SBS Radio
Juliana, a tireless campaigner against the practice of female circumcision.

Sunny sells furniture. As a new Australian he learned English idioms by tuning into the Cantonese program.

Having heard of a beauty pageant in her parents home land on SBS Radio’s Romanian program, Andreea jumped at the opportunity to compete . Success at the pageant exposed her to and instilled a sense of duty toward the less privileged of Romania.

Madeleine lives in the van in the backyard. Listening to the radio has developed her language to the point that she thinks in French and dreams of France.

During Nit’s early years in the kitchens of Thai restaurants, the tedium and hard work could only be overcome with the joy brought through listening to SBS Thai radio program. Today Nit enjoys cooking at home for an extended family and her many friends that call by.

Valentino, a reformed alcoholic devotes his time and energies to those still battling their addiction in Sydney’s Western Suburbs.
Thirty years of SBS Radio . Thirty portraits of Australians and their stories.

