Australian Story Season 19 Episode 30 Before the Storm 2014
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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....
- Released: 2014-08-25
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Documentary, News
- Stars: Leigh Sales
- Director:
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1. The Other Side 2014-02-03
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2. The Back of His Mind 2014-02-10
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3. No Half Measures 2014-02-17
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4. Call Me Cate 2014-02-24
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5. His Driving Force 2014-03-03
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6. An Unnatural History 2014-03-10
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7. The House of Tara 2014-03-17
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8. Out of the Box 2014-03-24
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9. Set in Stone 2014-03-31
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12. A Man Called Boy 2014-04-21
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13. A Very Good Rascal 2014-04-28
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14. The Edge of the Mountain 2014-05-05
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15. In Tracy's Corner 2014-05-12
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18. Out of the Kitchen 2014-06-02
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19. The Last Commando , Part 1 2014-06-09
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20. The Last Commando , Part 2 2014-06-16
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21. Driving Miss Davis 2014-06-23
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22. Forget Me Not 2014-06-30
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23. Talk of the Town 2014-07-07
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24. The Game Changer 2014-07-14
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25. Leaps and Bounds 2014-07-21
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26. Divide and Conquer 2014-07-28
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27. Lock Me Away 2014-08-04
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28. Searching for C11 2014-08-11
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29. Searching for C11 (2) 2014-08-18
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30. Before the Storm 2014-08-25
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31. Out of the Shoebox 2014-09-01
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32. Getting the Hang of It 2014-09-08
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33. The Past Is a Foreign Country 2014-09-15
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34. The Past Is a Foreign Country (2) 2014-09-22
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35. The Pursuit of Happiness 2014-09-29
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36. I Am Jack 2014-10-06
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37. Vanishing Act 2014-10-13
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38. The Innocent 2014-10-20
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39. The Innocent (2) 2014-10-27
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40. How I Met Your Father 2014-11-03
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41. Just Call Me Bob 2014-11-10
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42. Just Call Me Bob (2) 2014-11-17
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43. Letter from Wooleen 2014-11-24
