Ten years after the shocking murder of Dee Dee Blanchard, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard speaks to 60 Minutes about the years of abuse that led to the crime and life after prison.
Meanwhile, Nick McKenzie returns to the CFMEU scandal, revealing why corruption and criminality in the union are far from over.
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WHY I KILLED MY MOTHER
You’re unlikely to encounter anyone sweeter than Gypsy-Rose Blanchard. She really is charming. But she’s also a convicted murderer. With help from a so-called boyfriend she met online, she killed her own mother.
The brutal crime – Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard was stabbed 17 times – happened ten years ago, and Gypsy-Rose was imprisoned. But now she’s free.
On 60 MINUTES, Amelia Adams meets a controversial young woman very determined to let the world know why she did what she did.
Reported by Amelia Adams and produced by Nichola Younger and Sheree Gibson
BUILDING WORSE
Eight months ago, in a series of award-winning stories, 60 MINUTES, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, exposed endemic corruption and criminality at Australia’s most powerful construction union, the CFMEU.
Nick McKenzie’s reports, “Building Bad”, so horrified federal and state governments that immediate action was promised. Police investigations were launched, an administrator was appointed to take over the running over the union, and influential union figures, including bikies who’d wheedled their way into the organisation, were sacked.
It looked like the rot was finally over. However, as McKenzie now discovers, that’s far from the case. In fact it’s business as usual for many of thugs associated with the CFMEU as they continue bullying and ripping off anyone who stands in their way.
Reported by Nick McKenzie and produced by Amelia Ballinger and Hannah Bowers
