out of the Shoebox2014-09-01 32. Getting the Hang of It2014-09-08 33. The Past Is a Foreign Country2014-09-15 34. The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)2014-09-22 35. The Pursuit of Happiness2014-09-29 36. I Am Jack2014-10-06 37. Vanishing Act2014-10-13 38. The Innocent2014-10-20 39. The Innocent (2)2014-10-27 40. How I Met Your Father2014-11-03 41. Just Call Me Bob2014-11-10 42. Just Call Me Bob (2)2014-11-17 43. Letter from Wooleen2014-11-24