60 Minutes

Sunday night on 60 Minutes the great debate: working from home or back in the office?

For the record Nine does not have a "one size fits all" approach to the question, but most staff have a hybrid work approach.

The Good Wife
In 2026 anyone coming out and saying a woman's place is in the home would surely expect immediate demands to wash their mouths out with soap. But what if the people making the very old-fashioned declaration were in fact women? As Amelia Adams finds out, that's exactly what's now happening more and more often. It's thanks to a growing movement of so-called "trad" wives, women, who with their husband's blessing or expectation, are choosing to return to traditional household roles. Put simply, he earns the cash and makes the rules, while she cooks, cleans and raises the kids.
Reporter: Amelia Adams
Producers: Sammi Taylor, Sheree Gibson

Home Depot or Office Works?
Forget squabbles over whether rugby league or Aussie rules is the better sport, now the great Australian debate is all about jobs. More precisely, if working from home or trudging into the office makes for more productive employees. Until COVID struck it was a non-argument, but when the pandemic forced everyone to isolate, a nationwide barney blew up. As Adam Hegarty discovers, not even the experts can agree on what's best. Some say flexible arrangements, that is, the home office, create happy workers and therefore help businesses boom. Others reckon that's nonsense, and that bosses have every right to see their staff in person every day. So whose side are you on?
Reporter: Adam Hegarty
Producer: Serge Negus

Horror at Harrods
It's not at all unfair to describe Mohamed Al Fayed as Great Britain's Jeffrey Epstein.
As 60 Minutes first reported last year, Al Fayed, the former owner of the famous Harrods department store, stands accused of the sexual assault, human trafficking and pimping of women he employed. Unbelievably, the number of alleged victims is close to five hundred. Al Fayed died in 2023, but a London Metropolitan Police investigation into his conduct continues with officers focusing on who might have helped the billionaire businessman cover up his crimes. As Tara Brown reports, at the urging of American survivor Pelham Spong, French authorities, along with the FBI, are now also looking into Mohamed Al Fayed's evil.
Reporter: Tara Brown
Producers: Anne Worthington, Garry McNab

On 60 Minutes this week Adam Hegarty speaks with distraught mothers who have been forced to give up their kids, and flown to their fathers in foreign territories.

The Point of No Return
This is a story that's upsetting to watch. 60 Minutes has obtained disturbing footage showing young Australian girls being forcibly taken from their mothers by Australian police officers, so they can be flown overseas, back to their allegedly violent foreign fathers. To any lay person, that this could even happen defies logic. However, the reason it does is due to an international treaty Australia has signed. It's called the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Originally written to protect children, Adam Hegarty reveals there are now serious questions about whether that intention remains the case. In this investigation, he speaks with distraught mothers who have been forced to give up their kids, and are demanding the federal government fix what seems like a glaring failure of duty to look after its young citizens.
Reporter: Adam Hegarty
Producer: Laura Sparkes

Terror at 37,000 Feet
It was a flight into hell. Two years ago, high over southern Myanmar, a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 flew into some of the most extreme turbulence ever encountered by a commercial aircraft. There was panic on board as passengers and crew were flung around the cabin. One man died and dozens more, including Australians, were seriously injured. Last week Singapore's Transport Safety Investigation Bureau quietly released a report into the tragedy. It agreed with a conclusion 60 Minutes had reached 20 months ago, that the pilots had flown straight into the path of a huge, developing thunderstorm. But why would experienced aviators do something so obviously dangerous?
Reporter: Adam Hegarty
Producer: Garry McNab

On 60 Minutes a story on domestic violence perpetrators, plus Cleo Smith nearly 5 years on from her abduction.

Need to Know
Anthony Monteleone is a truly contemptible, vicious human being. His complete opposite is Maria, a kind and caring single mother of three young boys. When the two first met however, Monteleone fooled Maria into believing he was a good man. But just a few weeks into their relationship, she realised the truth when Monteleone tried and nearly succeeded in stabbing her to death. As she recovered from her wounds, what this incredibly brave woman also discovered was that he had a violent past. She says if she had known about it, she never would have gone near him in the first place. As Dimity Clancey reports, because of her near-death experience, Maria is now determined to protect other women by campaigning to have the abusive histories of domestic violence perpetrators made public.
Reporter: Dimity Clancey
Producer: Anne Worthington

Cleo
It's always a pleasure to report good news, and this Sunday, 60 Minutes has a very special story update. Remember Cleo Smith? She's the little girl who was abducted from her parent's tent at a remote Western Australian beach back in 2021, and held for 18 days by a drug-addled drifter, before being rescued in a massive police operation. Well, almost five years on, Cleo is thriving.
Reporter: Tara Brown

This Sunday on 60 Minutes, anger over the govt.'s Budget and complaints put directly to the Treasurer.

Off the Plan
There was a time, not that long ago, when federal budgets came and went with relatively few eyebrows raised. Back then, it seemed the main worry for most Australians was the perennial increase in taxes on beer and smokes. Today though, five weeks on from treasurer Jim Chalmers delivering his and the Prime Minister's latest vision for the country's finances, including their proposed fix for intergenerational inequality, the arguments about the budget's merits or failings continue apace. The good news is economists believe what the government wants to do will most likely work. The bad news, however, is the experts say it will take at least 20 years. It's little wonder so many Australians, especially wannabe first homebuyers, are so off the plan. On 60 Minutes, Tara Brown meets with angry Australians negatively affected by the budget, and in a robust encounter, puts their complaints directly to the treasurer.
Reporter: Tara Brown
Producers: Amelia Ballinger, Nichola Younger

Breaking Point
According to those who knew him best, there was no better worker than Brian Stronach. Smart, reliable and always willing to knuckle down and put in the extra hours. Everyone has their limits though, and as strange as it sounds, Brian's unquestionable competence ended up being his failing. His dedication to his workplace was so taken advantage of by his employer that it ultimately led to his death. Put simply, at the age of sixty-one the job killed him. But as Adam Hegarty reports, what his family still can't fathom about the tragedy of losing Brian is that he worked at one of Australia's most prestigious universities – a place that should protect its staff, but didn't.
Reporter: Adam Hegarty
Producers: Laura Sparkes, Toni Ambrogetti