Analysis from me about historic passing of laws in Australia’s smallest jurisdiction, the ACT, to allow childhood abuse survivors to sue institutions for vicarious liability. What about other states? Lawyer Judy Courtin says they need “the balls & the ovaries”. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Union members at the ABC and across the media industry stand with John Lyons and reject the US President’s unfounded attacks on our colleague. #MEAAmedia

RIP #RobertRedford. This was his best. Inspiration to all of us journalists whose mission is holding truth to power. Still such an important message on the corrosion of democracy. Solidarity to my colleague John Lyons, preparing a story on the current climate for our program #4Corners. #journalism

Me too! Proud to be part of this 64-year tradition of holding truth to power. Thank you. ❤️

Heartbreaking hearing Mick sharing stories of, not only his appalling repeated sexual assault, but also their desire to cover up and pay hush money is re-traumatising. Impressive journalism by Four Corners Louise Milligan. #fourCorners #4Corners

Highly recommend ABC #4Corners report on the Plymouth Brethren by @milliganreports.bsky.social. The trauma suffered by every one of the people who've escaped this cult is tragic. I hope they receive the comfort and support they need and deserve. 😔 #religion #auspol iview.abc.net.au/show/four-co...

Private investigators. A political Mr Fixit. “These guys are giving me the big-time creeps.” “You’re dumb, you’re dumb… you'll end up… in the Lake of Fire.” What happens when you challenge the #Brethren business model. Brave men spoke out. #4Corners #auspol. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

ICYMI, our entire #4Corners, Big Brethren, is here. Posting YouTube so international viewers can watch. Thank you to all of the incredibly brave people who spoke to us. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lFEI...

@milliganreports.bsky.social is absolutely killing it tonight! Important four corners article about far right Christian interference in Australian politics And their covering up of child abuse Powerful reporting. Well done team!

Jaw dropping story Louise. Thank you!!!!

Good work. Praying for justice for Mick.

"Today I’m here for one purpose. And that is to expose the cover-up." Some days, I meet a source whose courage absolutely knocks my socks off. Today, Mick Dover is risking one million dollars to tell his story to 4 Corners. Watch ABC TV 8.30pm & YouTube. #PBCC #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

BREAKING from us at #4Corners: Former Morrison govt Health Minister Greg Hunt working for a Brethren company which received $54 million in COVID-19 contracts from Health Department while he was Minister. Mr Hunt says decisions made by his department, not him. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

A few people have been asking. There is a much shorter version of my The Monthly #Pell piece on ABC online here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Journalist @milliganreports.bsky.social important piece for @themonthly.com.au "The True Legacy of the Rapist George Pell" is available online again. #CatholicChurch #religion #auslaw #justice #JournalismMatters themonthly.com.au/february-202...

Another piece of big and welcome news. My @themonthly story about the true history of George Pell is back up.

Press release about my new novel Shellybanks, out March 3: www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202... #books #publishing

Yeah! Looking forward to it. Loved Pheasant's Nest.

COVER REVEAL! My new novel Shellybanks will be published by Allen & Unwin in March. “Haunting, fearless and unforgettable… Shellybanks is a gripping novel about trauma, survival, and the courage of women facing the shadows of Ireland’s past from the bestselling author of Pheasants Nest.” #books

Read this important editorial in The Age about the ugly defamation cottage industry and its appalling attacks on free speech and public interest journalism. www.theage.com.au/national/lan...

🙏Leanne Rowe in MJA on our #4Corners: “God Complex brought into sharp focus what #medical profession has been grappling with for a very long time..The ABC’s central question — why have doctors allowed this to persist? — deserves a transparent public response.” insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/30/four...

BREAKING: Epworth #hospital to refer another patient complaint about neurosurgeon Greg Malham to medical regulator after patient said he was “arrogant” & “dehumanising”. She came forward after our #4Corners story God Complex. We’ve been flooded with correspondence. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

If you missed No Return, the excellent #4Corners on the tax office by my colleagues Angus Grigg and Neil Chenoweth, you should catch up on ABC iView and YouTube. iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2503...

Superb reporting but is a really tough read.

I’m not an activist, but as someone who reports on people who are, I see some activists sneering at people who are late to a cause they’ve fought hard for. Surely the point of activism is pitching to the centre to make change? Not alienating or mocking those whose minds you surely wanted to change?

Following our God Complex story on #4Corners on Monday on issues including gender politics of neurosurgery, #surgeon and fmr AMA Vic President Dr Jill Tomlinson lamented that of Epworth’s 25 neurosurgeons, none are women. This was #Epworth neurosurgeon Paul D’Urso’s (now-deleted – 🤷🏻‍♀️) reply:

BREAKING: Neurosurgeon Greg Malham terminated from Warringal Private Hospital after Four Corners investigation www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

ICYMI, our full Four Corners story, God Complex, is here. Using YouTube as it can be internationally viewed. But also on ABC iView and our dedicated Four Corners website. #surgeon #medicine #4corners m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5i...

Incredibly powerful words, Nyrob deserves to be seen by everyone after what she has had to endure. Bravo Nyrob, you are a tower of strength and inspiration.

Excellent thorough reporting, thank you @milliganreports.bsky.social

Thanks so much, Emily. ❤️

“I’ve been waiting for this. And I’m so glad I’m part of this. Because now he can see me.” These are the words of former Greg Malham patient Nyrob, who along with Rick & Annie, just wants to be heard. See their stories of their encounters w the corflute #surgeon on God Complex, #4Corners, tonight.

Good viewing tonight! (Monday, 21 July)

Not all surgeons obvs , but certainly not just neurosurgeons. Thanks @milliganreports.bsky.social #GodComplex

This is timely as the working group for the 10-year update of @racsurgeons.bsky.social Operate With Respect gets under way. If we talk about #TheStandardWeWalkPast we also need to look at what forces people to 'walk past'. Where's the #PsychologicalSafety- and ACTUAL safety- to speak up? 🤔

"Many people told Four Corners that these types of surgeons brought in so much money for hospitals that management was loath to intervene when there were red flags about their behaviour. 'They're the top of the food chain,' said Ruth. 'They are seen as almost untouchable'." #4Corners

A tough but necessary read. Full credit to Ms Milligan for her thorough reporting.

Remember that odd story before the election about a neurosurgeon tearing down Monique Ryan’s campaign corflute, talking about burying the body under concrete? I decided to investigate. Turns out that behaviour did not exist in a vacuum. Watch #4Corners 8.30pm, ABC TV. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

www.instagram.com/reel/DML0aOw... Link to promo to Monday night’s #4Corners, God Complex. Bluesky doesn’t allow longer reels.

I’ve been investigating this story about a #surgeon operating for years at the apex of the hospital system, the hidden story of culture that enabled him & people left behind. We’re grateful to medical professionals & patients who spoke up. Don’t miss God Complex #4corners Monday ABC TV. #medicine

ICYMI, tonight’s #4Corners by Dr Norman Swan, Generation Cancer. It’s an important watch. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

This should never happen. I’ve been in situation where lawyers for priest accused of sex crimes tried to make me reveal sources. I had to bring on a hearing to defend (vulnerable) confidential sources. It was scary knowing if judge disagreed I’d be prosecuted. We never give up sources. #journalism

Powerful piece. “The men now working to rehabilitate Heydon – many..the same ones who once drank in his chambers – never saw his predation. They weren’t his targets. His charm & wit never came with a proposition. That behaviour was reserved for young women like me.” www.theage.com.au/national/i-w...

My ABC colleague Richard Willingham reporting Victoria’s Attorney-General has told caucus this morning the State Government will introduce retrospective vicarious liability laws by end of 2025 in a bid to overcome the High Court “Bird” decision that’s crushed many church abuse victims. #law #auspol

THREAD: 1. The legal profession’s rehabilitation of the reputation of former High Court Justice, Dyson Heydon continues. At a conference of the Samuel Griffiths Society in August, Mr Heydon is on the speakers’ list, along with former Commonwealth Attorney-General, Christian Porter. #Auspol #Law

Australia’s mental health system, failing the vulnerable and their families. Watch #4Corners from Avani Dias, Amy Donaldson and team tonight ABC TV and iView. newsapp.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Oh well, that’s that then. #Musk www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

Great to see investigative journalism win. The costs, though, financially, emotionally, in terms of time and exhaustion, are too much. We desperately need to properly overhaul defamation laws in this country. #auspol

1. The new #Pope, Leo XIV: “We want to be…always seeking peace, charity, closeness, especially to those who are suffering.” Many survivors of child abuse suffer. Expensive church lawyers fight their cases with technical defences to thwart compensation for a lifetime of pain caused by bad clergy.