Australian Story — Season 29

Aired 19 February 2024 • 31 min

After the Matildas' World Cup glory, star midfielder Katrina Gorry introduces us to the tiny secret weapon who rekindled her love for the game.

Aired 26 February 2024 • 31 min

When the senseless death of teenager Cassius Turvey ignited fury across the nation, his mother Mechelle responded with a call for peace and unity.

Aired 4 March 2024 • 29 min

Sibling golf superstars Minjee and Min Woo Lee are like chalk and cheese, but they share the same goal - to be World No 1.

Aired 11 March 2024 • 30 min

School striker Anjali Sharma sued the government at 16. Now she's taking her fight for an end to fossil fuels to federal parliament, and the powerbrokers are listening.

Aired 18 March 2024 • 30 min

In an Australian Story special, former politician and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett opens up to Leigh Sales about love, loss and living large.

Aired 25 March 2024 • 31 min

Australian Story revisits the remarkable life of the late Bon Scott to celebrate the 50th anniversary of him joining AC/DC.

Aired 1 April 2024 • 31 min

Australian Story checks in on 2024 Australian of the Year Professor Richard Scolyer as he reaches a remarkable milestone in his revolutionary cancer treatment.

Aired 8 April 2024 • 27 min

How life has changed for inaugural Alone Australia winner Gina Chick. In conversation with Leigh Sales.

Aired 15 April 2024 • 31 min

Locals know him as a flower farmer but Arnold Dix shot to global fame when he helped rescue 41 Indian workers from a tunnel collapse. It turns out Arnold is also a barrister, scientist, engineer and a very unlikely hero.

Aired 22 April 2024 • 32 min

When Federal Labor Minister Tanya Plibersek learned her daughter Anna had been abused during a high school relationship, it was the beginning of the family's brutal fight for justice. Now Anna Coutts-Trotter is on a mission to support other survivors grappling with the aftermath of abuse.

Aired 29 April 2024 • 31 min

Leila McDougall has been defying the odds since childhood. She's overcome dyslexia, beaten cancer, and after sneaking into acting school, has written, produced and starred in a feature film to help her farming community.

Aired 6 May 2024 • 30 min

Modelling agent Chelsea Bonner has spent her career fighting to change perceptions of beauty but now she has an even bigger battle on her hands - artificial intelligence.

Aired 13 May 2024 • 31 min

Josh Niland's arguably Australia's hottest chef right now with his revolutionary approach to fish. The genesis of his wild experimentation: a life and death battle in childhood and the fear of failure as a young restaurateur.

Aired 20 May 2024 • 31 min

He can't cook, he's not after money but Shaun Christie-David is building a restaurant empire that's changing lives one dish at a time.

Aired 27 May 2024 • 31 min

Kylie Kwong has been at the top of the Australian food scene for three decades. Now she reveals her surprising next chapter, as she continues to channel unimaginable grief into a force for good.

Aired 3 June 2024 • 45 min

As rock band Cold Chisel marks its 50th anniversary, we explore why the iconic group has made such a lasting impact on Australian culture.

Aired 10 June 2024 • 31 min

When Quaden Bayles was nine, he was bullied and trolled for having dwarfism. But he also caught the eye of Mad Max director George Miller, and now at 13, has emerged triumphant.

Aired 12 August 2024 • 30 min

Rock legend Nick Cave sits down with Leigh Sales for a wide-ranging and deeply personal conversation.

Aired 19 August 2024 • 31 min

A matter of conscience or act of betrayal? Former Labor Senator Fatima Payman reveals the inner torment behind breaking ranks to vote against her party and the fallout that followed, at home and in the capital.

Aired 26 August 2024 • 30 min

Comedian Michelle Brasier was told she had a 97 per cent chance of getting cancer. She chose to laugh about it.

Aired 2 September 2024 • 31 min

Singer-songwriter Missy Higgins says she's never felt more vulnerable in her life. One of our most accomplished female artists, Missy retraces her rise to the top and reveals the emotional turmoil of the past couple of years.

Aired 9 September 2024 • 33 min

The first of three episodes examines the forces that shaped the media heir and the roots of the Murdoch sibling rivalry.

Aired 16 September 2024 • 42 min

In Part 2, Lachlan Murdoch feels the push and pull of the family business as he proves himself to his father.

Aired 23 September 2024 • 47 min

In the final chapter, Lachlan Murdoch finally wins the long struggle to take over the family empire. But at what cost?

Aired 30 September 2024 • 30 min

How Love on the Spectrum and Austin's Michael Theo found his voice and became a global star.

Aired 7 October 2024 • 29 min

Two rock climbing accidents dealt Gus Taylor devastating blows. But now he realises climbing is the best teacher he's ever had.

Aired 14 October 2024 • 31 min

A mysterious email. Shocking revelations. And the ultimate betrayal. How teacher Hannah Grundy was forced to become her own detective to unmask a sick cyber criminal whose identity she couldn't believe.

Aired 21 October 2024 • 30 min

When Orange Is the New Black star Yael Stone turned her back on Hollywood, everyone thought she was crazy - except the man who loved her. Social entrepreneur Jack Manning Bancroft knows what it takes to put skin in the game.

Aired 28 October 2024 • 29 min

In memory of TV host Fiona MacDonald, who died this month from MND, we revisit her story, filmed as she drove around Australia with her sister to raise awareness of the disease.

Aired 4 November 2024 • 30 min

In one of the toughest parts of Australia, renegade pastoralist Chris Henggeler is trialling a bold idea to regenerate his land using feral pests. Now, he's found himself on the wrong side of the law.

Aired 11 November 2024 • 31 min

From vilified 'drug cheat' to Olympic gold, Shayna Jack's extraordinary return to the pool.