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Stolen valour, stolen skills: Revealing the depth of MP Barry Urban’s betrayal
Reporter Gary Adshead was methodically exposing the Perth MP’s multiple lies over faked war medals when a chance conversation led him even deeper into the mystery.
- by Gary Adshead
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The Reporter podcast: Unmasking Barry Urban
This week on The Reporter podcast, Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson how he launched an investigation that would finally land its subject in jail.
The photo and the phone call: How a tip-off toppled master manipulator Barry Urban
This reporter was told he had a “bum steer”, “not really a story”. Undaunted, he launched an investigation that would finally land its subject in jail.
- by Gary Adshead
The Reporter podcast: Spy Base Echelon
This week on The Reporter podcast, Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson the story of one of the most secret spy bases in the world.
The truth is out there – at a spy base 400 kilometres north of Perth
The source was prepared to grant me 10 questions about the Kojarena base. I was to prepare them carefully – there would only be one chance to get them answered.
- by Gary Adshead
The Reporter podcast: Finding Bogucki
This week on The Reporter podcast, Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson the inside story of the extraordinary rescue of Robert Bogucki in the Australian desert.
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Finding Bogucki: The fallout, the stuff-ups and a tinderbox of tension
Behind the scenes of the extraordinary rescue of Robert Bogucki in the Australian desert, and how those sent to observe found themselves playing a leading role.
- by Gary Adshead
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.
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.
- by Gary Adshead
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
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.
- by Gary Adshead