Gary Adshead, a highly respected Western Australian investigative journalist and political reporter, has spent over 42 years working across television, radio and print, playing an instrumental role in breaking some of the state’s biggest stories.

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Still driven by a fire to chase the next big lead, Adshead spoke with 6PR Drive host Jamie Burnett, reflecting on his career, politics and his approach to investigative journalism.

“I’ve always accepted that if someone picks up the phone to me or sends me a document or whatever, that there’s something motivating them, but I tend to sit back and go, ‘Well, whatever their motive is, it’s a story, it needs to be told, and I accept that’”, he said.

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