Australian Story

Introduced by Australian Story presenter Leigh Sales

Anna Coutts-Trotter is on a mission.

The 23-year-old was in a teenage relationship when she experienced serious physical and emotional abuse.

But it was only after she told her father and mother, Federal Labor Minister Tanya Plibersek, what had happened that the family's fight for justice began.

After surviving an often-brutal court process, Anna has co-founded The Survivor Hub, a peer-led support group where survivors can connect safely and overcome the isolation that so many experience.

Leila McDougall has been defying the odds since childhood. She's overcome dyslexia, beaten cancer, and after sneaking into acting school, has written, produced and starred in a feature film to help her farming community.

Modelling agent Chelsea Bonner has spent her career fighting to change perceptions of beauty but now she has an even bigger battle on her hands - artificial intelligence.

Josh Niland's arguably Australia's hottest chef right now with his revolutionary approach to fish. The genesis of his wild experimentation: a life and death battle in childhood and the fear of failure as a young restauranter.