British humanitarian aid worker Sally Becker on her experiences in the Bosnian and Kosovo Wars.
“I’ve come under fire loads of times, but the only time I really feared for my life, in fact it wasn’t my life that I was fearing for, it was the fact that I was with the children…that was terrifying because I felt responsible for them.”
Australian country music icon Troy Cassar-Daley on his “biggest break” which catapulted him into country music stardom.
“My biggest break would’ve been my wife conning a couple of people from Sony Music in Sydney to come and watch me one weekend in Tamworth when I was this unsigned, young bloke with a good band and that was the start of it all.”
Retiring Haigh’s Chocolates CEO Alister Haigh on the early origins of Haigh’s Chocolates, founded by his great-grandfather Alfred Haigh.
“He played around with sweets and had a sweet tooth. He was making some sugared confectionery from a very early age, it was all self-taught until he bought this chocolate shop in the Beehive Corner building and that’s when he bought machinery, knowledge and formulas to make chocolates.”
Australian golfer and commentator Ian Baker-Finch reflects on whether his post-1991 career decline diminishes his legacy after winning The Open Championship.
“No, it hasn’t been spoiled at all and that’s the nice part of the story. I went through that valley, and I came out the other side with another career…I’m still the 1991 Open Champion and I’ll always be called to the tee, ‘Ian Baker-Finch, Open Champion.’”
ARIA Hall of Fame member and musician, songwriter, and record producer Graham ‘Buzz’ Bidstrup on his decision to part ways with The Angels.
“’Do we want to do this for another five years, can we do it for another five years.’ It was pretty easy for me because I had something else I could go and do, but I also had another path that I wanted to get into which was recording.”
