Ordinary people, extraordinary stories

Growing up, Tyler Mahoney spent her days searching for gold in the WA desert. She still loves the "dopamine hit" of finding it.

It's a race competitors said would never happen today. But in 1988, over months across the Australian desert, competitors and their camels defied odds to make history.

Born in Queensland in 1929, when Indigenous people had few rights, Aunty Ruth Hegarty has lived a big life. Actor, director and writer Leah Purcell talks about being a 'truth-teller' and how she brought Aunty Ruth's story to the stage.

When the media turned on her after the 2004 Athens Olympics, Jana Pittman was filled with self-doubt, and it wasn't the first time. Here's how she turned things around.

In the summer of 1950, author Kristina Olsson’s mother lost her infant son when he was snatched from her arms as she boarded a train.

Crispian Chan was eight when his family's Chinese restaurant was firebombed by a neo-Nazi group. As an adult, he set out to track their leader down.

The descendants of some of Britain's wealthiest families who profited from and supported transatlantic slavery have gathered together to form a new group that seeks to apologise for the past and give financial reparations to the people of the Caribbean.

Nature was always Warren's "antidote" to a busy life. Then he had a devastating accident on Hinchinbrook Island and didn't know if he'd make it out alive.

At 22, Derrick Cusack didn’t think he’d live to see 30. He was in a toxic party scene and self-medicating with drugs and alcohol. Then, he moved back to the country and was given an opportunity that changed the narrative of his life.

Outgoing High Court Chief Justice Susan Kiefel speaks to The Law Report about women in the law and her support for joint judgments.