60 Minutes: Oct 27

This Sunday Nine has another joint investigation by 60 Minutes and The Age newspaper, this time around alleged police brutality.

The Force
It’s a given that police officers are not only tough but also prepared to use their strength when needed. That’s their job, right? But what happens when officers are too tough? What happens when they cross the thin blue line? In this joint investigation by 60 Minutes and The Age newspaper, reporter Nick McKenzie reveals extraordinary cases where Australians claim they’ve encountered police at their very worst. These victims have suffered life-changing physical injuries as a result, but even more worrying, they have then been confronted by a flawed complaints system and a police culture where covering up seems more important than the truth.
Reporter: Nick McKenzie
Producer: Grace Tobin

Water Rats
For Australian farmers battling one of the worst droughts of all time, water is more precious than gold. So imagine being told that government authorities, whose job it is to manage our water, are actually wasting millions and millions of litres of it? Deliberately. That’s the reality on the upper Murray River where water that could save farmers is spilling over the banks. Last year alone, enough water to fill Sydney Harbour twice was lost. As Sarah Abo reports, it’s a national scandal unfolding in secret. But while farmers are being sold down the river by the bureaucrats, not everyone is losing. Corporate speculators trading in water are swimming in profits.
Reporter: Sarah Abo
Producers: Gareth Harvey, Kerry Brewster

Like Father Like Son
Like father like son, Ken Warby and his boy Dave love fast boats. But their passion isn’t just any fast boat, it must be the fastest boat ever. Forty years ago, on a quiet lake in the Snowy Mountains, Ken Warby piloted a homemade, jet-powered boat to a speed that has never been equalled. It’s such a dangerous pursuit that people have died trying to better Ken’s world water speed record which stands at an astonishing 511 kilometres an hour. But after four decades, now there’s another challenger, Dave Warby. And even if it means dethroning his dad, Dave reckons it’s his turn to be the fastest man on water.
Reporter: Tara Brown
Producer: Gareth Harvey

8:30 Sunday on Nine.