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Jun 21, 2024 • 40min

Notorious 03 - Crafting a Villain

Olivia went on Australia’s biggest show to find love. She came out as Australia's "most hated" reality TV star and lost almost everything.Reporter Annika Blau investigates the making of a TV villain.
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Jun 14, 2024 • 40min

Notorious 02 | The Prankster

It was the infamous Royal prank call that shattered lives. One woman took her own life; another is haunted to this day. Reporter Rachael Cusick investigates - how did a joke go so wrong?
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Jun 6, 2024 • 33min

Notorious 01 | Inside the scam factory

On the outskirts of Dubai there is a secret scam factory, where hundreds of employees smoke, eat, and pretend to be glamorous women — but one has a secret plan to shut it all down.
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Jun 4, 2024 • 1min

Introducing... Notorious

There's a saying that every good story needs a bad guy. 
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May 31, 2024 • 0sec

The whistleblowers who stared down threats from Australia's biggest bank

How the Commonwealth Bank tried to stop a royal commission by using dirt files, intimidation, threats and surveillance against whistleblowers and journalists. Reporter Adele Ferguson investigates.
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May 24, 2024 • 33min

The whistleblower who believed his employer was covering up an oil spill

Three dead dolphins turn up in an oil spill.
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May 16, 2024 • 36min

The whistleblower who exposed Australia’s secretive offshore detention system

"Simone" arrived on a remote island to help asylum seekers. But she witnessed something there that convinced her to leak over 2000 documents. Reporters Paul Farrell and Maddison Conaughton investigate what happened.
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May 10, 2024 • 39min

The Whistleblower who brought down Australia's Dr Death

When patients start unexpectedly dying at a regional hospital, nurse Toni Hoffman takes a big risk to blow the whistle on a negligent surgeon. But years later, it's still unclear why she was ignored for so long. 
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May 2, 2024 • 30min

The whistleblower who captured the nation — and the man who unmasked her as a fraud

Kathy Jackson was once heralded as a revolutionary who shone a bright spotlight on union corruption but she too was later found to be a fraudster who had misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in union members' money. So who was the man responsible for blowing the whistle on her? Reporter Annika Blau investigates.
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Apr 29, 2024 • 33min

The whistleblower who helped catch a paedophile politician

When an electoral officer helps police arrest a popular politician, her life begins to unravel. Her boss would spend more than a decade in prison, but she loses her job, and is even eventually admitted to a mental health institution. Now she’s asking: could he have been stopped earlier? Reporter Tynan King investigates.

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