Episode
60 Minutes Australia: 2011-05-29
Overview
Tonight Alison Langdon investigates the very dangerous sport of cave diving. Liam is with a band of bushies and backpaers in the Kimberley to take out the ugly and unstoppable cane toad population that is wiping out native wildlife. Also New York's latest serial killer and no one's sure how many women he's murdered, but more bodies are turning up...
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes Australia
- Season
- Season 2011
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2011-05-29
Episode context
2011-05-29 is Episode 16 in Season 2011 of 60 Minutes Australia. It aired on 2011-05-29.
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Episode 15: 2011-05-22
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Episode 21: 2011-07-03
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Episode 22: 2011-07-10
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