Stories

Ian Heydon is an award-winning comedy writer who, over the past four decades, has written for television, radio, print, online and the stage.

Paul Pritchard is an experienced climber who has successfully tackled some of the world’s most remote places – from Patagonia, the very tip of South America, to the Arctic, Pakistan, India and Nepal.

Chris Kerr is passionate about telling stories, particularly the stories of people with disability in regional Australia.

Troy Sachs OAM celebrated International Day of People with Disability 2021, or what he referred to as “the greatest day of the year apart from Christmas”, by going for a jog.

Vibrant Maddie makes every minute count, whether she is studying, cooking, walking, listening to music or spending time with friends.

Tim is the first ever Australian to land a wheelchair backflip, which he achieved in 2016. That’s quite a feat, but it’s just one facet of this talented occupational therapy student and professional wheelchair motocross (WCMX*) rider from Holmview in Queensland.

Softly spoken 19-year-old Lily has been on quite the journey ever since she decided to enter the ABC’s Heywire competition to tell her story.

Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM works at the Gold Coast University Hospital in one of the busiest emergency departments in the country, and he loves his job.