| "Australia's Shame" | |
|---|---|
| Four Corners episode | |
 Official graphic for the episode, depicting the inside of a BMU cell at the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre[a] | |
| Written by | Caro Meldrum-Hanna Elise Worthington |
| Narrated by | Caro Meldrum-Hanna |
| Presented by | Sarah Ferguson |
| Cinematography by | Erik Havnen |
| Editing by | Michael Nettleship |
| Original air date | 25 July 2016 |
| Running time | 51 minutes |
"Australia's Shame" is the title of an episode of the long-running Australian investigative journalism and current affairs program Four Corners, which aired on the ABC on 25 July 2016. Written by ABC journalists Caro Meldrum-Hanna and Elise Worthington, and reported by Meldrum-Hanna, the episode depicted the treatment of minors at the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre, located in the Northern Territory. Accompanied with graphic footage, the episode documented the experiences of individuals as they stayed at the centre's "Behavioural Management Unit" (BMU) maximum security cells, set in a timeline from 2010 to 2015. It featured interviews with Northern Territory Minister for Correctional Services John Elferink, various lawyers, and both former Northern Territory Children's Commissioner Dr. Howard Bath and current Commissioner Colleen Gwynne.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).