Australian Story

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.

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

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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 he’s also a barrister, engineer and a very unlikely hero.

What happens after you've survived the wilderness? Gina Chick sits down with Australian Story's Leigh Sales to discuss life after Alone Australia and how that affirmation has helped her make peace with her big, wild personality.

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

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bon Scott joining AC/DC, Australian Story repeats its hugely popular profile of the band’s late, great frontman. Featuring a wealth of archival material, On the Brink covers the highs and lows of a remarkable life.

In the first of an occasional series of Australian Story specials, Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett sits down for an intimate and wide-ranging conversation with Leigh Sales.

Anjali Sharma, 19, is taking her fight for a cleaner future direct to the lawmakers in federal parliament.

One's a rule follower, the other's a rebel. Here's how siblings Min Woo and Minjee Lee became superstars in the golf world.

When the senseless death of teenager Cassius Turvey ignited fury across the nation, his mother Mechelle instead called for peace and unity.

Season return: The bold decision that would become a gamechanger for Matildas mid fielder Katrina Gorry.

Professor Richard Scolyer is ‘patient zero’ in a high-risk experimental treatment for his brain cancer.

Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long have saved thousands of lives using immunotherapy. Now they hope they can find a cure for Professor Scolyer.

Journalist Quentin McDermott — who secured the first interview with Kathleen Folbigg from prison — gives an insight into Australian Story's investigation of her case over 20 years.

There's no fuss, no entourage and no star ego, writes producer Vanessa Gorman, on filming with Sam Neill.

When filming a story about Mick Curran and Jamie Teh, producer Kristine Taylor discovered a common mistake sighted people often make when interacting with people who are blind.

After six months off, Leigh Sales returns to ABC TV as the face of Australian Story. Switching off gave her a new perspective on how news is covered and the impact it's having.

I knew it was a good 'get' to secure an interview with MJ, arguably the world's greatest sportsperson, but it wasn't until we saw the reaction online that we really understood the scale of our scoop, writes Australian Story executive producer Caitlin Shea.

While producing three programs about the disappearance of Lyn Dawson, Wendy Page spoke to a wide range of people connected to the case — family, friends, Chris Dawson and his teenage lover.

It took six months of negotiation for the acclaimed actor and filmmaker to agree to being interviewed about his career and work with the Fred Hollows Foundation, then Joel Edgerton opened up about an intensely private struggle.