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Michael Theo said he always felt like "a double scoop of dog crap". Now he's a leading man.

Shaun Christie-David is a radical restaurateur who's employing the "unemployable" and giving away thousands of free meals. 

Sam Neill opens up about why he’s “not really interested” in his cancer and why the thought of retirement is “horrifying”.

Erica Packer, former wife of billionaire James Packer, opens up about the deadly genetic mystery shadowing her family and the scientists working to crack the code for thousands more Australians.

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'Not on our watch': The young family living in the middle of nowhere to help bring our animals back from the brink

He's painted some of the world's biggest stars, married Australian television's darling and has a swanky hotel named after him, but life for Vincent Fantauzzo has never been easy.

These children and their granddad became a symbol of a senseless act of war, killed when MH17 was shot down. For the first time, their parents reveal how they found hope and meaning in the five years since the tragedy.

'I just want to laugh every day': Why Rosie Waterland is moving on from her traumatic past

Terminal and 22: How one mole changed Emma Betts' life

Belinda Green, Miss World 1972, found new meaning in life when she met veterinary surgeon Dr Howard Ralph, a man with an extraordinary devotion to saving native animals.

The Mongolian Derby, a 1,000 kilometre trek through the rugged terrain of the Mongolian Steppes, is the toughest horse race in the world — and an Aussie Olympian has just won it.

Author Nikki Gemmell found it hard listening to her elderly mother when she said euthanasia was a way to release her from debilitating chronic pain. "Don't you want to see the grandkids grow up?" she would ask.

David Batty, the filmmaker behind Bush Mechanics and Black As, has a knack for fitting in.

Brisbane Broncos players are digging in and playing in honour of their chief executive Paul White as he battles a brain tumour with his longtime friend, legendary coach Wayne Bennett by his side.

Cedar Anderson spent years quietly tinkering in his shed on his invention, only to find he had to take the reins of a multi-million-dollar company overnight.

Mark Webber credits a diminutive Englishwoman as being the "driving force" behind his spectacular racing career, which resulted in nine Grand Prix victories.