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Hayden Eastbury turned his love for ABC News into an epic family road trip, visiting 36 bureaus in under two years. His journey has raised national awareness for fragile X syndrome while showing what's possible when families embrace their children's passions.
Sydney filmmaker Elliot Constable won ABC's Race Around the World by creating documentaries that connected audiences to real people facing extraordinary challenges. His character-focused approach took him across six countries and earned him funding for his next project.
Australia's ABC is hiring emerging content creators with disabilities to produce stories for International Day of People with Disability. Selected storytellers will be paid to work with ABC producers from August 2026 to May 2027.
After swapping his saxophone for a microphone in 1987, James Valentine spent 30 years creating a radio style that invited listeners to share life's small dramas instead of politics. The beloved ABC presenter, who died at 64 after choosing voluntary assisted dying, proved kindness and curiosity could transform daytime radio.
