This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis catches up with Aunty Pam Pedersen. 

Pam is a Yorta Yorta Elder, an advocate in the Koorie Court system, an Aboriginal community leader and an accomplished sports person.

The daughter of Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls and Lady Nicholls, she has continued her father’s legacy of community service, placing the happiness and health of others before her own.

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This week on Great Australian Lives, Craig Willis chats with powerhouse vocalist – Lisa Edwards.

Lisa Edwards is a staple of the Australian music scene, having proved her prowess as a session singer, solo artist and musician for almost half a century.

Edwards is primarily a backing vocalist, sharing the stage with high-profile Australian and international acts including Kylie Minogue, Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, Olivia Newton-John, Barbara Streisand, Al Green, Sting, Bryan Adams, Hall & Oates, Cindy Lauper, Lenny Kravitz, Yoko Ono, Tom Jones, Toto, Noiseworks, and more.

Known primarily as a backing singer, most notably alongside John Farnham, Edwards’ powerful voice saw her become a seasoned solo artist in her own right, with three studio albums under her belt, a top 5 hit, ARIA Award nominations, and recognition as a lifetime Australia Day Ambassador for her contribution to the Australian music scene and tireless charity work.

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In this episode, host Craig Willis talks with Australian sports presenter and journalist – Tony Jones.

Tony Jones has been a prominent face of sports journalism in Australia for over 30 years. Joining the Nine Network in 1986, he has been a regular sports reporter ever since, hosting the Sunday Footy Show as well as covering numerous AFL Grand Finals and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.  Jones has received great critical acclaim for his tribute to Victorian football legend E.J. Whitten, and received the Victorian Cricket Association’s Best Television Story Award for his exclusive on Dean Jones’ retirement from international cricket.

Beyond sport he has reported from the scenes of Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 and broadcasted the news of the death of his lifelong colleague and friend, legendary Channel Nine newsreader Brian Naylor.

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This week on the show Craig will chat with John Deeks.

Respected throughout the Media industry, John has been a popular and in-demand fixture of the Melbourne TV, Radio, Advertising and Corporate worlds for almost 40 years.

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This week on the show Craig will chat with High Country Legend Charlie Lovick. 

He was the master of the horse on the Man from Snowy River.

He wants to establish a Hall of Fame in the High Country. 

We will hear all about that on the show this week.

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On this weeks episode, Craig Willis catches up with legendary Australian commentator, Matt Hill. 

Brought up in the Sports Capital, idolising the likes of Bruce McAvaney, Matt dreamed of calling Australia's great game.

That dream became a reality when he called AFL for ABC Radio in 2015, culminating in a trip to Ireland to call International Rules for RTE Radio Ireland.

From 2021, Matt has been a regular caller for SEN Radio and can be heard across the airwaves of AFL Nation, Australia wide.

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In this episode, host Craig Willis talks to Australian TV & Radio Icon Greg Evans.

Born and bred in Melbourne Greg started his radio career in Regional Victoria.  And over the years worked on air at some of Melbourne biggest radio stations. Including the drive time show on the iconic 1422 3XY in the mid-70s.

His move to TV in the early eighties started with a regular spot on The Mike Walsh Show. But Greg became a household name across Australia hosting over 1400 episodes of Perfect Match. He even hosted the TV Week Logie Awards.

These days Greg works as a Marriage celebrant and is a lifetime Australia Day ambassador. 

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Join Laura Turner and her guest for our final episode of the show - James MacLeod the Managing Director of Tobin Brothers Funerals.

Since the first show aired on July 4th 2014 (with guest Major Brendan Nottle from the Salvation Army) we've had the privilege of sharing the stories of so many wonderful Australians. You'll find our whole show achieve of episodes via podcast HERE. Mentioned in this episode;

• Malcolm Fraser's interview with Jo Hall - his last ever
• Michael Gudinski's Great Australian Life
• Dr Sally Cockburn's Great Australian Life
• Ron Iddels' amazing chat with Laura
• Kate Austin from Pinchapoo's wonderful story

To watch Tobin's inspiring range of #SayItNow videos head to the website HERE. Tobin Brothers Funerals - celebrating lives.

This program was produced, engineered and edited by Jane Nield for SEN.

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Laura Turner will be chatting to multi-Emmy Award Nominated television journalist, bestselling author, fashion profiler, and creator and host of Undressed - Kathryn Eisman.

This program is proudly supported by Tobin Brothers Funerals - celebrating lives.

Kathryn believes that first impressions do count and that we can potentially create the lives we want – just by what we wear.

She has the unique ability of being able to tell everything about you just by what you are wearing. By reading a person’s clothes Kathryn can determine a person’s personality traits, what might be holding them back, and what changes they can make - inside and out – that could potentially change their life.

Check out Kathryn’s new transformative series Undressed, streaming now on Paramount+.

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