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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.
- by Gary Adshead
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Perth magician allegedly ‘hypnotised’ young boys to comply with sexual abuse
Dewald Venter, 29, denies 33 allegations of child abuse against four teenagers between 2011 and 2016.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
The Reporter podcast: the story of T3 (Part I)
This week on The Reporter podcast, Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson how he scored a clandestine interview with a secret operative working to sting corrupt police.
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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.
- by Gary Adshead
Perth mum of baby found with life-threatening levels of meth walks free from court
An assessment revealed the baby had soft tissue injuries to his head and skull “and had extremely life-threatening levels of methamphetamine and cannabis” in his system.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Missing five-week-old baby found
WA Police issued an urgent alert for the public’s assistance after the baby was believed to be with its 17-year-old father.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Costly trip to Coles for Troy Mercanti as he fronts court with pointed political message
The bikie was found to have repeatedly breached the conditions of a post-prison order which banned him from associating with other gang members.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth man accused of domestic violence murder hangs head as he faces court
Peter Damjanovic, 37, appeared at Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday after being charged with the murder of his ex-partner Tiffany Woodley.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘He made me feel like a piece of meat’: FIFO rapist jailed for five years
Ryan Zabaznow, 38, was found guilty of raping a colleague at a Pilbara mine site in 2020 in a case that sparked a parliamentary inquiry into sexual assaults at mine sites.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
The Reporter podcast: The Head in the Bag
This week on The Reporter podcast, Gary Adshead tells Michael Thomson how an ordinary walk with the dog led to a tip-off about the identity of a dismembered body.
From racing to Rottnest: Piecing together the full story of Perth’s severed head
A gifted child and a charming man, Stephen Cookson could have had it all. Instead, he sank deep into the underworld, where one day he got everything he deserved.
- by Gary Adshead