Nick McKenzie's covert surveillance that revealed the dark side of politics | 60 Minutes Australia

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On 60 MINUTES, a major joint investigation with The Age newspaper exposes the rotten and corrupt operation run by Labor’s faceless man: Adem Somyurek. After a year-long covert surveillance operation, Nick McKenzie reveals undeniable evidence which lays bare the dirty underbelly of the ALP. 100 audio and video files obtained by 60 Minutes uncovers corruption, cash drop offs, plots to forge signatures, and taxpayer funded rorting.
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[@HeyyyitsLissy]

60 minutes Australia doing the real work. Your coverage of Scientology and politics have been incredible to me as an American. Appreciate what you’re doing

[@peterh0862]

Why is it that with continued breaches of this type of activity, that the Labor Party has not been deregistered? Don’t continue to fine the Party. Cancel their ability to operate!!

[@geeky_gunner]

Australian politics is so dirty. Who actually votes for this person in to power after seeing all of this?

[@charliemctruth]

REAL investigative journalism.

[@notathome13]

Nope if the deletion of public comments is part of their agenda!

[@JustDerek420]

Well done 60 min Australia!!!!!!!

[@Crunt2167]

Charge, trail and jail.

[@terrylovesenegal]

Beyond these corrupt disgusting political games and persons, I blame Australia for leaving such a vulnerable population so ignorant of how legally things work or don't

[@emmapasqule2432]

This was released in April 2020

[@crystalclear7984]

Nick you are one of our best, you do the Aussies PROUD***

[@fredforsythe8310]

Anglos need to recognise that ethnics vote for ethnics and elected ethnics support only ethnic interests.

[@kevindorland738]

Used to be called organized crime.

[@impermanent-being]

It's fascinating how 60 minutes managed to record all those audio and video clips.

[@miki_9034]

IKR, it's very suspicious. The doc also tried to paint Daniel Andrews as a victim. He is one of the most corrupt & power hungry politicians in Australia.

[@herefortheluls2267]

Has there been any consequences from this?

[@lonapulti6300]

Love Nick McKenzie's commitment to journalism and telling the truth. Keep going mate!

[@lookingoverhell3448]

this is old ,,this is the guy who came forwards with information and nothing happend to the accused . the whole government needs to be shut down and all of them sacked ,

[@CoastfishTV]

When bad people are put in a positions of leadership, it's time to be scared about how you live your life. Sadly, this time is now, and those who are voting these people in are the ones who are contributing to their own demise. That is us.

[@HeyyyitsLissy]

I’m in the US and I don’t blame voters. I blame the politicians who behave just like this on all sides and justify or defend it when stuff like this happens. There’s a real lack of shame these days and that behavior from our leaders (or their fellows that defend it) influences others. In turn, virtues we used to admire and expect, like honor or leadership, aren’t rewarded anymore - just power.

[@sm2c113]

I would love for 60 Minutes Australia to investigate the Canadian Liberal Party - lots of criminality within our federal government

[@daviddalby9699]

Nothing surprises me about politicians.

[@garychance6757]

The stench of politician is universal.

[@dannywebb6709]

Nothing will change, one is caught another takes over. Bribery with money will always be a big problem.

[@TwoHemiViewer]

Get rid of The World Economic Forum and most of the world's problems go away.

[@ponzo1967]

You call it bribery they call it a contribution. Language is EVERYTHING!!

[@jamessmyth5949]

The businessman was very wise not to forge the signatures. Shows he has integrity. The corrupt ones should end up in jail.

[@Nick-kz1lb]

i still dont see any corrupt politicians in jail at all. This is australia legal system.

[@adrainmcconnell8918]

they said in the documentary that he appeared to forge the signatures later after pressure from Somnyerack.

[@jasonjohinke5651]

Labour has always had these characters... same old Labour

[@IIIIALBYIIII]

When a taxi driver tells you what stocks to buy.....sell all your stocks that you own

[@zgogic3868]

Hi is a drop of water in the ocean of corruption.

[@robzippier1332]

Should do a report on Daniel Andrews!

[@colinboniface194]

Astonishing... Wh6y is the guy not in jail...

[@lisairenefalealili4784]

Labor party has blood on its hands.

[@CalebRota-fe7gn]

Well done 60 minute's and the Age💪🏼💪🏼

[@leongt1954]

Their all angels compared to chairman Dan Andrews

[@johnhawkinshawkins1284]

what's new? Same all over the world, some get caught, most don't.

[@mileyclarke8364]

I live in the UK I wish we had a version of 60 minutes here great work

[@CrazyWhiteVanDriver]

How did Peter Dutton get 9 rental homes ? Retired from the Qld Police Service at 29... How'd he get to the top....

[@Adam-gi1yl]

60minuts work for opposite political party... All Politics are dirty...

[@Captincoffeecake]

Should not have received this award. He is a slander and has made a lot of defamatory comments about financial institutions in 2023. He has lost multiple judgments in the court of law in Australia, which is very difficult to lose. He has excessively lied in court and should be the model journalist for what not to do. Probably a terrible human all around and I feel bad for any fool that he reads his publications. Nick McKenzie is the dark side of politics in journalism people should not look at his stuff.

[@dadirritechno]

What a language, this is embarrassing. This guy should go at lest 5 years in jail and life ban for getting invaded in politics. His mind is criminal

[@Crunt2167]

I think he needs more than 5 yrs.

[@IndrajitDasEA]

Great work by 60 minutes .. keep it up

[@suegeew9727]

We need Australian 60 Minutes to cover Trump this deeply. No one in the USA has.

[@michaelduffin2961]

so what has transpired? Confrontatiob, arrests???

[@darrenwilson7429]

What a joke .

[@terencenxumalo1159]

good work

[@timothyhowie6171]

Like Hitler gathering 'brown shirts'

[@kjova251]

This is one of the reasons I am for the smallest government possible. People always want gov't to be the solution and it balloons to have them in charge of everything but you are literally handing over more and more of your moeny for them to control the way they want.

[@ricksturm6816]

It's not the size of Government that dictates their ability to enact and enforce policy. That is data collection and the systems behind them. So if you want the Government to control your life less, make data gathering more complex. Counter-intuitively, the larger the size of the Government, the harder it is to manage, and the more democratized it is. If you have 1 person in charge of the whole country, you have to bribe one person, if you have 100,000 people in charge of the country, that is a much harder beast to satiate.

[@romanbrandle319]

Small government, we have been told that for over twenty years, and the only thing that has achieved is a tripling of the rate of homelessness, and a lack mental health care. And the privatization of service has been an absolute rip off, like private health care what a scam, our private sector is vastly more corrupt than our government most of that is the liberal party's doing.

[@muralithalluri4239]

Are you suggesting that we turn into America? Get rid of our health care? education system? Because we’ve seen what happens and how that works out.

[@romanbrandle319]

Some people are so heavily indoctrinated, they can't see reality for what it is. @@muralithalluri4239

[@clintonwalker3761]

Welcome to Australian politics.. time n time again.. clean the SWAMP out. Forget Klaus and his side show, put people back in that have a SPINE and move Australia forwards..

[@Nick-wh4jt]

Like the Liberal Party? Have people forgotten who facilitated the fire sale of Australia to begin with? Liberal/Labor are two sides of the same coin, you want to know where Australia is headed? Look at the UK, and what we got from the likes of the Abbott government, not one high official there is "Anglo" and you'll be lucky if your grandchildren pay off your mortgage. How about we have an electorate that starts to pull their heads out of their proverbial backsides

[@jameswalsh2427]

Very much obliged to 60 minutes. I subscribed and liked. James J Walsh in Limerick city Ireland 🇮🇪

[@benjohnston2558]

This is how all governments work.

[@harrietmurphy2170]

No more curuption in this land

[@HilariousLegislators]

These people should all be jailed for “outraging public decency”.

[@wiezify]

Did anything happen to him? Is he is jail?

[@Shr3dMyAss]

When it comes to corruption, Australian corrupt officials are the beginners on the game compare to Filipino government corrupt officials who are the big players of the game😂

[@george2009town]

Its strange how Dan Andrews rose to the top over all these people....and stayed there for a decade. Why did he fall down those stairs again? Victoria is a lost cause.

[@bikesbirdsandbonsai2012]

In 1 word... 'Trump'... the similarities are astounding! Sheeesh 😳😔

[@roastmaster2000]

No surprises here… mind you Sam dastryari should be in jail so I don’t quite get how he is being used as a legitimate source of information

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

Why are you not making it more clear that these are old re-runs? This was aired in 2020. Usually when people see a new video on a youtube channel, they think it's new.

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

​@@bruh-xe7ue yeah but they should still make it clear in the video with a banner or something in case someone misses it (or gets to it from a link). To be honest, i didn't even see that in the thumbnail until you mentioned it, i just saw the title, and that it was posted 45 minutes ago and clicked.

[@gameday9863]

Because people are tired of the crooked democracy. They're trying to scare you away from the other options.

[@Bethgael]

Old report, decent one. Pity you never did a similar rundown on Peter Dutton's alleged corruption and the LNP's coverups of various criminal behaviour of their ministers and staff.

[@georgemargaritis2392]

And they say Greece is corrupt...

[@annettewebster9678]

We go one of these guys in WA liberal party .

[@patriciablue2739]

People have to pay to join a party in Australia?

[@stefanjohansson2373]

How old is this?! I’ve seen this a couple years ago…

[@petesmitt]

2020; it's in the description.

[@user-iz4ni7iq3o]

Guys it goes much deeper than this. There's lots of them benefiting financially....

[@peterjackbenson]

This revealed the dark side of politics? I've seen the dark side all along.

[@daleeaton1026]

I never knew that becoming a politician automatically makes u a god

[@Ida-fz3ir]

mafia everywhere!

[@karinabrampt1556]

Of Adem Somuryek is Turkish, is he also a Erdogan supporter and does he have the same politics as Erdogan.

[@davidsolano5513]

Becoming a legal criminal-become a political figure with all the lurks which they all pretend they are not even aware off 😂😂😂😂💀

[@trh1493]

too pottymouth.....

[@wonhuang-mh8nj]

all good reporting, but who is going to pursue it legally?

[@roteldorel]

AHH MIK KENVESY NICE STORY THNKS LITEL SERGENT IN PROPAGANDE:))

[@hirainawhaanga6253]

Snapped ..Blimey hua.

[@marianapomohaci6080]

Do a report on the covid plandemic.

[@kimdawkins7074]

Full weight of the law. Laws broken mean time served. He is definitely toooo big for his boots

[@thedivinemissm7795]

After being "amazed" at how those recordings were obtained, why isn't there a 'hew and cry' to get rid of them? Why did 60 minutes end the program w/o reporting what charges were made against those corrupted operatives?

[@Paochinblog]

It is true that in every political sphere, there are individuals who exploit their authority and engage in misconduct. Some notable examples include Mike Pezzullo, Peter Dutton, Angus Taylor, and Barnaby Joyce. Surprisingly, 60 Minutes has not conducted any investigations into these corrupt entities, despite the fact that their actions have cost taxpayers billions of dollars and still holding jobs that paid by tax payers. The reasons behind this lack of scrutiny are questionable.

[@petesmitt]

Pezzullo has been sacked and the other 3 are politicians; they are voted in, not employed in jobs.

[@peterkehoe481]

Another paid Labor shill. You say you are anti CCP but you support the party in bed with them.

[@robzippier1332]

ALP

[@Paochinblog]

@@robzippier1332 Misinformation won't get you anywhere. The LNP is/was the party that cut down all our essential services, rotted our Medicare, NDIS, PBS, among many others. They sold many of our infrastructures, which can be backed up by documents. The worst yet was the robodebt, treating average Aussies like criminals while they dip their hands in Australia's treasury. Truly unbelievable. And now, they get their Hill$ong mates trolling social media platforms, defaming Labor, hoping to get their hands on Australia's treasury again. So brazen like their thugs in government and banks

[@Paochinblog]

@@robzippier1332 The LNP is/was the major party that cut down all our essential services, rotted our Medicare, NDIS, PBS, among many others. They sold many of our infrastructures, which can be backed up by documents. The worst yet was the robodebt, treating average Aussies like criminals while they dip their hands in Australia's treasury. Truly unbelievable. And now, their supporters trolling social media platforms, defaming Labor, hoping to get their hands on Australia's treasury again.

[@vatzjr]

This presentation is so overdramatic and longer than it needs to be.

[@katerinagiannioudi401]

Was he ever convicted???

[@uriituw]

Labor is dodgy; don’t vote for them.

[@CrazyWhiteVanDriver]

They ALL are, liberals use Pauline, Clive and Jaquie to do it.

[@R.Iamondi]

The world is rotten, only GOD can put an end to these corruption and he will! Everyone will be judged and will receive their reward, everyone!

[@gameday9863]

Looks like the same politics no matter how you look at it.

[@roteldorel]

INTELIGENT SERVICE CONTRA POLITIC , HMM BIZAR , COZE DE AR IN PAWOR BE INTELIGENT SERVICE DIS POLITIC ECXIST

[@petercunningham3469]

Their all involved all the way to the top of government anyone how doubts that doesn't breath oxygen.

[@CrazyWhiteVanDriver]

Learnt behaviour. Both sides are guilty. Alp uses the greens, Lnp use Pauline, Clive and Lambie et al...

[@johnmckenzie-rm3jh]

Omg! How woke has the hour gone?

[@Aran_chini]

Sam Dastyari and Kevin Rudd, really?

[@semichahmi8485]

Waw

[@nyirouajuot6799]

God, where are they now😮😅😅, what a political suicide😂, it will be nice if 60 minutes do the follow- up with all those people, where are they now😅😂

[@lydiadevries8408]

He looks like Trumps face

[@loading.....9439]

Trumps all for a smaller government, this is the exact opposite. How can you try slide him into this?

[@azadmichael1433]

He is doing exactly how the politic culture works in turkey, he should be put in jail for a long time

[@monicakristy4590]

We expect labour to look after the everyday people with negotiations of reasonable wages and assistance in health and education because liberals are for business owners and intergenerational wealth growth. And usually the 2 parties take turns so we all sorta get a chance. If labour lets this old school filth erode what it is to be a voice of the everyday and less fortunate, they will be no one to trust who can voice the average Aussie and poorest of us anywhere in politics! It's so disappointing and heartbreaking. And will leave our future with desperate high crime around the streets and escalate to more violence over the decades. Both parties are doing nothing to prevent Australia becoming a slum like other 3rd world. Do better so we can live respectful lives in Australia. It's a small population with huge potential in a new land, and it's turning into shit. Good reporting and I hope something good can come of it and it does not hurt the voice of the Aussie people for a fair go.

[@i.ehrenfest349]

His language is “not only bullying and misogynistic, but also offensive”.

[@MermaidDolphinNYC]

Sounds like Trump's goons in my country.

[@islalewis70]

Surely you mean Biden!!!!

[@loading.....9439]

How? Trumps looking for a smaller government. This is expanding the government.

[@vickitroman6691]

They been using m.i.t devices on me. Dick smith has land that was promised to me. Could he be suppling them. 3 have been pulled out of my ears. After I’ve been near media

[@coma_TOES]

WTH?

[@CrazyWhiteVanDriver]

Get off the ice Vic.

[@vickitroman6691]

@@CrazyWhiteVanDriver im not on ice never have been dont project your shit onto me

[@CrazyWhiteVanDriver]

@@vickitroman6691 lol

[@vickitroman6691]

Its only free till you get addicted the m.i.t ear devices i meant

[@authorthecat]

I haven’t seen this video. I’m afraid to. There is more dark secrets than what’s happening now?

[@Bethgael]

It's 2 years old.

[@c_mac7773]

19:23 Look at that sweat boy!! That's when you ready know what's coming and UR FU*KED!!! 🇺🇸💪🏻👊🏻🤙🏼

[@yodad4776]

I've said it lots of times ..ool in politics shouldn't be getting paid AT ALL .if it's for there country they should be getting the benifit and that's it ..all the benifits they get ,a driver ,food and house supplied and all the rest .....if that was done we would ONLY have honest politicians ...I'm POSITIVE we have something similar happening here in nz

[@ricksturm6816]

You can be wrong many times then. If you have politicians not getting paid, then they have to get money from somewhere, so they'll be encouraged to make more shady deals to put food on their tables. If you are suggesting that only people who can afford to go without payment should be politicians, their needs and wants are completely different than everyday people and they won't make decisions that are in the best interests of all Australians.

[@user-iz4ni7iq3o]

Please contact me. They have branched in to Queensland. There is multiple cars in my suburb with Victorian plates. New cars keep popping up all sequential number plates.... he has been sabotaging me and stalking me. They're using corrupt money as well.

[@kevinfarrell523]

Well well well.......

[@jewboy8237]

C.E.O must love the ratings 10 👌

[@emmapasqule2432]

This was released in April 2020

[@eugenehollis1067]

So guttless kevin dudd,threw yavself under the bus.

[@almafelix4065]

I've never seen this before, and it's sounding more like Donald Trump😮

[@carolleenkelmann3829]

Trump has more class than this. Not Trump at all. Daniel Andrews should go as well.

[@Karen-hz7zu]

NK probably told Chris you need to do something about your family. She told him i wanted to have your first boy. NK and Chris got into a big fight over wife having another baby especially a boy. NK needs to go to Prison for life

[@coma_TOES]

Huh?

[@bargainwallart653]

Look at Brain Greig owns 5 houses etc.

[@harris9414]

Hey Sammy, what are you doing showing your treacherous face? Still sending your bills to the Chinese?