"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.

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.

"Australia's Shame" follows the experiences of Jake Roper, Ethan Austral, Kenny Rogan and Dylan Voller at the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre, a maximum security prison located in Berrimah, Northern Territory.

Roper also describes constantly being reminded of his time at Don Dale, a feeling shared by fellow detainee Ethan Austral, who was also interviewed by Meldrum-Hanna, albeit through a Skype call.

A broadcast of the live panel discussion program Q&A immediately followed the broadcast of "Australia's Shame" on the ABC, and featured Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Craig Laundy, Australian Labor Party MP Ed Husic, President of the Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs, Shireen Morris of the Cape York Institute, and Reverend Peter Kurti of the Centre for Independent Studies,[4] all of whom had viewed the episode shortly before Q&A went to air.

Ed Husic described the feelings of the panel shortly after viewing the episode, recounting that "there was silence in the room after we watched it and I just felt a deep sense of indignation that it just didn't seem like anyone had really been moved to a point of action.

Political analysts have predicted that the airing of the episode will put the incumbent Country Liberal Party "under even more pressure", after conceding defeat in the Northern Territory in June's federal election.

[7] Despite the condemnation of the actions seen in the episode, Giles assured "full confidence" custodial officers in the Northern Territory, stating that "they have a challenging and difficult job, one that not many people wish to do.