Secrets and Lies

Australia is one of the worst democracies when it comes to press freedom. We look at the suppression, the secrets and the lies told in William's case.

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William Tyrrell was a three year old boy who disappeared from the village of Kendall, on the mid-north-coast of New South Wales. Key facts were kept from the public, from day one. A lot of what was reported, especially early on, was false. In the new podcast, Nowhere Child, The Australian’s Caroline Overington delves into a case where notions of class and privilege; opportunity and poverty came crashing together, to create a nightmare for William Tyrrell. Music used in this podcast: Daniel Birch - Blue Lobster, Trees in the Wind, Marimba on the Loose Electric-tric - Sketch 9 Kai Engel - September, Smoldering Swelling - Night I