Dylan Welch
Dylan Welch is a reporter for ABC Investigations. Previously, he was an Afghanistan correspondent for Reuters and a national security and crime reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne's The Age. You can contact him at [email protected] and Signal at +61 451 325 696 (messages only). For secure communication please read this: https://pastebin.com/raw/rA9XumZ2
Latest by Dylan Welch
'They're already here, they're already interfering': Indian intelligence accused of threatening Australians
The long arm of the Indian state is reaching Australians with threats against members of the Indian diaspora, the amassing of political power, and never-before-reported details of a "nest of spies".
AFP stopped allowing Chinese police to operate in Australia after incident exposed by Four Corners
The Australian Federal Police has told a parliamentary hearing it halted a years-long policy of allowing Chinese police to come and operate in Australia, following a 2019 incident exposed by the ABC's Four Corners program.
'Extrajudicial extradition': MPs alarmed about Chinese police escorting Australian resident to China for trial
Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols.
Ruthless Pursuit
For the first time ever, a former spy for China's notorious secret police goes public.
Duration: 47 minutes 24 seconds
My life as a Chinese spy: A secret agent tells all
A Chinese spy who is now on Australian soil has revealed his incredible story to Four Corners.
For the first time ever, a former spy for China's notorious secret police is going public
A spy for one of the most feared and powerful arms of China’s intelligence apparatus is revealing his identity and operations overseas, including in Australia, as part of a Four Corners investigation.
'You'll get rolled': Inside Australia's dark and dangerous crystal meth supply chain
Australians are among the biggest users of ice in the world. Four Corners investigates where some of that crystal meth is coming from, and who's behind it.
Housing commission to suspected international meth importer: The Australian man named in Four Corners investigation
A Four Corners investigation has named a 38-year-old Sydney man suspected of being one of the major importers of methamphetamine into Australia.
Rules of Engagement
Four Corners goes behind the scenes of David McBride's fight to clear his name.
The former Australian military lawyer is credited with exposing war crimes in Afghanistan — but was that his intention when he released government secrets?
Duration: 46 minutes 36 seconds
He gave this journalist classified military documents. Both still live with the consequences
Military lawyer David McBride gave journalist Dan Oakes more than a hundred classified military documents. Both are still living with the consequences.
Former Cranbrook student says he was repeatedly sexually abused at private boys' school
Travis Mathews' story has never been made public, until now. He's speaking out about his experience at Sydney's Cranbrook School as part of a Four Corners investigation.
Teachers given fluffy handcuffs, blackmailed and bullied at one of Australia's most exclusive boys' schools
As one of the most exclusive boys' schools prepares to go co-ed, women who worked there warn its culture is toxic and needs to change.
'She's home': Inside the protest that got personal
The battle over the climate is escalating, and nowhere more than in Western Australia, where a new generation of protesters is prepared to break the law to make their point.
'You can have a boot full and just drive straight out': Former airport worker was importing cocaine for cartels
Cartels threaten and bribe border workers to help them bring in cocaine, a bikie and former airport worker says.
'I've seen judges take it with a glass of single malt': The people selling Australia its cocaine tell all
Australians are the biggest consumers of cocaine in the world, and we pay top dollar for it. For the first time, three dealers lift the lid on this booming industry.
How Australia was left with only one deployable submarine
Until Australia's submarine fleet can go nuclear the navy must keep its near-retirement vessels deployable. It's been a struggle.
NSW police watchdog reverses decision to clear former police commissioner Mick Fuller of wrongdoing
A new NSW law enforcement watchdog report suggests police consider banning all officers from owning racehorses after it withdraws the finding that former commissioner Mick Fuller did not commit wrongdoing.
Investigation into former police commissioner reopened after oversight body disputes decision to clear him of misconduct
The New South Wales law enforcement watchdog has reopened its investigation into former police commissioner Mick Fuller, after its own oversight body disputed findings clearing him of misconduct over undeclared racehorse shares.
Australian government extracts Australian child bride and her family from Syrian detention camp
The first group of Australian women and children held in Syria is returning to Sydney after spending four years languishing in a detention camp.
David has spent a decade in a wheelchair. Now he's preparing to walk his daughter down the aisle
In 2012, an attack by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan almost killed David Savage and left him unable to walk — but he refused to accept his fate.
Fee-for-flattery: WeChat publisher offers candidates a positive spin. But there's a price to be paid
A mysterious media agency is behind a fee-for-service offering to federal election candidates, including Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, placement of favourable news articles and interviews on the Chinese-language social media platform WeChat.
Senate candidate linked to Chinese government's foreign influence arm
A federal Senate candidate billing himself as a choice for social harmony has a long history of activity with the Chinese government's main arm of overseas influence, the United Front Work Department.
'I only throw hot and fresh dirty bombs': Confession of a Liberal stalwart at the heart of latest scare campaign
Liberal Party faithful in the Chinese community falsely accuse prominent Labor supporters and Morrison government critics of being under investigation by intelligence agencies for election interference.
The invisible war: International hackers answer the country's call to defend Ukraine
While Ukrainian citizens rush to defend its cities from Russian invaders, the country's Vice Prime Minister makes an unusual call-to-arms, pleading with global hackers to fight the Kremlin on the "cyber front".
ICAC alleges ex-Labor MP and restaurateur conspired to disguise $100k donation from Chinese billionaire
The NSW branch of the ALP is back under scrutiny after a corruption watchdog finds that a former Labor politician and a restaurateur allegedly conspired to disguise a donation from a Chinese property developer.