You need everyday life, culture, one industry and the legal side of the 1990s, plus people who were there. Your brief does not name the industry, so I built a sample dossier on a well documented Sydney story: the licensed venues of Kings Cross and the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service, 1994 to 1997.
Sample topic chosen by me. Every link checked. No private individuals named.In 1994 a Royal Commission began asking whether corruption in the NSW Police was systemic. Its hearings exposed payments flowing from Kings Cross venues to police, triggered a covert task force inside the licensed venue trade, and changed licensing law. For a story set in that world, it gives you three layers at once: the street, the workplace and the courtroom.
Figures: Final Report Volume I, para 1.31, copied as printed.
Dates are taken from the Final Report wherever possible. Where a point rests on a secondary summary, it says so.
Each point is marked: Fact from a primary source, Needs checking from a secondary source, Open / next step for what the full brief would research.
Sources: Wikipedia: Kings Cross; Trove; ABS Year Book Australia 1997
Sources: Final Report Vol. I, paras 1.30 and 1.31
Sources: Final Report Vol. I, para 1.32; Wikipedia: Royal Commission; PIC archive page
All links opened and checked on 26 October 2026. Primary sources first; encyclopaedias only for orientation.
Types, not names. For each: why they matter, what they can verify and the public route to find them. You decide who to contact.
A short call or written brief: your story, the industry, the years and the scenes you need to get right. I turn it into a question list you approve.
Archives, press, court records, official reports and oral histories. Every point carries its source and is marked as fact, needs checking or open question.
One dossier per topic plus a list of interviewee types with public contact routes. You decide who to contact; I can prepare the first message for you to send.
First full brief within one week after the kickoff.
I use AI to search archives and cross check sources quickly, which keeps the price low. Every source is opened and verified by me before it reaches you.
Every link in a dossier is opened and checked before it goes in. Facts come from primary material where possible (reports, court records, period press). Secondary sources such as encyclopaedias are only used for orientation and are labelled that way.
Yes, to search archives faster and to sort large amounts of material. AI never writes a fact into the dossier on its own: every statement is checked against the source by me, and figures are copied from the source, not paraphrased.
I research and list public routes: associations, university directories, oral history programs, archives and press offices. I do not collect private addresses or phone numbers and I do not contact anyone. You decide who to approach.
No. It is historical research: how processes worked at the time and what outcomes were realistic, with sources. For anything that affects your production legally, please ask a lawyer.
Your brief does not name the industry, so I picked a well documented 1990s Sydney story that combines everyday life, a working environment and a legal process. Your real topic gets the same structure.
I am an Austrian freelancer working Central European business hours, which overlaps with your evening in Sydney.