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60 Minutes: May 15

Three volatile subjects on 60 Minutes this weekend? Possibly...

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Three volatile subjects on 60 Minutes this weekend? Possibly…

I’ll let the Press Release do the talking:

The Inside Story
Make no mistake; our immigration system is at breaking point. Every week it seems another boatload of asylum seekers reaches our shores. Our immediate response is to lock these people up in detention centres, preferably way across the ocean on Christmas Island. It’s a case of out of sight, out of mind. But there’s no longer any room at the inn. More and more new arrivals are being housed on the mainland, and that’s brought the problem front and centre like never before. This week, Liam Bartlett brings us the inside story of this debacle.
Reporter: Liam Bartlett
Producers: Howard Sacre, Jo Townsend

Top of the Class
It’s no secret. At our most prestigious schools and universities, the names at the top of the honour rolls are now all Asian. And the reason is just as obvious; they study far more than their western classmates. But what’s now been revealed, in a best-selling book by a Chinese mum, is how that achievement is often driven by the extreme expectations of demanding mothers. They call them Tiger Mums, pushy parents not satisfied with anything but perfect marks. It’s tough love alright, but when you see the results, you just might want to unleash some “tiger power” on your own kids.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producers: Sandra Cleary, Nick Greenaway

Dangerous Liaisons
Adultery is nothing new – after all, it made number seven of the Ten Commandments. But these days, cheating is no longer secret men’s business. Now, a woman is every bit as likely to stray as her husband and she doesn’t even need to leave home. The internet is the desperate housewife’s best friend, with whole websites now devoted to connecting unfaithful partners. But whether it’s he or she who does the dirty, one thing doesn’t change – someone is going to get hurt.
Reporter: Michael Usher
Producer: Jo Townsend

It airs 7:30pm Sunday on Nine.

20 Responses

  1. George hasn’t been on there in Years.Ray Martin left around 85 for the then new Midday Show(Since replaced by Ellen and the View)and the original other presenters don’t know what happened to them either

  3. I had my two sons for 7 years 50/50 care after my marriage broke up we went to all school plays ‘ect ‘ . We would talk & swap days as we had too. There where never any bad reports made about me then I got remarried . We went to court & now I do not see my 13 year boy but see my 11 boy but as a dad the court let my boys down you can say anything you want too without proof. As a dad you get told to do all these courses to help you be a better dad but my ex did not have to do any. I hope soon I will see my boys together soon I love & care for my boys.

  4. I have just watched the story about the returned soldier who climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge to make a point. Our kids are suffering the divorce and separation of their parents. Made worse by a court system that still believes that mother’s can provide the best care…….Having raised step children for two different partners over the past 20 years I am still concerned that the court system has not realised that it takes a village to raise a child not one particular parent. What I have experienced is that once the mother’s see that their ex partners are happy and settling in to a new relationship they turn the children against their former partner. These kids then grow up with a biased view of their other parent. Once old enough curiosity tends to get the better of them and they then make their own way to find out who their other parent is and what they are like. When this happens the parent who has prevented contact suffers the loss of a child themselves and generally for a much longer time, if not forever. My experience is that the kids suffer from depression, abuse verbal, physical and emotional which is probably the worst kind. Then the court system does not help. The family court is the only court that I know of that you can lie on the stand and not be accountable. Time for things to change and I think all parents who have separated should unite behind this soldier and form a united force to get the Family court to change the way they operate and look at the best interest of the children and enforce the parents to grow up and be mature about the whole thing and support their children to have a beneficial relationship with them both…..it took two people to make these children it takes more than one to raise a healthy and well balanced adult…..

  5. Mick is a Hero…
    I don’t know him personally, but myself and 100’s of 1000’s of parents were on that Bridge with him. He shone the Nations light onto us desperate parents and children floating in an ocean of pain and segregation, fuelled by the flawed Family Law and Community Services Departments, Department of Education & others… so much is to be done, and we are praying that the year 2011 (with ‘Mick on the Bridge”) will be the pivotal shift for how separating Australian families are aided, supported and embraced by our Government Services…. Keeping families together, not Alienating them.

  6. I want to applaud Lara Logan for a wonderful, strong and fearless reporter. All those disgusting ‘men’ that closed in on her in that big crowd that she was reporting on, will be reckoned with one day and found seriously wanting. I bleed for you.

  10. @Tony H and DavidO, how can someone not have known 60 Minutes was on air? Have you guys been living under a rock or something…?

    As for the stories, people are often quick to label something as tabloid rubbish the minute they read the words immigration, affairs and asians – covering such a topic does not equal tabloid trash if it’s handled correctly. I’ll judge after I see them, 60M should do a much better job than ACA or TT.

  17. Wow, that is pretty horrible.

    Story 1 is inflammatory
    Story 2 is racist and stereotypes
    Story 3 is basically saying women these days are sluts.

    What terrible journalism. 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, what’s the difference?

  19. Wow, its great to see intellectual journalism tackling difficult subjects presented in a manner which doesn’t insult or inflame its audience.

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