Tynan King

Nov 15, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tynan King

Shill. Sheep. Cooker. Anti-vaxxer. Michelle Hunder's been called many names in the past few years. It all began when she started speaking publicly about the crippling chest pains she experienced after getting her COVID-19 vaccines. “People who are really pro-vaccine would be like, ‘You are lying. Or you're just a shill for the anti-vaxxers’,” she recalls. “People that are really vehemently anti-vax would be like, ‘You're a sheep, you're an idiot.

Oct 4, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tynan King |Jack Fisher |Laura Gartry

When Shane Smithers was adding traditional symbols to his mural, commuters passing by asked him, "What are you doing?!"The Aboriginal artist says it's because he wasn't painting dots or concentric circles. Shane is a Dharug and Dharawal man who uses traditional visual language — the same symbols his ancestors used thousands of years ago. "We didn't have dots, we had lines," he explains, gesturing at the 30-metre mural in Parramatta Square.

Mar 29, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tynan King

How an extreme sport became the obsession of a gifted teenager — even as it threatens her life. Ruby Commisso is struggling to sit on a bull that’s smashing against the walls of its enclosure. In a few moments time, the talented 12-year-old bull rider will be competing in the 2023 Youth Bull Riding World Championships in Abilene, Texas. It's the biggest ride of her career. Older cowboys have taught her how to handle these intense situations. She focuses on her breathing. Her heartbeat slows.

Oct 6, 2023 | abc.net.au | Tynan King |Mridula Amin

/ Posted 6 minutes agoGillian blew the whistle on her paedophile boss. She believes he could have been stopped earlier. Gillian Sneddon had always been a confident and smiling woman who would do anything for her family. But in 2007, she couldn't face going to her first granddaughter's christening. "I was so full of anxiety and depression," she says.

Aug 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | Rachael Brown |Tynan King |Ingrid Wagner |Leila Shunnar |Isabella Tropiano |Alex Mann | +1 more

ALEX MANN: Hey Alex Mann here and welcome to Background Briefing. It's hard to remember how the fires started. But by late 2019... it seemed like they were everywhere. In Sydney's Blue Mountains... one out of control bushfire... joined up with another... and then another. Their ferocity was unprecedented. Footage of flames the size of buildings and soot-filled skies blocking the sun filled news reports. Within a few months... in NSW alone, the fires had ripped through 5.5m hectares of bushland...