Tenika Walker was a baby when her parents learnt they had AIDS. They tell why they kept the news from her. They kept it a secret from their daughter all her life. But after more than 20 years, Stephen and Wendy Walker decided it was time to reveal their chilling news: “We have AIDS.” And […]

I had been working a stressful job as a Team Leader for a Call Centre for about eighteen months. The hours were savage and I found myself constantly on the phone appeasing angry customers that no one else wanted to deal with. One of the other Team Leaders – Mark – had made it a […]

Every boy wants a bike for Christmas but Josiah Kappert, born without arms, scored an extra special set of wheels, his mum Marika tells Katherine Chatfield. Josiah Kappert grins as he sits on his new bike and pedals off down the road. But while most 10-year-old boys like nothing more than riding a bike with […]

Melissa Ashfield witnessed her mother and stepfather murder her brother. Now, as the stepfather is about to be released, Melissa talks to Glen Williams. It’s little wonder Melissa Ashfield is a haunted and tortured soul. Sixteen years ago, as a terrified toddler, she was forced by her sadistic parents to watch as they set about […]

After two suicide attempts, the Olympic diving gold medallist tells Glen Williams she’s putting her life back together. Her smile is uncertain at first. It creeps up tentatively, almost as if it needs permission, before lighting up her face. For the past eight months, Chantelle Newbery has been trying to dig herself out of a […]

I met Tom at the pub when I was nineteen. I’d had one other relationship, with a lovely guy called Brent, but he was a little ‘safe’ and I was getting bored, so when I walked into my local pub one night and set my eyes on Tom- I was gone. He was tall and […]

When Isabella Taleski did water safety at school, she never guessed she’d soon get to use what she’d learnt. She tells Katherine Chatfield what happened. Stefan Taleski shrieks with delight as he chases big sister Isabella across the park. As his screams dissolve into giggles, it’s hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago […]

Pro Hart’s teenage granddaughter has paint running through her veins, Julie Hayne reports. She’s only 14, but Chloe Hart’s tender age hasn’t stopped her from hosting her first art exhibition – or deterred people from lining up to commission her paintings. Her success, however, comes as no surprise to her family. After all, she is […]

Danielle Nickoll had no idea she was even pregnant until moments before she was put into a coma for severe swine flu. The Sydney mum tells Katherine Chatfield how she awoke to the biggest, and happiest, shock of her life. Danielle Nickoll kisses her daughter Sienna and laughs as the 12-week-old shows a gummy smile […]

An Aussie tells Sandra white how she fell under the spell of the man J.K. Rowling based her character on. When Aussie woman Sarah Harris is asked how she met husband Chris, she tells you it was magic. After all, he’s one of the Weasleys – or, at least, the family which inspired the famous […]