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ALISON Wood was inspired to be an advocate for those living with Parkinson’s disease after her older sister was diagnosed about five years ago.
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A SERIOUS work accident almost three decades ago left Ann Smith broken both physically and emotionally.
Steely courage spurs fighting Lexie
LEXIE Wilson is three-years-old but she can already read a clock to work out when it’s 6pm.
Aid for other is Simon’s reward
PARAMEDIC Simon Walter and Pride of Australia nominee lives to save people — even when he is off duty.
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Brave ballerina defies destiny with dance
SYDNEY dancer Breana Drummond’s parents feared she would never have a normal life after being born with five holes in her hear as well as congenital heart disease. But she has defied her destiny and landed a career she has always dreamt of.
At 81, the good doc is still changing lives
WHEN 81-year-old Mohan Rao is not helping save the lives of kidney transplant patients in Brunei, he can be found zipping across Adelaide making the school run for his nine-year-old granddaughter.
True blue spirit of Outback rescue
GEOFF suffered burns to 80 per cent of his body when he fell into a hot spring in remote South Australia. Hours away from proper help, his best mate and the RFDS managed to save his life in an incredible story of survival.
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