The Reporter podcast:Tow Trucks and Death Threats

The Reporter podcast:Tow Trucks and Death Threats

This week on The Reporter podcast,Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson the inside story of an industry that spun out of control.

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Tow trucks and death threats:The Perth industry that spun out of control

Tow trucks and death threats:The Perth industry that spun out of control

Perth’s unregulated tow truck industry was a hotbed of corruption and violence. And when one reporter exposed its underbelly,detectives told him to leave town.

  • byGary Adshead
The Reporter podcast:When the whistleblower turned out to be the fugitive

The Reporter podcast:When the whistleblower turned out to be the fugitive

This week on The Reporter podcast,Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson a story of deception that would better suit a Hollywood movie than a WA health service.

This fugitive con artist fooled health departments across Australia. Until the day her phone rang

This fugitive con artist fooled health departments across Australia. Until the day her phone rang

The true story of how a journalist pursued this prestigious executive’s true identity,building a damning dossier that brought her house of cards crashing down.

  • byGary Adshead
Inside story:How a bikie debt collector brought down a Perth pillar of parliament
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Inside story:How a bikie debt collector brought down a Perth pillar of parliament

Small town,big connections:How a speed junkie was running Perth’s parliament,how one man brought him down,and how this reporter was finally unleashed.

  • byGary Adshead
The Reporter podcast Perth:the story of T3 (Part I)

The Reporter podcast Perth:the story of T3 (Part I)

The clandestine interview with a secret operative working to sting corrupt cops.

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Off the record or else:A Perth journo,a Como hotel and a story too big to publish
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Off the record or else:A Perth journo,a Como hotel and a story too big to publish

Few people knew where Gary Adshead was going that night. To a hotel in which he would hear the most remarkable story of his career – but one he couldn’t report.

  • byGary Adshead
‘Flush it into the public domain’:Why so few councils publish interactions with developers

‘Flush it into the public domain’:Why so few councils publish interactions with developers

Just four of 79 Victorian councils are publishing contact between councillors and developers despite advice to keep a registry of activity up to date.

  • byRachael Dexter
‘Bribery is treason’:Zelensky sacks 112 army draft chiefs

‘Bribery is treason’:Zelensky sacks 112 army draft chiefs

The president said that any sacked army recruitment officers not being investigated should head to the front to fight for Ukraine.

  • byDan Peleschuk
Bentleys,brown paper bags and bundles:Newcastle can’t shake reputation for wheeling and dealing
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Bentleys,brown paper bags and bundles:Newcastle can’t shake reputation for wheeling and dealing

The coal city is grappling with a fresh scandal only years after shocking corruption allegations sent most of its local politicians packing.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Singapore in a mess as PM admits politics not as clean as country’s image

Singapore in a mess as PM admits politics not as clean as country’s image

The city-state places as much stock in the cleanliness of its politics as it does in spotless streets. Recent events have threatened to sully that reputation.

  • byChris Barrett