Code 1: Minute By Minute breaks down some of the biggest and most tragic news events to ever impact Australians. This episode features the response to the Bourke Street Mall Tragedy.
In 2016, Melbourne experienced the world's largest epidemic thunderstorm asthma event which killed 10 Australians.
On 23 March 2007 a collision occurred in Melbourne's Burnley Tunnel would affect the psyche of the state. The crash involved multiple trucks and cars setting off an explosion hot enough to melt cars.
A group of friends boarded a small boat on Sydney Harbour which would change their lives forever. Six of them were killed when their boat collided with a fishing boat in the early hours of the morning.
One of Australia's worst mass murders happened in a quiet suburban nursing home. A nurse caught stealing prescription drugs decided to burn the nursing home down in the middle of the night.
On August 13, 2019 computer engineer Mert Ney went on a rampage in Sydney's CBD. He stabbed to death 24-year-old escort Michaela Dunn, and in the streets a passer-by in the back.
In November 2018, a 30-year-old terrorist armed with a knife went on a rampage in Bourke Street stabbing three people. Multiple first responders recount their experiences on that tragic day.
A father of three and his girlfriend died when their seaplane crashed into Perth's Swan River in front of 60,000 spectators. Families watched in horror as the plane nose-diving into the water.
Terrifying images of Australians turning on one another are burnt into our memories. First responders and eyewitnesses recall the events that led to Australia's day of shame.
On 28 February 2022 a disastrous weather event like no other destroyed thousands of homes in Lismore. In record breaking flood waters locals risked their lives to save thousands in their community.
On 21st February 2017 a Beechcraft B200 King Air aircraft operating a charter flight, carrying a pilot and four passengers bound for King Island crashed, just 10 seconds after taking off from Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Australia. The pilot made mayday calls before the aircraft clipped the roof of the Essendon Direct Factory Outlets (DFO) building, which had not yet begun the day's trading, and then smashed into the ground a few metres away and burst into flames. It was the worst civil aviation accident in Victoria in 30 years.
A breakdown of the Martin Place Siege, that happened on December 15, 2014, where 18 people were taken hostage in Sydney's Lindt café. Eyewitnesses and first responders explain what happened.
Examines the fire in the Childers Palace Backpacker Hostel in Queensland that claimed 15 lives, with never-before-seen pictures and stories.
In 2002 Bali nightclubs were bombed killing 88 Australians. Three years later terrorists bombed restaurants killing another 20 people.
A country passenger train travelling towards Melbourne was struck by a semi-trailer that had been travelling at 100 kilometres per hour. First hand accounts from emergency workers and survivors.
Shortly after the commencement of the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, a 'super cell' storm stirred up massive seas in the Bass Strait. Thirty aircraft took part in the rescue operation.
