David Leser

Nothing Like a Dame

At 94, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch is the modest matriarch of one of the world’s most powerful fami...
May 28, 2003

Sir Edmund Hillary: Hero of Everest

Sir Edmund Hillary was a modest New Zealand beekeeper driven by a passion to prove himself, when, ag...
Mar 28, 2003

A Gift From Layla

The death at birth of Vanessa Gorman’s longed-for baby, Layla, was played out in heartbreaking...
Sep 28, 2002

Behind The Wire

As this story was being prepared a visiting United Nations team had just branded Australia’s m...
Jun 30, 2002

Somebody Save Me

A thought-provoking collection that delves into the key social issues of the 1990s, from the politic...
Mar 17, 2002

Malika Oufkir: From a Palace to a Prison

It’s a story that beggars belief – a whole family is thrown into an isolated Moroccan pr...
Nov 28, 2001

Yes Prime Minister

At a time of heightened cross-Tasman tensions, she is a politician who breaks the mould. Helen Clark...
Oct 28, 2001

Dame Edna Wins Over the Yanks

Superstar housewife Dame Edna Everage has taken the US by storm on a hugely popular tour. Her alter-...
Sep 30, 2001

Love, Betrayal and Life after Rupert

For 31 years she was married to one of the world’s most powerful men, News Corp chief Rupert M...
Jul 28, 2001

The Lost Men

Once they waited for the gold watch that rewarded years of loyal service. Now they wait for the axe...
Mar 25, 2000