In this episode of Secrets We Keep: Uncovered, filmmaker Kristo Langker takes us inside the long-running conflict between Indonesia and West Papuans. 

Embedded with fighters from the West Papua Liberation Army, a small armed independence movement that has been battling Indonesian security forces for decades, Kristo travelled to a remote mountain village where the Indonesian military was allegedly bombing indigenous communities with high-tech explosives and drones. 

He gathered evidence of these extreme measures right on Australia’s doorstep and smuggled it back to confront a multi-billion-dollar weapons manufacturer about its role in the bloodshed. 

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Credits: 

• Reporter/Host: Joey Watson
• Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco
• Sound Design: Matt Curry and Matt Nikolic
• Fact check: Madeline Larsen 
• Head of Factual: Clair Weaver

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For years, flatmates Wendy and Ellie trusted James. He joined Wendy’s animal rights advocacy group, quickly becoming one of her closest friends — and Ellie’s boyfriend.

But James wasn’t who they thought. He was an undercover cop, deployed to spy on them.

Part of a secretive UK operation now known as Spy Cops, James was one of many officers who infiltrated activist and protest groups, forming intimate and sexual relationships with their targets -sometimes for years- leaving a trail of betrayal and heartbreak behind.

In this two-part tell-all interview, Wendy and Ellie take us through a 17-year-long deception so cruel that it's almost impossible to comprehend.

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 If this episode raises issues for you, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1322 46 36.

Credits: 

• Reporter/Host: Joey Watson
• Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco
• Sound Design: Matt Curry
• Head of Factual: Clair Weaver

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For years, flatmates Wendy and Ellie trusted James. He joined Wendy’s animal rights advocacy group, quickly becoming one of her closest friends — and Ellie’s boyfriend.

But James wasn’t who they thought. He was an undercover cop, deployed to spy on them.

Part of a secretive UK operation now known as Spy Cops, James was one of many officers who infiltrated activist and protest groups, forming intimate and sexual relationships with their targets -sometimes for years- leaving a trail of betrayal and heartbreak behind.

In this two-part tell-all interview, Wendy and Ellie take us through a 17-year-long deception so cruel that it's almost impossible to comprehend.

Got any tips? Email us at [email protected].

 If this episode raises issues for you, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1322 46 36.

Credits: 

• Reporter/Host: Joey Watson
• Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco
• Sound Design: Matt Curry
• Head of Factual: Clair Weaver

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 After a 16-year-old extremist attempted to stab a Bishop at a church in Western Sydney, ABC investigative journalist Sean Rubinsztein‑Dunlop was approached by a man with an extraordinary claim: he was a former undercover ASIO spy who had infiltrated extremist networks in Sydney linked to Islamic State.

In this episode of Uncovered, Sean tells the story of ‘Marcus’, the ex-spy who, while undercover, met Naveed Akram and his father, the men allegedly later responsible for the Bondi Beach terror attack. Marcus gathered intelligence, faced life-threatening risks, and witnessed individuals on a path to violence. He says he warned ASIO of Naveed being a potential threat, but authorities disagreed with his assessment.

Through Sean’s reporting, we go inside Australia’s hidden world of counterterrorism and see how Marcus’s actions intersected with one of Sydney’s most serious domestic terror plots, offering a rare insight into national security, radicalisation, and the human cost of undercover work.

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Four Corners episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHnaHHC8Q9c 

ASIO's statement in response to the ABC's Four Corners: https://www.asio.gov.au/asio-statement-four-corners 

Credits: 

• Reporter/Host: Joey Watson
• Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco
• Fact Check: Holly Mitchell
• Sound Design: Matt Nikolic
• Head of Factual: Clair Weaver

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When BBC's Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis interviewed Prince Andrew, Buckingham Palace was hoping for redemption. Instead, what they got was disastrous interview that shook the British monarchy, spelled the downfall of Prince Andrew and catapulted a global scandal that still reverberates today. 

In this episode of Uncovered, Emily Maitlis takes us behind the scenes, through the negotiations, careful strategy, and extraordinary moments, as she confronted the now former prince over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations of trafficked victim Virginia Giuffre. 

What was meant to be a controlled PR exercise instead became a global reckoning, exposing the limits of truth, power and privilege; triggering a call for accountability.

Emily Maitlis is appearing at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center in an event hosted by the Wheeler Center on the 5th of March. She'll also be speaking at the All About Women Festival in Sydney on the 8th of March.

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Check out The Weekend Briefing's interview with Emily Maitlis here: https://play.listnr.com/podcast/the-briefing/episode/meet-the-journalist-who-brought-down-prince-andrew

Credits: 

• Reporter/Host: Joey Watson
• Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco
• Fact Check: Madeline Larsen
• Sound Design: Matt Nikolic
• Head of Factual: Clair Weaver

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What happens when a surgeon celebrated as a “hero” leaves some patients to suffer devastating consequences? From maggot-infested wounds to systemic failures that left some paraplegic patients and amputees in worse shape than when they first sought help.

In this interview, investigative journalist Charlotte Grieve tells the story of how she uncovered the hidden side behind the halo of a doctor protected by glowing media reports, and how she fought in court to defend the truth. 

Dr Munjed Al Muderis is scheduled to appeal the court's findings in mid 2026.

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Credits: 

• Reporter/Host: Joey Watson
• Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco
• Fact Check and Production Support: Holly Mitchell
• Sound Design: Matt Nikolic

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The Christchurch terrorist has returned to court, seeking to overturn his guilty plea for the 2019 mosque attacks that killed 51 people.

He argues that the extreme isolation of a “prison within a prison” inside New Zealand’s most secure facility left him psychologically incapable of making rational decisions when he pleaded guilty.

How likely is a judge to grant his request? And what would reopening this case mean for survivors and the families of the victims?

Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor host Joey Watson joins The Briefing's Sacha Barbour Gatt for a deep dive into the real motivations that lie behind the terrorist's legal battle.

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There are new developments in the case of the Christchurch terrorist — the Australian man who murdered 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 — who is now seeking to overturn his guilty plea and appeal his sentence.

The Christchurch massacre remains the deadliest act of extremist violence committed by an Australian.

In Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor, journalist Joey Watson retraces the terrorist’s trajectory in the years leading up to the attack, revealing the networks, influences, and failures that shaped one of the most devastating crimes in our region.

Joey speaks with survivors, researchers, and those who crossed the attacker’s path, as he begins to uncover a far more complex story. What, or who, led him to violence?

• Lone Actor | Ep 2 | Shitposting
• Lone Actor | Ep 3 | In the scene
• Lone Actor | Ep 4 | The Balkans
• Lone Actor | Ep 5 | The defence of Europe
• Lone Actor | Ep 6 | Skull Mask Network

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To bring down a violent neo-Nazi group, former FBI undercover agent Scott Payne had to become someone else. It was a mission that demanded more than surveillance. He infiltrated a neo-Nazi hate camp and, to prove loyalty, he had to partake into strange rituals, even sacrificing a goat. In this interview, Payne takes us inside the mechanics of extremist recruitment, the psychology of hate, and the perils of going deep cover.

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Credits: 

• Reporter/Host: Joey Watson
• Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco
• Fact Check: Holly Mitchell
• Sound Design: Matt Nikolic
• Head of Factual: Clair Weaver

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 When you think crime, justice, and police or journalistic investigations, what really goes into unravelling evidence? What skills do professionals need to put the pieces together?

In this sponsored episode, Joey Watson sits down with Dr Hayley Cullen, a cognitive and forensic psychology expert, to explore what skills university students in psychology, forensic science, criminal investigation, and related fields learn, and how they apply those skills in real-world investigations.

This episode was sponsored by Open Universities Australia.

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