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The altruists

  • Sandra Mahlberg

    Sandra Mahlberg: 'We don't realise how spoilt we are in Australia'

  • Lou Ridsdale, manager of Food Is Free Laneway in Ballarat

    Lou Ridsdale: a love of gardening transformed into food for the community

    What does it take to offer help with little expectation of reward? Our series The altruists focuses on those who do just that, such as this publicist turned community gardener
  • Fay Alford

    Fay Alford: 'There’s such joy in seeing a child smile for the first time'

    What does it take to offer help with little expectation of reward? Our series The altruists focuses on those who do just that, such as this foster parent who raised 90 children over 30 years
  • Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia. A portrait of Jennie Briscoe-Hough, founder of the not-for-profit funeral service “Tender Funerals”. After the passing of her own mother Briscoe-Hough had an idea to create a more affordable option for families to prepare the deceased for burial or cremation. With the help of a documentary and a crowdfunding campaign, enough funds were raised to purchase an old fire station where the service is based. March 23, 2018. David Maurice Smith/Oculi.

    Jennie Briscoe-Hough: We have to give up on the idea of 'what will I get out of it?'

  • Charlie Raynor Inveresk Tavern, Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania

    Charlie Raynor: 'I know they have come away from situations of trauma'

  • Brendan Farrell

    Brendan Farrell: 'If we don’t support farmers, in 10 years we’ll be importing 100% of our food'

  • Kevin Kadirgamar

    Kevin Kadirgamar: We have a duty to say that's not who we are

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.
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