60 Minutes Australia
2012-12-09
E34 Dec 9, 2012 60m
Fly in, Cash in
We’ve all heard those doom and gloom predictions that the mining boom is over. But there’s still mountains of money being made and there will be for a long time yet. A miner in the Aussie outback can pull a six figure salary with generous benefits and plenty of time off. And right now there are thousands of new jobs up for grabs. The workers who take up these positions are known as FIFOs. They fly into small towns, put in crazy hours and then fly out a few weeks later with fists full of cash. But as Liam Bartlett discovered, those big pay packets come at a heavy social and personal cost.
Reporter: Liam Bartlett
Producers: Howard Sacre, Sandra Cleary
The Great Migration
It’s one of the most amazing spectacles on earth, millions of wildebeest, travelling hundreds of kilometres across Africa’s vast Serengeti Plain. They go north in search of food and water, flanked by graceful zebra and gazelle. It’s a treacherous journey. Cheetah and hyena shadow their every step, while hungry crocodiles lurk in the rivers they must cross. Predator and prey, life and death, it’s as magnificent as it is horrific. But, as Scott Pelley of American 60 Minutes discovered, this great migration is under threat and, if we’re not careful, could disappear forever.
Reporter: Scott Pelley, CBS 60 Minutes
Producers: Henry Schuster, Rebecca Peterson
Queen of Cakes
Whoever would have thought that cakes could be so cool or that baking and decorating them could lead to international stardom? Aussie Kerry Vincent is a household name in the U.S. as the tough judge on a reality cake show. She has quite a story to tell, from her early days growing up on a farm in Western Australia to her new home on the plains of Oklahoma. Along the way, Kerry has won hundreds of awards and created America’s biggest cake show. Little wonder she’s known as the “Queen of Cakes”.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producer: Sandra Cleary
Buried Treasure
It’s the most
We’ve all heard those doom and gloom predictions that the mining boom is over. But there’s still mountains of money being made and there will be for a long time yet. A miner in the Aussie outback can pull a six figure salary with generous benefits and plenty of time off. And right now there are thousands of new jobs up for grabs. The workers who take up these positions are known as FIFOs. They fly into small towns, put in crazy hours and then fly out a few weeks later with fists full of cash. But as Liam Bartlett discovered, those big pay packets come at a heavy social and personal cost.
Reporter: Liam Bartlett
Producers: Howard Sacre, Sandra Cleary
The Great Migration
It’s one of the most amazing spectacles on earth, millions of wildebeest, travelling hundreds of kilometres across Africa’s vast Serengeti Plain. They go north in search of food and water, flanked by graceful zebra and gazelle. It’s a treacherous journey. Cheetah and hyena shadow their every step, while hungry crocodiles lurk in the rivers they must cross. Predator and prey, life and death, it’s as magnificent as it is horrific. But, as Scott Pelley of American 60 Minutes discovered, this great migration is under threat and, if we’re not careful, could disappear forever.
Reporter: Scott Pelley, CBS 60 Minutes
Producers: Henry Schuster, Rebecca Peterson
Queen of Cakes
Whoever would have thought that cakes could be so cool or that baking and decorating them could lead to international stardom? Aussie Kerry Vincent is a household name in the U.S. as the tough judge on a reality cake show. She has quite a story to tell, from her early days growing up on a farm in Western Australia to her new home on the plains of Oklahoma. Along the way, Kerry has won hundreds of awards and created America’s biggest cake show. Little wonder she’s known as the “Queen of Cakes”.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producer: Sandra Cleary
Buried Treasure
It’s the most
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