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Australian True Crime

Shortcut: Why This Police Veteran Became a Whistleblower

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.


This is part two of a two part episode with our guest, Kate Pausina.


In our last episode, former Queensland Police member, Kate Pausina, told us about her glory days in the job.


She's back today to talk about the moment her beloved career took a turn and the events that led to her filing a formal complaint in 2018 before leaving the service. 


Kate contributed a chapter to the 2024 book "When Cops Are Criminals" by Veronica Gorrie, which you can purchase here.


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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Kate Pausina

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains extra content from Seven West Media and Ten Network.


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0:00.0

In our last episode, former Queensland police member Kate Porcina told us about her glory days in the job.

0:11.0

She's back today to talk about the moment her beloved career took a turn and the events that led to her filing a formal complaint in 2018 before leaving the service.

0:22.1

That's ahead on Australian True Crime.

0:25.2

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created,

0:29.7

the Wurundri Woi Wurang people of the Koolan Nation.

0:43.7

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