60 Minutes: Oct 23

Not Q&A‘s Tony Jones, not Nine News‘ Tony Jones, but hitchhiker Tony Jones is the subject of a 60 Minutes story this weekend.

Dark Secret
It’s more than three decades since young hitchhiker Tony Jones disappeared while holidaying in North Queensland. He is presumed murdered, but until now there has been very little information uncovered about what exactly happened to him. On 60 Minutes Ross Coulthart investigates this baffling cold case and interviews key witnesses who bravely break a code of silence to reveal long-held, dark secrets. Their evidence suggests the then 20-year-old victim was killed and his body disposed of in an outback slaughterhouse. It’s a gruesome crime, stranger than fiction, but this case looks to be on the verge of being solved – and finally the perpetrators may be about to face justice.
Reporter: Ross Coulthart
Producer: Grace Tobin

Big Business
There’s a new, highly motivated and hugely successful group emerging in the business world. They’re called “Mumpreneurs”, super-smart Australian mothers who are deserting the chaos of corporate life, preferring instead to make millions by working from home. China is one of their booming markets because hundreds of millions of other mums can’t get enough of anything clean and green from Australia. All these women need is one brilliant idea, and a whole lot of chutzpah.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producers: Sean Power, Jo Townsend

Breakthrough
Medical researchers trying to solve the puzzle of disease are always reluctant to use the “C” word until completely sure they can prove the cure. But for sufferers of multiple sclerosis, a condition which has baffled doctors for generations, there has been some very encouraging and welcome news: a breakthrough treatment using stem cells, which is having truly remarkable results. MS patients, who could barely cope with the debilitating illness, are regaining their mobility and in some cases even their sight. But now the bad news: it’s almost impossible to get the treatment here and that has forced hundreds of frustrated Australians overseas in search of help.
Reporter: Tara Brown
Producer: Alice Dalley

8:30pm Sunday on Nine.