16 year old Reis Gray was a healthy Sydney teenager who had what everyone thought was a bad dose of the flu. He was treated with antibiotics for a suspected lung infection, but within days he was on life support, a victim of a newly evolved superbug. He died from necrotising pneumonia; his lungs were eaten by a drug resistant superbug, called MRSA. more
Living with Autism May 11, 2008 VIDEO: Watch our report More Australian children will be diagnosed with autism this year than diabetes, cancer and AIDS combined. The figures are alarming, with around 1 in 160 (or 125,000 individuals) living with the behavioural disorder. What's more concerning is that other than genetics, there is still no known cause, and no cures. There is little respite or hope for parents and carers who literally devote their lives to looking after their autistic children. Even after they grow up to be adults . more
EXCLUSIVE: Questions surround Butcher of Bega over deaths May 4, 2008 VIDEO: Watch our report Immediately after we broadcast our story about the so-called 'Butcher of Bega' 11 weeks ago we started receiving calls from former patients of Graeme Reeves. Among the more disturbing were from families wondering about the deaths of loved ones - 17 mothers and babies - where Reeves had been an attending doctor. The families now want answers - and a thorough inquiry. Ross Coulthart continues our investigation. more
Carbon Credits April 27, 2008 Watch our report Everyone is doing it. From being married at a Green Wedding to being buried at a Carbon Neutral Funeral and everything in between, carbon offsets seem to offer the opportunity to have your green cake and eat it too. more
The Track April 20, 2008 VIDEO: Watch our report Just as those 'ragged bloody heroes' slogged along the Kokoda track 65 years ago, the same unforgiving track today takes a new generation of Australias on a journey into the national legend. It's a legend. Like Gallipoli that has become part of this country's growth into nationhood. The soldiers that fought along the track are growing old, their numbers decreasing.
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Dangers of Prenatal Testing April 13, 2008 Watch part one Watch part two An ultrasound screening test at 12 weeks is now considered a routine part of pregnancy, but an eminent British Radiologist claims the test, designed to pick up chromosomal abnormalities like Down syndrome, is highly inaccurate. In a controversial interview with the Sunday program, Dr Hylton Meire claims that the screening test known as a Nuchal Translucency, has a false positive rate of 95%. more
One's a tragedy... Three is Murder April 6, 2008 Watch our report here Imagine being accused of killing two of your own children and of attempting to murder your only surviving child. You protest your innocence. There is no hard evidence you did anything. But the experts say the more you deny your crime the more you fit the profile. That's what happened ten years ago to a Sydney mother we are calling Kathy. She lost three children from various illnesses while they were babies or toddlers. more
Cotton Wool Kids March 30, 2008 Watch our report here There's an epidemic that's threatening to stifle the development and independence of our children. It's an epidemic of fear. Children are being taught that the world is a scary place, where predators lurk around every corner. Few children now walk to school or play in the local bush or park on their own. Parents are afraid to let them out of their sight and accompany them everywhere. Yet this fear of "Stranger Danger" is false. This week Sunday asks; are our kids being over-protected and mollycoddled like never before, and in the end could they all suffer the consequences?
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The Agony of Tibet March 23, 2008 Watch our report here
The recent riots in Tibet and crackdown by the Chinese Army have thrust an issue that many thought was dead and buried back out onto the World Stage. This week Sunday exposes the "Cultural Genocide" being perpetrated in Tibet by the Chinese Government, who are systematically obliterating the Tibetan culture and religion. Sunday also examines how the Tibetan culture is being kept alive in the children of Tibetan parents in some of the most incongruous cities and suburbs around the world such as Dee Why beach in Sydney. more
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