Season 17 (2012)

Road to Nowhere (Part 1)
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February 6, 2012 • 30m

Part 1 of our story on Di Gicrist, the woman taking on the big end of town and changing the face of justice in South Australia aft...Read more

Road to Nowhere (Part 2)
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February 13, 2012 • 30m

The conclusion to our story on Di Gilcrist and her fight for justice after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.

Mary and Me
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February 20, 2012 • 30m

Kath Evans was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her brain and given only weeks to live. She attributes her sudden, ex...Read more

By the Light of Stars
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February 27, 2012 • 30m

Yaron Lifschitz took a small, troubled circus company and turned it into an artistic triumph that now has the world applauding its daring and glamour.

Half a Million Acres
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March 5, 2012 • 30m

David Pollock, a young man from remote Western Australia and Frances Jones, a young woman from the Melbourne suburbs, battle to sa...Read more

The Book of Daniel
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March 12, 2012 • 30m

Daniel Clarke at the age of ten, inspired by the late Steve Irwin, set out to raise funds to conserve habitat for orangutans in Indonesia.

Woman from Snowy River
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March 19, 2012 • 30m

Leigh Woodgate's journey from young mountain girl to shining racing star, through dark days of hospital and recovery to the triump...Read more

Going Troppo
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March 26, 2012 • 30m

From teenage years marked by delinquency, expulsions from school and several brushes with the law, John Polson became a successful...Read more

House Of Hancock
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April 2, 2012 • 30m

Another look at the 1997 classic story on Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart.

A Done Deal
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April 9, 2012 • 30m

Ric Richardson is an inventor who took on the might of Microsoft and scored a remarkable victory.

Streets with No Names
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April 16, 2012 • 30m

Scott Neeson built a career as a top Hollywood movie executive but after a holiday in Cambodia, gave it all up and now works to he...Read more

The Razor's Edge
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April 23, 2012 • 30m

Risktaker, investigator and troublemaker: animal advocate Lyn White and the images that shocked a nation.

Return to Wooleen
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April 30, 2012 • 30m

Since Half a Million Acres aired, the Pollock's battle to save their property has attracted powerful supporters and a visit by nat...Read more

Larger Than Life
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May 7, 2012 • 30m

Clive Palmer has been described as a generous giver, a national treasure and a major political force. He's also been labelled a bi...Read more

When We Were Racers
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May 14, 2012 • 30m

Triple world champion, Sir Jack Brabham became the first driver to be knighted for services to motorsport and the only Formula One...Read more

According to Her Cloth
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May 21, 2012 • 30m

From international model via prison to toast of Australian fashion week as a new generation designer: Tovah Cottle.

Turning the Tables
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May 28, 2012 • 30m

Jack Manning Bancroft, was just 19 when he started a plan to help disadvantaged kids finish school. Now at 26 he's one of Australia's youngest CEO's.

Walking with Kate Mulvany
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June 4, 2012 • 30m

Actress and playwright Kate Mulvany has experienced more than most people do in a lifetime and speaks candidly about life's many c...Read more

The Voice
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June 11, 2012 • 30m

Gurrumul Yunupingu's haunting voice has captivated global audiences, most recently in London for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

To Set Before a Queen
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June 18, 2012 • 30m

In the early hours of Sunday June 24, the unbeaten Black Caviar will take on Europe's best at Royal Ascot, in front of the Queen. ...Read more

Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 1)
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June 25, 2012 • 30m

Part One of our two part special where friends and family of Diana Bliss tell her story and reveal the extent of the private torme...Read more

Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 2)
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July 2, 2012 • 30m

This week, the conclusion to our story about Diana Bliss whose death earlier this year was reported around the world.

Letters to the Editor
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July 9, 2012 • 30m

It's a time of unprecedented crisis in the newspaper industry. But this week's Australian Story is about a former big city journal...Read more

Stranger on the Shore
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July 16, 2012 • 30m

Next week's program tells the story of a young woman unsettling her middle class Melbourne family by going out on a limb to 'adopt...Read more

Foolin' Around
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July 23, 2012 • 30m

Popular Country singer Beccy Cole has decided she is ready to tell audiences about a personal dilemma which has dogged her for more than ten years.

It Takes a Village
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July 30, 2012 • 30m

In 2001 Ian and Sandy Johnson adopted two orphaned children, Tigi and Frazer, from Ethiopia. Now with the children 12 and 15, we r...Read more

Her Natural Life
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August 6, 2012 • 30m

This program documents Annabelle Sandes' unlikely pathway from the fine art auction rooms of inner Sydney to whale conservation in the Kimberley.

Tatiana Is Dancing
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August 13, 2012 • 30m

Tanya Pearson has shaped the careers of hundreds of aspiring Australian dancers and at 75 continues to teach classical ballet full time.

The Queen of Extreme
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August 20, 2012 • 30m

Torah Bright has lived in the United States since she was fifteen years old when she turned professional as a snowboarder. Since t...Read more

Kicking the Habit
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August 27, 2012 • 30m

A recent High Court ruling all but ended the branding of cigarette packets in Australia. The decision and the woman behind it, Fed...Read more

War Paint
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September 3, 2012 • 30m

Ben Quilty is an Archibald prize winning artist with a lifelong interest in concepts of masculinity - from youthful excesses with ...Read more

On Bicheno Beach
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September 10, 2012 • 30m

It's forty years since a 15 year old Shane Gould created a sporting sensation by winning three individual gold medals at the Munich Olympics.

Alaska and Me
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September 17, 2012 • 30m

Twenty-seven year old John Cantor has devoted the past six years to trying to complete one of the toughest solo expeditions on ear...Read more

Life After Puberty
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September 24, 2012 • 30m

Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja, the two young girls who starred in the 1981 Bruce Beresford film 'Puberty Blues', found fame and c...Read more

Leap of Faith
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October 1, 2012 • 30m

Li Cunxin - once one of the world's best known dancers - embarks on a high stakes return to the ballet world after 15 years as a stockbroker.

The Slam
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October 8, 2012 • 30m

Exclusive with Rod Laver: the tennis legend is joined by family, friends and a line up of greats including Roger Federer.

The Slam (Part 2)
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October 15, 2012 • 30m

Part two follows Laver through his marriage to an older American divorcee, raising children, battling a near catastrophic stroke a...Read more

The Year of Living Famously
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October 22, 2012 • 30m

Ben Lewin and Judi Levine are two film-makers whose latest film 'The Sessions' has received considerable acclaim and is now being ...Read more

A Man of His Word
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October 29, 2012 • 30m

Veteran print reporter Malcolm Brown has covered some of the biggest stories of the last four decades, but now finds himself somew...Read more

Dreams from My Mother
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November 5, 2012 • 30m

Oscar-nominated actress Diane Cilento left Hollywood at the height of her fame to pursue more creative and spiritual endeavours. H...Read more

Under Her Spell
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November 12, 2012 • 30m

Zelie Bullen is a former stunt woman, turned world renowned animal trainer who trained Abraham, the lead horse in Steven Spielberg...Read more