Category: Profile

• Rural Australia’s silent struggle with alcohol addiction and the grassroots organisation encouraging radical change

  

  This Dry July, Hugh Dawson shares his experience with drinking culture in rural Australia and how not-for-profit organisation, Sober in the Country, helped turn his life around. (Image supplied)

  ontherecord

  July 25, 2022

  Mental Health, Profile

  alcoholism, Australian of the Year, Bush tribe, Desmond Tutu, Dry July, Greg Hunt, Health minister, Hugh Dawson, isolation, Local Hero, Mental Health, peer support, Rural Health, Rural Mental Health, Shanna Whan, SITC, Sobriety

• Making a “racquet”: the young South Australian acing the inclusive tennis league

  

  Andriana Petrakis is showing that all athletes have the chance to shine when inclusivity is championed.

  ontherecord

  April 26, 2022

  Profile, South Australia, Sport

  Andriana Petrakis, australian open, australian tennis awards, Autism, Greek, Inclusivity in Sport, Intellectual impairment, pickleball, special olympics national games, Sport, tennis, tennis australia, virtus european games, woodville orion tennis club

• Engraving culture: Turkish mirrors and the gutsy gallery owner that created them

  

  Ron Hoenig interviews a gutsy gallery owner and reflects on mirrors, courage and the process of engraving ourselves on each other.

  ontherecord

  November 25, 2021

  Arts, Profile

  Adelaide gallery, art exhibition, Arts, cultural diversity, Gallery, South Australia, Turkish art, Turkish mirrors

• Online reselling is the new fashion trend

  

  Whether they’re building a business from their bedroom on Depop, or clearing out their closet on ThredUp, online is currently trending for trendy, sustainable traders.

  ontherecord

  July 28, 2021

  Profile, Subculture & Fashion

  depop, ebay, etsy, Fashion, generation z, Profile, Sustainability, thredup, vintage

• ‘F**k, I wish I went with mum to get that chicken’: How one decision changed Hayley’s life forever.

  

  At just 12 years old, Hayley Sands damaged her spinal cord following a freak accident in her family home.

  ontherecord

  July 27, 2021

  Profile, Student Life

  accessibility, Disability, lifechanging, Profile, spinal cord injury

• Overcoming adversity with Karla Hillam

  

  Karla Hillam, star of the hit performance; Sex, Lies and Betrayal – Memoirs of a Hollywood Star is one of many artists who has found COVID-19 to be detrimental towards their careers. But Karla has embraced a brighter outlook for a post-COVID world.

  ontherecord

  July 14, 2021

  Arts, Profile

  Arts, cabaret, comedy, COVID-19, lockdown, Perform