ABC Backstory

What would you do if you were told you had 16 months to live? That was the harsh reality for Jill Emberson when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. With the survival rate of the disease half that of the breast cancer survival rate, she's using her last moments to make a change.

The US has seen multiple mass shootings in the first half of 2019. How should international journalists cover the tragedies?

The late deputy PM's fascination with trains was a lifelong obsession. So of course, his final public appearance had to include a rail journey. After profiling Tim Fischer four times over the past 27 years, Australian Story producer Ben Cheshire says his final goodbye.

Australian Story journalist Belinda Hawkins tells of two years of work investigating and gaining the trust of Yoshe Taylor and her legal team to reveal how the Queensland mother became ensnared in an international drug-smuggling operation which landed her in a Cambodian jail.