60 Minutes: Feb 3

60 Minutes returns with a new season on Sunday with stories on Bernard Tomic, phone scammers and the Opal Tower debacle.

Busted!
Schadenfreude is a German word that describes pleasure derived from someone else’s misfortune. It might be a brutal emotion, but to start the 41st season of 60 Minutes Liam Bartlett guarantees everyone in Australia will enjoy watching the misery of the men exposed in his story. That’s because they’re a bunch of criminal phone scammers who’ve been tricking ordinary Aussies out of millions of dollars of their hard-earned savings. But after an exhaustive investigation these offenders are busted red-handed, arrested and imprisoned. It’s an important victory for the good guys.
Reporter: Liam Bartlett
Producer: Joel Tozer

Faulty Towers
When it opened in August last year the Opal Tower in Sydney was spruiked as a marvel of construction; a state-of-the-art residential skyscraper. Owners who spent millions on the 392 apartments were thrilled with their purchases. But on Christmas Eve everything changed. Dangerous cracks appeared in the four-month-old building. Panicked residents were evacuated as headlines screamed it might topple at any moment. Then the blame game started. In a special report for 60 Minutes, Nine’s finance editor, Ross Greenwood, is given unprecedented access to the Opal Tower to find out what went wrong. Alarmingly, what he discovers has implications for all property owners in Australia.
Reporter: Ross Greenwood
Producers: Nick Greenaway, Madeleine Apps

Grand Slammed
Like all pro tennis players, Bernard Tomic uses different shots on court to beat opponents. Unfortunately for him, at the Australian Open a few weeks ago he lost in the first round. Undaunted, Tomic used his post-match media conference to lob verbal missiles aimed at smashing Lleyton Hewitt. It was an extraordinary outburst against one of our best-ever players, the current Davis Cup captain. But as everyone knows, Hewitt’s no quitter. He deftly returned Tomic’s serve with added spin. Deuce, you might say, except as Allison Langdon reports, this battle has left Tennis Australia with an almighty headache.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producers: Naomi Shivaraman, Gareth Harvey

8:30pm (ish) Sunday on Nine.