60 Minutes - Extra Minutes

Amelia Adams and producer Sammi Taylor take a behind-the-scenes look at their investigation into the controversial "tradwife" phenomenon. They unpack the reality behind the perfectly curated social media trend, discuss the feminist backlash, and reveal what it was like interviewing the modern men desperately searching for traditional wives.

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Adam Hegarty and Laura Sparkes discuss the lasting effects of brain rot and the mental decline in teenagers and young adults who have grown up surrounded by screens. Internationally renowned cognitive neuroscientist Dr Mark Williams has been studying the effects of excessive screen time on a developing brain, and he is one of many experts sounding the alarm on the increasing number of young people exhibiting signs of early-onset dementia.

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Adam Hegarty and Anne Worthington discuss the dangerous parasite that is wreaking havoc across bushland on the east coast of Australia. The Eastern Paralysis Tick is responsible for thousands of Australians falling ill, with a growing number of individuals unaware that they may be affected by MMA.

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Tara Brown and Sammi Taylor discuss the reopening of the investigation into Zorro Ranch, thousands of acres of desert land formerly owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Because of its isolation and vastness, what happened in the New Mexico fortress remains unknown.

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Adam Hegarty and Sammi Taylor read viewer feedback after 60 Minutes’ looksmaxxing interview with Clavicular spreads like wildfire online. Also speaking publicly for the first time, Adam reacts to his newfound fame as the internet’s latest “favourite person”.

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What’s the day climb up Lizard Island really like? Tara Brown and Lisa Brown retrace the same gruelling hike the Coral Adventurer passengers took in October 2025 when 81-year-old Suzanne Rees was left to die on the trail.

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Adam Hegarty and Sammi Taylor discuss the new phenomenon targeting young men online - looksmaxxing. Having witnessed the controversial bone-smashing first hand, and talking to prominent and most followed figures in this internet subculture, they raise a very pressing concern about the content young, impressionable men are exposed to.

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Sarah Abo and Natalie Clancy discuss one of the most moving stories aired on 60 Minutes - the story of Stephanie Browitt, a young woman who survived the devastating 2019 eruption of White Island volcano in New Zealand but lost her father and sister who were with her on the hike. Six years on, healing from severe burns, Stephanie, along with her mother Marie, are living to tell the tale, detailing the events of that fateful day and their journey in the years that followed, in an emotional and moving memoir.

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Amelia Adams and Anne Worthington discuss the program's rare media interview with Xiao Qian, China's top diplomat to Australia. On Lunary New Year this year, the 60 Minutes team was invited inside the Chinese embassy where, along with getting a tour of the grounds, Amelia discussed some of the most pressing global issues with the ambassador.

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Adam Hegarty and Laura Sparkes discuss the alarming warfare already being deployed in active wars around the world that utilise high tech and artificial intelligence.

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