Stolen valour,stolen skills:Revealing the depth of MP Barry Urban’s betrayal

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.

  • byGary Adshead

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The Reporter podcast:Unmasking Barry Urban

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

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.

  • byGary Adshead
The Reporter podcast:Spy Base Echelon

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 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.

  • byGary Adshead
The Reporter podcast:Finding Bogucki

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
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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.

  • byGary Adshead
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.

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