Australian Story

After coming out on a national TV reality show in 2006, David Graham is attempting to reconcile his sexuality with his desire to be a farmer, a father and a force within the National Party.

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The Graduate

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Season Finale

November 8, 2010 • 30m

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When Kerry Tucker was jailed for seven years for theft and fraud she turned incarceration into an opportunity and is now a successful academic with a PhD and a job at a leading university...

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The Man On The Mantelpiece

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February 7, 2011 • 30m

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Maggie MacKellar was a city dweller who seemed to have it all – a successful academic career, a devoted husband, a young daughter and another baby on the way.

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On Your Bike

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Nazeem Hussain and Aamer Rahman have become two of the hottest young comedians on the Australian comedy scene.

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When William Met Sarah

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The Light of Day

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February 4, 2013 • 30m

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In 2004 Sam Cullen and his wife Janet bought a rare collection of photographs at a London auction. They were captivated by the haunting faces in the photos. The couple began piecing together a puzzle few thought could ever be solved. Their quest took them to the beautiful Clarence River region of NSW and into some of the most troubling aspects of our history. Now, eight years down the track, the Cullens' labour of love has turned up some astonishing and surprising results which are revealed for the first time on Monday night...

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On the Precipice

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February 11, 2013 • 30m

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Scott Johnson was a young man with everything going for him - a maths genius with a bright future. But on a trip to a Sydney beach one sunny day in 1988, everything changed. The search for the truth of what happened that day has brought together a wealthy internet pioneer, an international super sleuth, and the NSW Police Cold Case Unit. This week, the story of their quest to solve a twenty-five-year-old-mystery.

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So Much to Say

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February 18, 2013 • 30m

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Stevie Wright became a superstar at the age of sixteen, with the iconic 1960s rock band The Easybeats - the first Australian group to achieve chart success in the UK, US and Europe. He went on to win another generation of fans as a solo artist with hits like 'Evie', 'Hard Road' and 'Black Eyed Bruiser'. But along with the exhilarating highs, he has experienced devastating lows - which on several occasions could have been fatal. Now the legend of Stevie Wright is being rekindled with help from fellow musician and lifelong fan, Scott McRae who has created a 'rockumentary' live show of his idol's extraordinary life. Australian Story has recorded Stevie Wright's last public performance - a special poignant encore in Scott McRae's stage show.

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The First Word

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February 25, 2013 • 30m

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This week's program is about a man who's become an international pioneer in a significant but unlikely field. A failed medical school student turned journalist, Peter Ford hit the big time in the US as a CNN anchorman. He travelled extensively and covered many big stories around the world. But beneath the telegenic exterior an 'inner nerd' was lurking. Using his self-taught computer code-writing skills, Peter developed software that enables the most severely disabled people to communicate. His invention has even attracted the interest of Professor Stephen Hawking...

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The Chosen One

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March 4, 2013 • 30m

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This week, the story of three young Australians and their mission to rescue an orphaned elephant calf on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra.

Sumatran elephants are officially listed as critically endangered, driven out of their habitat by encroaching industries – in particular, palm oil production.

It is estimated that there are now only two or three thousand left in the wild.

But against all the odds, one Sumatran elephant calf has become a symbol of hope in an otherwise bleak situation.

The program has the heart warming story of 'Bona' and three friends mobilising to save her.

The three are all ex employees of the late Steve Irwin, who had a particular interest in the plight of the Sumatran elephants.

As this episode reveals, some of those closest to the 'Crocodile Hunter' played a key role in the saga...

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Suddenly Last Summer (1)

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March 11, 2013 • 30m

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This week's program has the untold personal story of an Australian cricket captain through the eyes of those closest to him. The cricket captaincy occupies a unique place in the national consciousness. When Ricky Ponting, the first Tasmanian to lead the team, retired from international cricket last December, grown men cried, parliamentary business was interrupted and a gaping hole was left in the once all conquering Australian cricket team. The episode reveals how a prankster from a tough housing commission background in Launceston made the transition to one of the most decorated cricketers of all time and the nation's best batsman after the mighty Sir Donald Bradman. Wife Rianna is credited with being a major influence in the transformation. In Monday's program she provides her first ever extended interview with some surprising, highly personal and candid insights.

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Suddenly Last Summer (2)

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March 18, 2013 • 30m

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Monday night's program has the emotional conclusion to our story about former Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting and his family. This episode has the inside story of a series of dramatic highs and lows on and off the field. On the cricket pitch, Ponting's triumphant century in the 2003 World Cup final, losing and regaining the Ashes, and the PR disaster of 'Monkeygate'. While at home, unfolding behind the scenes, there was a long and private struggle to parenthood, disclosed here for the first time by Ponting and his wife Rianna. When Ponting suddenly decided to retire last year, it was front page news around the nation and even Federal Parliament stopped briefly to mark the occasion. In this program, Ponting, his parents, and wife Rianna tell the full inside story behind the decision...

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On the Warpath

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March 25, 2013 • 30m

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We first profiled official war artist Ben Quilty last September as he worked on portraits of Australian soldiers who'd served in Afghanistan. Quilty spoke then of the strong bonds he'd formed with many of his subjects, including some of the elite special operations troops who he says revealed a depth of emotional distress that shocked him to his core. Six months later, Quilty's exhibition is now on tour and attracting much interest. In the intervening time, his own journey from artist to angry advocate has led him to argue for better treatment for returned soldiers who he says continue to suffer from their time in the war zone.

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Letters to the Editor

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April 1, 2013 • 30m

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This week we're returning to Cunnamulla in outback Queensland and the story of a newspaper, an unlikely romance and a grazing property.

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July 22, 2013 • 30m

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This week's program is about a man who's made a big name in London but is little known back in Australia.

Richard Farleigh amassed an early fortune as a young gun in the financial markets and went on to star on a top-rating British television program.

But what's remarkable about Farleigh is his background. He was one of a family of eleven children born to an itinerant, violent and alcoholic sheep shearer.

Farleigh and several of his older siblings were removed by Welfare authorities to an orphanage and he was subsequently fostered.

Initially diagnosed as 'backward', his luck changed when a school teacher recognised his abilities and became 'the first person that I felt really cared about me'.

He excelled at maths and tournament chess and by his mid-thirties was a multi-millionaire business entrepreneur, moving to the UK five years ago.

Now in his fifties, he has been back in Australia, retracing a past that he says continues to haunt him in ways he 'can't control'.

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Too Good to Refuse

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July 29, 2013 • 30m

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August marks the 50th anniversary of one of Britain's most infamous crimes – the Great Train Robbery. Ronald Biggs was sentenced to 30 years gaol for his part in the crime that he once described as 'too good to refuse'. But behind the robbery and Biggs' subsequent escape to Australia, there's an epic saga of a woman's resilience and loyalty. Disowned by her middle class parents, Charmian Biggs and their two children, followed Biggs to Australia in the hope of a fresh start. It was the beginning of a tumultuous three decades marked by discoveries, escapes, betrayals and reunions. Forced to divorce her husband to help him avoid extradition from Brazil, Charmian Biggs raised her sons on her own and studied to obtain a university degree. She became a successful book editor under the new name of Brent. Then in 2001 Biggs finally surrendered to the British authorities so he could receive medical treatment.

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Corridors of Power

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August 5, 2013 • 30m

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This week we visit a scenic valley where best selling author Di Morrissey and a determined group of rural residents have stared down a corporate giant. The setting is the spectacular Manning Valley in the mid north coast of New South Wales. When the electricity transmission company TransGrid decided to build a high voltage power line through the valley, the community elected to fight. Led by former sports administrator turned farmer, Peter Epov, and including an airline pilot, engineer and a former business analyst, they pooled their expertise and skills to tackle the seemingly impenetrable data of a complex industry. What they discovered has far reaching implications for anybody who pays electricity bills.

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A Place for Us

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August 12, 2013 • 30m

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Award winning television journalist Sara James was living the dream as an anchor and foreign correspondent for American network NBC.

She'd lived in New York for fifteen years and reported from around the world including the war zones of Somalia, Sudan and in the Middle East.

Then she met and married another high flyer, Australian journalist Andrew Butcher, who worked closely with Rupert Murdoch as his corporate affairs manager.

But with the birth of their second daughter came a curve ball. Baby Jacqui didn’t cry and was having multiple seizures. 'Your baby has a bad brain' said the medical specialist. A nurse took Sara aside and said 'they don’t always know you know. Your baby has bright eyes. Don't give up.'

To the amazement of their friends, the Butchers abandoned Manhattan, scooped up their family and moved to the Macedon Ranges outside Melbourne.

There they embraced an entirely new way of life as they started to unlock the mysteries of Jacqui's distressing and taxing condition.

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Long Walk Back

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August 19, 2013 • 30m

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Chloe Palmer-Simpson was just 18 when she was involved in a head-on car crash near her home in Bargo in New South Wales. The accident left her fighting for her life and dealing with a severe brain injury. Although the elite swimmer was just minutes from death, the efforts of medical staff coupled with her own determination led to a recovery that stunned everyone. Now, just 16 months after the accident, Chloe Palmer-Simpson is attempting to walk PNG's Kokoda Track accompanied by the medical team who saved her life to raise funds for trauma research at St George Hospital. The track is routinely described as 96 kilometres of sheer hell and that's for the able-bodied. Asking a young woman recuperating from traumatic injuries to attempt it is not without risk.

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A Voice in the Wilderness

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August 26, 2013 • 30m

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Retiring independent MP Tony Windsor offers a unique insider's account on Australian Story of the last three years of political tumult. After two decades in politics, both state and federal but always as an independent, Tony Windsor shocked many when he announced his retirement two months ago. He played a deciding role in two hung parliaments and helped keep Nick Greiner's NSW Liberal government in power twenty-two years ago. But it wasn't until he backed Julia Gillard's minority government in 2010 that he experienced widespread fallout – including death threats - from those who thought he'd abandoned his conservative New England electorate. From his vantage point in the Simpson Desert, far away from what he calls the 'greasy pond' of Canberra politics, Tony Windsor offers a final – and at times surprising - verdict on Canberra's political leaders.

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Driving Greg Norman (1)

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September 2, 2013 • 30m

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Includes interviews with President Bill Clinton, Jack Nicklaus, Peter FitzSimons, Morgan-Leigh Norman (daughter), and Gregory Norman Junior (son) and third wife Kirsten in her first television interview. When Adam Scott became the first Australian ever to win the US Masters golf tournament earlier this year, he immediately paid an emotional tribute to his mentor Greg Norman. Norman remains a world sporting icon and is considered by many to be Australia's greatest ever golfer. But his friend, President Bill Clinton, interviewed for Australian Story, says Greg was never universally 'embraced in a way that some great golfers are.' Greg Norman was also a trail blazer off the course, parlaying sporting success into a multi-millionaire dollar business empire built around his moniker, The Great White Shark.

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Driving Greg Norman (2)

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September 9, 2013 • 30m

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Australian Story concludes the epic tale of Greg Norman, recognised as one of Australia's best and most flamboyant sports stars.

Norman dominated international golf for nearly two decades in the eighties and nineties. He blazed a trail by cannily converting personal sporting success into a multi million dollar business brand.

But his approach hasn't always drawn universal admiration and he concedes that his headline grabbing personal life hurt his image for a period of time.

This week's episode covers the famous 1996 US Masters loss in which Greg Norman's grace in the face of crushing defeat drew admiration. The loss drove him to tears. But it was finally 'vindicated' earlier this year when Adam Scott became the first Australian to win the elusive trophy and paid emotional tribute to Greg Norman as his mentor.

This episode also covers the story of Greg Norman's friendships with two US Presidents. There are candid family disclosures about the break up of his marriage to former world number one tennis star Chris Evert and his subsequent remarriage to third wife Kirsten 'Kiki' Norman.

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In Your Face

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September 16, 2013 • 30m

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In a world obsessed with physical beauty, Robert Hoge is a man embracing 'ugly'. Hoge was born 41 years ago with a massive tumour in the middle of his face. At first his own mother couldn't bear to look at him and the family was advised to 'put him in a home'. There were national newspaper headlines when a pioneering craniofacial surgeon used the cartilage from baby Robert's toe to construct a nose. Hoge grew up to become a journalist and then built a stellar career as a public servant culminating in the job of media advisor to then Queensland Premier Anna Bligh. But he has rejected further surgery that might make him look more conventional. Now a husband and a father himself, he's on a mission to confront us all with some difficult questions and start a new debate about concepts of beauty and ugliness and everything in between...

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Turning the Gaze

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September 23, 2013 • 30m

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Melbourne schoolgirl Olympia Nelson is only sixteen, but she's no stranger to controversy. She's grown up in an unusual but talented household as the daughter of an art critic and acclaimed photographer Poli Papapetrou. Olympia and her mother have had a long creative partnership. But in 2008 an unclothed photograph of Olympia aged six generated national controversy when it appeared on the cover of the magazine 'Art Monthly'. Even the Prime Minister bought in. Now Olympia has weighed in from an unexpected direction by publicly challenging the popularity of 'selfies' – often explicit self portraits posted on social media. Her robust analysis of the selfie trend and issues around girls, sexual expression and self image was published by The Age Newspaper, setting off a new debate...

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Count On Clive

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September 30, 2013 • 30m

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Much has changed since Australian Story first explored the private and professional worlds of Clive Palmer sixteen months ago.

At the time former Qld Premier Peter Beattie concluded 'you haven't heard the last of Clive Palmer, you're just going to have to get used to bigger screens'.

Even he could scarcely have predicted the turn of events now unfolding, with Mr Palmer poised to wield political influence in Federal Parliament

The extent of that influence is yet to be determined but it's now clear that the Palmer United Party has secured two Senate seats with a possible third in Western Australia.

It's speculated he could even end up holding the balance of power in the Upper House.

With so many theories abounding, who is the real Clive Palmer; what can we expect next and what impact might there be on the way the nation's run...

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A Sapper's Lullaby

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October 7, 2013 • 30m

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Fred Smith has been described as 'Australia's secret weapon' in international diplomacy.

As a career diplomat, he's represented Australia in Bougainville and more recently in Afghanistan.

But it's his second career as a musician that came to the fore in Uruzgan province, when he wrote a song about the death of Australian soldier Ben Ranaudo.

"Dust in Uruzgan" captured the hearts of many serving in Afghanistan and a second song, "Sapper's Lullaby" has become an anthem for soldiers and their families.

Now, with Australian forces about to depart Afghanistan, this is the story of a diplomat with a difference.

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On Maggies Farm

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October 14, 2013 • 30m

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Three years ago Maggie MacKellar, daughter of a former Federal Cabinet Minister, was living on the family farm in NSW trying to reassemble the pieces of her life.

A writer and Sydney Uni academic, Ms MacKellar was left widowed and pregnant in particularly harrowing circumstances. She seemed resolved to raise her daughter and son alone, on her own terms in the country.

When her story was aired on Australian Story in February 2011, it drew a big viewer response. Among the emails was a message from a stranger – a divorced 49 year old sheep farmer in Tasmania.

What happened next was as unexpected as it was heart warming...

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Cracking the Code

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October 21, 2013 • 30m

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The Damiani family's story has been described as a breathtaking example of how medicine can be transformed by the determination of ordinary people.

Four years ago, Stephen and Sally Damiani's baby son Massimo succumbed to a mystery disease. In the space of a few weeks, the toddler lost the ability to eat and crawl. The prognosis was bleak and the cause mystifying.

Stephen Damiani, who has a background in construction economics and risk management, teamed up with a young geneticist to map the family's genome in an attempt to discover the cause of his son's illness.

In the process, his seemingly impossible quest for answers has made a discovery that's astonished the international medical community and has implications for us all.

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November 25, 2013 • 30m

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Annabel Blake grew up with a mother who, as a young athlete, had hoped to represent Australia in the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Janine Shepherd's nickname, 'Janine the Machine' reflected the grit and dedication she brought to the ski slopes and it was these traits that helped her recover when a training accident left her permanently disabled.

Despite these setbacks, Janine raised her three children to follow their passions and demonstrated through her own challenging life that nothing is impossible.

Now, in a surprising twist, her daughter Annabel is hoping to capture a place in the Australian team to compete in next year's Winter Olympics in the new – and dangerous – sport of slopestyle skiing.

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The Other Side

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February 3, 2014 • 30m

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In 1996 Matthew Reilly, aged 22, self-published his first book. Now he has a list of international best sellers.

In his books heroes prevail against impossible odds. But in his own life he's faced unexpected adversity from the most unlikely quarter.

When, as a consequence, he lost his wife Natalie, Matthew Reilly's world collapsed. He says he thought he would never write again.

As he reveals on Australian Story, the loss drove him to the brink of disaster.

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The Back of His Mind

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February 10, 2014 • 30m

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Three years ago, 35 year old fashion photographer David Murrell was told he had just months to live.

A tumour the size of an orange was removed from his brain. It was the worst kind of highly aggressive cancer.

But in a lucky coincidence his own father, a cell biologist, emerged as a possible saviour.

Dr Wayne Murrell just happened to be part of a team in Norway working on an experimental vaccine for exactly that kind of tumour.

"I'm a scientist, I don't believe in coincidence!" Dr Murrell says.

But what happened next defied the odds...

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March 10, 2014 • 30m

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David Rennie fell in love with photography seven years ago when he was lured from his car by the sight of a passing bird overhead.

The encounter led to a newfound passion for wildlife photography that took him away from his family for weeks at a time as he tracked birds through the environmentally sensitive Mandurah wetlands south of Perth.

His skills as a self-taught photographer were recognised last year when he won the prestigious Australian Geographic ANZANG award for a dramatic shot showing a young osprey and a spoonbill narrowly avoiding a collision in mid air.

Documenting the fragile birdlife also helped David deal with his own demons and ultimately to confront a bizarre mystery involving his father.

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The House of Tara

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March 17, 2014 • 30m

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Tara Winkler was just 19 when she set off on the trip to Cambodia that would change her life.

After coming across an orphanage where funds were embezzled and young girls sexually abused, she set up her own orphanage in the city of Battambang in 2007.

Seven years later, the organisation she created is no longer an orphanage but a community development organisation offering help to poor families and more than 100 children each day.

Tara Winkler is no longer 'mum' to the kids.

But in the four years since she was first profiled on Australian Story, she has faced dramas in her professional and personal life that nobody could have predicted.

The story is introduced by fashion designer Jodhi Meares, a supporter of Tara Winkler's Cambodian Children's Trust.

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Out of the Box

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March 24, 2014 • 30m

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Adam Boland was just 26 years old when he was handed the reins of the ailing Sunrise program on Channel 7.

It was the start of something very new and a game changer for the networks.

Some observers credit Boland with paving the way for the current ascendancy of the Seven Network.

But it's been a tempestuous ride for Adam Boland.

Now in the aftermath of a very public implosion, he's walking away from the industry that he says nearly destroyed him.

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Set in Stone

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March 31, 2014 • 30m

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Introduced by Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes.

Explorer and airline pilot Percy Trezise was captivated by Quinkan rock art fifty years ago when road workers stumbled across an ancient painting.

The Quinkans are now rated among the most impressive and ancient rock art in the world. They became an obsession for Trezise – a passion passed on to his two sons.

Percy recorded stories from the elders and worked closely with legendary artist Dick Roughsey to protect the fragile paintings, hidden amongst the sandstone escarpments near Laura in Far North Queensland.

Now his sons, Matt and Steven Trezise, are at a crossroads as they contemplate their own uncertain future after years guiding visitors into the rock art sites and managing their father's legacy.

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A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 1

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April 7, 2014 • 30m

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Getting on for a decade after his death, the legendary businessman Kerry Packer remains an intriguing and puzzling figure.

Building on his father's success in the media industry, he dominated Australian TV and became the nation's richest person. His own son James is now following in his father's footsteps, extending the reach of the Packer empire around the world.

But beneath the famous bravado and bluster of Kerry Packer, was there actually a very complex personality, at odds with the public image? Was he, as some say, a deeply conflicted man 'at war with himself'?

In Monday's Australian Story, some of those who knew the tycoon well share their candid insights into the Packer paradox, the demons that drove him, and the 'deeply sentimental' side that was kept well out of the public gaze.

The program features a wealth of rarely seen archival material and photographs.

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A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 2

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April 14, 2014 • 30m

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This week, the conclusion of our story about the legendary businessman Kerry Packer...

Beneath the famous bravado and bluster was he actually a deeply conflicted, emotional man who spent his life 'at war with himself'?

The program explores puzzling questions around a fatal road accident some sixty years ago that nearly ended Kerry Packer's life when he was just eighteen.

It traces the decline of a man once seen as indestructible and tracks the spectacular rise of his son James under the strict tutelage of his father. Do the strong patterns of the past provide clues to the future of the Packers in the 2lst Century?

Introduced by Caroline Jones and features Jodhi Meares, Al 'Chainsaw' Dunlap, Malcolm Turnbull, Phillip Adams, Graham Richardson, John Howard and others.

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A Man Called Boy

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April 21, 2014 • 30m

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Introduced by Amanda Shalala from ABC Grandstand

This week's program tells the story of an Olympic champion so seemingly without ego that even his son and grandsons knew very little of his fame.

Andrew 'Boy' Charlton was a hero who stamped his name across the world, with feats so marvellous he forged Australia's national spirit at a time when the nation was beleaguered by the Depression and the losses of the Great War.

At just 16, he sliced two minutes off the world record for the 1500m freestyle, and won Australia’s first gold medal in that event at the 1924 Paris Olympics. It was the beginning of a dynasty of Australian swimmers – Murray Rose, John Konrads, Kieren Perkins and Grant Hackett – who later made the 1500m 'Australia's event'.

But then at the height of his fame, and when Hollywood movie offers were there for the taking, 'Boy' Charlton retired to the bush, with no desire to perpetuate his name.

Now a new generation is rediscovering this great Australian – a man called 'Boy'.

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A Very Good Rascal

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April 28, 2014 • 30m

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Introduced by international music star Leo Sayer.

This week's program tells the bitter sweet personal story behind the hard-living facade of iconic Australian rock musician, Doc Neeson.

As lead singer of The Angels, Doc Neeson had a string of big hits from the seventies right through to the nineties.

One of their songs remains an unofficial anthem for generations of Australian youth.

But just before Christmas 2012, Neeson was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour.

Australian Story followed Neeson's journey over the last year as he received an Order of Australia and was the beneficiary of a fundraising concert featuring his friends Jimmy Barnes, Peter Garrett and David Haselhoff.

The program also looks at the history and legacy of the legendary Angels band through the eyes of its original manager, John Woodruff and the producer of its most successful records, Mark Opitz.

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The Edge of the Mountain

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May 5, 2014 • 30m

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Introduced by Caroline Jones.

It was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime but when Australian nurse Christy King led a group of experienced trekkers into the PNG jungle everything changed in an instant.

Early in the evening of their first night in the mountainous terrain of the Black Cat track, the group was attacked by men wielding machetes and robbed at gunpoint.

As day turned to night, Christy King was left to decide how best to protect the men in her care and how to manage the serious wounds of the PNG porters who took the brunt of the attack.

With two of her group already dead she was left to make difficult and unenviable decisions.

For the first time, she speaks publicly about the ordeal.

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In Tracy's Corner

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May 12, 2014 • 30m

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Introduced by actor and St Kilda resident, Rachel Griffiths.

Monday night's program tells the story of the unsolved and savage murder of a woman called Tracy Connelly and the unexpected consequences of her death.

Connelly was a St Kilda sex worker but her exceptional looks and personality endeared her to many in the local community where a street was known as 'Tracy's Corner'.

Tracy Connelly seemingly lived most of her adult life thinking she counted for nothing but as events unfolded it turned out she couldn't have been more wrong.

As community outrage spilled over onto social media, the family she left behind in Brisbane unexpectedly stepped forward to reclaim her.

What emerges is a remarkable and poignant story.

This episode also includes inside information from the ongoing Victoria Police investigation...

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All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 1

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May 19, 2014 • 30m

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Introduced by Grant Hackett

Includes interviews with Grant Hackett, Jared Perkins (brother), Daniel Kowalski and Karen Davis (fiancé).

Monday night's program sheds new light on Kieren Perkins and one of the more memorable careers in Australian sporting history.

It also provides candid insights into his unique rivalry with Grant Hackett.

Kieren Perkins clinched his claim to 'legend' status with a remarkable comeback at Atlanta in 1996 after being all but written off in the lead up to the Games.

At a time when many of the nation's swimming greats are struggling with life out of the pool, Perkins alone seems to have managed a smooth transition.

Now aged forty, he has forged a second career as a successful banking executive and finally come to terms with the strange and difficult process of rocketing from sporting idol to 'nobody'.

In this candid two part episode, he reveals the surprising truth about what went wrong in Atlanta; acknowledges his own struggles to create a new life; and introduces his new partner, the woman credited with bringing new happiness into his life.

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All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 2

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May 26, 2014 • 30m

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Introduced by Grant Hackett

Monday’s program concludes the epic tale of Kieren Perkins and the inside story of his battles to build a new life away from the sport that had dictated his every move since childhood.

The program reveals new detail of the ‘nation stopping’ day in July 1996 when Perkins swam his way to a gold medal in the 1500 after being all but written off when he qualified last in the heats.

Kieren Perkins, now aged forty, is credited with largely avoiding the tabloid catastrophes that have bedevilled so many of his contemporaries.

But in this week’s candid conclusion he discloses some of his own struggles and introduces his new partner, fellow banking executive Karen Davis.

She is credited with bringing new happiness into his life not least, according to Perkins, because she knows him only as a banker, not a swimming hero...

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Out of the Kitchen

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June 2, 2014 • 30m

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This week's program provides an intriguing glimpse behind the scenes of the reality TV phenomenon that's captured the TV landscape in Australia.

Jules Allen left her large family to appear as a 'willing hostage' on the popular MasterChef reality TV show.

She admits she lusted after 'fifteen minutes of fame' but she was unprepared for the 'excruciating' highs and lows she encountered on the program and in its aftermath.

A single mother, she's fostered twenty-nine children but she says managing a house full of hormonal teenagers pales alongside the psychological demands of MasterChef.

It's become clear to Jules Allen that her experience is not unique. Psychologists and industry observers say the same techniques are used in most of the popular reality shows, from Big Brother to My Kitchen Rules.

Jules Allen reveals it's left her 'humbler' with a clear sense of what actually matters in life...

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The Last Commando , Part 1

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June 9, 2014 • 30m

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This week's Australian Story provides a rare insight into the mysterious world of Australia's elite Commando regiments.

Corporal Cameron Baird was killed last year in Southern Afghanistan. At the time the Australian Defence Force said the 32-year-old soldier had 'died how he lived – at the front, giving his all, without any indecision.'

Earlier this year he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross which made him Australia's most decorated soldier, in company with Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith.

Corporal Baird was the very last Australian soldier to be killed in action in Afghanistan - just months before the troop withdrawal.

Now, for the first time, those closest to him are telling his story...

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July 14, 2014 • 30m

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This week's program tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a former wildlife ranger and the renowned British conservationist Dame Jane Goodall.

Their special connection has become a 'game changer' for the men and women on the front line of the increasingly bloody global war against poachers.

Ten years ago Sean Willmore set up an organisation called the Thin Green Line to 'protect the protectors' – wildlife rangers who were being killed and maimed.

But it was only when Willmore crawled from his his sick bed on the off chance of meeting Dame Jane in Melbourne that the real breakthroughs came.

Now he has the ear of world leaders, rock stars and British Royal Princes...

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Leaps and Bounds

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July 21, 2014 • 30m

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This week Australian Story returns to the story of one the world's best known dancers, Li Cunxin, as we go behind the scenes in a risky new venture with the Queensland Ballet.

Also known as 'Mao's Last Dancer' through his bestselling book and movie of the same name, Li Cunxin took over in 2012 as artistic director of the Queensland Ballet.

Tonight's program centres on his friendship with the Australian-born wife of the famous ballet choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan and the trials and tribulations behind the staging of Sir Kenneth's version of Romeo and Juliet.

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Divide and Conquer

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July 28, 2014 • 30m

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This week's Australian Story is proof that from little things big things can grow.

Three years ago we told the story of emerging young comedians Nazeem Hussain and Aamer Rahman who were making a big impact on the Australian comedy circuit with their provocative satire.

In Divide and Conquer we discover how Aamer Rahman has since become an internet sensation, making news around the world and how Nazeem Hussain got the opportunity of a lifetime; his very own TV show.

And apologies to their female fans, one of the men has even found love; growing up, moving out of the parental home and getting married.

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Lock Me Away

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August 4, 2014 • 30m

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This week we meet an 'ageing' activist who admits he's spent close to fifty years tilting at windmills without a lot to show for it... until now.

Drew Hutton seems as surprised as anyone that nearing seventy, he masterminded 'Lock the Gate' a big and effective people power campaign against coal seam gas.

And he's done it by uniting former sworn enemies – the farmers and the greens.

He's also mobilised the support of his old school teacher, influential 'shock jock' Alan Jones.

But as we reveal, this late life 'success' has come at a high cost to his health and his personal life.

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Searching for C11

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August 11, 2014 • 30m

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At the age of 21, aeronautical engineer Lauren Burns was told a family secret that turned her world upside down.

Barbara Burns revealed that Lauren was conceived in a Melbourne clinic using donor sperm. The man she knew as her father was infertile.

Mrs Burns says the culture at the time was to 'take the child home and forget how it was conceived. Just pretend it was your child and nobody knew.'

Helped by her mother, Lauren embarked on a long and arduous search to discover the identity of her donor father – a man she knew only as 'C11' – from the first letter of his surname and his height, 5'11".

Four fruitless years later, Lauren had one final card to play. What she managed to finally discover was truly astonishing.

'Searching For C11', a two part Australian Story special, untangles a complex ethical and emotional web involving not just Lauren Burns but two other young women...

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Searching for C11 (2)

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August 18, 2014 • 30m

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In this week's program, aeronautical engineer Dr Lauren Burns finally finds out the identity of her biological father.

To the amazement of all, he turns out to be part of a particularly distinguished Australian family.

We join Lauren as she meets him for the first time – and gets to know her half siblings.

At the same time two other young women, also created from donor sperm, have been trying desperately to determine their biological inheritance. But for them, it's a world of pain and no easy answers.

Together their stories raise challenging ethical, medical and legal issues that few would have envisaged a generation ago.

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Before the Storm

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August 25, 2014 • 30m

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This week’s program goes behind the scenes with a tenacious regional newspaper reporter who last year won Australia’s top journalism award.

Joanne McCarthy’s exposure of a national scandal emerging in the Newcastle and Hunter Valley region played a large part in the establishment of one of Australia’s biggest-ever Royal Commissions.

Her efforts so impressed former Prime Minister Julia Gillard that one of her last acts in office was to send a personal note to Ms McCarthy.

As this program reveals, it’s been a marathon effort for both Joanne McCarthy and some of those closest to her, including her parents and ten siblings....

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Out of the Shoebox

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September 1, 2014 • 30m

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This week's program looks at the unlikely evolution of an unexpected global comedy hit.

Christiaan Van Vuuren was devastated when he was diagnosed with drug resistant tuberculosis and forced into hospital quarantine for six months.

To pass the time he started making humorous video clips documenting his experiences in the isolation ward.

The videos went viral around the world on YouTube.

Now Christiaan and his brother Connor are being courted by some of the big players in the film and TV industry...

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Getting the Hang of It

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September 8, 2014 • 30m

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What happens when a former soldier from Tasmania arrives in Canberra with a potentially vital role to play in governing the nation?

Jacqui Lambie is the most outspoken and controversial of Clive Palmer's 'Palmer United Party' senators who hold crucial balance of power votes in the senate.

Australian Story has been 'embedded' with Jacqui Lambie as she learns the ropes in parliament and navigates a series of headline-grabbing dramas.

We meet her family back in Burnie, Tasmania and track her through Canberra as she deals with everything from deciding what to wear to meet a PM she's just described as a 'political psychopath', to outrage over her 'well hung' and 'Chinese invasion' moments.

She also talks candidly about being a single mother, her addictions, despair and her propensity to 'take a swing at opponents'.

Her headline-grabbing antics are making news but seasoned commentators suggest she should not be underestimated. So what are her real motives and what about her vulnerabilities?

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The Past Is a Foreign Country

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September 15, 2014 • 30m

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This week’s program looks at the untold stranger than fiction life of a woman well recognised in the entertainment industry for her role in helping to launch the careers of some of Australia's biggest stars.

Jan Russ was the initial casting director for Neighbours and remained in the role for nearly 25 years, launching performers like Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue, Delta Goodrem, Natalie Imbruglia, Liam Hemsworth and Guy Pearce.

But until now the Australian star-maker has hidden the private pain of her own tumultuous real life story.

Jan Russ's personal story has all the ingredients of a prime time drama playing out over fifty years and several continents. It starts with a teenage pregnancy and a lifelong quest to find a daughter adopted out in particularly harrowing circumstances.

There's a stellar career, a doomed marriage and in the last couple of years the unexpected ascendancy of a son who has suddenly become a huge hit on South Korean television...

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November 3, 2014 • 30m

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This week's program reveals the improbable saga of the making of a very modern family.

It's a narrative that 'starts at the end - and ends at the beginning'.

Advertising executive Aminah Hart lost two baby boys as a result of a genetic disorder passed from mother to son.

Anonymous sperm donation and IVF offered a last chance to have a healthy child.

Of five possible donors one stood out, a cattle breeder from Phillip Island who, crucially, described himself as 'happy and healthy'.

When blue eyed blonde baby Leila arrived two years ago, events took a most unexpected turn...

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Just Call Me Bob

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November 10, 2014 • 30m

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It's been a while since the words popular and politician appeared credibly in the same sentence.

But a generation ago one Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, basked in sustained acclaim.

He turns 85 next month.

It's a watershed in a life marked by much drama and four successive election victories.

This first ever television biography of Mr Hawke features fascinating previously unpublished family photographs and footage.

It includes interviews with closest family members and significant political figures and commentators.

It sheds new light on a complex man, an intriguing family, and a momentous era...

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Just Call Me Bob (2)

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November 17, 2014 • 30m

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This week's program concludes the story of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

A generation ago he basked in the kind of sustained acclaim that's become rare in politics.

Mr Hawke will be 85 next month.

It's a milestone in a life marked by personal drama and four successive election victories.

This moving final episode covers the most dramatic years of all including the Hawke ascendancy in the eighties, loss of the Prime Ministership, family breakdown, re-marriage and reconciliation.

It includes interviews with closest family members and major political figures and commentators.

It sheds new light on a complex man, an intriguing family, and a momentous era...

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Letter from Wooleen

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November 24, 2014 • 30m

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In this final program for 2014, Australian Story visits a remote West Australian cattle station.

The story of historic 'Wooleen' and the young couple who live there drew a big reaction from viewers three years ago.

Since that time, the big challenges of the property have increased for David Pollock and Frances Jones...

Jones arrived at 'Wooleen' from a lush, green suburb in outer Melbourne during a gap year trip. She fell for the station and its owner and has been there ever since.

Together, the pair have embarked on a radical venture to return the rangelands to good health by destocking and replicating natural ecosystems.

But with drought gripping WA their beliefs are now being put to the ultimate test...

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Life In A Northern Town

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February 2, 2015 • 30m

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From her high-end advertising agency in Sydney, Dof Dickinson committed her resources to make a film about an animal she'd never met and in the process, met a community she'd never forget - the people of Port Hedland.

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The Good Wife

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February 9, 2015 • 30m

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Looks back at the life and loves of Lady Susan Renouf. For decades she was known as a famous wife and socialite but now faces the greatest challenge of her life as an independent woman.

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Ask The Leyland Brother

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February 16, 2015 • 30m

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The inside story of iconic outback adventurers, the Leyland Brothers. Pioneering young stars, to bankruptcy and illness, Mal Leyland reveals all, and reflects on a career full of highs and lows.

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The Meaning Of Life

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February 23, 2015 • 30m

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Looks at how the feature film Paper Planes unfolded and updates the stories of the two young men who first featured on the program back in 2009.

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How I Met My Daughter

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March 2, 2015 • 30m

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A mind bending tale from the frontline of the reproduction revolution. "The family court has not even envisaged the scenario they've created".

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Just Call Jamal

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March 9, 2015 • 30m

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How a popular Sydney GP, Dr Jamal Rifi, became the 'go to' man in a time of crisis.

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The Seeds Of Wrath (Part 1)

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March 16, 2015 • 30m

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The first in a two-part special. What happens when a neighbours' dispute in a rural community suddenly goes global?

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The Seeds Of Wrath (Part 2)

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March 23, 2015 • 30m

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Final in a two-part special. What happens when a neighbours' dispute in a rural community suddenly goes global?

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Educating Miss Siobhan

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March 30, 2015 • 30m

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The inspiring story of a young family and the death of a beloved sporting legend.

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Into The Lion's Den

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April 6, 2015 • 30m

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An audacious WWII attack behind enemy lines achieved by 14 men and a fishing boat: will the efforts of one Z Special veteran be enough to raise the humble MV Krait to its rightful glory?

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The Fault In Our Stars

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April 13, 2015 • 30m

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When lightning strikes twice...one family's inspiring survival story.

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The Fresh Start

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April 20, 2015 • 30m

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Reinventing Sergeant Simon Illingworth - a corruption busting cop finds a new life and love on the land.

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Mrs Gimblett's Silver Linings

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April 27, 2015 • 30m

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Saving Yaraka. What happens when a former head teacher buys an outback pub.

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The Battle For Tarwyn Park (Part 1)

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May 4, 2015 • 30m

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This episode revisits one of Australian Story's most popular programs ever. The iconic rural property at the centre of that program, Tarwyn Park, has been sold to make way for an open cut coal mine.

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The Battle For Tarwyn Park (Part 2)

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May 11, 2015 • 30m

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In 2005 Peter Andrews, a racehorse breeder and farmer had succeeded in converting degraded land into fertile pasture. The farm has now been sold to a Korean power company, and has exposed deep divisions in the Andrews family.

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The Irwin Encounters

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May 18, 2015 • 30m

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Breaking the silence: the untold story of Steve Irwin's original Croc Hunter Team.

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Boots And All

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May 25, 2015 • 30m

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The untold inside story of how David Morrison became a crusader for cultural change in the Army and of the women who galvanised him.

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Battling The Blues

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June 1, 2015 • 30m

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In a candid interview, Darius Boyd speaks about his mother's battle with mental illness, his own battle with depression and how football first became his saviour and then his worst enemy.

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Suddenly One Summer

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June 8, 2015 • 30m

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After being convicted of sexual abuse Josephine Greensill might well have languished in prison for the full five year sentence had it not been for the determination of her sisters, Annette and Mary Toohey.

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Weekend At Weetalaba

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June 15, 2015 • 30m

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We revisit Australian Story's most popular couple, Mac and Gayle Shann. Back in 2003 cameras followed Gayle's recovery from an horrific farming accident which caused the loss of one arm and the use of her other.

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In Your Face

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June 22, 2015 • 30m

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In a world obsessed with physical beauty, Robert Hoge is a man embracing 'ugly'. He's on a mission to confront us all with some difficult questions and start a new debate about concepts of beauty.

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Driven

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June 29, 2015 • 30m

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How a boy from an ordinary Queanbeyan family made it to the top of Formula One; How he succeeded when thousands of others saw their dreams crash and burn. This is the story of Mark Webber's success.

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Iron, Iron, Iron - The Hancock Dynasty (Part 1)

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July 6, 2015 • 30m

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In an exclusive interview, the media-shy Gina Rinehart talks about her pioneering ancestors, her father's triumphs and struggles, her pride in the Roy Hill mine, and the business and family troubles encountered along the way.

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Iron, Iron, Iron - The Hancock Dynasty (Part 2)

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July 13, 2015 • 30m

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In Part 2, Gina Rinehart reflects on the pioneering exploits of her early ancestors, her pride in the imminent completion of the Roy Hill mine, and the business and family troubles she has encountered along the way.

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The Man Behind The Morcombes

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July 20, 2015 • 30m

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Solicitor Peter Boyce acted for the Morcombe family during the inquest into the disappearance of their son Daniel. Together with Bruce Morcombe, his research helped highlight the man who was later convicted for murder.

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Being Bradman (Part 1)

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July 27, 2015 • 30m

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As Don Bradman's cherished granddaughter Greta prepares to shine on the world stage as an operatic soprano, the family of the cricketing legend tell their inside story for the first time.

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Being Bradman (Part 2)

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August 3, 2015 • 30m

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In part two of Being Bradman, as granddaughter Greta takes to the international stage as an opera singer, Sir Donald Bradman's very private family opens up about how his fame cast a large shadow and has affected their lives.

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From Daddy's Tummy

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August 10, 2015 • 30m

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'From Daddy's Tummy' tells the story of AJ, partner Zu and their two children and reveals a stunning photographic record of AJ's transition from female to male.

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Big Mum

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August 17, 2015 • 30m

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Life at a crossroads: At 70, Australian Geraldine Cox weighs up the future of the 400 children under her care in Cambodia.

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Seriously Funny

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August 24, 2015 • 30m

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An up and coming comedian transforms a harrowing family back story into unforgettable comedy.

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Grand Designs

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August 31, 2015 • 30m

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Inside fashion designer Collette Dinnigan's private world and her decision to pull back from her global fashion empire and spend more time with friends and family.

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Wendy's Way

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September 7, 2015 • 30m

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From rubbish dump to a garden masterpiece. The quest to preserve Wendy Whiteley's magnificent Secret Garden.

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The Making Of Malcolm

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September 21, 2015 • 30m

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An intimate portrait of Malcolm Turnbull and his family, told by those closest to him.

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Lexie's Village

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September 28, 2015 • 30m

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Sydney woman Natalie Lovett tells the story of her daughter's conception using a donor egg & sperm. She's left with an unexpected dilemma: what to do with the remaining embryos? Her solution is both surprising & shocking.

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All In The Mind

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October 5, 2015 • 30m

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Unmasking the comic genius of actor, Garry McDonald. Airing as part of Mental As... ABC's week long initiative in support of Mental Health Week.

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Raise Your Voice

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October 12, 2015 • 30m

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Singer Jenny Morris makes a dramatic personal revelation. The ARIA-award winning performer has been diagnosed with a life-changing medical condition that has forced her to cut her career short.

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Doing It For Dan

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October 19, 2015 • 30m

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Lucy Haslam is a woman in a hurry. Since losing her son Daniel to cancer, the Tamworth resident has stepped up her campaign to legalise medicinal cannabis.

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Going With The Flow

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October 26, 2015 • 30m

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Cedar and Stuart Anderson have revolutionised the humble beehive. From living off the smell of an oily rag they've now become millionaires. How will they cope moving from a simple life to running an international company?

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Stayin' Alive

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November 2, 2015 • 30m

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A young Kimberley tour guide beats the odds, to follow in the footsteps of a distinguished ancestor.

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Out Of The Water

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November 9, 2015 • 30m

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What one mother uncovered on her rural property after her family was dealt the most terrible blow.

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The Age Of Ange

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November 16, 2015 • 30m

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The man who's taken football from the forgotten game to unforgettable glory - Ange Postecoglou.

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A Force Of Nature

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November 23, 2015 • 30m

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Margot Spalding: The colourful Bendigo business woman who's campaigning against intolerance and hate.

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Phantom Of The Opera House

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February 1, 2016 • 30m

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The forgotten man: Peter Hall completed the Sydney Opera House after Danish architect Jorn Utzon resigned. But he was pilloried for his efforts. He died broken and destitute.

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Sea Of Doubt

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February 8, 2016 • 30m

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Mystery at sea: Two men leave on the trip of a lifetime, but only one returns. Now family and friends embark on a quest to solve this baffling disappearance in the remote Pacific Ocean.

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Nugget Of Gold

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February 15, 2016 • 30m

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The remarkable story of Barry 'Nugget' Rees, who rose from the most unlikely circumstances to become friend and trusted confidante of generations of Australia's elite cricketers.

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True Grit (Part 1)

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February 22, 2016 • 30m

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Inside the private life of international rugby star David Pocock. We travel back to his homeland Zimbabwe where dramatic events shaped the passion that so famously drives him today, both on and off the field.

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True Grit (Part 2)

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February 29, 2016 • 30m

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In the concluding episode of this television exclusive, David Pocock, his partner Emma and his family reveal the inside story of one of Australia's most remarkable contemporary sports stars.

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My Conscience Tells Me

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March 7, 2016 • 30m

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Eighty-year-old Dr. Rodney Syme is prepared to defy the law to help a terminally ill man die, even if it means going to jail.

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How I Met Your Father

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March 14, 2016 • 30m

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Former advertising executive Aminah Hart always wanted to be a mother, but no one expected the back-to-front romance that made it happen.

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The Beauty Myth

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March 21, 2016 • 30m

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The woman on a mission to change the face of fashion: Model agent Chelsea Bonner is the daughter of famously beautiful parents but she's staked her career on changing our ideas of beauty and body image.

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The Minister's Secret

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March 28, 2016 • 30m

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The surprising personal revelations of Australia's first Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, Fiona Richardson MP.

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Whitey's Way

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April 4, 2016 • 30m

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Paul White, or 'Whitey' to his mates, is an unstoppable force. He's the bush copper turned CEO of one of Australia's most successful sporting clubs. A shock diagnosis has left him fighting for his life.

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Port Arthur

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April 11, 2016 • 30m

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The legacy of the Port Arthur massacre and the impact it had on survivors and witnesses.

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Building Bridges

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April 18, 2016 • 30m

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For the first time on TV, Michelle Bridges and her family talk about her becoming a mum at 45, her relationship with 'Commando' Steve Willis and taking on the junk food industry.

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Abby's Road

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April 25, 2016 • 30m

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Ten years ago, two-year-old Abby Walker was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and her parents made a controversial decision. Today she is fit and well. This is her family's remarkable journey.

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A Kind Of Medicine

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May 2, 2016 • 30m

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Music as medicine: one of Australia's first Indigenous doctors, Mark Wenitong, pioneers music for healing after his family is shattered by a horrific accident involving his daughter, musician Naomi Wenitong.

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Your Money Or Your Life

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May 9, 2016 • 30m

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After cheating death in her early twenties, Danielle Tindle is on a mission to improve treatment and care for other young cancer patients. Now she faces a greater challenge. Can she beat the odds again?

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Dare To Dream

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May 16, 2016 • 30m

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The remarkable untold story behind the creation of Australia's newest opera and its composer George Palmer.

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Into The Fog Of War (Part 1)

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May 23, 2016 • 30m

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The exclusive inside story of an elite Australian army commando charged with the manslaughter of five children after a horrific and controversial raid gone wrong in Afghanistan.

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Into The Fog Of War (Part 2)

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May 30, 2016 • 30m

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Continuing the exclusive story of an elite Australian Army Commando charged with the manslaughter of five children after a horrific and controversial raid gone wrong in Afghanistan.

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20th Anniversary Special (Part 1)

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June 6, 2016 • 30m

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This two-part anniversary special looks back over Australian Story's key themes, with participants and producers revealing the stories behind some of the show's most significant and popular programs.

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20th Anniversary Special (Part 2)

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June 13, 2016 • 30m

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Celebrating 20 Years On Air, ABC's multi-award-winning program looks back on some of the most memorable moments and reveals the untold stories behind them.

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When The Call Comes

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June 20, 2016 • 30m

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This week's episode focuses on Michele Perry's quest for justice and to understand why her homeless brother, Morgan Wayne Perry, was killed in a knife attack by a young private school graduate.

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Limbo Land

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June 27, 2016 • 30m

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Actor John Wood introduces the story of Pat Murphy, a farmer who's doing it tough after a coal mine opened next to his property. Now Pat wants to leave the area, but that's easier said than done.

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One Of The Mob

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July 4, 2016 • 30m

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Filmmaker David Batty has been a White man in a Black world for 40 years. He struck gold with cult series 'Bush Mechanics'. Now despite a family tragedy he's back with a new screen adventure.

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The Longest Expedition

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July 11, 2016 • 30m

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Renowned climber Paul Pritchard returns to Tasmania's notorious Totem Pole to tackle the climb that nearly killed him eighteen years earlier and left him partially paralysed with a massive head injury.

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The Heart Bus

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July 18, 2016 • 30m

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Travel to the outback with innovative engineer-turned-cardiologist Dr Rolf Gomes who takes life-saving cardiac care to people in regional Australia.

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Gone Girl

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July 25, 2016 • 30m

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Gone Girl: Two young people fall in love and marry, but are torn apart when one of them is taken into immigration detention. Supporters are determined to see the decision reversed.

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The Two Of Us

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August 1, 2016 • 30m

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A heart-warming story of friendship between legendary jazz musician Don Burrows and the star he mentored, James Morrison. Now with Don Burrows about to turn 88, the roles have reversed.

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The Olympic Spirit

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August 8, 2016 • 30m

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With all eyes on Rio, Ian Thorpe introduces a program marking the 60th anniversary of Australia's greatest ever Olympics Melbourne 1956 & the swimmer who inspired generations of Olympians - Murray Rose.

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About A Girl

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August 15, 2016 • 30m

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Battling prejudice and legal challenges, 16-year-old transgender teenager Georgie Stone takes on the system to make life easier for other transgender kids and their families.

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What A Wonderful World

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August 22, 2016 • 30m

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What A Wonderful World: Fifty years on, Patricia Amphlett (Little Pattie) returns to Vietnam where as a 17-year-old she was on stage performing for Australian troops when the Battle of Long Tan broke out.

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A League Of Their Own

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August 29, 2016 • 30m

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Businesswoman Susan Alberti could only dream of playing AFL. Now she's supporting a new Women's League & has struck up an unlikely friendship with top player Moana Hope.

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The Sugar Trip

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September 5, 2016 • 30m

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Filmmaker and actor Damon Gameau repays a debt of knowledge when he returns to Central Australia to help revitalise an Indigenous community's healthy eating initiative.

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The Flow On Effect

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September 12, 2016 • 30m

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A year on, what's happening with Australia's most unlikely millionaires? Revisit Byron Bay's father and son beekeepers, the Andersons to see how the success of their company changed their lives.

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When Beccy Met Libby

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September 19, 2016 • 30m

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An old fashioned love story with a modern day twist. Country singer Beccy Cole wants to tie the knot with her partner cabaret singer Libby O'Donovan. But will the law be changed to allow same-sex marriage?

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Shadow Of Doubt

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September 26, 2016 • 30m

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When two cousins set out to find the truth about their grandfather, they uncover family secrets, a scandalous/shocking murder and more questions than answers.

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Tough Love

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October 3, 2016 • 30m

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Taylor & Michael have Down syndrome. They plan to marry & have children, but their parents don't believe they have the skills to raise a family. Can their parents stop them or will their right to reproduce prevail?

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The Big Dry

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October 10, 2016 • 30m

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For years TV newsreader Talitha Cummins masked her alcoholism, until her drinking spiralled out of control. Now four years sober, she describes herself as the modern face of alcoholism: young, professional & high functioning.

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When Plans Change (Part 1)

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October 17, 2016 • 30m

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Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner reveals for the first time the story behind a desperate attempt to get her children back from Beirut, which landed her in jail along with a 60 Minutes crew.

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When Plans Change (Part 2)

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October 24, 2016 • 30m

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The story of Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner continues, as she describes her desperate attempt to get her children back from Beirut, which landed her in jail along with a 60 Minutes crew.

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The New Black

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October 31, 2016 • 30m

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Black Caviar captured the nation's imagination like no other horse since Phar Lap. Now her first offspring Oscietra is a promising two-year-old filly with top trainer David Hayes.

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A Field Of Dreams

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November 7, 2016 • 30m

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In a bold social experiment, the tiny rural community of Mingoola on the NSW-Queensland border is looking to the past to secure the future.

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Out Of The Water

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November 14, 2016 • 30m

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With summer fast approaching, the experience of a Queensland family is a timely warning of a hidden and deadly danger that can lurk in warm, fresh waters of regional Australia.

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The Road From Damascus

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November 21, 2016 • 30m

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Medico Khaled Naanaa caused a global outcry by exposing the deliberate starvation of civilians in Syria. But doing so made him a target. Now he's been given a new life in Australia.

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