How this camera-shy gardener landed a national TV hosting gig
As Gardening Australia's longest-serving presenter, Jane Edmanson says farewell and shares the secrets behind the success of Australia’s favourite gardening program.
Fiona Purcell is a digital producer for ABC listen and ABC iview, where she helps shape compelling digital and social content to reach Australians of all ages.
She brings a wealth of experience from across the ABC, having worked with ABC News Regional and served as deputy editor for ABC Everyday.
Fiona is particularly drawn to feature writing as a means to compassionately share personal stories that spark conversation, deepen understanding, and contribute to social change.
With a background in psychology and education, Fiona's career also spans leading Australian media brands, including The Australian Women's Weekly, Kidspot, and Bauer Media.
As Gardening Australia's longest-serving presenter, Jane Edmanson says farewell and shares the secrets behind the success of Australia’s favourite gardening program.
In an era of grim news and uncertainty, audiences are consistently drawn to murder mysteries. But what's behind that enduring fascination for the genre?
Cult '90s show Race Around the World is back, and we're on the hunt for fearless storytellers! Got a passport, an epic sense of adventure and an eye for a story? We want to hear from you.
After being exonerated for the deaths of her four infant children, Kathleen Folbigg is adjusting to life after 20 years wrongfully imprisoned — thanks to the enduring support of her lifelong friend and biggest advocate, Tracy Chapman.
The pressure to maintain a facade of success led Mic Whitty down a slippery slope to debt and homelessness. The kindness of friends and strangers helped him find his way back.
Over the course of two decades, Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski have enthralled millions, telling the remarkable stories of more than 3,200 guests. We asked listeners to share which Conversations guests have stayed with them long after the mic was turned off.
As a child, Richard Fidler was endlessly curious. That same thirst for understanding has guided him behind the Conversations mic, gently drawing captivating stories from his guests.
During big life changes, the weight of making the "right" decision can feel like it will make or break your future. We asked the experts how to move through that fear of regret.
In the closing years of World War II, more than 500 Australian and New Zealand POWs risked capture — and death — by fleeing Nazi-occupied Italy in a 100-kilometre alpine trek to safety in Switzerland.
Peter Norris's father was a violent bank robber who lived life on the run, dragging his boy across the country with him, until Peter refused to go with him one last time. It was the hardest decision he ever had to make.
Following this week's unveiling of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics plan, we took a dive into the archives to relive, in the words of Bruce McAvaney, one of Australia's most memorable sporting moments.
Kevin Whitby was driving home from a regular gym session, listening to a radio interview on sudden cardiac death. Fifteen minutes later, he had a heart attack. With the interview ringing in his ears, he went straight to hospital and was soon having life-saving surgery.
As Dave Pearson surfaced from a brutal shark encounter, he saw red water everywhere around him. With the shark still lurking underneath him, his first instinct was to stop the bleeding and get out of the surf.
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt is calling for parents and policymakers to roll back the "phone-based childhood", which he says is "hurting" child and adolescent mental health.
Jelena Dokic opens up about experiencing family violence as a child and during her tennis career.
Vicki turned to the rugged outback and Australia's longest-marked walking trail to rediscover the beauty of the world and process her grief.
At the heart of the Tarkine is Australia's largest tract of cool temperate rainforest, but parts of this awe-inspiring wilderness remain unprotected from native tree logging.
Ariane Beeston worked as a child protection officer for years, but she didn't realise how much the trauma of her work had impacted her until she had a child of her own.
When Hayley Campbell was just a child, she had an encounter with death that began a lifelong curiosity about what happens when we die.
After a humble upbringing marred by racial prejudice and social disadvantage, Ken Wyatt broke new ground for First Nations Australians wanting to have a say in federal decision-making. This is his story.
For families in Darwin, the chance of sleep on Christmas Eve in 1974 vanished as they endured one of the worst natural disasters in the country. Fifty years on, one couple shares the "miracle" that kept their infant son alive as the cyclone raged around them.
Comedian and music lover Bec Charlwood contentiously lists the best cover songs since 1999.
Get your buzzers ready, music fans — it's Spicks and Specks trivia time!
Twenty-one years since the historic Opera House "NO WAR" protest, the men behind the handiwork have revealed how they pulled it off — and how they view it now a new war is waged in the Middle East.
This museum curator explains why we should bring our childhood toys, old band T-shirts and family heirlooms out of hiding and honour them for the memories they contain.