Australian Story Season 22

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22x01 Adrenaline Brush aired Feb 06, 2017

Described as more like a “rock star” than a painter, Sophie Cape never wanted to be an artist. A former elite athlete, she was destined for the Olympic Ga... read more

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22x02 The Hardest Choice aired Feb 13, 2017

Claudine and Dave Fitzgibbon always planned for a big family. But after giving birth to a healthy girl in 2013, those plans went awry. Over the next three... read more

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22x03 Unchained Melody aired Feb 20, 2017

Critics have heralded Melody Pool as one of the best singer-songwriters in Australia. She has been chosen as the support act for recent Australian tours b... read more

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22x04 Into Hot Water aired Feb 27, 2017

With early signs the Great Barrier Reef may be bleaching again, this episode tells the timely story of a scientist’s passion and determination to save some o... read more

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22x05 Getting Away With Murder aired Mar 06, 2017

The unsolved murder of Perth brothel madam Shirley Finn is one of Australia’s most notorious cold cases. For Shirley Finn’s daughter, Bridget Shewring, it... read more

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22x06 On Borrowed Time aired Mar 13, 2017

Mojgan Shamsalipoor came to Australia in 2012, aged 17, after fleeing terrible abuse and trauma in her home country, Iran. The young asylum seeker found s... read more

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22x07 My Mother's Secret aired Mar 20, 2017

One morning in October 2015, two police officers knocked on the door of writer and newspaper columnist Nikki Gemmell. They were there to inform her that her ... read more

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22x08 All for the Family aired Mar 27, 2017

Tyler Wright was destined to be a future world champion surfer. At just 14 she overtook multiple champions, some twice her age, to become the youngest-eve... read more

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22x09 Two Brothers aired Apr 03, 2017

Mal and Mike Leyland were pioneers of outback documentary-making, first setting off to Central Australia in 1960. Mal was just 15 and Mike 19. Their tele... read more

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22x10 Breaking Good aired Apr 10, 2017

Peter Lyndon-James is a former ice addict and criminal who now runs ‘the nation’s strictest’ drug rehabilitation centre. At Shalom House in Perth, addicts... read more

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22x11 The Story of the Krait aired Apr 24, 2017

On the eve of ANZAC Day, Australian Story revisits the secret weapon behind an audacious and top secret World War II mission – a rickety old fishing boat. ... read more

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22x12 Channeling Mr Woo aired May 01, 2017

When it came to a career, Eddie Woo could have done anything. But, in defiance of social convention and his parents’ wishes, he chose to go into education. ... read more

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22x13 Splendour in the Grass aired May 08, 2017

This week Australian Story returns to one of our most popular rural programs – the story of a young pastoralist whose dream is to restore his beloved land ba... read more

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22x14 Candy Man - Part 1 aired May 15, 2017

The global success of hit movie Lion has made screenwriter Luke Davies one of Hollywood’s hottest properties. But the path to success has not been an easy... read more

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22x15 Candy Man - Part 2 aired May 22, 2017

This week concludes the two-part exclusive story about Luke Davies – poet, novelist and Oscar-nominated screenwriter of the hit movie Lion. Having pulled... read more

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22x16 The Beat Goes On aired May 29, 2017

Anyone who lives in the bush knows it’s nearly impossible to get the same level of medical care as you can in the city. In fact, if you suffer from heart di... read more

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22x17 Murder by the Sea aired Jun 05, 2017

The unsolved 1973 murder of young Sydney mother Lynette White terrified the community and has baffled police for more than 40 years. Lynette’s husband Pau... read more

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22x18 I Am Sam aired Jun 12, 2017

Sam Goddard’s story is one of determination and a family’s love in the most devastating circumstances. Australian Story first shared Sam’s journey in 2011... read more

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22x19 Sins of the Father aired Jun 19, 2017

At 31, Vincent Shin is Australia’s first dedicated in-school lawyer, providing students at The Grange P-12 College in Melbourne’s outer west with advice on e... read more

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22x20 Shooting for the Stars aired Jun 26, 2017

When Mayor Chagai was six years old he fled civil war in South Sudan, becoming one of Africa’s “lost boys”. In 2006 he came to Australia as a refugee, 19 ... read more

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22x21 The Peacemaker aired Jul 03, 2017

As we celebrate NAIDOC Week, Australian Story delves into the largely untold story of Uncle Ossie Cruse, a driving force for Aboriginal rights for more than ... read more

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22x22 Long Way from Home - Part 1 aired Jul 10, 2017

When Rosie Ayliffe’s only child, Mia Ayliffe-Chung, was murdered last August in a Queensland backpacker hostel it made headlines around the world. The 20-... read more

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22x23 Long Way from Home - Part 2 aired Jul 17, 2017

This week concludes the two-part story of Englishwoman Rosie Ayliffe, whose 20-year-old daughter was murdered last year in a Queensland backpacker hostel. ... read more

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22x24 My Son Sam aired Jul 24, 2017

Sydney GP Dr James Best was prepared to throw out the rulebook on autism as his son Sam entered adolescence. Rather than keeping him to routines and “wrap... read more

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22x25 Playing With Fire aired Jul 31, 2017

Labor Senator Sam Dastyari was a rising star in the halls of Parliament House, until a political donations scandal brought him undone last year. The colou... read more

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22x26 The Bridge aired Aug 07, 2017

On a Sunday afternoon in 2012, Donna Thistlethwaite told her partner she was going out to buy groceries. Instead she drove to Brisbane’s Story Bridge and tri... read more

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22x27 The Shape Shifters aired Aug 14, 2017

Supermodel Robyn Lawley and her agent Chelsea Bonner live on opposite sides of the world but they’re united in their mission: they want to change the way wom... read more

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22x28 The Strong Man aired Aug 21, 2017

Australian Federal Police Commander Grant Edwards was once Australia’s strongest man. He was able to pull massive locomotives, aeroplanes and semi-trailers w... read more

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22x29 The Minister's Secret aired Aug 28, 2017

This week we remember Fiona Richardson MP, the Victorian Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, who died of breast cancer on Wednesday. Introduce... read more

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22x30 Beyond OK aired Sep 04, 2017

Gavin Larkin was the ultimate alpha male: a highly successful advertising executive with friends in high places. But there was a problem with his seemingl... read more

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22x31 Modern Family aired Sep 11, 2017

John Guthrie and Dennis Cash never wanted kids. In fact, they had never even discussed the idea. But 20 years ago, an ad in the local paper made them stop... read more

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22x32 All the World's a Stage aired Sep 18, 2017

Born with a rare form of dwarfism, actor and dancer Kiruna Stamell has faced ridicule and discrimination all her life. But her determination to be a performe... read more

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22x33 Found in Translation aired Sep 25, 2017

Is Asperger's syndrome the next stage of human evolution? Professor Tony Attwood believes the "out of the box" thought processes of people on the autism s... read more

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22x34 Call of the Wild aired Oct 02, 2017

For Belinda Green, beauty was a ticket out of a difficult childhood. She was crowned Miss World in 1972 and was Australia's "It Girl" during the '70s. But... read more

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22x35 Paying It Forward aired Oct 09, 2017

Waverley Stanley was a 12-year-old Indigenous student at a country Queensland public school when his teacher Rosemary Bishop spotted "something special" in h... read more

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22x36 A Gentle Man aired Oct 16, 2017

Australian Story goes behind-the-scenes with boxing's Mr Nice Guy Jeff Horn and his meteoric rise from bullied teen to welterweight champion of the world. ... read more

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22x37 End Game aired Oct 23, 2017

Will he stay or will he go? It’s the biggest question in Australian football right now. After weeks of criticism, Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou has ... read more

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22x38 Balancing the Scales aired Oct 30, 2017

Elisha Rose has lived with the shame and stigma of her father’s actions since she was 13 years old. In 1998, Lindsey Rose was sentenced to five consecutive l... read more

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22x39 Behind the Mask - Part 1 aired Nov 06, 2017

After a career spanning 50 years, legendary broadcaster Mike Willesee is facing his greatest challenge –throat cancer. Mike was diagnosed 12 months ago an... read more

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22x40 Behind the Mask - Part 2 aired Nov 13, 2017

We continue our two-part special with legendary journalist Mike Willesee as he faces the fight of his life — throat cancer. The episode begins in 1993 whe... read more

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22x41 Without Rhyme or Reason - Justice for Justine aired Nov 20, 2017

Sydney woman Justine Damond Ruszczyk was living in Minneapolis and weeks away from her wedding when she was shot dead by a US police officer in shocking circ... read more

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