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- 🇦🇺AU · True Crime#6630K to 100K
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Why rapists and murderers should be sweating
Jun 16, 2026
17m 16s
Shandee's Legacy Episode 18: Unfinished Business
Dec 4, 2025
1h 19m 30s
Shandee's Legacy Episode 17: A Fuller Future
Nov 27, 2025
52m 43s
Shandee's Legacy Episode 16: Magda
Nov 20, 2025
1h 02m 29s
Hedley Thomas’ new podcast: Sick To Death
Nov 17, 2025
18m 19s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/16/26 | ![]() Why rapists and murderers should be sweating | A man who was acquitted for rape is facing another trial as prosecutors seek leave to invoke Queensland’s new double jeopardy laws, in a huge development arising from The Australian’s podcast Shandee’s Story. This is “the tip of the iceberg”, says our national chief correspondent Hedley Thomas, who’s here today. Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Shandee’s Story: Double jeopardy test of rape acquittal after forensic DNA do-over Shandee Blackburn murder: DNA retesting on hold in Mackay cold case Queensland DNA lab accused of hiding evidence flaws from courts DNA test delays push Qld crime victims to breaking point This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our team includes Tiffany Dimmack, Joshua Burton and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 17m 16s | ||||||
| 12/4/25 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 18: Unfinished Business✨ | forensic testingcrime scene samples+3 | — | Shandee's LegacyThe Australian | — | Shandeeforensic testing+3 | — | 1h 19m 30s | |
| 11/27/25 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 17: A Fuller Future✨ | forensic sciencelab management+3 | Mick Fuller | NSW Police ForceQueensland Health+1 | — | forensic labMick Fuller+5 | — | 52m 43s | |
| 11/20/25 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 16: Magda✨ | DNA testingvictim support+4 | Magda | 1800 RespectUnited States lab+1 | — | DNA labforensic testing+6 | — | 1h 02m 29s | |
| 11/17/25 | ![]() Hedley Thomas’ new podcast: Sick To Death✨ | true crimeinvestigation+3 | Hedley Thomas | The AustralianApple Podcasts+1 | — | Hedley ThomasSick To Death+5 | — | 18m 19s | |
| 11/13/25 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 15: Deja Vu✨ | DNA lab failuresscientific inquiry+4 | Dr Kirsty Wright | Queensland DNA labShandee’s Legacy+1 | — | Shandee's LegacyDNA lab+5 | — | 1h 08m 54s | |
| 8/27/24 | ![]() From The Front: John Peros defamation case dismissed✨ | defamation casecourt ruling+4 | — | The Australian | QLD | defamationcourt+5 | — | 19m 56s | |
| 7/31/24 | ![]() From The Front: Can journalists call someone a murderer?✨ | defamationjournalism+3 | — | The AustralianShandee’s Story+1 | — | defamation casejournalists+5 | — | 17m 03s | |
| 7/30/24 | ![]() From The Front: John Peros v The Australian✨ | defamationlegal action+3 | — | The Australian | — | defamationJohn Peros+3 | — | 15m 51s | |
| 11/24/23 | ![]() Shandee’s Legacy Episode 14: Closing Ranks✨ | Project 13 inquirycriminal justice system+3 | Dr Kirsty Wright | The AustralianProject 13+1 | — | Shandee BlackburnProject 13+3 | — | 1h 17m 37s | |
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| 11/11/23 | ![]() Shandee’s Legacy Episode 13: Science Speak✨ | inquirycrime scene+4 | David MurrayMatthew Condon | The AustralianProject 13 | Brisbane | inquiryProject 13+6 | — | 1h 20m 52s | |
| 10/27/23 | ![]() Shandee’s Legacy Episode 12: History Repeating | Public hearings for a rare second inquiry into catastrophic failings at Queensland’s besieged forensics lab are about to get underway in Brisbane. In this episode of Shandee’s Legacy, Hedley Thomas, David Murray, Claire Harvey, and Matthew Condon drill down into the questions yet to be answered about Project 13: who knew what and when, and why didn’t the lab’s new boss raise it at the first inquiry? We also get to know the new legal team brought in to lead the new inquiry. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search Shandee's Story or visit shandee.com.au. For daily updates, subscribe to The Front in your podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 14m 07s | ||||||
| 10/5/23 | ![]() From The Front: Queensland's DNA lab is back under the microscope | The Queensland government will reopen an inquiry into its troubled DNA lab after new evidence of flawed automated testing processes emerged. Find out more about The Front podcast here and subscribe in your podcast app. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian’s app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 13m 49s | ||||||
| 9/15/23 | ![]() Shandee’s Legacy Episode 11: What Linzi Left Out | A cloud has been cast over the new chief of the lab following revelations that a DNA extraction method may have failed across thousands of samples in criminal cases for nine years. Professor Linzi Wilson-Wilde reviewed the automated method for retired judge Walter Sofronoff’s inquiry into the lab in 2022, but in her subsequent report did not mention information that she came across showing it was having serious problems recovering DNA. In this episode, Professor Wilson-Wilde launches a staunch defence of her report for the inquiry, saying she was engaged to examine a separate issue of the method contaminating crime scene samples soon after its introduction in 2007. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search Shandee's Story or visit shandee.com.au.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 26m 41s | ||||||
| 9/8/23 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 10: Project 13 | Dr Kirsty Wright is the remarkable scientist who exposed the worst forensics disaster in Australia’s history, and now she’s identified the ‘smoking gun’ in the Queensland DNA lab disaster. It’s a catastrophe called ‘Project 13’ which has been hiding in plain view -- but Dr Wright is certain that it was deceptive and fraudulent, and it explains why Shandee’s case in 2013 and thousands of others since 2007 have failed. For dedicated followers of this series, the Project 13 report can be found on the inquiry’s website under module four. It’s document number 129.95, and you can compare for yourself the opening paragraph against the figures 9 to 12. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search Shandee's Story or visit shandee.com.au. For daily updates, subscribe to The Front in your podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 17m 30s | ||||||
| 6/30/23 | ![]() It's back: The Teacher's Pet returns for Australian listeners | The Australian's global smash-hit podcast Teacher's Pet returns for Australian audiences on July 1. You can find it wherever you got this podcast. Just search for "The Teacher's Pet". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 0m 35s | ||||||
| 12/17/22 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 9: Consequences | Will anyone face criminal charges for the disaster at the laboratory? We examine more of Walter Sofronoff’s findings about how this catastrophe unfolded, delve deeper into Cathie Allen’s conduct, and meet a lady who -- when the laboratory couldn’t make sense of DNA results -- was told her own son must have been switched at birth. The Queensland Government moves swiftly to respond to the report, and we cast forward to the laboratory’s future. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search Shandee's Story or visit shandee.com.au. For daily updates, subscribe to The Front in your podcast app. If you need support, Lifeline can be reached on 13 11 14.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 55m 40s | ||||||
| 12/16/22 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 8: Astounded | At last, Commissioner Walter Sofronoff hands down his 500-plus-page report -- and it is a sweeping denunciation of the laboratory’s failings, and of the conduct of one person in particular: Cathie Allen. He finds the managing scientist lied: to police, to her staff, to ministers and to the Commissioner himself, under oath during the inquiry. Sofronoff exposes a litany of deceit and trickery, compounded by ineptitude and weakness -- but he heralds the bravery of those who stood up, hailing the courage of Dr Kirsty Wright. We hear reactions from Dr Wright and Vicki Blackburn -- and we learn some news about John Peros. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search Shandee's Story or visit shandee.com.au. For daily updates, subscribe to The Front in your podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 27m 28s | ||||||
| 11/25/22 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 7: Freedom Day | It’s the final week of public hearings in the explosive inquiry into a broken DNA lab and we’re all here because of one person -- Shandee Blackburn. The vicious and unprovoked murder of the defenceless 23-year-old walking home from work is front-and-centre as three independent experts give their verdict on the lab’s failure to find any forensic trace of her killer. It’s been a long and, at times, lonely road for Australia’s Dr Kirsty Wright, but now she gets her day in court alongside the world’s most renowned forensic biologist, Dr Bruce Budowle, and New Zealand’s Johanna Veth, revealing shocking new findings. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search Shandee's Story or visit shandee.com.au. For daily updates, subscribe to The Front in your podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 39m 33s | ||||||
| 11/4/22 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 6: Disney Villain | In the harsh spotlight of the inquiry, lab boss Cathie Allen admits to absolutely nothing, tearfully insisting she always acted with the best intentions and has been terribly misunderstood. In her account, white-anting staff were to blame for the toxic culture at the lab, management offered no support, funding was shrinking and the pressure was relentless. We explore her life outside the lab, with some surprising revelations, and examine her claim to have been unfairly portrayed as a ‘Disney villain’. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search Shandee's Story or visit shandee.com.au. For daily updates, subscribe to The Front in your podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 45m 13s | ||||||
| 10/28/22 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 5: Blowtorch | The big guns from the DNA lab - Lara Keller, Justin Howes and Cathie Allen - are rolled into the formal inquiry and subjected to withering questioning by a lawyer on top of his game over alleged cover-up, lies to police, and scientific fraud. The three insist they've been honest at all times, just guilty of misunderstanding the details or being overwhelmed by work and led into human error. The inquiry's lead lawyer Michael Hodge was relentless as he applied a blowtorch to a very broken lab affecting thousands of victims of crime. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search Shandee's Story or visit shandee.com.au. For daily updates, subscribe to The Front in your podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 38m 26s | ||||||
| 10/21/22 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 4: Gaslit | Four weeks in, one question lingers in the Walter Sofronoff-led Commission of Inquiry into Queensland's state-run forensics lab: who knew what and when? In this week's episode, Hedley Thomas, Claire Harvey, Matthew Condon, and David Murray further unpack the toxic treatment of scientists who attempted to raise the alarm about inadequate DNA profiling processes and questionable management practices. We look closely at the behaviour of figures who've loomed large but have yet to enter the witness box: Lara Keller, Cathie Allen, and Justin Howes. Matt Condon also delves into the fascinating history of the facility and the unique way death is dealt with in Queensland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 37m 00s | ||||||
| 10/14/22 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 3: Ingrid's Epic Spray | Humiliated. Belittled. Embarrassed. Toxic behaviour by the lab's managers leads to an epic spray from a reporting scientist in this week's episode. Ingrid Moeller used her time in the witness box to unleash on less-than-stellar management of the state-run lab at the centre of the Commission of Inquiry. Plus, we hear from her colleagues, who tried time and again to raise the alarm about toxic culture and controversial lab practices. We also grapple with the magnitude of the lab's extraordinary backflips on statements provided to Queensland Police, with potentially thousands of cases thrown into doubt as a result. Join The Australian’s National Chief Correspondent, Hedley Thomas, and his colleagues Claire Harvey, David Murray, and Matthew Condon, as they discuss the third week of the Sofronoff inquiry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 43m 29s | ||||||
| 10/7/22 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 2: Evidence Destruction | We reveal deep concerns that the lab managers put a new, untried and ill-conceived testing system in place immediately after the public inquiry was called. Was it a deliberate strategy of sabotage to try to cover up the mistakes of the past? Or merely accidental - the product of poor judgment? The inquiry is focusing long and hard on this as Dr Kirsty Wright helps identify the errors and potential destruction of evidence. The toxic culture inside the lab are on display along with three of the fascinating legal characters in the inquiry. Join The Australian’s chief national correspondent, Hedley Thomas, and his colleagues Claire Harvey, David Murray and Matthew Condon, as they discuss the second week of the Sofronoff inquiry. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search Shandee's Story or visit shandee.com.au. For daily updates, subscribe to The Front in your podcast app. If you need support, Lifeline can be reached on 13 11 14.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 16m 08s | ||||||
| 9/30/22 | ![]() Shandee's Legacy Episode 1: Blame Game | Following the shocking revelations of bungling, secrecy and misconduct within Queensland’s DNA lab exposed in journalist Hedley Thomas’ podcast Shandee’s Story, a major royal commission-style inquiry into the fiasco gets underway in a Brisbane court, headed by retired judge Walter Sofronoff KC. The hearings are immediately rocked by allegations of disharmony and distrust amongst laboratory staff, sound scientific advice being ignored by senior bureaucrats, and warnings that the lab’s prohibitively high DNA testing thresholds were unsafe also being dismissed. Senior police take the stand at the inquiry, saying they went along with the DNA lab’s new testing model because they trusted Queensland Health experts, only to become suspicious, then alarmed – courtesy of DNA expert Kirsty Wright’s damning assessment of the lab’s failings in Shandee’s Story – that offenders may have literally gotten away with murder for years. But DNA lab staff say the police signed off on the controversial testing decision and fully understood its implications. By the end of the inquiry’s first week it’s already clear that Queensland is in the midst of the greatest health and criminal justice crisis in its history. Join The Australian’s chief national correspondent, Hedley Thomas, and his colleagues Claire Harvey, David Murray and Matthew Condon, in a comprehensive analysis of the opening week of the Sofronoff inquiry. To read The Australian's reporting and analysis of the inquiry, search "Shandee's Story" or visit shandee.com.au. For daily updates, subscribe to The Front in your podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 1h 29m 35s | ||||||
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