60 Minutes: Oct 28

Sunday’s 60 Minutes includes an interview with a divisive but spectacularly successful Michelle Bridges (it’s not clear why now… is there a new book?).

Nine had this scheduled for 8:30pm after The Block finale -does anybody believe them?

Shock and Poor
It’s been a miserable few weeks for Malcolm Turnbull’s government, stalled by myriad cock-ups and controversies. But the greatest challenge it faces continues to be Australia’s crisis over energy supply and cost. Who hasn’t been shocked by a recent electricity or gas bill? And who isn’t infuriated that power prices have risen so sharply? In a country as abundant with resources as ours it defies logic that there are now some Australians who can’t even pay for the electricity or gas to cook a simple meal. While federal – and state – politicians scramble to act, Elon Musk, the American billionaire with the brilliant mind, says he wants to help. In an exclusive interview with Liz Hayes, Musk says Australia’s energy emergency is easily fixable, and his construction of the world’s largest lithium ion battery at Jamestown in South Australia is proof.
Reporter: Liz Hayes
Producer: Grace Tobin

The Bridges of Calorie Counting
There’s an impressive statistic Michelle Bridges uses in her campaign to make us healthier. She says those people who have followed her advice have lost more than one and a half million kilograms of fat. That’s equivalent to the total weight of 20,000 Australian adults. There is no question that this is a substantial achievement, but why then is the personal trainer made famous by TV’s The Biggest Loser so controversial? Maybe because no one likes being told the truth about obesity and the fact that it is killing us. Or maybe it’s because of resentment that Michelle Bridges has so successfully parlayed bad news into enormous profits.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producer: Stefanie Sgroi

Snappy Feet
In fiction and in reality the crocodile has generated some amazing Australian characters. Think Dundee and Irwin. And there’s another we all should know – the Barefoot Bushman. Rob Bredl is a shoeless showman who relies on the science of animal behaviour to ride on the backs of monster crocs, all the while insisting that playing with them is not as dangerous as it looks. That’s a position he still holds even though last year one of his beloved animals grabbed him in a death roll and tried to eat his arm. The attack almost killed Rob and he spent months in hospital and in recovery. Now, battered but fit again, the Barefoot Bushman is about to get back on the croc, and Charles Wooley went along to find out if he’s fearless or just plain foolish.
Reporter: Charles Wooley
Producer: Ali Smith

8:30pm Sunday on Nine.