While some podcasts are privately produced, many are created by investigative journalists within media outlets such as The Daily Telegraph, The Australian, ABC, or SBS.
[2] More recently, "survivor" podcasts, hosted by ex-criminals who were victims of childhood sexual abuse (e.g.
Trace, which in 2019 prompted the parliament of Victoria to change legislation, which allowed the state coroner to then commence a new inquest into the Maria James murder case[7][8]).
A similar situation occurred with The Lady Vanishes which led to an inquest commencing in New South Wales in 2020.
[10] In February 2022, revelations from Shandee's Story prompted the coronial inquest into her disappearance to reopen[11] alongside two wider inquiries into Queensland's state-run forensics lab.