Sunday Night: Aug 16

This weekend Sunday Night will put Paleo under the microscope as Mike Willesee test-drives Pete Evans’ diet for 10 weeks.

Nine also has a story on Paleo with Charles Wooley on 60 Minutes this weekend.

Who said networks never copycat?

Show Us the Money: A Global Investigation
It’s estimated a massive $380 billion generated by companies operating in Australia escapes taxation here every year, through opportunistic and exploitative practices that seriously deprive everyday taxpayers of better schools, hospitals and roads. It also means state and federal governments have to look to measures like increasing the GST to pay for services. Why should they? Why don’t they crack down on the giant tax avoiders? A team at Sunday Night has spent the last four months tracking and investigating the complex global web of epic tax avoidance by the biggest multinationals based in Australia and overseas. For the first time on Australian television we hear from the whistleblower who blew the lid on how companies shift billions of dollars out of reach of Australia’s taxman and into tax havens in Europe. But while the companies continue to do what they do, this mild-mannered father-to-be is facing jail for doing what he believes needed to be done to stop the tax lurks. With the federal government facing increasing budget deficits and calls for a five per cent rise in the GST, Sunday Night reveals the secretive and lucrative shift of billions of dollars of Australian earnings to the tax haven of Singapore. Who are these companies and how do they get away with it? This story spans five countries across the world including Australia, and includes documents obtained by Sunday Night which will shock many Australians.

The Great Paleo Challenge
What better way to test the claims of a diet, than to try it yourself! Sunday Night’s Great Paleo Challenge sees reporter Mike Willesee forego a lifetime of indulgences to hit the Paleo diet under the mentorship of chef, author and Paleo evangelist Pete Evans. The My Kitchen Rules co-host is known for his passion and writing on the benefits of the Paleo regime. Mike Willesee puts these claims to the test and also tests Pete Evans on the criticisms of the diet. For 10 weeks, Mike has given up his lifetime love of ice cream and soft drink and aversion to vegetables to follow the rules of Paleo – unprocessed foods, no dairy, no grains, small to moderate amounts of properly sourced meat and fish and lots of leafy green vegetables. We’ll get Mike’s candid assessment of The Paleo Way but we’ve got science in on this as well. He’ll undergo a series of tests throughout what he suspects will be a torturous ordeal to measure the impact of the dietary changes. There’s no scientific test to measure grumpiness and the agony of ice-cream withdrawal but we’re sure Mike will keep us well informed of his discomfort.

Sunday at 7pm on Seven.