Australian television journalist Tara Brown returns to 60 Minutes in their latest promo after the botched kidnapping of Sally Faulkner’s two young children in Lebanon.
The bungled child ‘recovery’ saw Brown and three members of the 60 minutes crew imprisoned in a Beirut jail for almost two weeks.
She returns to the network in an episode to air on Sunday with ‘the most powerful story of the year’, investigating a fatal Sydney fire.
Australian TV journalist Tara Brown (pictured) features in new 60 Minutes promo, her first appearance since botched child snatching attempt
Australian television journalist Tara Brown returns to 60 Minutes with ‘the most powerful story of the year’
Brown took stress leave until Nine released the findings of their independent review into the case on May 27.
The reporter has been back at the network’s head office in Willoughby, Sydney since early June.
Brown escaped serious charges for her part in the April 6 ‘recovery’ of Sally Faulkner’s two children, Lahela, 6, and Noah, 3, from their Lebanese father, Eli Alamine.
Brown, Ms Faulkner and the 60 Minutes crew were jailed after the bungled operation but were able to return to Australia in April after Nine reached a plea bargain to secure the release of its staff.
The man who allegedly organised the kidnapping, Australian-born recovery agent Adam Whittington and three of his staffers were also jailed in Lebanon and are set to be released on bail later this week after spending almost five months behind bars.
Ms Faulkner’s claims her children Noah and Lahela (pictured) were taken to Lebanon by her estranged husband Ali Elamine in 2015 and he refused to bring them back
Ms Faulkner (centre right) and the 60 Minutes crew, including Brown (centre left), were jailed after the bungled operation but were able to return to Australia in April after Nine reached a plea bargain to secure the release of its staff
Brown’s last appearance on 60 Minutes was an interview with fellow reporter Michael Usher and followed the crew’s return to Australia after their release from jail in Lebanon (pictured)
TV Insider spied on Brown during a recent visit to the Sydney office and spotted her in full hair and makeup, chatting with co-workers, reportedly before recording new footage for 60 Minutes’ opening and closing credits, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Brown’s last appearance on the program was an interview with fellow reporter Michael Usher and followed the crew’s return to Australia after their release from jail in Lebanon.
‘I thought when we presented ourselves (in court) and were being questioned, I really thought: ‘We’re journalists, we’re doing our jobs’, they will see reason, they’ll understand that, you know, that we are here just to do a story on a very, very desperate mother. And I just thought that reason would prevail, and it didn’t,’ she said during the interview.
The reporter has been back at the network’s head office in Willoughby (pictured), Sydney since early June