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Dominique Bayens is an audio producer and presenter based in Margaret River in Western Australia. Originally from Perth, she has lived and worked in regional Western Australia for almost a decade.
Connecting with and telling the unique stories of regional Australians is one of the great joys of her life.
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Expanse is the ABC’s internationally award-winning podcast exploring big stories from across Australia, and it’s sixth season sees host Dominique Bayens investigate the unsettling circumstances surrounding the 2007 disappearance of four people from the town of Nannup in Western Australia: Chantelle and Leila McDougall, Tony Popic, and a man known as Simon Kadwill. Simon espoused a doomsday belief system in online forums and through his book, Servers of the Divine Plan. And when it came to his relationship with the much younger Chantelle, many close to her had noticed his controlling behaviours.
Expanse: The Nannup Four — Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2026
The curious case of the Nannup Four — by Dominique Bayens for the Expanse podcast, ABC, 7 March 2026