Australian Story: Series 2023
Season 28 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Australian Story Season 27.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 28 Progress Shield
The Transformer - Saul Griffith
Feb 27, 2023 · 30 min
His ideas caught the eye of the US President. Now engineer Saul Griffith is making waves at home, joining his local community in an ambitious project to electrify their suburb and
Game Changer
Mar 6, 2023 · 30 min
Many parents worry their children are gaming to excess and don't know how to deal with it. Psychologist Wayne Warburton says he can help, with an Australia-first program tackling p
Diving in Deep (Part 1) - Valerie Taylor
Mar 13, 2023 · 30 min
Valerie Taylor burst onto our TV screens in the '60s, stunning viewers by diving with dangerous sharks. She shares home movies, recalls acting in Skippy and reveals the moment that
Diving in Deep (Part 2) - Valerie Taylor
Mar 20, 2023 · 30 min
Shark legend Valerie Taylor takes us behind the scenes of the hit film Jaws and inside her campaign to save the grey nurse shark. Still diving at 87, she's inspiring a new generati
Making a Scene - Claudia Karvan
Mar 27, 2023 · 30 min
Actor and producer Claudia Karvan speaks openly about her chaotic childhood and the challenges of managing her late father's mental illness. And she reveals how she mines her uncon
After The Fall - Mahboba Rawi and Sourosh Cina
Apr 3, 2023 · 30 min
From a Sydney loungeroom, a mother and son take on a perilous mission to evacuate children and staff from their Afghan orphanages following the Taliban's return to power in 2021. C
A Matter of Minutes - Mick and Katharine O'Dowd
Apr 10, 2023 · 31 min
Mick O'Dowd has survived the unimaginable. He came close to death but lived. Three years after first telling his story, Mick is reclaiming his life and is back doing the things he
Charting Her Course - Jessica Watson
Apr 17, 2023 · 31 min
Love, loss and sailing the world solo: Jessica Watson takes us inside her amazing voyage as a teenage sailor, speaks about the grief of losing her partner, and a new feature film w
Call of the River (Update) - Kate McBride
Apr 24, 2023 · 30 min
Four years after alerting the world to mass fish kills in the Darling River, young farmer Kate McBride is taking her campaign to Canberra. She's determined to be a voice for the bu
Taking the Lead - Heather Mitchell
May 1, 2023 · 30 min
Actor Heather Mitchell's life has been as dramatic off screen as it has on. And she's channelling those experiences into some of the greatest performances of her career.
After the Storm (Update) - Beth Heinrich
May 8, 2023 · 32 min
One woman's decades-long quest for justice. Beth Heinrich was permanently changed by what she experienced as a teenager. Now in her 80s, she's spent almost half her lifetime chasin
Labour of Love - Michelle and Jono Harley
May 15, 2023 · 30 min
How a 52-year-old woman gave birth to her grandson. When Michelle couldn't have children, her mother offered to be a surrogate. Her sister-in-law did too. Now Michelle and her husb
Changing Minds
May 22, 2023 · 31 min
The remarkable story of a woman taking part in Australia's first psychedelic-assisted therapy trial. For Lindy Bok, it's a profound and deeply emotional experience as the treatment
A Brilliant Canvas - John Olsen
May 29, 2023 · 30 min
A story of art, fame and family. The late John Olsen, one of our most beloved painters, had an obsessive focus on his work, often casting a shadow on those around him. John and fam
Blind Leading The Blind - Mick Curran and Jamie Teh
Jun 5, 2023 · 30 min
Mick and Jamie bonded over coding as teenagers. Now their brilliant tech idea is transforming lives around the world. Their software could have made them rich but instead they've k
Fight For Freedom - Kathleen Folbigg
Jun 12, 2023 · 32 min
Australian Story's coverage of Kathleen Folbigg's case helped kickstart the scientific research that ultimately freed her. Watch the updated story of her fight for freedom over the
The Getting of Wisdom - Hugh van Cuylenburg
Jun 19, 2023 · 31 min
Buried memories and family secrets - how hit podcaster Hugh van Cuylenburg's quest to help people gain a positive mindset took him on his own path of self-discovery and forced him
A Voice from the Heart - Megan Davis
Jun 26, 2023 · 30 min
As a child, Megan Davis fell in love with the Constitution. Now she's a lawyer and a driving force behind the Voice referendum. She wants to change the nation's founding document i
Force of Nature - Gina Chick
Aug 28, 2023 · 31 min
Her unconventional approach to surviving in the wild captured the public imagination. Now reality TV star Gina Chick shares how connecting with nature helped her through unimaginab
A Family Legacy - Erica Packer
Sep 4, 2023 · 29 min
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 mor
Atonement - Dean Yates
Sep 11, 2023 · 31 min
War correspondent Dean Yates thought he was indestructible but when two of his staff were gunned down by the US military in Iraq, he & his family reached breaking point. Now he's t
A Silver Lining (Part 1)
Sep 18, 2023 · 32 min
When three Newcastle teens became overnight rock stars, their world exploded; huge concerts and crowds, intense fame and scrutiny. Ben and Chris from Silverchair take us on that ro
A Silver Lining (Part 2)
Sep 25, 2023 · 32 min
Rockband Silverchair makes a comeback with its fifth album and a massive hit. But backstage, the wheels are falling off and the band finally fizzles out. For Ben and Chris, life af
Sea Change - Sam Elsom
Oct 2, 2023 · 29 min
Designer Sam Elsom shocked friends and family when he ditched fashion to farm seaweed. Now he has developed a product that radically reduces methane emissions from livestock. But c
The Big Lap - Fiona MacDonald
Oct 9, 2023 · 30 min
Once a popular kids' TV host, Fiona MacDonald is on the trip of a lifetime. Since being diagnosed with motor neurone disease two years ago, she's driving around Australia to raise
His Brilliant Careers (Update) - Sam Neill
Oct 16, 2023 · 31 min
When beloved film and TV star Sam Neill received a shock diagnosis, it forced him to take stock of his life. Now the actor is living with a rare disease, but it hasn't stopped him
When Kylie Met Sami - Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Sami Shah
Oct 23, 2023 · 31 min
When Kylie Met Sami: She was released from an Iranian prison only to find her husband had left her. He was reeling from the loss of his job and the end of his marriage. An awkward
Never Too Late (Update) - Gregory Smith
Oct 30, 2023 · 32 min
Five years after his first appearance on Australian Story, Dr Gregory Smith continues his astonishing transformation. Homeless and an addict for many years, Smith is now an academi
To Elle and Back - Libbi Gorr
Nov 6, 2023 · 32 min
What ever happened to Elle McFeast? She wowed TV audiences in the 90s with her bold and brassy satire. Then a live interview derailed it all. McFeast's creator Libbi Gorr opens up
Taking A Bow - Brett Yang and Eddy Chen
Nov 13, 2023 · 32 min
Meet the violin virtuosos from Brisbane who ditched a classical career to create an online music comedy act. Now Brett Yang and Eddy Chen have gone viral and are playing sell-out c
Stepping Up - Elly-May Barnes
Nov 20, 2023 · 31 min
Singer Elly-May Barnes on stepping out of her famous father Jimmy's musical shadow, on the long road to the spotlight and how she channels her physical challenges into a powerful c
Big Talk - Annie Louey
Nov 27, 2023 · 30 min
With little more than a briefcase full of old photos for clues, comedian Annie Louey unravels decades-old secrets in a bid to understand who her father really was.
An Open Mind - Professor Richard Scolyer
Dec 4, 2023 · 33 min
A doctor puts his life on the line to try and cure his own brain cancer, using the very treatment he helped pioneer to save melanoma patients.