Former AFL player's fight for compensation | 7.30 // TRAIN BRAIN

Former AFL player's fight for compensation | 7.30

Concussion is forcing some of the AFL's most promising young players into premature retirement.
Now, in a double blow, insurance companies are backing away from covering their lifelong injuries.
Jess Halloran reports.
Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-05/ex-afl-player-opens-up-on-brain-trauma-compensation-fight/106636178
Welcome to ABC News In-depth, where you'll find our long-form journalism and other videos to help you understand what's going on in the world around you.
Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1
For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY
Get breaking news and livestreams from our ABC News channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NewsOnABC
Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au
Follow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au
Follow ABC News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnews
Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.
#ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia

ABC News In-depth

Welcome to ABC News In-depth, where you'll find our long-form journalism and explainers to help you understand what's going on in the world around you. You'll find all your favourite ABC News programs: Four Corners, Foreign Correspondent, Australian Stor...

Former AFL player's fight for compensation | 7.30

Pubs and clubs on high alert after firebombings and threats of violence | 7.30

Interest rate rise ahead of next week's budget increases pressure on government | 7.30

Inside India’s multibillion dollar wedding industry | Foreign Correspondent

Why “staged” conspiracies are spreading about DC shooting

The billionaire-backed show where you have to pay to win a ‘free’ giveaway | Media Watch

Is Russia losing in Africa? | Radio National | ABC NEWS In-depth

‘STAGED’: false flag conspiracies and seashell ‘threats’ | Planet America

Australia and Japan's defence relationship is growing closer | 7.30

Will the anguish over Kumanjayi Little Baby's death spark meaningful change? | 7.30

A Marine, an invasive infection and an Australian medical breakthrough | 7.30

Police easily tracked through phone app | Four Corners

Investigating why a farmer, a school girl and grandmother were all tasered | Four Corners

Sporting greats remember 'legend' Dennis Cometti | 7.30

She survived the horrors of Russia’s invasion, now she’s advocating for peace | Compass

Tragedy in Alice Springs | ABC News | Insiders

Vanuatu’s students struggle after historic teacher strike | The Pacific

Does the Pacific have a problem with blackness? | The Pacific | ABC News

Jim Chalmers' productivity challenge | Insiders On Background

How Qatar's careful plans for security failed | If You're Listening

Is Australian meth use at an all-time high? | ABC NEWS

Are Australia's hoons out of control? | ABC NEWS Loop

How much do you know about the costs of transport? | ABC NEWS

Iran’s nuclear deal was fragile, and it didn’t survive Trump | If You're Listening

The Italian magistrate who beat the mafia | ASSASSINS

Seven found to have omitted key facts in its clean energy investigation | Media Watch

One Nation is about to face its first real test in Victoria | 7.30

What has Australia learned since the worst terrorist attack on home soil? | 7.30

A search for a missing five-year-old girl in Alice Springs ends in tragedy | 7.30

New allegations of bullying and collusion aired at CFMEU inquiry | 7.30

Trump can't keep getting 'free reign to conduct this war', says US Congressman | 7.30

Countries on the hunt for new sources of oil | 7.30

Is Trump about to fire Kash Patel? #planetamerica

Lost in the forest, what happened to backpacker Celine Cremer? | Australian Story | Full documentary

AFL's handling of players' mental health under scrutiny | 7.30

Is there more air travel chaos to come? | 7.30

Coalition suggests stealth bombers could be used as AUKUS stop-gap | 7.30

Questions over One Nation candidate in Farrer by-election | 7.30

Shooting reminds of US history of gun violence #planetamerica

Is it Game Over For MBS’s Trillion Dollar Dream in Saudi Arabia? | Foreign Correspondent

The Iran war has revealed Australia's 'two jeopardies' | 7.30

What Channel Seven didn’t tell you about their renewable energy exposé | Media Watch

Claims Aussies aren't getting a fair share from gas companies 'untrue', says McDonald | 7.30

Australia ‘dragging its feet’ on clean energy transition, says Paris agreement architect | 7.30

The push to unlock the 'sea of oil' in Queensland's Taroom Trough | 7.30

How the White House correspondents' dinner shooting unfolded | 7.30

Trump escapes would-be assassin as Iran talks stall | Planet America

Reporters swipe bottle of wine during Washington shooting.

Who is Cole Tomas Allen? | ABC NEWS Verify

The scars of the Port Arthur massacre | Australian Story (2016)

Port Arthur shooting survivors' scars run deep | Australian Story, 2016 (20th Anniversary)

Eric Swalwell's sexual assault allegation. #planetamerica

Returning a First Nations WWI Hero Home — Yaluu (See You Again) | Compass

Is the ballet really dead? | ABC NEWS Loop

Sex worker's voices missing from PNG’s HIV crisis | The Pacific

John Bolton: One of Trump's 'problems is he doesn't know what he wants'

Extraordinary forest find in search for missing backpacker | Australian Story

Will the US and Iran make a deal (again)? | If You're Listening

Has Trump become unfit for the presidency? #planetamerica

Australian company busted for secret influencer deals | Media Watch

Hannah Clarke's parents have made a tough decision | 7.30

Australia struck gas gold — but signed it away cheap | If You're Listening | ABC NEWS In-depth

Sheraz risked his life translating in Afghanistan. His family paid the price | 7.30

The limits of new hate speech laws are being tested in Queensland | 7.30

Can British PM Keir Starmer survive the Mandelson scandal? | 7.30

Why Hannah Clarke's parents are stepping back from their advocacy work | 7.30

Real life mafia wars (Part 1) | ASSASSINS

Mum thanks 'brave' volunteers that searched for her missing daughter | Australian Story

Will Trump’s stoush with Pope turn US Catholics against the president? | 7.30

Fuel crisis making access to healthcare prohibitively expensive in regional areas | 7.30

Battle over proposal to hit gas exporters with new tax | 7.30

Worried about your child? Health Minister's NDIS advice | 7.30

Thousands of people to be kicked off NDIS under government overhaul | 7.30

Trump's clearest moment of mental decline #planetamerica

Investigating what’s behind the rise in ADHD | Four Corners Documentary

The treacherous search for backpacker Celine Cremer | Part 2 Australian Story

Should wild deer be protected or declared a pest? | 7.30

Should there be a new tax on Australian gas exports? | 7.30

Cost of construction skyrockets due to Iran war | 7.30

Australians getting 'fleeced' on gas, says Pocock | 7.30

The story behind the removal of a controversial sculpture — and why people want her back | Compass