hundreds of thousands of pages of evidence, had recommended that the DPP prosecute Dawson not once but twice, in 2001 and 2003. Both times the DPP had rejected that. And there had been many subsequent attempts all foiled by the Office of the DPP. You know, who was in the wrong? I mean, in my view, the Office of the DPP should have prosecuted years before I did the podcast. And I make no apology for taking this approach. Because this was now or never. A killer had got away with it, and perhaps still would have got away with it if it hadn't been for The Teacher's Pet. “You know them as the journalists behind some of the Australian's most riveting stories. On Wednesday, National Chief Correspondent and creator of The Teacher's Pet podcast, Hedley Thomas, and National Crime Correspondent, David Murray, joined editorial director Claire Harvey at a special live event in Brisbane. We're bringing you that conversation in this special episode of The Front.
You. Good evening, I'm Claire Harvey. I'm the editorial director of The Australian, which means one of my great privileges is to look after all the podcasts that we make.
I'm here, of course, with Hedley Thomas and David Murray, who's our national crime correspondent. Dave and Hedley and I have become great friends over the past couple of years, because we've been working very closely on The Teacher's Trial and The Teacher's Accuser and Shandy's Legacy. So I feel like we have stepped into the renaissance in storytelling that is podcasting, where we're all extremely privileged to be on the cutting edge of journalism and working in a field where the Australian's audience is willing to go, that audiences are there for long form investigative journalism, which of course is why we got into this craft in the first place. From The Teacher's Trial: From The Front: Inside podcasting with Hedley Thomas and David Murray, 8 Sep 2023 https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/from-the-front-inside-podcasting-with-hedley-thomas/id1623945753? i=1000627156106 This material may be protected by copyright. Hedley Thomas, Claire Harvey and David Murray how our smash-hit podcasts get made. This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak. “You know them as the journalists behind some of the Australian's most riveting stories. On Wednesday, National Chief Correspondent and creator of The Teacher's Pet podcast, Hedley Thomas, and National Crime Correspondent, David Murray, joined editorial director Claire Harvey at a special live event in Brisbane. We're bringing you that conversation in this special episode of The Front. You. Good evening, I'm Claire Harvey. I'm the editorial director of The Australian, which means one of my great privileges is to look after all the podcasts that we make. I'm here, of course, with Hedley Thomas and David Murray, who's our national crime correspondent. Dave and Hedley and I have become great friends over the past couple of years, because we've been working very
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