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Great Australian Lives

Craig Willis will celebrate the lives of some of Australia's most influential and prolific personalities from a diverse range of backgrounds - entertainers, humanitarians and those with untold stories.

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ANZAC Edition of Great Australian Lives

This week is a special ANZAC edition of Great Australian Lives. Craig chats with Michael Williams from Veterans Plus about their work with those who serve. Craig also catches up with Veterans Plus patron, George Petrou, who is an outstanding artist with an extraordinary story to tell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Les Gock on Great Australian Lives

This week Craig catches up with Australian musician, Les Gock. In the 70's Gock was the lead guitarist of one of Australia's greatest rock bands, Hush, and has since forged a hugely successful career as a songwriter, producer, sound designer and jingle writer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14 Feb

George Donikian on Great Australian Lives

This week Craig catches up with former radio and television news presenter and personality, George Donikian. Of Greek Armenian descent, George didn't start speaking English until the age of 7. It did little to stifle his career in media. A trailblazer for broadcasters from an ethnic background, he was one of the founding presenters on the fledgling SBS network before his career expanded into commercial TV.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7 Feb

Ahmed Kelly on Great Australian Lives

This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig catches up with Australian Paralympian swimmer, Ahmed Kelly. Born in war-ravaged Iraq with a double arm and leg deficiency, his journey to Australia for life-changing surgery was enabled by humanitarian and 2012 Victorian of the Year 2012 Moira Kelly. You may remember that Craig caught up with his brother, Emmanuel, on Great Australian Lives last year. Ahmed's story is too an amazing story of resilience and determination.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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31 Jan

David Tierney on Great Australian Lives

In our first show back for 2025, Craig catches up with Dr. David Tierney. Born in Papua New Guinea, he spent much of his childhood in remote parts of that country. In recent times he's been back to Bougainville and discovered a neglected World War II memorial which has now been restored... but there's more to the story!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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29 Nov 24

David Parer on Great Australian Lives

On the last Great Australian Lives for 2024, Craig revisits his chat with world-renowned photographer, filmmaker, and conservationist David Parer. Parer comes from a background steeped in Australian history and shows no sign of slowing down as he travels the globe to bring us some amazing sights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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