Australian Story Season 23

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23x01 Here Come the Brides aired Feb 05, 2018

Like many families across the country, the family of Christine Forster and her brother, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, was divided by the same-sex marria... read more

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23x02 Long Journey Home aired Feb 12, 2018

When scientist Jim Bowler saw a human skeleton emerging from the sandhills of the remote Willandra Lakes in 1974, he had no idea his chance discovery would r... read more

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23x03 Leap of Faith aired Feb 19, 2018

Meet the Billy Elliots of Australia! From humble beginnings in western Sydney, Steven McRae and Alexander Campbell have made it to the top of world ballet... read more

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23x04 The Man in Bed 10 aired Feb 26, 2018

When medical student Dinesh Palipana was left a quadriplegic after a horrific car accident, he was told he would never become a doctor. Unable to feel any... read more

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23x05 Final Call aired Mar 05, 2018

Outback nurse Gayle Woodford was working alone at night on call in the remote South Australian community of Fregon when a man came to her door asking for Pan... read more

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23x06 The Matildas: Pitch Perfect aired Mar 12, 2018

The Matildas are the "darlings" of Australian sport right now. Their recent run of wins and positive style of play has seen them catapult to number four i... read more

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23x07 Channelling Mr Woo² aired Mar 19, 2018

Eddie Woo is Australia’s most famous maths teacher. He first came to prominence with "Wootube”"— his free YouTube channel that went viral with its fun and... read more

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23x08 The Enemy Within aired Mar 26, 2018

When Justin Yerbury’s family members began to die from motor neurone disease he made a life-changing decision. He turned his back on a professional basket... read more

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23x09 When the War Is Over aired Apr 09, 2018

Mick Bainbridge is a former commando who was left battling a crippling case of PTSD after five overseas deployments. When Mick sought support from his com... read more

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23x10 Dear Emma aired Apr 16, 2018

Brisbane woman Emma Betts was living her dream as an aid worker in East Timor when someone suggested she have a mole on her back checked. A year after she... read more

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23x11 The Justice Principle (Part 1) aired Apr 23, 2018

Dassi Erlich and her two sisters are a formidable force. Their ongoing battle to extradite former headmistress Malka Leifer from Israel to face sexual abu... read more

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23x12 The Justice Principle (Part 2) aired Apr 30, 2018

Concluding the story of Dassi Erlich and her two sisters, who are fighting to extradite their former headmistress from Israel to face sexual abuse charges. ... read more

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23x13 Baby Steps aired May 07, 2018

When Claudine and Dave Fitzgibbon’s unborn baby boy was diagnosed with spina bifida, it was devastating. This was their third diagnosis and they couldn’t ... read more

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23x14 The Choirmaster aired May 14, 2018

Morris Stuart is a charismatic choir director bringing the sacred sounds of the Central Australian desert to the world. Over a decade ago, the retired pas... read more

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23x15 The Massimo Mission aired May 21, 2018

Like most parents Stephen and Sally Damiani will do almost anything for their children. So when they were first told that their baby boy Massimo had a mys... read more

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23x16 Blood on the Tracks - Part 1 aired May 28, 2018

Over the next two weeks Australian Story and the ABC’s Unravel podcast series will be exploring the mysterious death of teenager Mark Haines. When Mar... read more

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23x17 Blood on the Tracks - Part 2 aired Jun 04, 2018

Australian Story and the ABC’s Unravel podcast series present a major breakthrough in the mysterious case of teenager Mark Haines. When Mark's body was fo... read more

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23x18 Running From Empty aired Aug 06, 2018

By Christmas 2011 Queensland chef Matt Golinski was on top of his game. He had a successful catering business and a national media profile courtesy of the Re... read more

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23x19 From Behind Bars aired Aug 13, 2018

Kathleen Folbigg is serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing all four of her infant children. During her 2003 trial the court heard that Caleb, Patri... read more

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23x20 Leading the Way aired Aug 20, 2018

Graham Long’s decision to retire presented a real challenge for Sydney's Wayside Chapel. How best to replace a visionary pastor who had served the city's hom... read more

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23x21 Meet You in Paris aired Aug 27, 2018

In June last year, Mark and Julie Wallace were forced to face every parent’s worst fear when their 21-year-old daughter Sara Zelenak went missing after a ter... read more

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23x22 Out of the Woods aired Sep 03, 2018

From a homeless alcoholic living in the wild to academic success and a book deal, Out of the Woods tells the inspiring comeback story of forest-dweller Grego... read more

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23x23 The Teacher's Wife aired Sep 10, 2018

She was a wife, a mother, a sister and a daughter. Lyn Dawson had everything to live for, so why did she disappear without a trace 36 years ago? Her husba... read more

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23x24 The Show Must Go On aired Sep 17, 2018

When Emma Watkins became the Yellow Wiggle in 2012, she overcame a backlash to make the yellow skivvy her own, winning over a new generation of fans. As E... read more

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23x25 The Town that Saved Itself aired Sep 24, 2018

The South Australian steel town of Whyalla was facing extinction two years ago. A one-company town, its big employer, Arrium, went bust and the jobs of 3,... read more

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23x26 The Skin You're In aired Oct 01, 2018

Taryn Brumfitt is the Adelaide mother-of-three behind a global movement inspiring women to make peace with their bodies. Like many mothers, Taryn loathed ... read more

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23x27 The Story of Samuel aired Oct 08, 2018

Samuel Symons led a quietly inspirational life. Diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour at age four, he spent most of his life in and out of hospitals. ... read more

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23x28 Unbreakable aired Oct 15, 2018

Prince Harry has spoken exclusively to Australian Story ahead of the Invictus Games which will open in Sydney next week. Founded by His Royal Highness, Th... read more

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23x29 Hope Springs aired Oct 29, 2018

Over many years, Australian Story has followed the efforts of farmer Peter Andrews to drought-proof the land. His unorthodox approach, which involves ... read more

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23x30 No Surrender aired Nov 05, 2018

When Australian Story first filmed with Dr Justin Yerbury, the world-renowned scientist’s research into motor neurone disease had taken on a terrible urgency... read more

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23x31 Call Me Harrison aired Nov 12, 2018

When former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer and his wife Judy learned that their young son was autistic, they were told he would probably never have a job ... read more

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23x32 Close Contact aired Nov 19, 2018

By the time this year’s Queensland schoolboy rugby union season was over, four teenagers had broken their necks, their lives changed forever. Two of them,... read more

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23x33 Hell's Angel aired Nov 26, 2018

As Western Australia reels in shock from a succession of family mass murders, Perth advocate Dr Ann O’Neill offers a powerful message of hope. Twenty-four... read more

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23x34 Independent's Day aired Dec 03, 2018

When Kerryn Phelps first spoke to Australian Story in 1998 she was a celebrity TV doctor with no public political aspirations. Twenty years later she defi... read more

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23x35 The Burning Question aired Dec 10, 2018

As the 10th anniversary of the Black Saturday fires approaches and the nation braces for another devastating bushfire season, we examine the fatal Churchill ... read more

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23x36 Inside Story aired Dec 17, 2018

In a television exclusive, the untold story of James Ricketson, the Australian filmmaker locked up in Cambodia for 15 months on espionage charges. Ric... read more

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