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.
This is the premise of season three of Secrets We Keep: Baghdad Nights.
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 is an award-winning podcast series delving into Australia’s hidden past. Season one, Secrets We Keep: Shame Lies and Family, explored the tradition of forced adoption in Australia’s history. Season two, Secrets We Keep: Nest of Traitors, searched for a KGB mole who infiltrated Australia’s national spy agency.
Secrets We Keep: Baghdad Nights launches on August 6.