In December 2005, Richard Baker published a story about an obscure oil company called Tigris Petroleum, and its ties to Iraq. A few weeks later, Tigris would be linked to the AWB at the Cole inquiry. In this bonus episode, Richard revisits the story, and finally gets some key documents about Tigris released.  Featured: Michael Long Alexander Downer Ross Fusca Contact: [email protected]  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Baker interviews former Prime Minister John Howard, to find out why Australia went into the Iraq War, and ask how much his government knew about the AWB’s dealings.   Featured: John Howard Caroline Overington  Alexander Downer Trevor Flugge Contact: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cole inquiry recommends the AWB be investigated, and the Australian Federal Police set up a taskforce. Richard Baker speaks to former AFP officer Ross Fusca and finds out the taskforce mysteriously disappeared. The corporate regulator, ASIC, also attempts to hold the wheat men to account.  Featured: Darryl Hockey Ross Fusca Michael Long Trevor Flugge Rod McLeod (voicing Mark Emons)  Dan Mullins (voicing lawyer) Contact: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

It’s Trevor Flugge and Michael Long’s turn in the witness box, though it couldn’t have come at a worse time. The media is fixated on photos of the pair in Baghdad holding guns, looking like cavalier cowboys. But they won’t be the only powerful men called to give evidence.   Featured: Trevor Flugge Michael Long Nonee Walsh Kelvin Thomson Alexander Downer Darryl Hockey Contact: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian government announces an inquiry into the AWB, with the lawyers hoping to prove the AWB knew it was breaching sanctions. A whistleblower fronts the inquiry to give evidence... in secret.  Featured: Trevor Flugge Darryl Hockey Michael Long Anwar Al-Rawi Rod McLeod (voicing Mark Emons)  Dan Mullins (voicing lawyer) Contact: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Saddam Hussein has been found, weapons of mass destruction have not. The reason for the Iraq invasion crumbles, and the world’s attention is turned to corruption in the United Nations Oil For Food Program. The AWB’s dealings in Iraq are about to come under scrutiny from an international investigation.  Featured: Darryl Hockey Alexander Downer Caroline Overington  Mark Pieth  Contact: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US invades Iraq, and good old Australia has joined. The Australian wheat men are on the ground a month later, and the secret mission begins – protect Australia’s lucrative wheat market.  Featured: Robin Raphel  Trevor Flugge Michael Long Lieutenant Colonel Paul Wright Alexander Downer Alan Tracy Contact: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The drums of war are beating, and the Australian Wheat Board’s multimillion-dollar trade with Iraq is at risk. Lucky for them, powerful sources promise to keep the AWB informed of any signs of war, while the public hears something different.   Featured: Trevor Flugge Darryl Hockey Alexander Downer Anwar Al-Rawi Michael Long Contact: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How did the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) fund Saddam Hussein’s regime? Richard Baker speaks with Michael Long and Trevor Flugge from the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) to find out how Australia built a strong trade relationship with Iraq. Featured: Anwar Al-Rawi Maitham Al-alyawy Michael Long Trevor Flugge Get in contact: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the lead up to the Iraq War, the Australian Wheat Board (AWB), gave $300 million in illicit funds to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Journalist Richard Baker meets Trevor Flugge, the AWB’s chairman who went on to be the poster boy for the corruption scandal, thanks to a leaked photo.   Featured: Trevor Flugge Get in contact: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s Australia’s biggest corruption scandal: $300 million funnelled to a notorious dictator via dodgy wheat contracts in the lead up to the Iraq War.    Award-winning journalist Richard Baker takes you inside the scandal, with the help of three wheat salesmen caught in the middle of extraordinary world events. Were they cowboys who pocketed millions for their company? Scapegoats for a government stuff up? Or something in between...   Secrets We Keep: Baghdad Nights launches August 6.   See...

Joey travels to Melbourne to try and meet a living mole suspect to finally get some answers. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email [email protected] or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A KGB defector directs Joey towards a former British politician. Joey investigates and finds the names of four potential moles who operated inside ASIO during the Cold War. He begins searching for the four suspects.  If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email  [email protected] or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A rendezvous leads Joey to an apartment where a source tells him that more information about the suspected moles might lie in a top secret government report. When he realises only the Prime Minister’s office can authorise the report to be released, Joey takes his questions all the way to the top. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email  [email protected] or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Joey meets a man who investigated ASIO in the 1970s, to find out what made the spy agency vulnerable to being infiltrated by the KGB. ASIO was directed to search for traitors, but the internal investigations were inconclusive. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email  [email protected] or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joey drives into the middle of the desert to find out why Australia became a target for the KGB. He learns that Australia was a bigger player in the Cold War than he’d ever imagined, and how the mole could’ve had access to secrets from its powerful Western allies. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email  [email protected] or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who were the KGB? What was ASIO up against? To help his mole hunt, a former spy takes Joey inside ASIO during the Cold War.  He points Joey to a KGB spy called Gerontiy Lazovik who may have recruited a mole in Australia. As Joey dives deeper into this story, he begins to suspect there was more than one mole. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email  [email protected] or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000. See...

Three years ago, journalist Joey Watson learnt about the ultimate spy story. During the Cold War, the Australian spy agency ASIO was infiltrated by the enemy - one of their spies turned and began working for the KGB, the Soviet Union’s feared spy agency. They became a mole.  For decades, the mole's identity remained a mystery and the damage they caused unknown. To uncover the truth, Joey sets out to find them.   Joey starts by meeting the main suspect who was arrested in the early 1990s and...

Amelia Oberhardt introduces Season 2 of Secrets We Keep - Nest of Traitors. Hosted by Joey Watson, the season investigates another big Australian secret. Launching January 23. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three years ago, journalist Joey Watson was pulled into the ultimate spy mystery. During the Cold War, the Australian spy agency ASIO was infiltrated by a Soviet mole. For decades the mole's identity was buried and the damage they caused unknown. To uncover the truth, Joey sets out to find the mole. It’s a story about power, national secrets and how countries behave when they think no-one is watching. Coming February 1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Closed adoptions have affected many Australian families, and no one experience is the same.  In this episode, you'll hear how forced adoptions have affected people from a new perspective - two adoptees, and one father.  Lifeline: 13 11 14 Forced Adoption Support Service: 1800 21 03 13 List of organisations that can help See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you or your family have been affected by forced adoption, it can be daunting to start your journey to find information about your history.  However support is available, and host Amelia Oberhardt speaks to two post adoption support services about how someone can navigate this journey.  Forced Adoption Support Service: 1800 21 03 13 List of organisations that can help Adopt Perspective Podcast  Featured:  Charlotte Smith - CEO of Vanish  Jo-Ann Sparrow - President of Jigsaw...

In the final episode of the season, Amelia Oberhardt reflects on what she's learnt in the series, and confronts one last stigma - her mother's alcohol dependency.  Support services: National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline: 1800 250 015  Lifeline: 13 11 14 Forced Adoption Support Service: 1800 21 03 13 Featured: Jennifer McRae  Danae Witherow  Professor Dan Lubman - Turning Point  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In researching the series, Amelia Oberhardt heard a shocking story about a Queensland abortion raid that showed another side of how women were treated in Australia’s not too distant past.   Amelia finds out more about the options women had when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, the road to legalising abortion, and what happened one Monday morning in May 1985.  Featured:   Caroline de Costa – Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the College of Medicine at James Cook...