Tynan King

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Tynan King |Maddison Connaughton

When Michael Farrelly stepped out onto a Gold Coast street in late 2016, wearing a jumper plastered in oversized Chanel logos, an ABC TV crew was waiting for him. As he walked to a waiting convertible, the self-described "serial entrepreneur" dodged questions about charging patients as much as $44,000 for untested stem cell therapy with the promise it could treat everything from multiple sclerosis to cancer.

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.