Heywire: Recent Episodes
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Heywire presents personal stories from young Australians and the conversations that shape their communities.
Heywire winner Liam from Launceston, TAS, Tyerrernotepanner, Panninher and Lettermairrener country
Heywire winner Chloe Parker, from Speers Point in New South Wales shares of overcoming the challenges and bullying that come with being born with dwarfism.
Heywire winner Raymond Binsiar, Buttah Windee, WA on how his dad is growing fish in the outback to help keep his family together.
Heywire winner Ivan Reyes, Maffra, Victoria says dancing is not just for girls — anyone can do it!
Heywire winner Jessica Spoor, from Jambin in Queensland says a special connection with one horse helped her heal from the loss of another.
Heywire winner Biftu Reggasa, from Hobart, Tasmania on how growing up in Kenya inspired her to work toward becoming a lawyer.
Heywire winner Aidyn Loveday from Wellington East, SA, talks about how an afternoon helping a farmer herd cows turned in to a small business idea.
Heywire winner Alexander Rajagopalan from Bruce Rock, WA talks about living with physical deformity pectus excavatum.
Heywire winner Nakita Jager, from Clarence Town, NSW on the challenges of growing up with a dad that has dementia.
Heywire winner Ebony Williams, Pemberton, WA says she’s found her dream job saving endangered marsupials.
Heywire winner Janaya Hennesy from Nowra in NSW talks about growing up in foster care and finding a place in cultural identity and helping others.
Heywire winner Max Alpin, from Kuranda, Queensland tells about his love of spear fishing with his family in the Barron River.
Heywire winner Maddison Pettigrove-Barr, from Pambula Beach, NSW, gives an insight in to the challenges and advantages of being autistic in rural Australia.
Heywire winner Tamica Bradey, Cloncurry, Queensland says it took moving 2,000 kilometres across the country to find home.
Heywire winner Brianna Merema, from Broome in WA has had 19 eye operations she hopes will mean one day she’ll be able to the sights of the world she’s dreamed of.
Heywire winner Maggy Sessions, from Nathalie, Victoria says coming out has been about coming to terms with herself.
Heywire winner Karlira Kelly, from Borroloola, NT shares about what a long walk through her ancestors' country taught her about culture.
Heywire winner Hayden Di Bella from Ingam in Queensland talks about diversifying the family farm growing sweet potatoes in a sugarcane town.
Heywire winner Lauren Paynter, from Nyah in Victoria set out to save her local pool to save her local community.
Heywire winner Elka Devney, from Moree in New South Wales traded a big city school for a smaller one at home and the warmth of a campfire under the stars.
Heywire winner Kritsana Phuseekhio says before moving to Christmas Island his biggest question was ‘do they even have 4G?’
Heywire winner Chelsea Meulders, is the only female fire service cadet in Naracoorte SA.
Heywire winner Claudia Cox, from Sea Lake, Victoria says drought has wiped the smiles of everyone's faces in town.
Heywire winner Charline Marom, Toowoomba, Queensland tells of the incredible life her mother lived, from forests of Benin, to a new life in Australia, and how that inspires her to work hard.
Heywire winner Sam Watson, from Ulverstone, Tasmania on why he campaigned for same sex marriage in his tiny town.
Heywire winner Grace Vipen from Mackay in Queensland says volunteering in aged care has taught her about inequality.
Heywire winner Kate Beranic from Woodend, Victoria says after struggling with an eating disorder she’s learning to accept her body.
Heywire winner Anthony Nish, from Elliot in the NT on a roadtrip to Alice Springs to follow his dream to be a music producer.
Heywire winner Kassidy Fuller, from Bullfinch, WA says the threat of a live export ban put the family farm at risk.
Heywire winner Naomi Cobcroft from Canberra shares her experience of learning to manage crippling anxiety.
Heywire winner Saul Beatty, from Carrara, Queensland says life with scoliosis isn't easy but he doesn't let it hold him back.
Heywire winner Emily Kunz from Geelong in Victoria says music, dance, good friends and family have helped her survive the lowest of lows.
Heywire winner Megan Stephens, from Cummins, SA tells the story of how a snow man helped her find a place after immigrating from Scotland.
Heywire winner Kurt Richards, from Dowerin, WA wants the world to know there’s a new generation of shearers coming.
Heywire winner Jackie Bayley in Dubbo in New South Wales shares about learning to live after a suicide attempt.
Heywire winner Marla Jessica Barosa, from Ellangowan, NSW shares of the many new sights, smells, sounds and feelings of life in Australia after the Philippines.
Heywire winner Jess Kelly from Griffith, NSW says isolation and ignorance make life with Type 1 Diabetes in a rural area a lonely one.
Amelia Judson from Bogan Gate, NSW, is a 2018 Heywire winner. Through her work as a dentist, she has learnt a lot about the people in her community.
Jessica McWilliam from Dubbo, NSW, is a 2018 Heywire winner. She wrote about losing her brother and father to suicide.
Brianna Martin from Bunyah, NSW, is a 2018 Heywire winner. She found out about her Indigenous heritage when she was 10 years old.
Angela Elliot from Gin Gin, QLD, is a 2018 Heywire winner. Her story was about a hay run that changed her life.
Kobi Bell's story is about skateboarding on King Island, Tasmania. He is a 2018 Heywire winner.
Cheyenne McKay from Karoonda, SA, thanks farmers, like her father, for feeding Australia.
Helen Odoemena from Canberra, ACT, is a 2018 Heywire winner. Her story is about moving from Nigera and growing up in Australia.
Jock Finlay from Bendigo VIC, is a 2018 Heywire winner. He wrote about how his dad gave him the gift of live twice: once when he was born, and again through a kidney transplant.
2018 Heywire winner Chanceline Kakule fled war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and came to Australia as a refugee.