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As the mother from ABC TCV's Further Back in Time For Dinner , Carol Ferrone and her family have lived through each decade from the 1900s to 1940s. Carol, husband Peter and their children Julian, Sienna and Olivia took the changing times in their stride ... More

Seven-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup is preparing for his 19th Bathurst 1000, which will be held a week later than usual this year due to COVID-19. Like everyone in the Supercars paddock, the Red Bull Holden Racing Team star's year has been ... More

Fairfield councillor Dai Le has been in politics for 12 years. In that time she has worked tirelessly for the Cabramatta and Fairfield communities setting up DAWN (a network focusing on social impact businesses and leaders with its own media channel ... More

"Dr Karl" Kruszelnicki has four degrees, has written 46 books and, at 72, is working harder than ever. Previous careers included producing some of the first MTV videos in Australia, setting up the first cable TV channel and being an engineer, roadie ... More

Comedian Ben Lomas was working on The Project and Ninja Warrior and about to debut his new stand-up act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival when COVID-19 hit. He lost a year's worth of work in nine days during Melbourne's first lockdown. ... More

Melbourne-based Sally Flower is a wellness coach and the founder of Home Sanctuary. She studied under the decluttering expert Marie Kondo to become an accredited KonMari consultant. She now flies around Australia helping clients clear their homes while ... More

Author and University of Queensland professor of communications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies, Anita Heiss's most recent book was editing the anthology Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia . A significant literary project aims to ... More

Michael Tomalaris, SBS newsreader, veteran sports reporter and long-time advocate of the Tour de France is spending his first July in Sydney for many years. Normally he would be in France covering the Tour which he's done for the past 24 years ... More

Sports, outdoors and general news writer Anthony Sharwood had been working for major news websites for 17 years before he decided to document his journey along the 660km Australian Alps Walking Track in December 2019. Being a lifelong lover of Australia's ... More

Craig Reucassel, TV and radio presenter, prankster, actor and planet promoter, who made his name on The Chaser is on another mission. This month Craig is back on the ABC with Fight for Planet A: Our Climate Challenge to show how to reduce our carbon ... More