Background Briefing
by ABC Australia
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03 Dark Menace | Operation Queenstown
Oct 15, 2026
39m 14s
02 Dark Menace | What Happened At Sunrise
Oct 8, 2026
38m 15s
01 Dark Menace | The Chairman's Secrets
Oct 1, 2026
41m 35s
INTRODUCING — Dark Menace
Sep 29, 2026
1m 24s
03 'This Bloody Machine' | The Empty Chapel
Sep 10, 2026
31m 49s
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- 🇦🇺Australia · NewsHOME#1040K to 209K
- 🇮🇩ID · News#213.0K to 16K
- 🇰🇪KE · News#67105 to 557
- 🇳🇿New Zealand · News#10491 to 482
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43K to 226K🎙 ~2x weekly·250 episodes·Last published 4d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
86K to 453K🇦🇺92%🇮🇩7% - Active Followers
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47K to 249K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/15/26 |  03 Dark Menace | Operation Queenstown | Before police raided Mark Dennis’s Sydney terrace, two tradies saw something inside that left them rattled. At the front door, a doormat told visitors to “come back with a warrant”. But it was what covered the interior walls that stayed with them for years. | 39m 14s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | 02 Dark Menace | What Happened At Sunrise | As the founder of a famous Cambodian orphanage rubbed shoulders with Hollywood stars, like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, a Sydney barrister was quietly becoming one of the charity's most powerful backers. To staff, Mark Dennis SC was “the big boss”. Few dared to question him. Even when he made them feel afraid. | 38m 15s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | 01 Dark Menace | The Chairman's Secrets | He was a silk at Sydney's most prestigious criminal defence chambers. And the former chairman of a celebrated charity protecting vulnerable children, where some called him "godfather". But he went by the alias of "Dark Menace" — and was allegedly hiding a sinister double life. Within weeks of that becoming known, he was dead. | 41m 35s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | INTRODUCING — Dark Menace | When police raided a terrace in Sydney's inner west, they found an iPad with a note: if this device connects to the internet, its contents will delete. That house belonged to one of Sydney's top criminal barristers. A driven man who moved through courtrooms and corridors of power with ease. But the man had dark secrets too. And so, when the truth about him surfaces, it sets off a reckoning that stretches from Sydney’s most prestigious criminal defence chambers to the neon-lit bars of Phnom Penh. alleged crimes were hidden for so long. | 1m 24s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 |  03 'This Bloody Machine' | The Empty Chapel | It would be a game changer if it happened. But the challenges facing a proposed proton cancer treatment centre in Sydney are stacking up. It begs the question: why are an unpaid volunteer and private developer stepping in to provide a life-saving cancer treatment that Australian families have been demanding for years? | 31m 49s | ||||||
| 9/3/26 | healthcaredevelopment+3 | — | ABC Australia | Sydney | Sydney developmentproton therapy+3 | — | 32m 00s | ||
| 8/27/26 | healthcaretechnology+3 | Sue Bleasel | proton therapy machine | Australia | proton therapyhealthcare+3 | — | 31m 00s | ||
| 8/13/26 | cancer treatmenthealthcare+3 | — | proton therapy machineABC Australia+1 | Sydney | cancerproton therapy+3 | — | 1m 25s | ||
| 7/23/26 | missing childpolice investigation+3 | — | — | — | missing childEloise Worledge+3 | — | 15m 22s | ||
| 7/16/26 | cold casedisappearance+3 | Maddison Connaughton | ABC Long ReadABC Australia | — | Eloise Worledgecold case+3 | — | 21m 15s | ||
| 7/2/26 | healthlongevity+3 | — | — | Greek island of IkariaIkaria | cancerlongevity+5 | — | 34m 30s | ||
| 6/25/26 | longevityBlue Zones+4 | — | ABC Australia | Blue Zones | Blue Zoneslongevity+3 | — | 33m 22s | ||
| 6/18/26 | AItechnology+3 | Josh Robertson | ABC AustraliaAustralian startup | — | AI companionsonline service+3 | — | 33m 24s | ||
| 6/11/26 | asylumdeath+3 | Kirstie Wellauer | — | — | TammyKirstie Wellauer+4 | — | 32m 54s | ||
| 6/3/26 | safetypolice+3 | Tammy Shipley | — | — | Tammy Shipleysafety+3 | — | 32m 26s | ||
| 5/27/26 | surveillancefamily+3 | — | — | — | Tammysurveillance+3 | — | 30m 00s | ||
| 5/14/26 | safetysurveillance+4 | — | — | Sydney | Tammy Shipleysurveillance+5 | — | 1m 19s | ||
| 4/24/26 | art identitycommercial gallery+3 | — | — | — | Jean Paul Manginartist identity+3 | — | 32m 44s | ||
| 4/17/26 | artidentity+3 | — | ABC Australia | — | Jean Paul ManginJulia Bergin+4 | — | 34m 19s | ||
| 4/11/26 | artsculpture+3 | — | Australian gallery | — | Jean Paul Manginsculptor+3 | — | 40m 17s | ||
| 4/6/26 | artsculpture+3 | Julia Bergin | ABC Australia | MelbourneFrance+2 | Jean Paul Manginsculptor+3 | — | 1m 41s | ||
| 3/27/26 | deepfakedisinformation+3 | — | ABC Australia | Bondi Beach | deepfakedisinformation+5 | — | 34m 43s | ||
| 3/20/26 | immigrationpersonal struggle+4 | AB | — | IranAustralia+1 | IranAustralia+6 | — | 32m 30s | ||
| 3/13/26 | father-son relationshipmigration+3 | — | — | HyderabadIndia+2 | Bondifather and son+5 | — | 42m 21s | ||
| 3/5/26 | crimefamily+4 | — | — | BondiAustralia | BondiAustralia+5 | — | 1m 42s | ||
| 2/20/26 | football culturewomen's stories+3 | — | Harrow-Balmoral football club | Balmoral | Harrow-Balmoralfootball club+3 | — | 38m 40s | ||
| 2/13/26 | retrialwitness statement+3 | — | — | — | retrialwitness+3 | — | 30m 30s | ||
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Chart history for Background Briefing
Peaked at #10 in Australia, top 10 in 1 of 4 tracked markets, currently #10 in Australia.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| ID | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| KE | — | #67 | #67 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #104 | #104 | — |
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.