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After the destruction of the ABC Radio Drama department in 2012, he joined the
Features unit of ABC Radio National, continuing to produce Poetica with colleague Justine Sloane-Lees. When Poetica was axed in 2015, Ladd switched to making documentary series such as
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from its source to the sea, writing in his notebook as he travelled. The description of the journey was serialised in
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