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60 Minutes: April 12

Tonight, farmers vs banks, victims of ice and the 'kidnapped' daughters in an international custody case.

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Tonight on 60 Minutes farmers vs banks, victims of ice and the ‘kidnapped’ daughters in an international custody case.

Farmers Fight Back
Imagine being kicked out of your own home with no warning. The locks changed. All your treasured belongings and memories trapped inside. That’s what is happening to thousands of families across the country as the big banks threaten and bully them into submission. If it was happening in our capital cities there’d be a national outcry, but these evictions are happening in rural areas, away from the public glare. Until now. This Sunday, 60 Minutes will expose the sneaky tactics of our biggest banks as they kick farmers off their land, and families out of their homes. Our cameras capture the moment the receivers move in, and even threaten a farmer with the Tactical Response Group. But these farmers and their families aren’t gonna take it anymore. Reporter Michael Usher is there as they storm back onto their properties, confront the new owners, and have a showdown with police.
Reporter: Michael Usher
Producer: Grace Tobin, Stephen Rice

Italian Sisters
It is the biggest international child abduction case in living memory. An Australian mother kidnaps her four daughters from their father in Italy, claiming he is an abusive monster. The Australian Embassy in Rome illegally assists in smuggling the girls to Australia. Two years later the four sisters are dragged kicking and screaming back to their father in Italy. They were hysterical and confronting scenes we wouldn’t forget easily. 60 Minutes first exposed the mother’s con, the father’s heartache and our embassy’s unforgivable role in 2012. Now, three years on, for the first time in an exclusive interview with Tara Brown, the girls have their say.
Reporter: Tara Brown
Producer: Gareth Harvey

Ice
Crystal meth, or ice, is the perfect destructive drug. It’s easy to make, cheap to buy, highly addictive, and it’s everywhere. Now the Prime Minister has commissioned a new taskforce to tackle this national crisis. And you don’t need to touch ice to be its victim. It’s intersecting with every aspect of Australian life, destroying families, causing carnage on our roads and murder in our homes. This Sunday, reporter Allison Langdon speaks to the innocent victims of ice – normal, everyday people whose lives have been changed forever because of an ice addict they’ve never met. Their stories are heartbreaking and frightening. 60 Minutes will measure the true toll of the ice crisis, the likes of which Australia has never seen.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producer: Steven Burling

Sunday, April 12, at 8.30pm on Nine.

3 Responses

  1. Well done, Taryn. It takes strength of character to admit that you have a problem of that nature and even greater strength to take a step such as turning yourself in and admitting it to someone else. Facing your victims is hard to do but is often cathartic for both of you. Hope you manage to stay clean. Ice is nasty stuff.

  2. I was once an “ice” user and I know exactly what is required to survive this terrifying drug. When I was using I became someone some thing that I could barely recognize as myself, all sense of self is lost. There is an unimaginable darkness that engulfs your entire being, I have done things and seen people do things that I could not have even thought of in my wildest dreams. I used for a number of years and then became a dealer to support my habit. I committed a crime and then handed myself into the Police, I participated in what is called “Drug Court” in Western Australia and this was my turning point. I was introduced to the people that I had committed the crime against so I could explain myself and ask for forgiveness. We met at a coffee shop and I was crying so hard that I could barely breath, the couple were good people that had worked hard and built a life for themselves…

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