Naomi Selvaratnam
Naomi Selvaratnam is a Reporter and Producer at Foreign Correspondent. She has worked for Al Jazeera English's investigative documentary program 101 East, and across SBS's news and current affairs programs. Her work has been recognised with a Logie, dual Young Walkley nominations and a gold trophy at the New York Festivals International Television and Radio Awards. You can contact her at selvaratnam.naomi@abc.net.au
Latest by Naomi Selvaratnam
'Like a war': The Texas city at the centre of one of America's biggest political fights
On the southern border of the US, the Texas governor has taken drastic steps to keep migrants out of the country, and to reshape the political debate inside it.
What happened at this pink building in remote India could hold new clues in a killing that rocked the world
India has denied killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar, but an ABC investigation has found evidence government agencies were searching his family home in Punjab in the weeks before his death.
An early morning call from an unknown number confirmed what Samar already feared
Tensions between Sikhs and Hindus were ratcheting up when Samar Kohli received a call from ASIO officers proposing a meeting.
It's so profitable, even the cop stamping it out admits this is 'the crime I'd get into'
It's never been easier to buy convincing fake luxury fashion online. But many buyers would be shocked to learn where their money goes.
'You have to suck up or shut up': The clampdown on Bollywood's unforgivable sin
In India, the Modi government is accused of waging a war on Bollywood and using it for party propaganda.
How three words in a TV drama turned Hee-Jin against the North Korean regime
South Korean television shows are increasingly finding their way across the border into the North. One show in particular carries a message Kim Jong Un wants to stamp out.
'It's basically kill or be killed': The teenagers locked in a violent fight over their suburbs
The turf war claiming young lives on suburban streets and the people spurred by tragedy to fight the violence.
'A cancer has infected the party': Senior Liberals speak out as bitter blame game intensifies
Recriminations over the Coalition's federal election loss have spectacularly boiled over, with senior Liberal Party figures engaging in a vicious blame game.
A teenager needed urgent surgery. The hospital gave her 'the shut-up pill' and sent her away
She was supposed to get surgery and weekly check-ups, instead the 18-year-old was sent away from a Queensland hospital multiple times and died within months.
'Cost cutting at the expense of people's lives': The town of 1,400 without a GP
Three young women died in the space of a year after seeking treatment at a remote Queensland hospital. Complaints show staff have been warning about a lack of services.
A teenager needed urgent surgery. The hospital gave her 'the shut-up pill' and sent her away
She was supposed to get surgery and weekly check-ups, instead the 18-year-old was sent away from a Queensland hospital multiple times and died within months.
'They will be killed': The Australian government issued Hassan a visa to escape the Taliban. Now it says it was mistake
Fearing for his family's lives and promised a temporary Australian visa, Hassan fled Afghanistan. The government now says the former ADF interpreter was issued the visa by mistake.
'I hope they just shoot me but don't take me alive': A pop star's desperate escape from Kabul
Stopped at a Taliban checkpoint on her way to escape the country, this singer and women’s rights campaigner feared what would happen if they realised who she was.
'We know you're a Christian': MAFS was about to get tough for Dean. Then he got an extraordinary offer
Across the globe, at least 38 reality TV contestants have taken their own lives after appearing on a show.
The room where it happened: the private lunch a billionaire and a premier forgot to mention
Billionaire James Packer and then-NSW premier Barry O'Farrell failed to reveal a private lunch at influential broadcaster Alan Jones's apartment as they became central players in the high-stakes battle to build Crown Sydney.
Australian lobsters once fed world leaders. Now they are being sold out of a van
From the barley fields of Western Australia to the lobster trawlers of Hobart, Four Corners shows the human and financial cost of the ongoing trade war with China.
Security guard who found Brittany Higgins on night of alleged rape speaks out
On March 23, 2019, Nikola Anderson's overnight shift as a security guard at Parliament House was like any other — until Brittany Higgins and her male colleague arrived in the early hours of the morning.
'We've had a gutful': Traditional owners threaten to shut Kakadu as park falls into disrepair
At a time when tourism operators are banking on a boom in the domestic market, Australia's biggest national park is falling into disrepair as a bitter dispute over management rages.
Graduating into the unknown: Finishing school in the midst of a pandemic
From Mount Isa to Melbourne, the class of 2020 is about to graduate with a new level of resilience. They may be less likely to get severely ill from the virus, but their futures will be forever shaped by it.
Records reveal desperation behind the scenes at Victoria aged care COVID-19 outbreak
Increasingly desperate calls for more staff to work at Melbourne's Epping Gardens Aged Care home during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak went unanswered, Four Corners reveals.
Photos show security guards sleeping on the job during hotel quarantine shift
Frontline doctors warned about infection dangers inside Victoria's hotel quarantine program weeks before COVID-19 spread to the community, a Four Corners investigation reveals.
What is the truth about 5G? Four Corners spoke to leading experts and anti-5G activists to find out
The global rollout of 5G has spawned wild conspiracy theories, and the coronavirus pandemic was the perfect environment for them to spread. Four Corners has investigated these claims and examined the science around whether the technology is a threat to our health.
This is what it's like to live in a society that doesn't see you as human
This is not a story for me, it is my life. I don’t get to turn away from this. To not care is not an option because I live in a world where race and racism can suffocate us, writes Stan Grant.
A transplant patient was assured by Ruby Princess crew she would be safe. She got COVID-19 days later
The Ruby Princess wasn't Princess Cruises' first encounter with COVID-19. Four Corners traces how Carnival's cruises turned into a global coronavirus nightmare and how the disease was allowed to spread on the Ruby Princess.
Queues, face masks, makeshift barricades. This is what it's like inside a coronavirus testing clinic
Four Corners goes inside a COVID-19 screening clinic to see what frontline staff and patients are experiencing every day during the crisis.