The Reporter podcast:Tow Trucks and Death Threats

Gary Adshead’s 40-year journalism career has been spent pursuing the truth,no matter how ugly,dangerous – or ridiculous. From crooks and crimes to state secrets and heroic rescues,we take you behind the headlines.

This week on The Reporter podcast,Michael Thomson and Gary Adshead discuss an industry that spun out of control.

Perth’s unregulated tow truck industry was a hotbed of corruption and violence. Once the reporter exposed how police call centre operators were being paid in drugs and money for tip-offs and computer access,detectives intercepted a threat on his life.

So seriously was it taken,Adhsead had to leave Perth with his family.

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