Nine stars 'ticked off' after 60 Minutes forces staff to fly economy as network tightens the belt - but these celebrities are exempt from the new rule

Channel Nine has further tightened the belt after the network's latest redundancies bloodbath. However two high profile names on the weekly news program are said to be exempt from the new rule, with Liz Hayes and Tara Brown not asked to fly economy. Pictured L-R: Ross Coulthart, Allison Langdon, Liz Hayes, Charles Woolley and Tara Brown Nine Entertainment's publishing arm accepted 85 voluntary redundancies across the Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WAtoday and Brisbane Times, just weeks after hundreds of jobs were cut. However two high profile names on the weekly news program are said to be exempt from the new 'economy only' rule, with Liz Hayes and Tara Brown not asked to fly economy. The previous staff cuts and a proposed 10.5 per cent pay increase over three years lead to the Nine's heavily unionised workforce into a strike for the first five days of the Olympics.