Sallie-Anne Huckstepp: The Ultimate Whistleblower

It’s 1981 and Sallie-Anne Huckstepp sits across from Ray Martin on 60 Minutes, one of Australia’s most-watched current affair programs. 

She speaks clearly and emphatically. With a piercing blue stare, and a cigarette hanging from her right hand, she tells a story that Australia is not yet ready to hear. 

Every word of it, we now know, is true. 

Sallie-Anne’s boyfriend, a man she loved, had been murdered the week before in broad daylight. She knew the perpetrator. Everyone did. The story had made it into the papers. But what had happened to her boyfriend wasn’t reported as a murder. It was reported as brilliant police work. The man holding the gun was Roger Rogerson, an award-winning, highly respected NSW Detective Sergeant. No one had questioned his retelling of events.

But Sallie-Anne decided to do the unthinkable. 

She told secrets that many had taken to their graves. She explained exactly what was happening, and how the crimes currently ravaging Sydney were not as they might appear. 

Sallie-Anne knew that speaking to Ray Martin was one of the most dangerous things she could do. 

She did it anyway.

And eventually, she would pay the ultimate price. 

CREDITS

Guest: Liz Hayes, host of Under Investigation

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

Audio Producers: Rhiannon Mooney & Gia Moylan

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