Notorious 04 | From top gun to wanted man
Daniel Duggan’s career was spent pushing warplanes to their limits. Now the United States wants him extradited from Australia and prosecuted for conspiracy.
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Duration: 43 minutes 33 seconds
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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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Duration: 40 minutes 1 second
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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Duration: 39 minutes 57 seconds
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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Duration: 33 minutes 7 seconds
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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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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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Duration: 33 minutes 9 seconds
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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Duration: 35 minutes 51 seconds
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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Duration: 38 minutes 37 seconds
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.
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Duration: 30 minutes