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Pat Farmer was inspired to start running by 61-year-old farmer Cliff Young, who won the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon. At 18, Farmer was the youngest competitor in the race. Not able to make money from running, he won endorsements from ... More

Peter FitzSimons is a journalist, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is also a prolific author with more than 30 published books, all centred on very Australian subjects. His latest title, Breaker Morant , portrays the soldier whose story ... More

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

Locked down in Melbourne, Rob Mills is dreaming of the seaside. The singer, who had his first break in the first season of Australian Idol before going on to star in Wicked , Jesus Christ Superstar and Ghost , is also thinking of those who might be ... More