60 Minutes on Channel 9 and 9Now S47E40- with reports from Dimity Clancey and Nick McKenzie will air Sunday 9 November at 8.20pm on 9 and 9Now.
THE SURVIVOR
It was a horrific disaster: 242 people were on board Air India flight 171 when it fell from the sky and blew up in a catastrophic fireball five months ago. All the passengers and crew died, except one man.
Unbelievably, 39-year-old Viswashkumar Ramesh escaped the burning wreckage. His story of survival is truly incredible, but far from celebrating it, he remains grief-stricken and guilt-ridden. He wants to know why he was so lucky when so many others, including his brother Ajay, weren’t?
As Dimity Clancey reports, Viswashkumar is also increasingly angry. He feels deserted by Air India and says its response to his pleas for help, along with questions about the cause of the crash, are being ignored.
Reporter: Dimity Clancey
Producers: Natalie Clancy, Sacha Passi
IT STINKS
A dot in the Pacific, Nauru is not only one of the world’s tiniest countries, it’s also one of the most corrupt. But that doesn’t seem to bother Australia’s federal government, which is throwing billions of dollars at the place. The reason?
Nauru has agreed to take a number of former detainees, or “non-citizens” as they’re called, that Canberra is desperate to get rid of. As an upfront payment, Australia has already committed over four hundred million dollars to Nauru’s dodgy government, which is led by a man who allegedly pocketed money for himself and his cronies on multiple occasions in the past.
As Nick McKenzie reports in this joint 60 MINUTES, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age investigation, adding to the stench of the deal is the refusal of our government to engage in a public defence of it.
Reporter: Nick McKenzie
Producer: Garry McNab
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